The workshop entitled "My topic and what to do with it, or How to apply scientific knowledge in everyday life in a non-commercial way?" is part of a series of workshops on the application of scientific knowledge in practice.
The aim of the theoretical LECTURE, which was part of the workshop, was to provide UK students with practical information about what could be done with the results of their specific research. How their particular topic (from a bachelor's thesis, dissertation, research) can be viewed through the lens of socially beneficial practical innovation.
The event was moderated by Ivana Sýkorová, Deputy Director of the Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Charles University.
Guests were:
Kristýna Šrámková, who founded the Yoga for Musicians project. She is a pianist, piano teacher and certified yoga instructor. In her search for a functional and long-term solution to tendonitis, she found yoga and it has helped her not only with her hands, but also with conscious breathing, stage fright and overall comfort at the piano. So she decided to guide fellow musicians along this path, and to dedicate her doctoral studies at the Department of Music Education, Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague to this topic.
Štěpán Drahokoupil, who is the program manager of the Advocacy Forum. Previously, he was responsible for working on systemic changes in inclusive education at OSF Foundation, which he advocated towards Czech public institutions and international organizations. He is a member of the board of Asistence o.p.s. At the Via Foundation, he led a program to prepare future municipal politicians. From 2007 to 2014, he worked as an assistant to a senator, served as a board member of Amnesty International Czech Republic (2012 - 2016) and was executive editor of the Political Science Review (2015 - 2018). He holds a PhD in political science from the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, where he also worked for many years as an external lecturer.