Name: FSV UK Student Research Conference 2026
Start: 2026-06-12T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-12T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Jinonice Campus, U Kříže 8, 158 00 Praha 5 - Jinonice

This full-day event is dedicated to showcasing outstanding student research, encouraging academic dialogue and developing a thriving scholarly community.
The conference is primarily intended for students enrolled in all English-language bachelor's and master's programmes at FSV CU. Students from Czech-language programmes are also warmly invited to participate, provided they deliver their presentations or posters in English. If you want to present your own research, practise academic communication or simply be inspired by your peers, this event is for you!

Conference Programme
9:00 – 9:15 Registration (B103B)
9:15 – 9:25 Welcome and Practical Information (B103B)
9:30 – 10:30 Keynote Speech (B103B)
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:30 Parallel Sessions
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 Poster Session (Corridor in front of room B103B)
14:30 – 15:00 Awards Ceremony
15:00 Closing of the Conference
See the full program here: https://iss.fsv.cuni.cz/en/research/student-research-conference-2026/programme
🎤 Morning: Plenary Lecture and Parallel Sessions.
We will begin with a plenary lecture delivered by an invited speaker. This will be followed by three parallel thematic sessions, each held in a seminar classroom. Each section is moderated by doctoral students or postdoctoral researchers to create an open and supportive environment for discussion, feedback and academic exchange.
📄 Afternoon: Poster session
After lunch, the conference continues with a poster session on the ground floor of the main building. This is a great opportunity to present ongoing projects, visual findings or early research ideas, and to meet fellow students working on related topics.
🏆 Conclusion: Awards Ceremony
We will conclude the day by announcing the best presentations and posters, recognising the creativity, clarity and scholarly value of the contributions.
The keynote speaker will be Professor Kennan Ferguson from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA and currently the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar at FSV UK
Kennan Ferguson teaches political theory at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author, most recently, of Cookbook Politics (University of Pennsylvania). Previous books include All in the Family: Community and Incommensurability (Duke) and The Politics of Judgment (Lexington), as well as the edited volumes After Capitalism (Rutgers) with Patrice Petro, and the forthcoming The Big No (Minnesota). Ferguson currently coedits the journal Theory & Event (2015-2020) and the book series Modernity and Political Thought, and previously co-edited the 8-volume Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Thought.