The biologist and later sociologist Hana Librová has contributed to the establishment of environmental studies in Brno, just as the establishment of the faculty of social studies. She was born in 1943 in Brno and she firstly worked as an engineer in the Algological laboratory of microbiological institute of the formal Science Academy. In 1968 she started working in the sociology department of Philosophical faculty of the Masaryk University where she later established the subject of humanistic environmental studies. In 1999 she became the first head of newly developed department of environmental studies in the Faculty of social studies, which was one year old that time, she was the head of the department up to 2003.
Today emeritus professor Hana Librová was a member of the academic council of the Faculty of social studies last year and she occasionally gave lectures. The output of her 30-year-old survey, which she was co-operating with her students, is the trilogy of books about volunteer modesty, Lukewarm and hesitant: Chapters about the ecological luxury and Loyal and reasonable: Chapters about ecological delay. Her early creation are the books Social need and the value of countryside or Love to landscape?
Hana Librová is a holder of the Prize of Josef Vondruška which she was given by the Foundation of Charta 77 in 1998. She was nominated to the Prize of a chairman of the Grant Agency of the Czech republic in 2004, for the solution of research project The sustainable way of life as a marginal and perspective phenomenon. For lifelong reasearch and popularizing work in the area of environmental studies, she got the Prize of minister of the environment in 2004 and in 2009 she got the first-grade medal of the minister of education, youth and physical education. Since 28th October she has become a holder of the order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.
In 2009 the Czech television channel made with her a part of series calles Vzkazy (Messages). You can watch it here: ( Czech only).
A discussion hosted in the atrium of the Faculty of Social Sciences brought together university ombudsmen to address a range of topics important to both students and employees. The speakers were Eva Janovičová from Masaryk University and Kateřina Šámalová from Charles University. The debate was moderated by student senator Vít Polák.
In just a few days—on Tuesday, April 8th—we’ll be celebrating Faculty Day. And just like last year, we’ve got ready some exciting news. We want to enjoy Faculty Day to the fullest—while keeping our ecological footprint as small as possible. You can help by bringing your own favorite cup or beer mug, bowl, and cutlery. Together, we’ll cut down on single-use waste and do something good for the planet. Please wash your dishes afterward in the kitchenettes you normally use during your workday. You’ll also find a new sustainability-themed stand in the atrium.
