EU-GLOCTER PhD Students Meet in Prague for Fourth Training at MUP
16. 12. 2025 Author: Oldřich Bureš It was a pleasure to host the PhD students from the EU-GLOCTER project for two days in Prague for our fourth training at Metropolitní univerzita Praha.Many thanks to all our great speakers – Eduard Petiška, Tomáš Gavlas, Jacqueline Dufalla, Ph.D., Sarah Leonard, Jakub Charvát, Martina Varkočková, Vít Beneš, and Michal Kolmaš. Special thanks to Lukáš Vilím from the National Center for Combating Terrorism, Extremism and Cybercrime for briefing us on the Current Threats Landscape in the Czech Republic, and to our colleagues from MUP’s Media Studies Department, led by Jan Jirák and Martin Charvát, for preparing a special session in MUP’s TV Studio – it was great to see our PhD. students on TV.
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