The fellowship provides her with accommodation and research opportunities in the centre of Prague for a few weeks.

“I’m very excited”, she states, “and will be discussing a post-doc project on the presence and absence of the theme of climate change in Czech TV news with some colleagues. Simultaneously, I can complete the final sections of my thesis on evaluative adjectives in Czech newspaper text.”

The scholarship is named after a renowned linguist, often referred to as the father of Slavic studies, who established the first Academy of Sciences in the region, and also made significant contributions to the field of botany.

The Czech Academy of Science's main building in Prague. Photo: Jana Plavec / Akademie věd ČR