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Karel Novotný (b. 1964) is a Professor of Philosophy at Charles University since 2019 and a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) since 1990. He co-directs the Central European Institute for Philosophy at CAS and Charles University and serves as Vice-Dean for Habilitations and Appointments at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University.
- Doctor of Sciences (DSc.), Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (2016)
- Habilitated in Philosophy, Palacký University (2012)
- PhD, Université Paris XII & Charles University (2003)
- MA in Philosophy and Physics, Charles University (1989)
- MA in Philosophy and Political Science, Katholische Universität Eichstätt (1997)
His research focuses on phenomenology, metaphysics, and the soul-body relationship from Kant to contemporary thought, with emphasis on French and German philosophy. He has led 7 grant projects since 1993 and collaborated extensively between France and the Czech Republic.
Key publications include monographs on Jan Patočka and eco-phenomenology, with 6 books (3 foreign), 18 co-edited volumes (13 foreign), and over 80 studies. He has been a Fulbright Fellow (2022–2026) and guest scholar at 7 foreign institutions.
- Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (2014)
- Knight of the Academic Palms, Order of the French Republic (2015)
He contributes to editorial boards of journals like Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology and Metodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy, while advancing research in cosmological philosophy and eco-phenomenology.
