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2024

January 21
Martin Lang in the Smooth Brain Society podcast describing his research on ritual and studies in preparation on on the mechanisms of secularization, "The Rise and Fall of Ritual Behaviour".

2023

December 5
Jakub Cigán in an interview about the new CoRe project: "Zvládání konfliktů a krizových situací zvyšuje odolnost společnosti"

May 11
Radek Kundt and Martin Lang commenting on the ritual of presidential inauguration "Rituál nás nutí jasně deklarovat naše záměry​"

July 18
Jana Nenadalové in an interview for deník.cz about dark therapy "Úplné ticho a naprostá tma"

2022

December 26
Martin Lang in The Dissenter podcast summarized his work on ritual and moralizing gods "Rituals, Synchrony, Moralizing Gods, and the Study of Religion"

November 7
Radek Kundt in Hergot on Radio Wave, "Žmoulejte svůj talisman, radí výzkumník z Brna​".

July 11
Jana Nenadalová's interview in a podcast Antropodcast, "Jsme nejateističtější zemí v Evropě?"

January 10
Martin Lang in an interview (CZ) "Proč je pro společnost důležitá soudržnost? Snadněji čelí vnějším hrozbám​" (Why is cohesion important for the society? It helps to confront external threats) on a recently published study.

2021

December 3
Peter Maňo in an interview (CZ) "Rituály v basketbalu? Lidé jim přisuzují velký význam, ale často o tom nevědí(Rituals in basketball? Unbeknownst to them, people attribute great meaning to them).

November
Martin Lang in an interview (CZ) "Tajemná moc rituálů" (The mysterious power of rituals) for TÉMA.

2020

August 21
Jan Krátký on anxiety and ritual in an interview with Radio Wave (CZ) "Pletení jako rituál pomáhající zvládat úzkost? Důležité je místo a normy, říká výzkumník z Laboratoře pro experimentální výzkum náboženství(Knitting as an anxiety managing ritual? The place and the norms are important, says a researcher from the Laboratory for the experimental research of religion).

March 22
Martin Lang on the influence of extreme rituals on psychological health in a radio series Vertikála "O lidech, kteří se v době koronavirové krize starají o nemocné" (On people caring for the ill during the Coronavirus crisis; section begins at 13:30).

2019

September 3
A Study on the effects of extreme rituals on psychophysiological well-being, that a LEVYNA was a part of, was mentioned in UConn TodayKeele UniversityMedical Research, and eFree News. Also in EurekAlert!Phys.orgMarginal Revolution, or Gerçek Bilim. Radek Kundt also spoke about the study on Český rozhlas Plus (The Czech journal Plus). Also featured in Magazín Monline.

​August 14
Martin Lang on how rituals help people cope with stress on Czech Radio: "Proč nás rituály dokážou zbavit stresu? Odpověď hledají brněnští vědci".

February 23
Martin Lang's research is the topic of interview titled Religionista zkoumá i úzkost (in English: Religious scholar studies anxiety) published in Lidové noviny.

February 6
Research on anxiety is the topic of a radio interview with Martin Lang "Living and Thriving Beyond Fear: Stress Less and Manage Uncertainty" for Harvesting Happiness.

2018

October 5
Peter Maňo in an interview "Z Bratislavy na Maurícius" (in english: From Bratislava to Mauritius) published in "Naša Univerzita", bulletin of Comenius University.

2017

September 25
"Slovenský antropológ skúma na Mauríciu extrémne rituály: Muži si prepichujú telo, jazyk a v koži majú háky(In English: Slovakian anthropologist investigates effects of extreme rituals: Men have their bodies, tongue and skin pierced with hooks), Dennik N.

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