The Department of Geodesy and Geodynamics of the Research Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Topography and the Geodetic Observatory Pecný is active in the fields of Earth’s gravity field, mathematical physics (potential theory), satellite altimetry, precise GNSS and DORIS analyses (post-processing and near real-time).
The department contributes to several international scientific services and projects of the IAG, namely IGS (International GNSS Service), EUREF/EPN (European Reference Frame), ICET (International Centre for Earth Tides), BGI (International Gravimetric Bureau), IDS (International DORIS Service), IGFS (International Gravity field Service) and participates in several international EU projects – CERGOP (FP4), UNIGRACE (FP4), CERGOP-2 (FP5), COST 716, TOUGH (FP5), E-GVAP, SWIRLS (FP6, Galileo oriented project).