The cruise aims to test the possibilities of transport by water on the Vistula River and the transhipment of goods, as an alternative to road or rail transport. The cruise takes place within the framework of the EMMA Extension project (INTERREG Baltic Sea Region Programme). On April 6, 2021, the first-ever commercial container voyage on the Vistula from Gdańsk to Chełmno will…

Dr hab. Tarzycjusz Buliński prof. UG from the Faculty of History of UG became a member of the Jury of the B. Malinowski Prize for the best book in the field of ethnology and anthropology published in the years 2019-2020 - 'I perceive the choice made by the members of the Committee of Ethnological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences as a kind of trust on their part,' - he said. Dr hab. Tarzycjusz Buliński prof. UG…

The project aims to direct the most talented female volleyball players to different faculties at the University of Gdańsk so that they can combine sport with science at the highest level and create prospects for development in sport and science at UG. AZS AS Uniwersytet Gdański is not only the name of the senior volleyball team in which the most talented young people play but…

The University of Gdańsk Publishing House has published a book entitled "Uniwersytet Gdański wobec wyzwań polityki rozwoju regionu pomorskiego. Sposoby prezentacji w mediach". The publication, marking the 50th anniversary of the University, shows the University's contribution to the transformation of the Pomeranian region in the last two decades. The book has an interdisciplinary character. The authors - prof.…

The prestigious Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship was awarded to mgr Iwona Flis from the PhD School in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk, preparing, under the supervision of dr hab. Anna Mazurkiewicz, prof. UG from the Faculty of History at the University of Gdańsk, a dissertation on the Polish Scientific Institute in America. The Kosciuszko Foundation Poland has been operating since 2010. It…

Interview with dr Aleksandra Wierucka - the winner of the K.C. Mrongowiusz Teacher of the Year Award. - 'I try to be closer to students, don't put up barriers, communicate openly and avoid poses. I do not have a monopoly on knowledge, so I am always willing to listen to students' opinions. I also make mistakes, but I admit to them. If I don't know the answer, I say I don't know, but I'll find out. Nowadays, nobody knows…

We are creating a generation of specialists who will not necessarily be cosmonauts but will know perfectly well how the use of space technologies can bring maximum benefits on Earth, in our cities, autonomous vehicles, navigation and hundreds of thousands of other applications - says dr hab. Maciej Nyka, prof. UG, from the Department of Public Economic Law and Environmental…

140 researchers from Poland and abroad will discuss medieval Europe during the online conference IV MECERN (Medieval Central Europe Research Network) on April 7-9 at the University of Gdańsk. The cooperation project of people scientifically engaged in medieval studies, especially of the Central European area, was established in Budapest at the Central European University in 2014. - 'Its idea is to build scientific…

Light pollution is excessive or intrusive, poorly directed artificial light. The source of the problem lies primarily in improperly designed outdoor lighting, which instead of illuminating the target location causes the 'escape of light' towards the sky, contributing to LP emissions and energy wastage at the same time. Research on legal and administrative aspects of…

An online conference entitled Use of Satellite and Copernicus Data in the Government and Private Sector is organised by the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography in cooperation with the University of Gdańsk and is scheduled for March 31 and April 1, 2021. The primary objective of the Copernicus Earth Observation Programme of the European Commission is to collect, process and share environmental data from multiple…

The Faculty of History of the University of Gdańsk hosted prof. dr hab. Wiktor Horobec from the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv and the laureate of the 2020 Ivan Vyhovsky Prize. Prof. dr. hab. Viktor Horobec is an internationally renowned and experienced researcher-historian and educator. He is a laureate of the Ivan Vyhovsky Prize, awarded since 2014, which honours…

Bekker NAWA (Mieczysław Bekker Programme) and Ulam NAWA (Stanisław Ulam Programme) are programmes under which NAWA awards scholarships to individual scientists to support their international scientific projects. The call for applications is already open. Bekker NAWA is addressed to doctoral students and researchers employed at Polish universities and Polish scientific and…

- 'It is no longer distant futurism, but everyday life close to us that will reach for the stars! We want to reach them, too! That is why I have established "Ad Astra",' - says dr Jakub Szlachetko from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk, the initiator of the research programme on astropolitics and cosmic law Ad Astra. As dr Jakub Szlachetko stresses, the programme was born out of his…

Centrum Aktywności Studenckiej i Doktoranckiej UG wychodzi naprzeciw pandemicznej rzeczywistości i zaprasza wszystkich chętnych do udziału w Turnieju Szachowym, który odbędzie się w formie zdalnej.   Wydarzenie odbędzie się 20 kwietnia 2021 roku o godzinie 18:30. Jedynym warunkiem uczestnictwa w Turnieju jest posiadanie konta na platformie chess.com. Turniej rozgrywany będzie…

The University of Gdańsk was ranked 2nd in the 'Forbes' Poland's Best Employers 2021 ranking, in the 'education and research' category, and 31st on the general list of the top 300 Polish employers. Over 10 thousand employees took part in the survey. Substantive partner of the project was the Statista company - co-creator of the most famous rankings of 'Best Employers' in the…

The theme of the MECERN conference is related to the study of Central Europe during the Middle Ages. This time the main theme is 'Networks - Cooperation - Rivalry'. The event will take place from April 7-9, 2021 online. The language of the conference is English. Conference programme

Registration for the nationwide event 'Dziewczyny do ścisłych' has already begun! Registration More about the action: - 'The girls are doing very well and set a good example for the next candidates with their story,' says dr Hanna Furmańczyk from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at the University of Gdańsk. Our University, particularly the Faculty of…

Jacek Gdański, Polish chess player, FIDE International Chess Grandmaster, since 2016. Vice President of the Management Board of Polski Gaz TUW   You are a chess grandmaster, your brother is a chess champion. You chose Scandinavian studies, your brother chose a more numerically oriented course - economics. It seemed to me that a chess grandmaster would have more in common with…

Photo: Pixabay The Suez Canal has been blocked for almost a week by the container ship 'Ever Given'. As reported on Monday, March 29, 2021, by the Reuters news agency, the container ship was almost completely pulled away on Monday morning. The ship's engines have been started. Read more at gospodarkamorska.pl For a comment on this case and outlining the…

The Senate of the University of Gdańsk unanimously adopted a resolution on amending the Statute of the University of Gdańsk. After assuming the function of Rector of UG, prof. Piotr Stepnowski addressed the academic community with a proposal to propose amendments to the Statute. A senate committee was also set up and chaired by prof. Mariusz Bogusz. After three months of arrangements, consultations and after receiving a…

On 24 March 2021, at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdansk, within the framework of the scientific project entitled 'Freedom of economic activity in Polish and German legal culture - a comparative perspective', a scientific debate devoted to the legal conditions of freedom of economic activity in Poland and Germany took place with the participation…

Dr inż. Katarzyna Gaca-Zając. We invite you to participate in a series of online meetings, which were organized for researchers and PhD students of the University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University of Technology and Gdańsk Medical University. They are aimed at people interested in deepening their knowledge on publishing scientific work, especially publications…

Sunday Sessions - Swedish Edition is a new project by the Foreign Languages Centre UG to cover Swedish and English. A meeting with Swedish architecture and landscape is planned to start on 28 March. - 'The project is to popularise learning foreign languages and the culture of other countries,' explains Alina Swebocka, head of CJO UG. She does not rule out that other languages…

A base on the Moon, made with the help of 3D printing, in which algae play the main role, is the awarded project in the Moon Base Design Contest. The Innspace team which won fourth place includes mgr Ewa Borowska, a graduate of Oceanography at the University of Gdańsk. The competition, in which teams from all over the world participated, was organised by the Moon Society from the USA. The task was to design a lunar…

The scientific conference entitled. 'Congress of Economic and Ecological Student Clubs', organised by the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdańsk as part of the project 'Science Clubs - known and unknown faces of science', is an excellent opportunity to exchange views on ecology and environmental protection, economics and international…

Memories of Piotr Tyma, historian, journalist, president of the Union of Ukrainians in Poland, chairman of the Electronic Media Council of National and Ethnic Minorities, member of the Joint Commission of the Government and National Minorities. (we spoke a few days after the tragic death of the Mayor of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz) On the wave of memories about President Paweł…

out under the Initiative for Excellence in Research Universities (IDUB). The Small Grants Programme - UGrants enables you to receive funding for preliminary research and preparatory activities aimed at planning a research project and raising funds for its implementation. - 'The Small Grants Programme - UGrants has been designed to meet the needs of researchers at different…

In the year celebrating the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, on the occasion of Dantedì, the day on which, according to tradition, Dante's journey into the afterlife described in the 'Divine Comedy' began, the Italianists of the Postgraduate Italian Studies programme at the University of Gdańsk will take part in a marathon of several hours of a live reading…

A virtual fair village, networking, consultations with employers and many opportunities to start a career - these and many other events are waiting for the participants of Career Days organised by AIESEC. - 'As Career Days for over 25 years, we create a platform that connects the academic world with the best employers in Poland. Due to the epidemiological situation, the…

The latest temporary exhibition, prepared by the University of Gdańsk Museum, entitled 'Droga do Uniwersytetu. Uniwersytet Gdański i jego poprzedniki 1945-1970', presents selected fragments of the history of the Higher School of Education in Gdańsk, the Higher School of Maritime Commerce, the Higher School of Economics in Sopot and the first year of operations of the…