On January 10, 2021, the second edition of training courses conducted within the international SEAPLANSPACE project on "Maritime spatial planning instruments for sustainable management of the sea", organised for people interested in maritime spatial planning issues, ended. The SEAPLANSPACE project is co-financed by the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2014-2020. The two…

Photo. Arek Smykowski / UG Dr Wojciech Glac, a neurobiologist and popularizer of science from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk, talks about functioning in a prolonged and constantly extended lockdown and how our brain copes in such a situation. 1. The unusual everyday life in which we find ourselves, completely different from the previous…

- At the beginning of lockdown the feeling of novelty connected with turning our lives upside down accompanied us for some time and could be troublesome, but now we have adapted to the situation to such an extent that the novelty is no longer such a great challenge. The problem, however, is the lack of pleasure associated with contact with people and entertainment…

In the picture dr hab. Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk Dr hab. Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk of the Philology Department of the University of Gdańsk will give a lecture on Gdańsk and Pomerania in autobiographies of authors of Jewish origin after 1945. The meeting will be held online as part of the 17th edition of the 'Culture of Old Gdańsk' lecture…

The SEA-EU community brings together 120,000 students and 1,700 staff. The SEA-EU-Around application aims to facilitate the connection between the members of this community, both online and in real life. The main functionalities are: Discover - cultural and linguistic exchange with students from the 6 universities of the alliance; Collaborate - putting students or teachers…

The Rector of the University of Gdańsk met on Monday with the Consul General of the People's Republic of China, Fan Xiaodong. This is the first visit of the Consul to the University after he took up his post in December last year. The meeting focused on the cooperation between the University of Gdańsk and the Consulate of the People's Republic of China. The common goal of the University and the Consulate is, among…

    A visit to the Marine Station of the University of Gdańsk in Hel and participation in seal feeding, a cruise on the scientific research vessel 'Oceanograf', gadgets autographed by Piotr Sierzputowski and a sculpture 'Świątek' by the Rector - this is how the University of Gdańsk will support the 29th Grand Finale of Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy.…

Starting tomorrow, the International Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS 2021) will run for two days ( January 25-26, 2021) in the Netherlands. Representatives from governments, civil society organisations, science and business will participate. Accompanying events will include climate-related film screenings and an online discussion, also with the participation of UG researchers. Our country's representatives at the CAS…

Eleven academics from the University of Gdańsk have supported the idea of creating a metropolitan association in Pomorskie Voivodeship. They put their signatures to an open letter addressed to MPs in the Polish Parliament, appealing for the support of the metropolitan law. The appeal was initiated by prof. dr hab. Iwona Sagan from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography at…

To Whom It May Concern, Based on information received from the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Health, among others, I would like to inform you that: Academic teachers employed at the university have been classified as group 1C. The expected start time of vaccination for this group is March/April 2021. No firm decisions have yet been made on how the university will be able to transfer lists of…

Prof. dr hab. Robert Alicki, a member of the International Centre for Quantum Theory at the University of Gdańsk, will be a guest of Radio MORS. Together with prof. Alejandro Jenkins from the Universidad de Costa Rica, thanks to new methods of quantum thermodynamics, they solved one of the oldest riddles of physics - the mechanism of electrification of bodies, the so-called…

- Certainly, it is a didactic loss for our students that laboratory classes are not held," emphasise the pedagogues of the Paweł Adamowicz University Secondary School. Learning after the national quarantine, secondary school students continue online. It is worth recalling that the ULO, opened in 2019, and currently, two years of study continue at the school - together in…

We will talk to our guests about the background of their many years of activity on Tricity stages. We will touch upon such topics as common professional experiences or differences between the work of a dramatic actor and a musical theatre artist. We will ask about their greatest acting challenges, as well as their opinions on changes in theatre and the art of acting over the…

The programme of small grants - UGrants has been launched. This is another activity implemented at the University of Gdańsk within the framework of the Initiative for Research University Excellence (IDUB). The programme makes it possible to receive funding for preliminary research and preparatory activities aimed at planning a research project and acquiring funds for its…

A whole 100 pages for 50 years, that's how many pages make up the special anniversary issue of Gazeta Uniwersytecka. In it, the most important facts from the life of the University of Gdańsk over the last half-century can be traced in a nutshell through the prism of the local press. The jubilee edition of Gazeta Uniwersytecka entitled 50 years have passed... The University of…

Fot./stockphotosecrets.com We encourage you to listen to an open online lecture during which dr Wojciech Glac from the Neurobiology Laboratory of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Gdańsk will talk about the brain and psychopathic personality. The following answers to questions by dr Wojciech Glaca, neurobiologist, popularizer of science and…

Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), our SEA-EU partner is one of eight institutions involved in BIENVENÜE, a fellowship programme that offers 75, two-year-long postdoctoral positions to international, highly-skilled researchers. Co-funded by the EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Région Bretagne and partner institutions. The programme aims to reinforce Brittany's…

"Biologists' Night 2021 - a different formula and unfaltering interest" report Dr Elżbieta Sontag, coordinator of "Biologists' Night at the Faculty of Biology UG and Dr Alicja Chmielewska coordinator of the Biologists' Night at the Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed "For the 10th time, we invited to the Faculty of Biology all those who wanted to see how biologists at the University of Gdańsk work and what they do…

Mayor Aleksandra Dulkiewicz New headquarters for the Paweł Adamowicz University's Secondary School and joint activities to attract talented scientists from abroad were two of many topics discussed during a meeting between Mayor Aleksandra Dulkiewicz and Rector Prof. Piotr Stepnowski at the University of Gdansk. - The University of Gdańsk is linked to the…

Two years have passed since the day of the fatal attack on Paweł Adamowicz, the Mayor of Gdańsk, stabbed on stage at Targ Węglowy during Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy final. An alumnus of the 1st Secondary School in Gdańsk, he was already politically active during his school years. As a law student at the University of Gdańsk, he was involved in the May 1988 occupational strike at the University of Gdańsk…

Prof. Maria Mendel. Photo by Sylwester Ciszek Interview with prof. dr hab. Maria Mendel, Department of Social Pedagogy, Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Gdańsk.   A prominent figure in Polish pedagogy, social pedagogue, researcher and author of the concept of the pedagogy of place, researcher of space and place,…

We are witnessing a pivotal time in the human history of our generation - the global COVID-19 pandemic. As the University of Gdańsk community, we are also experiencing this world-changing event. From the beginning, our activities have taken various forms - from conducting scientific research, remote teaching, keeping the University administration running to providing psychological support and sharing creative ways to…

We are witnessing a pivotal time in the human history of our generation - the global COVID-19 pandemic. As the University of Gdańsk community, we are also experiencing this world-changing event. From the beginning, our activities have taken various forms - from conducting scientific research, remote teaching, keeping the University administration running to providing psychological support and sharing creative ways to…

Dr Szolc-Nartowski Dr Bartosz Szolc-Nartowski of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk has become a member of the Praesidium of the National Council of Legal Advisers for the 11th office term and the Chairman of the Application Committee at the National Council. The full composition of the Praesidium on the KIRP website.…

On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, the first meeting of the newly elected Council of the University of Gdańsk took place. During the meeting, Prof. Piotr Stepnowski, UG Rector presented to the members of the Council the actions taken recently by the University authorities and plans for the near future. The meeting also discussed in detail the challenges facing the university in…

The Gdańsk Scientific Society, which continues the tradition of the Society of Friends of Science and Art founded in July 1922 is preparing for the centenary celebrations. On July 11, 2022, it will be 100 years since the Society of Friends of Science and Art (TPNiS) in Gdansk was founded and registered in the Court of the Second Free City of Gdańsk. The tradition of TPNiS is cultivated by the Gdansk Scientific Society (…

We are pleased to inform that the project of Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, DSc, from the Department of Intercultural and Genetic Psychology of the Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, was recommended for funding in the 3rd edition of the M. Bekker Scholarship Programme. The programme aims to support researchers and academic teachers employed at Polish universities and scientific units in their pursuit of…

Photo: Ewa Szymczak, PhD, Director of the Centre for Didactic Improvement and Tutoring UG The highest level of education - this is one of the strategic goals of our university," explains Ewa Szymczak, PhD, from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk, whom Professor Piotr Stepnowski, rector of the University of Gdańsk,…

As part of the project "SEA-SEE PERSPECTIVE ON LAW" promotion of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdansk, three image films of the Faculty have been produced to promote studying in Gdańsk to foreign students who want to learn about key legal issues from a modern maritime perspective. The promotion of the Faculty of Law and Administration abroad is intended to encourage students to study law in…

Marek Rutka, PhD, from the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdańsk, MP for the 9th term of the Polish Parliament, was appointed to the Public Service Council at the Prime Minister's Office. The term of office of the Council lasts 4 years. From January 1, 2021, The Public Service Council operates in a new composition. The nine-member team includes, among others,…