‘If someone needs to flee from home, we must suppose living conditions in their country are extremely difficult.’ Dr Francesca Tessitore, psychoanalyst, works with forced migrants and asylum seekers both as a researcher and as a clinician. Her research focuses on the relationship between undergoing extreme trauma and autobiographical narrative in the context of forced migration and seeking international protection. What…

Dr Łukasz Wirkus of the Institute of Pedagogy was awarded the Honorary Badge for Merit to the Administration of Justice by the Minister of Justice, Waldemar Żurek. The award ceremony, presided over by Maria Ejchart, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, took place on 25 June 2026. The Honorary…

Can music therapy support addiction treatment? An international team of researchers involved in the FALCO project (Fighting addictions, improving lives: Comprehensive drug rehabilitation with music) is seeking answers to this question, particularly in the context of the long-term effects of such support. In Poland, the project is being carried out by…

On Thursday, 26 March, a car struck a young female wolf near the Tricity Ring Road. Scientists from the Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology at the University of Gdańsk took part in the rescue operation aimed at helping the animal. We spoke to dr Maciej Szewczyk about encounters with wolves, rescue operations, and the myths surrounding these predators…

Designing evidence-based gender equality plans – this was one of the key objectives of MINDtheGEPs, an international project funded by the European Union. An article summarising MINDtheGEPs was published in March on the European Commission’s website. It highlighted, among other things, the involvement of the University of Gdańsk, which was honoured (in…

The University of Gdańsk will take part in promoting science during the upcoming editions of Pomeranian Researchers’ Night in 2026-2027. The event is part of the European Researchers’ Night initiative, which aims to bring the work of researchers closer to the public and to demonstrate how scientific research impacts everyday life and socio-economic development. The Research4Resilience project, under which the next two…

212 °F is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale - a symbolic moment when something reaches a critical point. In the case of open science, we are talking about the point at which change becomes inevitable: it is time to act, not just observe. What challenges await us now? We invite you to the debate ‘212 on the Fahrenheit scale - a debate…

The 2nd Equality Day at the University of Gdańsk is behind us. This year, we celebrated it with a ceremony to present the awards granted in the 2nd edition of the Rector's Joanna Schopenhauer Award and in the 4th edition of the Rector's Special Award ‘I Include Gender in Research’ and a debate ‘Does science have a gender?’, which addressed the issue of…

  Neuromapa is a project aimed at supporting neurodiverse people. Often, due to their unusual experience of the world, they have special needs, including specific conditions in which they feel comfortable or can function well. The Neuromapa team wants to help with this, and thanks to winning a competition organised by the Gdańsk Economic Development Agency, ‘SDG Challenge. We design a sustainable future’, this support…

„Równowaga. Prokobieca firma roku” to konkurs promujący polskie przedsiębiorstwa, organizacje pozarządowe i instytucje publiczne, które tworzą środowisko pracy równe dla wszystkich, bez względu na płeć. Wyróżnia te organizacje, w których polityki równości idą w parze z realnymi działaniami wspierającymi równość i równowagę w miejscu pracy. Uniwersytet Gdański uzyskał jedną z trzech nominacji w kategorii instytucja…