From the left: prof. Richard J. Whitt & dr Karolina Rudnicka (visit coordinator) 'What's interesting to me is exactly which parts of language change, and which don’t change. I’m especially fascinated with how the way people talk about things influences the way they perceive those things' said prof. Richard J. Whitt, a linguist…

Odessa's Ilya Mechnikov National University students visited the University of Gdansk to participate in the III Congress of Young Science. As part of the Congress, they delivered six papers on a wide variety of topics, ranging from economic issues, political science and international relations to science and experimental science. Visitors…

Students from Iceland, France, Germany, Ukraine and Kazakhstan came to Gdańsk for the TOWNSHIP summer school organised by the Centre for Sustainable Development together with the Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management at the University of Gdańsk. For a whole week, they took part in intensive workshops and field classes…

The University of Gdansk, in cooperation with institutions from other countries, has received funding for the PRO-CLIMATE project under the HORIZON EUROPE programme. The PRO-CLIMATE project aims to support communities to proactively adapt to climate change through social and behavioural transformation. The project is a continuation and development of the SCORE Horizon 2020 project (ending June 2025), a core element of…

The Paweł Adamowicz University Secondary School in Gdańsk, which cooperates with Fahrenheit's universities, i.e. the University of Gdańsk, the Medical University of Gdańsk and the Gdańsk University of Technology, can boast excellent matriculation results. All its students passed their Matura exams with excellence. According to the latest recruitment…

Sidharth Chauhan From Kotkhai, a small Himalayan village in India to Harvard Law School and then to Jindal Global Law School as an Assistant Professor. Sidharth Chauhan overcame a lot of challenges as a first-generation lawyer, while also helping others. During the pandemic, the Indian lawyer managed to spread awareness about COVID-…

Od lewej; prof. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski i Jan Strawiński On Tuesday, June 27, the Director of the Institute of Political Sciences, dr Arkadiusz Modrzejewski, prof. UG, signed a cooperation agreement with the Association of Honorary Consuls in Poland, represented by its President and Honorary Consul of Bulgaria in Gdańsk, Jan…

From the left: prof. Rachel Allison and Deputy Dean for Research and International Cooperation, Faculty of Social Science dr Radosław Kossakowski  Why in the USA, soccer is one of the most popular sports among girls, but not among boys? Is this due to different perceptions among Europeans and Americans, and, is Quidditch really a…

On June 14 and 15, Expo XXI Warsaw was transformed into the venue for Europe's largest gathering of technology-related women - the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit. Visitors to the event were able to listen to nearly 200 inspiring speeches and discussions delivered on four stages by more than 500 female and male speakers, take part in more than 50 tech, career and soft skills workshops, benefit from 400 individual…

From the left: dr Grzegorz Welizarowicz and prof. Jesse Lerner How did Argentina's reluctant declaration of war on the Third Reich influence the golden age of Mexican cinema? Why did a Taco Bell restaurant in Mexico City fail after less than two years? We asked prof. Jesse Lerner of the Claremont Colleges, who…