Behavioural and experimental economics may offer a more realistic and evidence‑based understanding of human decision‑making than standard economic theory. What can we learn from games and experiments in these fields? Can their results be transferred into practice? These are some of the topics we talked about with prof. Michalis Drouvelis, who visited the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk as part of the UG…

Work is underway on the National Strategy for the Internationalisation of Polish Higher Education and Science - a practical tool supporting the internationalisation of Polish universities and research institutes, thereby strengthening Poland’s position in the global science system. Why does internationalisation play such a crucial role in improving the…

fot. Grzegorz Mehring / www.gdansk.pl  Debora Sobieska and Dawid Zając, outstanding students at the University of Gdańsk, have received scholarships for their exceptional contributions to Gdańsk. The ceremony to award the Mayor of Gdańsk’s Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Scholarships for the 2025/2026 academic year took place on 8 April…

The University of Gdańsk is consistently developing its activities under the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R), strengthening standards for the work and development of researchers in accordance with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers. March was a month of intensive initiatives focused on collaboration, skills development and strategic planning for the coming years…

Researchers from the University of Gdańsk have secured funding for two projects under the prestigious Horizon Europe programme supporting the development of young researchers: the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Doctoral Networks (MSCA - DN). The projects on behalf of the University of Gdańsk will be led by prof. Joanna Skórko-Glonek from the Faculty…

The internationalisation of research, the research landscape, the academic community, and the educational process and content, as well as increasing the potential and visibility of Polish universities on the global stage - these are the fundamental strategic objectives set out in the National Strategy for the Internationalisation of Polish Higher…

Are you curious about how quantum chips work? How do you create a quantum dot containing single electrons? The University of Gdańsk and Lund University cordially invite you to the second edition of the Summer School: Physics of Quantum Chips (Physics of Quantum Chips, PQC), which will take place in Gdańsk during the first week of July 2026. A basic understanding of quantum mechanics is required. Registration is open…

Can games truly change a person? How can they be used in shaping positive values? Professor Sarah L. Bowman, who visited the University of Gdańsk as part of the Visiting Professors programme, explains that it’s not just a game itself that matters. What do we need if we want to use role-playing games as a teaching method? Karolina Żuk-Wieczorkiewicz: -…

A groundbreaking study covering 58 countries shows that people’s willingness to engage in intergroup violence is not a uniform way of thinking. Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), the findings indicate that extremist intentions have two fundamentally different psychological underpinnings…

The RESSAC Festival - Festival of Research in Science, Arts and Creation - is an event that brings together science, art and creative research presentations. Its fourth edition took place in Brest (France) from 10 to 14 March. An important - and visually spectacular - element of the festival was the (Very) Big Data! competition, organised as part of…