…as headed the Centre of Migration Research of the University of Warsaw. I consider this award an extraordinary distinction, not on an individual level, but rather as a tribute to the migration research community in Poland, in particular to the researchers of the UW’s Centre of Migration Research. The Centre, which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary last year, is a unique example in Polish terms of an institution operating in the field of social…

…tudies, the University of Warsaw.   “This project is particularly important with the war taking place across our eastern border. We are looking forward to implementing it together with our French partners. I believe that the new initiative will contribute to the further development of joint research and scientific collaboration between the University of Warsaw and the French community,” Prof. Zygmunt Lalak, the UW Vice-Rector for Research, said.  …

…once again granted funding to the University of Warsaw for the “4EU+ for Ukraine” project under the “Solidarity with Ukraine” programme. The project concerns the collaboration of the 4EU+ Alliance with three partner institutions from Ukraine. The 4EU+ Alliance comprises eight research-intensive universities: the University of Warsaw, Charles University, Sorbonne University, the University of Heidelberg, the University of Copenhagen, the University…

…of the #ReadwithUW series. Barbara Chmielewska is a graduate of Russian Studies at the University of Warsaw. She has been working in UW libraries for over fifteen years. She joined the team of the University of Warsaw Library (BUW) in 2008 and the library of the Faculty of Psychology in February 2023. She is an advocate of open science and open access publishing.   She is an enthusiast of languages – Polish as well as foreign – besides Russian an…

…nd May and the Polish Accreditation Committee on 29th June. Finally, on 11th July, the Minister of Education and Science approved the establishing of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Warsaw. The first students of medicine began their studies on 1st October.   New hall of residence The Hall of Residence No. 7 with over 380 places for students and doctoral candidates is being built between Sulimy and Puławska streets. The investment is c…

…he University of Amsterdam.   NEWSUSE The NEWSUSE project, awarded by the European Research Council, involves identifying factors (individual, social and algorithmic) that influence the consumption of online information content.   The research will be characterised by a multidisciplinary and methodologically innovative approach, and its results will be juxtaposed with the latest developments in computer science and computational social science.  …

…he gemma depicts the head of Minerva – the Roman goddess of war and a patron of soldiers. “The object can be dated to the early 2nd century AD. The high quality of the gemma found in the Apsaros fort allows us to assume that its owner was not an ordinary soldier. Probably the precious ring adorned the finger of one of the officers, perhaps even the garrison commander,” Prof. Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski emphasises.   The researchers also discovered a…

…eration as well as actions taken by Polish universities in the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine were among the main topics addressed during the meeting.   “At the University of Warsaw, we are very concerned about the situation of Ukrainian universities. We have prepared places for Ukrainian students and doctoral candidates, and we are working together with many of your researchers on various projects. Therefore, we see a wide area for coope…

…ble on the 4EU+ website. 4EU+ for Ukraine “Solidarity with Ukraine – 4EU+ for Ukraine” is a programme of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) with a budget of approx. PLN765 200 (approx. EUR162 000).   It aims to strengthen and develop academic cooperation between partner Ukrainian universities (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, and Karazin Kharkiv National University) and the…

…l host a seminar titled “Polarization from news? Not really. Why? Most people do not consume (partisan) (hard) news.”   More information about the event can be found on the UW’s Centre of Excellence in Social Sciences >> European Research Council (ERC) grants are prestigious awards given to ground-breaking research in a chosen scientific area. They are awarded by the European Union’s independent agency, the European Research Council, in five categ…