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HumanTech

Center for Social and Technological Innovation

The goal of the Center is to link the world of science with partners from local communities as well as the business and arts and culture sectors. The Center provides a platform for representatives of the business sector, NGOs, local governments, scientists and students to work on common projects.

We invite collaborations with entrepreneurs, businesses, community organizations, and academics. Have an interesting idea? Contact us.

Join us at HumanTech Summit 2024!

centrum innowacji spolecznych i technologicznych

What
we do

HumanTech Center is the only research center in Poland that comprises both social and technological innovations, and the only center of its kind operating at a university, which specializes in social sciences and humanities.

Research goals

Our goal is to bring together the disciplines of technology and humanities, while focusing on people and their needs. We believe that technology should serve people, and not vice versa, hence our name – HumanTech (formerly Center for Innovation). We are proponents of a transdisciplinary approach. Together with technologists, engineers, computer and information sciences, and business professionals we develop innovative solutions and enter our projects in competitions, such as “Innovation Vouchers”, a funding scheme provided by the Polish Development Fund Group, and “Fast Track”, organized by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR).

Technology, Humanities, and Social Sciences

We partner with organizers of many conferences and our experts often speak at various events focused on the links between technology, humanities and social sciences. Our expertise derives from research, which guarantees reliable input at every phase of collaborative projects.

We invite businesses, community organizations, researchers, and entrepreneurs to work with us.

Bielecki, Maksymilian
Bio
Tak
Specialization
psychologist, specializing in neurocognitive science, psychophysiology, and psychometrics
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Maksymilian Bielecki
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
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psychology
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Maksymilian Bieleckipsychologist, specializing in neurocognitive science, psychophysiology, and psychometrics
Boni, Michał
Bio
Tak
Specialization
Media, political science, and culture expert
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Michał Boni
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
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warszawa
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Michał Bonipolitical scientist, media and cultural researcher
Kaczmarek, Magdalena
Bio
Tak
Permanent employee
Tak
Specialization
psychologist
First and last name
Magdalena Kaczmarek
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
City
warszawa
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psychology
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Magdalena Kaczmarekpsychologist
Kordalewska, Oliwia
Bio
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Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Oliwia Kordalewska
Academic degree or title
Project Coordinator
Institute
HumanTech Center for Social and Technological Innovation
Project Coordinator Oliwia Kordalewska
Kuś, Jakub
Bio
Tak
Permanent employee
Tak
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psychologist, specializing in impact of new technologies on human behavior
First and last name
Jakub Kuś
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
City
wroclaw
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psychology
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adiunkt
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Jakub Kuśpsychologist, researches the impact of new technologies on human behavior
Laskowski, Rafał Gabriel
Bio
Tak
Specialization
sociobiologist
Permanent employee
Nie
First and last name
Rafał Gabriel Laskowski
Academic degree or title
M.A. / Head of the Metaverse & Gaming Team
Institute
HumanTech Center for Social and Technological Innovation
M.A. / Head of the Metaverse & Gaming Team Rafał Gabriel Laskowskisociobiologist
Sypniewski, David
Bio
Tak
Permanent employee
Nie
First and last name
David Sypniewski
Academic degree or title
M.A. / Teaching Assistant
Specialization
designer
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HumanTech Center for Social and Technological Innovation
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warszawa
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Tanaś, Łukasz
Bio
Tak
Specialization
psychologist and learning experience designer
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Łukasz Tanaś
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
City
warszawa
Discipline
psychology
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Łukasz Tanaśpsychologist and learning experience designer

 

Collaborators

We collaborate with researchers in Poland and abroad. Our steady collaborators include:

Paulina Grzybowicz

Paulina Grzybowicz

Amelia Kalinowska

Amelia Kalinowska

Filip Matuszewski

Filip Matuszewski

Natalia Nadolna

Natalia Nadolna

Kacper Sawicki

Kacper Sawicki

Agata Syfert

Agata Syfert

Michał Woroniecki

Michał Woroniecki

Research
projects

The HumanTech Center conducts research, implementation (business), social, and educational projects.

HumanTech Meetings – educational project

HumanTech Meetings project aims to initiate cooperation between sectors of technology and social scientists to present different perspectives on phenomena such as Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, algorithms, robotics as well as virtual and augmented reality.
During these events, acclaimed international experts specializing in the related fields discuss issues concerning technological innovations and their impact on human life. The project (no. 422493) is funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, under the “Promotion of Science” funding scheme.

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HumanTech Summit – conferences

In 2022 and 2023, we organized conferences focused on new technologies, under a common name HumanTech Summit. Each conference offered parallel events, such as hackathons and presentations of new immersive technologies.

HumanTech Summit 2024 is scheduled for December 7-8. Join us!

Transformator Innowacyjnosci – educational project

Innovation Transformer is an annual conference, which aims to bring together researchers and practitioners. Topics of discussion include different aspects of innovation, such as historical, social, and advanced technologies.

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AI in Communication – chatbot – implementation/business project

The goal of the project was to implement a tool for the evaluation of messages (including sentiment analysis) in the human-chatbot interaction, and to adjust chatbot’s communication to maintain positive sentiment of users.
The project was financed by a grant for “Increasing Technology Readiness Level (TRL)”, which was implemented by a consortium including the WSG University of Economy and SWPS University, as part of the “Innovation Incubator 2.0 – interdisciplinary innovations for sustainable development” project.

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Therapify Application – business implementation project

It was a collaboration with a startup, aimed at developing a mobile application supporting a therapist-patient relationships, by enabling daily monitoring of therapy progress. The app offers various functionalities, such as sending data to a psychotherapist or psychiatrist, statistical analysis, assigning tasks, conducting surveys, obtaining immediate support, etc.

MatchBeta Project – implementation/business project

The MatchBeta project is a social innovation developed in response to one of the biggest challenges of the contemporary world – it supports employers in finding the right talent that meets certain job requirements, and helps young people in finding the right career path.
The heart of MatchBeta is an artificial intelligence system called M.A.I.A. (Matching Artificial Intelligence Assistant), which was created by PwC Data Analytics team, in collaboration with the Center for Innovation at SWPS University. Magdalena Kaczmarek, Ph.D. was the main expert working on the project.

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Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) - research project

The HumanTech Center has purchased a humanoid robot, Pepper, to launch a persuasive robotics project, where scientists will study the human perception of robots’ credibility and trustworthiness.
Our interdisciplinary international team includes Dr. Aleksandra Przegalińska (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/Kozminski University (ALK), and Professor Peter Gloor, MIT

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Project “Akcja – Inkubacja” – community project

The Ecorys “Akcja – Inkubacja” [Action – Incubation] project, which was developed in cooperation with SWPS University’s Center for Innovation, supported social innovators. Additionally, it facilitated the implementation of a solution generation model that helped young people enter the job market. The innovation generation model included planning and development of ideas, selection of grant recipients, testing of the most promising innovations, and implementation of the best solutions.

zmiana przez designThe Center reviewed 120 proposals for innovative ideas; 60 of these proposals were tested, and 8 best solutions were further developed for implementation on a large scale.