Part two of the Inauguration of the 2024/2025 Academic Year will take place onsite, at individual campuses. Deans of the local Faculties will lead the celebrations. The program will include matriculation of first year students and doctoral students, and opening lectures delivered by acclaimed academics and experts
Campus in Warsaw
Opening Lecture: Urus’s scull and Raphael’s cranium or about the necessity of art in science
Speaker: Professor Grażyna Jurkowlaniec, University of Warsaw. Professor at the Institute of Art History and Vice-Dean for Finance at the Faculty of Culture and Arts. Member of the Committee for Art Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).
Campus in Wrocław
Opening lecture: Can writing a novel fulfill one’s cognitive needs? Personal reflections.
Speaker: Marek Krajewski, Ph.D., writer, linguist.He holds a doctoral degree in classical philology from the University of Wrocław, author of bestselling Eberhard Mock crime drama series, set in pre-WWII Wrocław.
Campus in Sopot
Opening lecture: Generative AI Expands Human Capabilities.
Speaker: Professor Jacek Rumiński, P.Eng., Gdańsk University of Technology. Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Chair of the Scientific Board of the Polish Artificial Intelligence Society, and a member of the Committee for Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).
Campus in Poznań
Opening lecture: The Power of Nothing or the Placebo Effect.
Speaker: Professor Przemysław Bąbel, Jagiellonian University. Psychologist, Vice-Dean for Research at the Faculty of Philosophy, President of the Polish Association for Behavioral Psychology, and a board member of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies.
Campus in Katowice
Opening lecture: Intervention methods in cases of peer violence.
Speaker: Piotr Rycielski, Ph.D., SWPS University. Psychologist, experienced academic lecturer, recipient of the Minister of Education and Science Award for significant research projects implemented in 2022.
Campus in Kraków – Inauguration on October 7, 2024
The Inauguration of the 2024/2025 Academic Year at SWPS University in Kraków will take place on October 7 and will include the official accession of the Tischner European University into SWPS University.
Opening lecture: Can you research the experience of beauty?
Speaker: Professor Michał Wierzchoń, Jagiellonian University. Cognitive psychologist, Director of the Center for Brain Research, Director of the Institute of Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy.