Contributing expertise of the Center for Research on the Economics and Memorial Sites
For several years, Professor Adam Szpaderski has been conducting research on the economic, financial and management processes related to the development, preservation, commemoration and functioning of memorial sites around the world. This unique expertise is becoming increasingly important as nations and societies come to understand the importance of the preservation of memorial sites and their role in the education process of new generations. Contributing the knowledge developed by the Center to various museums and memorial sites is part of the Center’s mission.
The mission of our Center is to help museums and related institutions – through consulting and management – in achieving the greatest possible development. It is an honor for us to work for various organizations and contribute our expertise.
Adam Szpaderski, Ph.D. / Associate Professor, Head of the Center for Research on the Economics of Memorial Sites
Adam Szpaderski, Ph.D. / Associate Professor
Professor Adam Szpaderski specializes in strategic management, management of memorial sites, management of education about Auschwitz, the Holocaust and genocides, and parameterization of cultural heritage institutions. He is Dean’s Representative and the Chairman of the Committee for Internationalization of Education Offer of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw, and the Head of the Center for Research on the Economics of Memorial Sites at SWPS University.
Professor Szpaderski is also the Chief Consultant for Strategy and Education Management at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, Chairman of the Council of the Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica, Education Strategy Advisor at the Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo and Senior Consultant to the Central Museum of Prisoners-of-War.
In addition, he is the head of many implementation projects, and a member of scientific associations devoted to economics, management and culture. He is also a recipient of numerous awards.
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Prisoners-of-War Remembrance League
The Prisoners-of-War Remembrance League is a unique global consortium, which brings together institutions devoted to upholding the memory of prisoners of war, disseminating knowledge about the history of prisoners of war and related issues. This mission is being implemented through various research, exhibition, educational, commemorative, and promotional programs. The Central Museum of Prisoners-of-War in Opole is the leader of the Consortium.
The Board of the Prisoners-of-War Remembrance League includes a number of acclaimed researchers and practitioners specializing in economics, education, historical and archival research, museum and memorial site management, and security studies:
- Adam Szpaderski, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw, SWPS University – Chairman of the Board
- Violetta Rezler-Wasielewska, Ph.D., Central Museum of Prisoners-of-War – Secretary of the Board
- Kinga Hartmann-Wóycicka, Memory, Education, Culture Foundation
- Dariusz Czerniawski, Gross Born Foundation
- Marek Łazarz, Museum of POW Camps
- Irena Zmaczyńska, Cultural Center in Dobiegniew – Woldenberg Museum
- Mariusz Winiecki and Jan Daniluk, Ph.D., Polish-American Foundation for the Commemoration of POW Camps in Szubin
- Agnieszka Szczygielska, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management and Command, the War Studies University.
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Professor Adam Szpaderski appointed Senior Consultant to the Central Museum of Prisoners-of-War
Prof. Adam Szpaderski Appointed Adviser for Strategic Development of NOSPR
Prof. Adam Szpaderski Appointed Education Strategy Advisor to Stutthof Museum
Prof. Adam Szpaderski Appointed to Gross-Rosen Museum Council
Prof. Adam Szpaderski Appointed Chief Consultant of Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum
Prof. Adam Szpaderski appointed to Sybilla Competition jury