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Situation of International Academic Staff in Poland

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The conference is addressed to:

academic community, professionals working in international relations offices and members of academic and research organizations

Language of the event: English

Situation of International Acadeic Staff in Poland Conference
 

About the conference

Whereas the well-being of international students is high on universities' priority lists, the situation of international academic employees, including Ph.D. students, receives far less attention. The forthcoming one-day conference, organized jointly by SWPS University's Faculty of Psychology in Wrocław, the Committee of Foreign Affairs at the Main Council for Science and Higher Education (chair: Professor Katarzyna Byrka), and the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP) International Affairs Committee (chair: Professor Jerzy Lis) and Communication and Social Responsibility Committee (chair: Professor Roman Cieślak), aims to address this pressing issue. The pivotal question the conference will tackle is whether Polish higher education institutions (HEIs) create an open and supportive environment for the international academic community.

The meeting will be organized around three sessions, each dedicated to exploring following aspects of the theme:

  1. Do Polish HEIs attract foreign academic staff, and if so, how?
  2. What are the challenges and barriers for the international academic staff coming to Poland?
  3. How can we draw on foreign and Polish solutions and good practices?

Participation in the conference is free of charge.

The event will be held in a hybrid format, with a limited number of in-person participants.

The organizers plan to write a report on the conference and an article in the Forum Akademickie journal as a follow-up. Therefore, they will hold an open meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Main Council and the CRASP Committee of Communication and Social Responsibility on Tuesday, June 20, from 9:00 to 12:00.

Program

  1. Welcome and opening remarks

     

  2. Panel discussion I: Do Polish universities attract foreign academic staff, and if so, how?

    What are the long- and short-term benefits for HEIs to employ foreign academic staff in the globalized world? Is Poland an attractive place to pursue an academic career? For which countries? What opportunities does Poland offer? Are European Universities networks game changers?

    Chair: Prof. Jacek Witkoś
    Adam Mickiewicz University, vice-chair of the Committee of Foreign Affairs at the Main Council
    Prof. Stanisław Kistryn
    Vice-President of the Main Council for Science and Higher Education; Jagiellonian University in Kraków
    Prof. Jerzy Lis
    Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology
    Zofia Sawicka, Ph.D.
    Deputy Director General of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange
  3. Lunch Break

     

  4. Panel discussion II: What are the challenges and barriers for the international academic staff coming to Poland?

    What specific barriers are unique to Poland and not encountered in other countries? Does bureaucracy pose a challenge for foreign academic staff? How does the language barrier affect international academics within and outside the university?

    Chair: Prof. Bogumiła Kaniewska
    Rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University, President of Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities, CRASP Communication and Social Responsibility Committee
    Sandip Banerjee, Ph.D.
    post-doc, University of Wroclaw
    Anna Fiust, Ph.D. Eng.
    project coordinator, National Science Centre
    Agnieszka Żyra, Ph.D. Eng.
    Cracow University of Technology
  5. Coffee Break

     

  6. Panel discussion III: How can we draw on foreign and Polish solutions and good practices?

    How do Polish HEIs create environments open for international researchers? What are the good practices of supporting PhD students at Polish HEIs? Which international solutions could be employed in Polish HEIs?

    Chair: Professor Jarosław Bosy
    Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, President of the Conference of Rectors of Universities of Agriculture and Life Sciences, CRASP International Affairs Committee
    Prof. Teofil Jesionowski
    Rector of the Poznan University of Technology
    Prof. Patrycja Matusz
    Vice-Rector for Projects and International Relations, University of Wrocław
    Prof. Marta Mendel
    Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

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Organizers

  • Faculty of Psychology in Wrocław logo
  • Main Council for Science and Higher Education logo
  • CRASP logo

Location

Faculty of Psychology in Wrocław, SWPS University, Ostrowskiego 30b, room 120 and online