On 22 January 2026, a representative of the UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability will participate in the international seminar “Digital Transformation and Innovation Ecosystems in SME Internationalization”, hosted by SNSPA Bucharest. Our member of the research team, Kelaniyage Shihan Dilruk Fernando, will contribute to the seminar with a presentation titled:“Are innovation-driven business networks an effective […]
On 25–28 November 2025, Dr. Olga Łozińska, a member research team of the UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability, participated in the Advanced Training Course “Challenges and Perspectives of Science Diplomacy in Central, Eastern and South‑Eastern Europe,” held in Trieste and Gorizia, Italy. The training focused on building knowledge and skills in science diplomacy, understood as […]
On December 2–3, 2025, events on strategic thinking and building the capacity to anticipate social, technological, and environmental changes were held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability was represented in Paris by Prof. Małgorzata Guzowska. The main point was World Futures Day 2025, celebrated on December 2 under the title […]
On 17 November, at the University of Greifswald, 12 universities signed a joint declaration to establish a network of cooperation between Polish and German universities in the border region. The alliance of universities in the Pomerania region will promote sustainable development in the region and strengthen exchanges between researchers and students from universities in both […]
The following open access article has just been published in Nature journal NPJ Ocean Sustainability: Penca, J., Ertör, I., Ballesteros, M., Briguglio, M., Kowalewski (UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability), M., Pauksztat, B.,Cepić, D., Piñeiro-Corbeira, C., Vaidianu, N., Villasante,S. & Pascual-Fernández, JJ. (2025) Rethinking the Blue Economy: Integrating social science for sustainability and justice. npj Ocean […]
On June 23, 2025, the 3rd Polish-German Meeting titled Towards Social Sustainability in the Polish-German Cross-Border Region: Challenges for Research and Higher Education took place in Kulice, Poland. The event brought together representatives of universities and research institutions from Poland and Germany engaged in the development of the cross-border region, including the University of Szczecin, Universität Greifswald, […]
What is the Blue Economy in the perspective of Social Sciences? Prof. Maciej Kowalewski shared his experience in the RethinkBlue COST Action, in a panel discussion together with Piotr Krzystek (Mayor of the City of Szczecin), Łukasz Zahorski (Management Representative for Szczecin and Świnoujście Ports Development), Dennis Jul Pedersen (President of the Port of Esbjerg, […]
The volume Hustle and Bustle.The Vibrant Cultures of Port Cities, edited by Prof. Carola Hein (TU Delft), Dr. Robert Bartlomiejski (University of Szczecin) and Prof. Maciej Kowalewski, Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability, has been published by Brill. Ports have for centuries been places of intense movement, flow and exchange. The hustle and […]
This two-day event (28 and 29 October 2024) organised by the UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability in cooperation with the University of Applied Science in Neubrandenburg was the first joint meeting of rectors of universities from the border region since the transformation after 1989. The invitation from the authorities of the University of Szczecin and […]
Researchers focused on sustainability from universities of the Polish-German border region met in Szczecin to discuss the most important challenges of the region’s development. The conference was jointly organized by Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, University of Szczecin – UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin and University of Greifswald. Konferencja […]
