We are pleased to announce that UNESCO has renewed the mandate of the UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability at the University of Szczecin until 31 December 2030. The decision extends the agreement between UNESCO and the University of Szczecin, originally established in 2022 under the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme. The renewal recognizes the Chair’s achievements over […]
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The University of Szczecin has become a member of the European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance – a European network of institutions committed to advancing and promoting science diplomacy. As part of the University of Szczecin’s membership in the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance, the UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability at the University of Szczecin will play […]
From 16–18 June 2026, Szczecin hosted the GDS Forum & Impact Day – an international event dedicated to the sustainable development of tourism and the future of urban and regional destinations. The Forum featured a range of thematic sessions and workshops with the participation of representatives of public administration, the tourism sector, industry organizations, and […]
In June 16-18 (2026(, Szczecin will host GDS Forum & Impact Day one of the key international events dedicated to sustainable development in the meetings industry. Prof. Maciej Kowalewski, UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability, announces this event in a campaign by the Szczecin Convention Bureau and discusses the key challenges and threats shaping today’s discourse […]
On March 19, Dr. Damian Syjczak ((Deputy Director of NAWA, assistant professor at the Warsaw School of Economics) was appointed to the research team of the UNESCO Chair for Sustainable Social Development, which operates within the Doctoral School at the University of Szczecin. On April 22, another meeting in the “Meetings with Practitioners” series took […]
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 […]