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The creation of virtual archaeological trails available in the Archaeotrail app will be undertaken by researchers and students from the University of Wrocław. The Institute of Archaeology at UWr is participating in the Erasmus+ SHARITAGE project – Digital Engagement of Local Communities in European Cultural Heritage.

Dr hab. Alicja Krzemińska from the Institute of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Wrocław undertook a study visit to Peru as part of the University of Wrocław’s academic, teaching and social activities.

Ekologia.pl has published a ranking of 50 important people in Polish ecology. At the top of the list are the most notable scientists with a lifetime experience in research – climatologists, ecologists, hydrobiologists, foresters, and naturalists, whose work has been setting standards for environmental discourse in Poland. In the top ten is dr hab. Zygmunt Kącki, prof. UWr, Director of the Botanical Garden.

WrocDocSoc is a new initiative bringing together the Doctoral Schools of nine public universities in our city. We are creating a shared space for cooperation, the exchange of experience, and the promotion of early-career researchers.

On 20–22 May 2026, an international interdisciplinary academic conference devoted to current political, social, legal and cultural transformations in Central and Eastern Europe will be held in Wrocław. The conference will address these issues in the context of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and Ukraine’s integration process with the European Union. The event is organised by the Wrocław University Center for Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation and the Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Literatures in cooperation with other faculties of the University of Wrocław as well as numerous national and international partners. The conference will be held under the honorary patronage of the Marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and the Mayor of Wrocław.

On Friday, 16 January 2026, the 15th edition of the nationwide “Biologists’ Night” event will take place under the slogan: „Biologia pełna sygnałów – odkryj jak mówi życie”.

An article entitled “500-year paleoclimate record inferred from Greenland juniper wood contextualizes current climate warming” has been published in the journal Nature Communications (IF = 15.7; 200 points on the Polish Ministry ranking list). One of its co-authors is prof dr hab. Piotr Owczarek from the Department of Physical Geography at the University of Wrocław.

Our university currently has 14 scholarship holders – outstanding young researchers. Our academics have secured several dozen new research grants. We also have winners of prestigious competitions and polls. We wish the entire academic community an equally successful 2026!

The Historical Institute at the University of Wrocław invites you to a January online lecture as part of the Szewskie czwartki series.

Christmas and New Year’s greetings from the Rector of the University of Wrocław

The upcoming Christmas season holds a special place in the liturgical year of the Church, and the music associated with it is one of the central fields of musicological research. Throughout the centuries, the Christmas repertoire not only served a utilitarian role in church services, but also reflected the stylistic, aesthetic, and cultural transformations occurring in church music of particular periods.

Archaeological works connected with a new investment of the University of Wrocław, located at the junction of Kuźnicza and Uniwersytecka Streets, on the site of the former Kalogródek area, are coming to an end. In the final stage of the research, the remains of a tenement house erected in 1866 were uncovered. The building was destroyed during the siege of the city in 1945.