UL: Competitions and prizes

Two researchers from the University of Wrocław were awarded this year’s Prime Minister’s Award in the category for an outstanding doctoral dissertation: dr Piotr Antoni Kołaczek-Szymański from the Institute of Astronomy, and dr Rafał Muda from the Institute of Psychology.

On 13 November 2024, at the Honorary Consulate of India in Wrocław, a ceremony was held to award two vouchers for air tickets to India, for flights Warsaw – Delhi – Warsaw, which were funded by the Honorary Consul of India in Wroclaw, Mr. Kartikey Johri. The persons honoured with the award of the Honorary Consul were Ms Zofia Błasińska and Katarzyna Piróg, outstanding students in the first year of graduate studies in Indian Studies. The two awarded students were selected from among all students of Indian philology from the second year of undergraduate studies, as a result of a secret ballot of the staff of the Department of Indian Studies (ISKŚiO UWr).

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a South Korean writer, Han Kang. Dr Hae Sung Lee from the Korean team at the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies believes this is a sign that Korea is transforming from a cultural power into a truly culturally rich nation. Here is the full commentary from the university’s Korean Studies scholar:

Nagroda Nobla z chemii – komentarz naszego eksperta z Wydziału Biotechnologii UWr. Jakie znaczenie mają odkrycia trzech badaczy Davida Bakera, Demissa Hassabisa oraz Johna M. Jumpera?

Dr Jan B. Klakla from the Centre for Legal Education and Social Theory at the University of Wrocław and the Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE) in Warsaw was awarded the main prize in the competition for the best doctoral thesis in legal theory and philosophy organised by the Association for Philosophy of Law and
Social Philosophy – Polish Section IVR.

Dr Barbara Jasiulis-Gołdyn, assistant professor at the Institute of Mathematics of the University of Wrocław, received the Smart Growth Leader Award.

Dr hab. Dorota Michułka, prof. of the UWr from the Institute of Polish Studies, will conduct a research project in collaboration with German researchers thanks to a Weave-UNISONO grant. The Polish team will receive support of more than PLN 422 000.

Thanks to the funding of additional research projects in the OPUS 25, PRELUDIUM 22, MAESTRO 15 and SONATA BIS 13 competitions, the number of laureates in these competitions increased from 452 to 774 researchers.

Thanks to the funding of additional research projects in the OPUS 25, PRELUDIUM 22, MAESTRO 15 and SONATA BIS 13 competitions, the number of winners of these competitions increased from 452 to 774 researchers.