The ‘How much of Humboldt or Clark is in the University of Wrocław?’ academic conference is a new format and space for discussion regarding the subject of a modern university. The University of Wrocław and Stowarzyszenie “Jesteśmy Uniwersytetem” (We Are The University Association) – the conference’s organisers – point out that, in an economically and socially changing world, it is worth talking not only about various scientific disciplines, but also about the place where science is exercised – the university itself. Today, it is the health of universities that determines their provision of quality research and quality education.
The main premise of the Conference is to be open to the viewpoints of the various groups that make up the University: students, doctoral students, academic and administrative staff, researchers from other academic centres and people from the socio-economic environment of the University of Wrocław. This year, the invitation to participate in the event was accepted by great practitioners involved in the management of science and higher education: prof. Marek Ratajczak (Poznań University of Economics and Business), Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education from 2012 to 2015, and prof. Krzysztof Leja (Gdansk University of Technology), member of the Scientific Policy Committee at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education from 2018 to 2020. We would like to cordially invite you to listen to the lectures of the invited guests and the panel discussions.
We invite you to take part in the conference, which will take place on 6 December 2022, at 9 AM in Room 2D at the University of Wrocław Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics. Let’s talk about the University of our dreams!
Speakers’ profiles:
Prof. dr. hab. Marek Ratajczak is an economist and university teacher. From 2007 to 2010, he was a member of the Scientific Council of the National Bank of Poland, and from 2012 to 2015, he served as Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, responsible, among other things, for the financial affairs of science. Since the beginning of his academic career, he has been affiliated with the Poznań University of Economics, where he graduated with a degree in economics and obtained his doctoral and postdoctoral degrees. At his alma mater, he holds the position of Head of the Department of Macroeconomics and Development Studies, and from 2002 to 2008 he was Vice-Rector for University Development and Staff Improvement. He is the author of more than 250 scientific publications on both economics and the development of science and higher education.
Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Leja is a professor at the Gdansk University of Technology. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Technical Physics and Applied Mathematics, with a doctorate in economics. At his Alma Mater, he holds the position of Head of the Department of Management; in the past, he was also Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Gdansk University of Technology. From 2018 to 2020, he was a member of the Scientific Policy Committee to the Minister of Science and Higher Education. Member of the team of authors of the higher education environmental strategy for 2010 – 2020. Author of numerous monographs and scientific articles on improving the organisation and management of the modern university, his analyses focus on the concept of management of the modern university and the social responsibility of universities.
‘How much of Humboldt or Clark is in the University of Wrocław?’
Place: Room 2D at the University of Wrocław Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
9.00 Welcoming to the Conference by the Chairman of the Organising Committee
9.10 Prof. dr hab Robert Olkiewicz, Rector of the University of Wrocław
Opening remarks and opening of the Conference
9.25 Prof. dr hab. Marek Ratajczak, Poznań University of Economics,
The contemporary university between a temple of science and knowledge and a factory of publications and diplomas
10.10 Dr hab. Krzysztof Leja, Professor, Gdansk University of Technology
From Humboldt to Clark and back, or towards a socially responsible university?
11.10-11.45 Coffee break
11.45-13.00 Panel discussion: How much of a traditional, entrepreneurial, knowledge-based university is there in the University of Wrocław?
13.00-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-15.15 Panel discussion: How can the University of Wrocław prepare for the challenges of internationalisation?
15.15 Conclusions. Closing of the Conference by the Chairman of the Organising Committee
Organiser contact information:
dr Piotr Wojtulek (Institute of Geology) piotr.wojtulek@uwr.edu.pl
dr hab. Dagmara Adamska (Institute of History) dagmara.adamska@uwr.edu.pl
The task was co-financed from the budget of the Local Government of the Lower Silesian Voivodship.
source: organisers’ materials
Translated by Kacper Grzęda (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.
