Press breakfasts

The press breakfast series was created to create a space for dialogue with journalists, both for our experts and for us – an entity building a bridge between science and the outside world.

The meetings are an opportunity to meet and talk with Experts from the University of Warsaw, who in their scientific research analyze various important issues from the sphere of economic and social development, both in Poland and around the world.

Participation in the Press Breakfast

Meetings organized as part of the Press Breakfast series are addressed only to accredited journalists.

If you are willing to participate in the Press Breakfasts, please contact the coordinator:

Anna Ryczkowska
ae.ryczkowska2@uw.edu.pl

So far, we have organized Press Breakfasts on the following topics:

27.06.2023 r.

Can a city weigh too much? Climatic threats in urban space

Speakers:
dr Kamil Leziak, Katedra Geografii Fizycznej, Zakład Klimatologii, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych UW
dr inż. Agnieszka Dudzińska-Jarmolińska, Katedra Geografii Miast i Planowania Przestrzennego, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych UW

Topics:

threats related to the broadly understood “heaviness” of climate and buildings;
a broader topic of geological threats – not only subsidence, but also landslides and mass movements (especially in the Vistula Escarpment);
threats related to climate change (e.g. dangerous weather phenomena – tornadoes, heavy rainfall, etc.);
risk of subsidence in unstable ground in local areas of Warsaw;
threats to ground stability in urban space;
adaptation of cities to climate change – through the implementation of greenery (nature-based tools) into city structures;
citizen science – towards building the resilience of cities to climate change;
building environmental justice;
ecological urban planning, urban revitalization.

The meeting is intended for journalists.

If you are willing to participate in the Press Breakfasts, please contact the coordinator: Anna Ryczkowska, ae.ryczkowska2@uw.edu.pl

30.05.2023 r.

Food, nutrition, and production in the face of climate change, changes in food production in the country and abroad related to the food revolution

Speakers:
PhD prof. ucz. Krzysztof Klincewicz, Wydział Zarządzania UW
dr Magdalena Marczewska, Wydział Zarządzania UW

Topics:

Innovations in the food sector – taste sensations, nutritional values, health and environmental impact;
Food design in response to consumer expectations and trends;
What will the food of the future be like and should we be afraid of it?

25.05.2023 r.

What will be the future of students and teachers in Polish schools? Results of the PIRLS study

Speakers:
dr Tomasz Gajdrowicz, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych UW
PhD Maciej Jakubowski, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych UW

Topics:

about the good but falling results of Polish students;
about the emotional crisis in schools visible in the data (both on the part of students and teachers);
about the future of Polish schools.

16.05.2023 r.

AI technologies in the labor market and education

Speakers:
dr Wojciech Hardy, DeLAB UW
Satia Rożynek, DeLAB UW

Topics:

What do we know about current technological changes and their impact on the labor market?
How can new “AI” tools impact the labor market?
How does higher education need to change to adapt to new technologies?
How do employees perceive their future on the labor market in the context of technological transformation?
Who is afraid of automation and what are the consequences of these fears?

25.04.2023 r.

Mycological walk in the Botanical Garden of the University of Warsaw along with workshops

a walk in the Garden with Prof. PhD Marta Wrzosek, a mycologist who talked about the kingdom of mushrooms;
the second part of the meeting included gardening workshops on planting plants with Dorota Szubierajska, keeper/curator of the department of ornamental, rosarium, utility and medicinal plants at the Botanical Garden of the University of Warsaw.

18.04.2023 r.

Neurodiversity in the labor market. Education transformation and the future of work in the era of digitalization and AI

Speakers:
dr Tomasz Gajderowicz, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych UW
PhD Katarzyna Sledziewska, prof. UW, DeLAB UW, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych UW

Topics:

Let’s look to the future: education, neurodiversity and the development of AGI.
What challenges does this pose for employers and also for people entering the labor market?
Will newer technology help them?
How should education be changed to adapt to neurodiverse people?

09.02.2023 r.

Results of a public opinion survey on the social perception of refugees from Ukraine and migrants from Belarus

Speakers:
dr Robert Staniszewski, Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW

Topics:

Has the public perception of refugees from Ukraine changed almost a year after the start of the war?
What is the previously unknown effect of dissonance positive attitude (DPA)?
What is and what is the value of the Social Perception of Migrant Index (SPMI)?
Do we perceive refugees and migrants differently?
What factors determine social perception?
Should Poland send tanks and planes to Ukraine?
What could Emory Bogardus, the creator of the social distance scale, say about the attitude of Poles towards refugees from Ukraine and migrants from Belarus?
Does the diagnosis of social perception developed by artificial intelligence (AI) in this ChatGPT coincide with human research conclusions?

01.02.2023 r.

Entrepreneurship Development at the University of Warsaw

Speakers:
PhD inż. Przemysław Dubel, UOTT UW
PhD n. med. Anna Wójcicka, Warsaw Genomics
PhD Jacek Jemielity, ExploreRNA Therapeuticus, CeNT UW

Topics:

How does the commercialization of scientific research results work at the University of Warsaw?
Does patent protection of inventions at the stage of university laboratories make sense?
Do the costs that increase with the duration of protection block development?

18.01.2023 r.

Workshops on the analysis of pre-election polls

Lecturer:
PhD Adam Gendźwiłł
Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych UW

9.11 2022 r.

Why can’t banks fall? Financial security of Poles in times of crisis and inflation

Speakers:
PhD Cecylia Leszczyńska, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych UW
dr Jarosław Klepacki Wydział Zarządzania UW

Topics:

A historical look at the crisis, or whether looking back we can deduce what will happen in the future. Is a crisis of crises approaching and the years 2024-27 will be the worst in recent economic history?
How should our economy defend itself against the upcoming wave of crisis?
Is it possible for one economy to defend itself, or maybe there is no need to do anything, because other EU countries, while defending their economies, will also defend us?
Are we threatened by the Turkish model? What do the Turkish and Polish economies have in common?
How does the Hungarian model relate to this and why is it invoked if there is such a large disproportion between the markets? What actions should be taken to prevent the Turkish model from happening to us? How does Hungary defend itself?
What would a healthy economy need to do to bring inflation up to approx. 20%. Is the first 5% or subsequent levels the hardest?