University of Silesia in Katowice

Dear PhD Students, We wish you a wonderful holiday season and, in the New Year, health, peace, joy of life, and positive energy – including in your research and teaching. May this year be a good one, and may reality be in your favor! Doctoral School Team

We are pleased to announce the publication of an internationally significant monograph “Critical Legal Perspectives on Contemporary Slavery: On the Presence of the Past”, published by Brill in 2025, which includes a chapter co-authored by Professor Łukasz Pisarczyk from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia. This is an important contribution...

The Law Library recommends the Research Handbook on Animal Law and Animal Rights – a groundbreaking handbook co-edited by Professor Tomasz Pietrzykowski. Professor Tomasz Pietrzykowski and Małgorzata Lubelska-Sazanów, PhD, who conduct research on animal rights at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia, are the authors of the chapter ‘Legal dereification...

In the last days of December we decided to have a mug of the mulled wine together at the Christmas Market. This year we chose our Christmas market in Katowice. It was evening and we could already admire the bright Christmas lights. We had an interesting conversation about Christmas traditions, science and other interesting subjects...

List of construction works related to the development of the Silesian Interdisciplinary Centre for Chemistry: Continued reconstruction of the existing sewage network. Continued reconstruction of the existing telecommunication network. Continued reconstruction of the existing electrical network. Continued reinforced concrete works involving the construction of the foundation slab and walls of the underground garage level (–1)....

Call for scholarship applications Position: PhD candidate in the discipline of Physical Sciences Project host institution: Faculty of Science and Technology, August Chełkowski Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice Doctoral training unit: Doctoral School at the University of Silesia in Katowice   PhD candidate responsibilities: The PhD candidate will conduct low- and high-pressure...

After winning the Gold Medal at the Student Academy Awards in October 2025, the short film has a real chance of being among the top five live action short films nominated for the 98th Academy Awards, awarded by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film is written by Jan Saczek, a...

The festive season is quickly approaching, and soon we will be counting down the days until Christmas and the New Year — not only thinking about reports, presents, but also enjoying togetherness, closeness, renewed hope, anticipation, and moments of rest. Vytautas Magnus University invites you to celebrate the season with a multilingual Advent calendar. Starting December...