University of Silesia in Katowice

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Svalbard 2025 polar expedition

A team of researchers from the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice took part in another interdisciplinary expedition to Svalbard, continuing their long-term research on glacier dynamics and changes in the polar environment under the influence of global warming. As part of this year’s expedition, carried out as part of...

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University of Silesia established cooperation with iSpot

On 26 June 2025, the University of Silesia in Katowice signed a cooperation agreement with iSpot. The company was represented at the meeting by Dariusz Zająkała (CEO of iSpot Poland), Mariusz Kruk (Education Development Manager at iSpot), Agata Kożuszek (Educational Training Coordinator at iSpot) and Emilian Paluszkiewicz (iStudies programme manager). The university was represented at...

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We concluded the XXXI Congress of the International Federation of European Law

The XXXI FIDE Congress—four days filled with lectures, meetings and inspiring conversations among international participants—has now concluded. From 28 to 31 May, Katowice was the European centre of debate on the future of European law. The FIDE Congress, held in Poland for the first time in its history, focused on three topics in the field...

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USil takes off with Sławosz

On 6 June, we began preparations for the space flight of Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski planned for 10 June. As part of the ‘We’re Going to Space with Sławosz’ campaign, several lectures and workshops for school students were held at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Silesia. During the event, we also connected...

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Meeting with Anne Applebaum

On 30 May, spinPLACE hosted a meeting between Anne Applebaum and the community of the University of Silesia. The journalist and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize came to Katowice in connection with the Congress of the International Federation for European Union Law (FIDE). The Katowice meeting, entitled ‘Autocracy, Inc. and the Future of Freedom’,...

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New Workroom for Database and Data Analysis for IT Students at USil Faculty of Science and Technology

The official opening of our fresh computer workroom at the Faculty of Science and Technology in Sosnowiec took place on 31 March. The workroom has been created particularly for students of computer science. Modern workstations, powerful computers and a space ideal for learning and projects, all that to provide the possibly best conditions for acquiring...

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Open Day at University of Silesia

The Open Day at the University of Silesia took place on Monday, 24 March, in the spinPLACE building at ul. Bankowa 5. The visitors had a chance to meet and converse with students, PhD students and employees of the University of Silesia who were eager to answer all and any of their questions. The event...

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Meeting with MEP Borys Budka

On Monday, 24 March 2025, Borys Budka, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, visited the University of Silesia in Katowice, his alma mater. During the meeting at the Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library (CINiBA), he talked to representatives of the academic community, among...