University of Silesia in Katowice

Interdisciplinary studies on the natural environment of the Arctic and Antarctic at a global level and education of young scientists.

An inter-faculty research team conducting research, development, implementation, dissemination, and teaching activities related to water and water management.

The scientists from the University of Silesia investigate air quality, sources of pollution, and directions of its movement, having at their disposal a hot air balloon with a mobile laboratory. It is part of the University Laboratory for Atmosphere Control (ULAC). A stationary laboratory equipped with the apparatus for testing atmospheric pollution is also part of this laboratory.

• • Information about the University Laboratory for Atmosphere Control (ULAC) establishment
  • Inauguration of the University Laboratory for Atmosphere Control (ULAC)

This interdisciplinary centre conducts scientific and research activity in the field of the most important regulatory problems and challenges that are part of the public policy domain.

The Centre acts as a partner for the science and higher education sector by conducting research activities in the field of improving human resource management processes

Coordinating and conducting research and education activity in the field of nano- and microscopy, disseminating results of those researches, and implementing the results into economic practice.

Integrating the research work of specialists in humanities and glottodidactics in the field of contemporary methodologies of education of teachers of individual subjects.

Research on the influence of climate change on the shaping of the environment and settlement of areas located in the maritime temperate, continental, and tropical temperate climate zones.

Initiating and maintaining dialogue between science, culture, and art within the technosphere.

The Centre is composed of artists, lawyers, and representatives of science and industry; based on the theory and practice of applying intellectual property law, we foster the development of artistic thought and business strategies.

The Centre is engaged in scientific activity in the field of research on legal, economic, technical, and social aspects of competitiveness protection, as well as sectoral and economic regulation.

Scientists associated with the Centre for Nordic and Old English Studies deal with the history and culture of medieval Scandinavia and England. In the Middle Ages, both these areas were linked by strong political, economic, culture, and linguistic bonds. Research on the history of Scandinavia and England makes an important contribution to a better understanding of the European Middle Ages.

The Centre for Nordic and Old English Studies is the first unit of this kind in Poland; it deals not only with the geographical aspects of the researched areas, but also with history and literary studies.

Design and research of multi-purpose virtual environments.

Research on the identity and culture of the Roma.

The main area of activity of the centre is interdisciplinary empirical and comparative research of folklore in the Carpathian area with the use of AI technology in the creation of popular science and scientific materials.

University Centre for Creative Citizenship (UCKO) conducts research projects, which result in developing new ideas and concepts of citizenship activities. The Centre, based mainly on the activity of young academics, has been established for the purpose of conducting interdisciplinary scientific and educational activity in cooperation with the environment.

CYBER SCIENCE Silesian Centre for Legal Engineering, Technology and Digital Competence is a research and teaching consortium established by the University of Silesia in Katowice, Scientific and Academic Computer Network – NASK National Research Institute, University of Economics in Katowice and the Silesian University of Technology.

The scope of cooperation will include such issues as: cybersecurity, LegalTech, FinTech, Digital Economy, AI (artificial intelligence), blockchain, electronic identification.

The scope of action is to develop and describe a model of modern judicature. The Centre conducts dogmatic and legal, comparative, sociological and philosophical and axiological research, which aims at answering the question of how a system of justice should look to meet social expectations and be trusted by citizens and at the same time function according to the rules and regulations in force of a democratic and legally governed country.

The Centre conducts interdisciplinary biomass energy research at the international level on the influence of biomass combustion and gasification on air pollution and pressure of utilisation of biocomponents along with the procedures of natural resources processing and material chemistry on human health.

The scope of research undertaken by the centre concerns a discipline that does not exist in Poland and which in international circles is known as game studies. This field of knowledge fits into the category of interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary and broadly understood initiatives referred to as “studies”, such as gender studies, porn studies, postcolonial studies.

The Professor Tadeusz Widła Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Forensic Science and Legislation aims at consolidating and strengthening the research, scientific, organisational and teaching potential of the University of Silesia in Katowice. The goal is to conduct scientific projects, carry out research tasks and educate students and doctoral students in the broadly understood forensic sciences.

The research conducted by the Centre constitutes a coherent whole in the area of designing and synthesis of drugs and materials that are of key importance to modern civilisation. The members of the Centre take up the most current challenges facing the economy, especially in the field of environmental protection, combating climate change and the production of modern materials with a wide range of applications.

The Centre was established in response to the lively discourse on the prospect of ageing societies that has emerged over the last few years.

The research conducted by the experts who are part of the Centre is positioned at the intersection of three overarching categories: regional studies, border studies, and collective memory.

The Centre researches the culture, history and literature of the Byzantine Empire (330-1453), with a particular focus on animal studies, environmental studies, and ecocriticism.

Research conducted at the Centre focuses on, among others, the development of new NGT tools, education, and legislative issues related to the possibility of conducting research.

The centre aims to create an interdisciplinary platform for scientific activity in disciplines such as law, literary studies, art, culture and religion studies, and history.

The primary goal is to conduct innovative interdisciplinary and cross-field research that combines humanistic reflection on new technologies with creative and design practice in this area.

The subject of research conducted by the centre will be the reconstruction of the extraction and processing of mineral resources in the northern part of the Silesian Upland and the impact of these activities on the natural environment and landscape.