TRANSFORM4EUROPE
CHAIR EXCHANGE
RESULTS
SUMMER SEMESTER 2021/2022
ABOUT
The first run of the Transform4Europe Chair Exchange competitive independent application and selection process has completed successfully. Due to the keen interest in the initiative and the excellent applications the Joint Selection Committee has agreed to approve all those which match the conditions of the Call.
Below are the names of the incoming chairs who will take up the position at a host university as follows.
THE NAMES OF THE INCOMING CHAIRS
Saarland University (Germany) will be hosting
- Zbigniew Feliszewski, PhD, DLitt, Associate Professor from the University of Silesia
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Societal transformation, community building and inclusion - Asst. Prof. Dr. Kalin Kalinov from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Digital transformation and smart regions
The University of Alicante (Spain) will be hosting
- Agnieszka Nowak-Brzezińska, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor from the University of Silesia
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Digital transformation and smart regions
The University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)
- Prof. Dr. Milena Dobreva from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Digital transformation and smart regions - Prof. Dr. Habil. Šarūnas Liekis from Vitautas Magnus University
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Societal transformation, community building and inclusion - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Genovaite Liobikiene from Vitautas Magnus University
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Environmental Transformation and sustainability
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giovanni Bacaro from the University of Trieste
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Environmental Transformation and sustainability - Edyta Widawska, PhD, DLitt, Associate Professor from the University of Silesia
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Societal transformation, community building and inclusion - Prof. Dr. Hilkka Hiiop from the Estonian Academy of Arts
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Societal transformation, community building and inclusion - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Riin Alatalu, UNESCO chair holder from the Estonian Academy of Arts
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Societal transformation, community building and inclusion - Dr. Sylwia Szostak from the University of Silesia
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Digital transformation and smart regions - Dr. Agata Stronciwilk from the University of Silesia
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Societal transformation, community building and inclusion
The University of Trieste (Italy)
- Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska, PhD, DLitt, Associate Professor from the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)
Transform4Europe Alliance priority area: Digital transformation and smart regions
Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
- Robert Rajczyk, PhD DSc, assistant professor from the University of Silesia in KatowiceTransform4Europe Alliance priority area: Societal transformation, community building and inclusion
As a spin-off effect of the Transform4Europe Chair Exchange initiative and to enhance collaboration among young researchers the Estonian Academy of Arts welcomes in spring 2022 Gytis Dovydaitis, a PhD student and lecturer from the Department of Modern Arts in Vytautas Magnus University who will work oh his PhD research project and will conduct lectures for EKA students at. The successful completion of this exchange is expected to grow into a Transform4Europe Junior Chair initiative.
