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Do people trust scientists? – a global study with the participation of USil employees

The Study conducted across 68 countries shows that people still trust scientists: global insights from the largest post-pandemic survey on trust in scientists. An international team of 241 scientists, led by Viktoria Cologna, PhD (Harvard University, ETH Zurich) and Niels G. Mede, PhD (University of Zurich), investigated the level of trust in scientists across 68...

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USil researchers in the ‘Science & Society bilateral initiative in social sciences, arts and humanities’ project of the National Science Centre

At the beginning of September this year, the predefined initiative ‘Science & Society bilateral initiative in social sciences, arts and humanities’ was launched. 14 partners from Poland and 9 partners from Norway were involved in the cooperation. The project is set to span 8 months from 1 September 2024 until 30 April 2025, and its...

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Phone app and changing eating habits – Monika Stojek, PhD, Assoc. Prof.

Monika Stojek, PhD, Assoc. Prof. published an article ‘A Pilot Randomized Control Trial Testing a Smartphone-Delivered Food Attention Retraining Program in Adolescent Girls with Overweight or Obesity’ in co-authorship with researchers from several centres in the USA. The article was published in the journal Nutrients. The article describes the results of a study in which overweight teenagers...

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Teachers’ Beliefs about Inclusive Education

Inclusive education is nowadays in the mainstream of educating students with special needs; moreover, it is an important factor in the transformation of entire education systems directed at improving the quality of education. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise that the issue of conditions behind its quality attracts particular attention from researchers. Many...

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Marcin Gierczyk, PhD, Assoc. Prof. becomes a member of the Centre for Research on Children and Families at McGill University in Canada

Marcin Gierczyk, PhD, Assoc. Prof. became a member of the McGill Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF) at McGill University in Canada. The CRCF is a centre for cutting-edge research on effective programmes and policies for children and their families, offering a unique platform for developing local, national and international collaborations with academic...

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Our researchers joined Children’s Worlds

Dagmara Dobosz, PhD, Marcin Gierczyk, PhD, Assoc. Prof., and Prof. Ewa Jarosz joined the Children’s Worlds international research team. Children’s Worlds is a global survey on the subjective well-being of children run by the Jacobs Foundation in cooperation with a group of international experts specialising in children’s well-being research. The researchers taking part in the...

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International research grant at the Institute of Sociology

In the years 2025-2027, the Institute of Sociology will implement a grant project ‘mInimise coSts and mAximise Benefits in the transitionary European regional Labour markets’ (ISABEL) obtained under the Horizon Europa programme. In addition to the University of Silesia in Katowice, the project consortium includes the following institutions: Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (Greece...

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National Agency for Scientific Research

We are pleased to inform you that Robert Pyka, PhD, DLitt, Associate Professor became an expert and reviewer of the French National Agency for Scientific Research (Agence Nationale de la Recherche – ANR), which is the equivalent of the Polish National Science Centre. As a member of the international team of ANR evaluators, which met...

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