University of Silesia in Katowice

The Science SPARK – School, Passion, Activity, Development, Creativity project, implemented by the University of Silesia in Katowice, has entered its final stage, the key component of which was the “Student – Mentor” tutoring programme. Three members of the Institute of Earth Sciences were actively involved in this part of the project: Dr Marta Chmielewska,...

As part of the second call of the Transform4Europe (T4EU) Seed Funding Programme, three collaborative projects involving researchers from the University of Silesia have received financial support. The T4EU Seed Funding Programme aims to strengthen cooperation within the alliance by supporting bottom-up, co-creative academic initiatives. Its mission is to build a comprehensive joint academic portfolio across...

Heritage future(s) / future heritage(s): on the threshold of change 18–20 March 2026 | Porto, Portugal EPoCH 2026, hosted by Universidade Católica Portuguesa, is organised in partnership with the Transform4Europe (T4EU) alliance. The conference brings together scholars, professionals, and artists to explore how heritage and conservation can evolve amid rapid climatic, technological, and societal transformations....

Results of contests for increase of the doctoral scholarship in the project ``International from the beginning – wsparcie umiędzynarodowienia, financed by the National Agency for Academic Exchange in the STER Program The project manager for “International from the Beginning – wsparcie umiędzynarodowienia” announces the results of two contests to increase doctoral scholarships for the 2025/2026...

We are pleased to announce that an employee of the Faculty of Law and Administration, Małgorzata Myl-Chojnacka, PhD has qualified to participate in the annual “Charles E. Scheidt Faculty Fellows” program! This is a unique distinction awarded to selected scholars from around the world who are involved in the prevention of international crimes. The program...

Employees of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia are working at full speed – this time they participated in two international conferences held in Slovakia! The first one, organized by the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, entitled “Právo, obchod, ekonomika/ Law, business, economics 2025”, took place in Štrbské Pleso...

In the last week of November there was a special meeting in the Welcome Point. We decided to organize the traditional St Andrew’s evening of fortune telling. In the decorated room the participants could listen about the origins of the St Andrew’s day and customs connected with it. They also tried to foretell their future...