Second PAP interview with Alicja Bonk
Following her comments on the recent wildfires in southern Poland, Alicja Bonk was approached by the editors of Science in Poland (pol. Nauka w Polsce, the Polish science news service run by PAP) to discuss fire events from the more distant past. In her statement, Alicja presented a perspective spanning 13,000 years, drawing on varved […]
Summer School POLCA 2.0
Between May 4 and 13, 2026, Gdynia hosted the second edition of the International Summer School on Pollution in Coastal Areas – POLCA 2.0 (pol. Międzynarodowa Szkoła Letnia – Zanieczyszczenia w Strefie Brzegowej 2.0), organized by the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk with the support of the Polish National Agency […]
PAP interview with Alicja Bonk
Wildfires are a “burning” issue that we face more and more often. Alicja Bonk gave an interview to Nauka w Polsce (pol. “Science in Poland”), the science news service of the Polish Press Agency (PAP), in which she commented on the fires that recently affected southern Poland. In the same interview, Ala also offered a […]
World Earth Day at CZRUG
On April 22, we celebrated World Earth Day. The Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Gdańsk organized an event aimed at secondary school students and university students alike. The Prof. Janusz Sokołowski Auditorium, located in the Main Library, was filled with young attendees who had the opportunity to listen to a series of […]
Geographer’s Night 2026
April is a busy month for geography-related events. One of them is the annual Noc Geografa — Geographer’s Night (held this year on April 16), organized by the Student Geographical Research Club of the University of Gdańsk, with which we collaborate closely. This year’s edition was aimed at high school students preparing for their final […]
Online lecture for PTLim – Wojciech Tylmann
On Friday, April 17, Wojciech Tylmann participated in the first edition of an online lecture series organized by the Polish Limnological Society (pol. Polskie Towarzystwo Limnologiczne), titled “Closer to Lakes” (pol. „Bliżej jezior”). His talk, titled “Paleolimnological Time Travels: How Has Temperature Changed in the Masurian Lake District Over the Past 10,000 Years?” (pol. „Paleolimnologiczne […]
Open Day of the University of Gdańsk
On Wednesday, 11 March, the Open Day of the University of Gdańsk took place. As every year, in cooperation with the On Wednesday, 11 March, the Open Day of the University of Gdańsk took place. As every year, in cooperation with the Geography Student Research Club, we opened our laboratories to visitors and gave students […]
About the Expert Evaluation in Forum Akademickie
In the latest issue of Forum Akademickie, in the Scientific Life section, an article by Wojciech Tylmann has been published, addressing expert evaluation in the assessment of researchers and scientific institutions. “Expert evaluation conducted by international panels can brutally confront us with the actual quality of our research. It may turn out to be a […]
Workshop for high school
Once again, Ala Bonk — this time supported by Ola Orłowska — had the pleasure of leading a workshop titled “In the Microsphere of Varves – History Recorded in Lake Sediments.” The session was attended by students from the First Academic High School, who visited us under the supervision of our former graduate student, Ania […]
Assoc. Editor in PPG – Damian Moskalewicz
We are pleased to announce that Damian Moskalewicz has been appointed Associate Editor of Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, published by SAGE (140 points in the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education ranking, IF = 3.6, CiteScore = 6.9, H-index = 124, Q1). He will begin his editorial duties at the start […]