Discussions about Sustainable Development Programme

In this programme we popularise research results as well as teaching and project activities related to sustainable development of scientists, educators, doctoral students and students of the University of Gdańsk. The project is carried out on the basis of interviews, presentations, popular science articles with an indication of source materials that are published on the Centre’s website.

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Students ask Monika Bąk, PhD, DSc, Prof of the UG about sustainable tourism

Students ask Monika Bąk, PhD, DSc, Prof of the UG about sustainable tourism

szygro2022-07-22T09:57:55+02:002022/07/22|

- The phenomenon of overtourism is sometimes called the silent killer of cities. [...] Residents move out of city centers [...]

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Students ask Prof. Iwona Sagan about sustainable cities

Students ask Prof. Iwona Sagan about sustainable cities

szygro2022-06-06T09:12:17+02:002022/06/06|

What should sustainable cities of the future be like? What is a smart city? Answers to these and many other [...]

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Students ask about life under water – Prof. Jarosław Tęgowski answers

Students ask about life under water – Prof. Jarosław Tęgowski answers

szygro2022-05-31T14:48:48+02:002022/05/31|

Prof. Jarosław Tęgowski about water level in oceans: We have a very rapid climate warming, which causes the level of [...]

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Students ask Anna Mazurkiewicz, PhD, DSc, Prof of the UG about migration

Students ask Anna Mazurkiewicz, PhD, DSc, Prof of the UG about migration

szygro2022-05-31T14:48:03+02:002022/05/31|

Historian Anna Mazurkiewicz, PhD, DSc, Prof of the UG about migration movements: Right now, looking globally, we have 82 million people – most [...]

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Students ask Ernest Czermanski, PhD, DSc, Prof of the UG, about sustainable transport

Students ask Ernest Czermanski, PhD, DSc, Prof of the UG, about sustainable transport

szygro2022-05-31T14:44:11+02:002022/05/31|

Dr. Ernest Czermanski, Prof. UG on trolleybus transport: We tried to find arguments why this transport is modern, ecological, environmentally [...]

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Students ask about COVID-19 – virologist Prof. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk answers

Students ask about COVID-19 – virologist Prof. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk answers

szygro2022-05-31T14:39:11+02:002022/05/31|

Virologist prof. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk about coronavirus epidemic and vaccinations: There are examples that very young people, in very good condition, [...]

UNIVERSITY TALKS

Sustainability from our interviewees perspective

CZRUG Talks

An interview with Professor Beata Grobelna, the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, at the University of Gdańsk

Both the University of Gdańsk and university teachers from the Faculty of Chemistry have an important role to play in sharing knowledge and engaging in local and international outreach. Our actions aim at raising awareness of, and communicating knowledge about, issues related to multidimensional impacts on the environment and society. Reliable, science-based and comprehensible information is provided to children, young people, and adults with already established opinions.

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CZRUG Talks

An interview with Dr Grażyna Chaberek, Deputy Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management of the University of Gdańsk

One way of changing our thinking is focusing on the value of relation and integration. Future cities should be for people, not cars. My research results demonstrate that one of the major problems of contemporary cities is an excessive number of cars, which affects safety, environmental quality, and life quality in the sense that we spend a lot of time getting from one place to another. This, in turn, has a detrimental impact on mental health and household budgets.

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