Welcome to the Centre for Europe
Welcome to the official Website of the Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw. I would like to encourage you to read the information about our institution.
The Centre for Europe is an integral part of the prestigious and historical University of Warsaw. It is one of the oldest and of the most widely recognised facilities in Poland (as well as in Eastern and Central Europe) representing an interdisciplinary approach to broadly understood European Studies. Thus, our area of research and didactic work includes political studies, legal and socio-economic matters, and cultural issues in internal, regional, external and global dimensions. Our activities are also focused on publishing periodicals, textbooks and didactic materials.
I hope that this Website will provide you with lots of useful information, which will become an incentive for a more extensive cooperation with the Centre for Europe. In this context, I would like to point out that the studies conducted in the Centre offer training programmes taking into account new challenges and problems faced by the EU at the beginning of the 21st century. At the same time, they are adjusted to the needs of the European job market and they improve the students’ practical skills. Another important aspect of the Centre’s operation are the actions in the field of international cooperation between individual researchers and institutes. Therefore, the Centre organises a cycle of international seminars and conferences. It also participates in several international projects.
The Centre is open to cooperation with foreign universities and colleges, science experts and organisations orientated to knowledge, development and creation, in the field of dissemination of knowledge of European integration through research tools and popularising the idea of science as a value.
To sum up, welcome on board and feel free to join our adventure.
dr hab. Kamil Zajączkowski
Director of the Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw
Shaping the Future of International Organizations
A seminar devoted to the future of international organizations in the face of mounting geopolitical turbulence will be held at the University of Warsaw. The event, organized by the University’s Centre for Europe in cooperation with the Civil Development Forum (FOR), will feature, among others, Deputy Minister of National Defence Cezary Tomczyk.
On 30 September, the Senate Hall of the Kazimierzowski Palace at the University of Warsaw will host the seminar “The Global Crisis of Multilateral Institutions: International Organizations in Times of Geopolitical Turbulence. Implications, Scenarios, and Strategic Conclusions for the EU and Poland.”
The seminar will examine how the global crisis of international organizations and the gradual loss of Western influence to China and other countries of the Global South may affect the European Union’s position, Poland’s included, on the international stage, and what practical consequences this may entail for EU citizens.
The meeting will also seek to address the following questions:
- How can the West and the EU regain influence within international organizations?
- To what extent does the activity of the PRC and other global actors within these structures impact the development of selected sectors of the Polish and European economy?
- What recommendations and conclusions should be formulated to enhance the effectiveness of Poland and the EU in this field?
Among the participants will be Cezary Tomczyk, Deputy Minister of National Defence, as well as representatives of academia, business, government, think tanks, parliamentarians, and experts. The seminar will be opened by Professor Ewa Krogulec, Vice-Rector for Development at the University of Warsaw.
