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Dear Partners,

on behalf of the Center for International Relations the Krakow University of Economics I would like to extend our warmest wishes for a happy and prosperous new year filled with the joy of success.

We are commited to fostering collaboration and exchange in research, education and innovation. We believe that by working together we create more vibrant and interconnected global academic community.

We invite you to follow our updates and join us in celebrating this special year.

dr hab. Katarzyna Sanak-Kosmowska, prof. UEK
Director, International Relations Office

News

Poland continues to allow Ukrainians fleeing the war access to education and social benefits. Over the past year, KUE hosted 470 Ukrainian high school students. The groups were led by 2 employees of Ukrainian origin employed by the International Programs Office.

Guest lecture by Prof. Edward I. Altman of New York University entitled: “Where Are We Now in the Credit Cycle: The Case of Leveraged Finance Markets”. The event is under the patronage of the Rector of KUE, professor Bernard Ziębicki. The event is organized by Rafał Sieradzki, PhD of the Department of Financial Markets. Professor Edward I. Altman is held in high esteem in the world of financial sciences. He is also the Director of Research in Credit and Debt Markets at the NYU Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions.

With the end of 2024, the results of The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE)'s KA171 competition have emerged. The application scored 85 points out of 100 in terms of funding, KUE was ranked 9th on the list of 135 applicant universities.

The funding received will allow for 59 mobility and cooperation with these countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Morocco, Moldova, Mozambique, Peru, South Africa, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.

Research

Research project: "Digital Marketing: Theory & Practice in the Visegrad Region" - The project aims to map and improve hard digital marketing skills among students and academics. Improving skills and teaching methods is an expected outcome of the academic exchange between the cooperating institutions.

The European hot topic once again: Ukraine. The Foundation for Polish Science initiative has announced the list of winners of the third competition in the FOR UKRAINE program. The international project entitled “Determinants of labor-market performance and well-being of high-skilled Ukrainian refugees in Poland” co-authored by professor Piotr Stanek, was one of three awarded. The works participating in the competition were carried out in international pairs. Professor Piotr Stanek authored the project together with Maksym Obrizan, PhD of the Kyiv School of Economics.

The aim of the research project “Determinants of labor-market performance and well-being of high-skilled Ukrainian refugees in Poland” is to assess the labor-market performance and overall well-being and migration strategies of highly skilled Ukrainian migrants. This group is particularly vulnerable to occupational degradation, to the detriment of their personal well-being and the economic performance of the host economy. The researchers plan to recruit for the study about 200 highly skilled Ukrainian refugees who left their country in response to Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Project of professor Marcin Czupryna from The College of Economics Finance and Law: “Values and Economic Performance: a Formalized Multi-agent Model”. The proposed project aims to better understand the complex relationship between culture institutions and economic performance, and its dynamics over time. In particular, the proposed model can be used to: - qualitative analysis of the effects of economic and institutional integration that have taken place in Europe over the past three decades, - to create scenarios for future economic and institutional integration, - conducting a comparative analysis of institutional and economic development under the assuming differential distribution of values among groups of agents (countries or regions) and different patterns of dynamics of the value diffusion process (i.e., social norms), - evaluate the consequences of various interventions that affect the diffusion of values or their importance, i.e., the relevance of values to decisions.

Learning and careers

Diverse forms of international exchange encourage cross-learning across multiple countries and multiple learning sectors.

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The refugee crisis caused by Russia's military aggression against Ukraine is the largest in Europe since the end of World War II. By 2024, nearly a third of Ukraine's population remains internally or cross-border displaced. The response to this geo-political situation is an increase in scholarly interest in the subject in an attempt to understand and solve the problems.

The project focuses on the situation of migrants (especially Ukrainians in refugee-like situations) in receiving countries. It aims to facilitate the development of workable integration policies by municipalities in the Czech Republic and Poland and to monitor and learn from good practices related to migrant integration in other European countries and in Israel.

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"Digital eNtrepreneurial Skills For UniverSity Education" - The NFUSSE partnership includes 6 organizations from 3 countries (Greece, Romania and Poland): 3 higher education institutions and 3 social organizations - University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki , Greece, Knowledge & Innovation Consultants Symvouleftiki Monoprosopi EPE Chalandri, Greece, Universitatea de Medicina, Farmacie, Stinte si Tehnologie George Emil Palade din Tirgu Mures Romania, Centru Targu Mures Iceberg Consulting SRL Brasov, Romania, Krakow University of Economics, CreateHub Poland.

The choice of three universities (UOM, UMFST, KUE) and three innovation support counterparts related to innovation, business development and knowledge transfer, startup networks, innovation and entrepreneurship, has a complementary concept. Universities as entities have a large network of educators, students, graduates and young entrepreneurs, knowledge of the learning process and the means to transfer this knowledge.

As a result of the project, it was concluded that the implementation of business education projects could drive the development of university start-ups and increase interest. The project manager at KUE was Professor Bogusz Mikula from the Department of Organizational Behavior.

The day has finally arrived: after 3 years of conducting BIPs, KUE successfully organized the first BIP at our University. This is an event to discuss and exchange experiences on Multinational Action Learning. Students from three countries met and presented their thoughts and activities.

The content supervisors of the first project implemented at our place were:

professor Łukasz Jabłoński, Dariusz Firszt, PhD i Jakub Bartak, PhD.

Administrative staff: Joanna Jackowska, Łukasz Smug.

Partner schools: professor Anja Karlhaus from CBS International Business School and professor Nienke Aans and professor Eline Duine from The Hague University of Economics.

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