University of Lodz as a university has an innovative approach towards its role as a science promoter. That is why – using the space of the tenement house at Sienkiewicza 21, the university wants to propose new ways and methods of transferring academic knowledge, focusing on practical aspects of scientific research and concentrating on art as the main medium of narration.
It will be a place for meetings, expositions, workshops and any other types of events that will help people interested in broadly defined knowledge develop. We believe that thanks to such meetings, new ideas will arise. We will also give young people an opportunity to present their achievements.
- says the UL Rector, prof. Elżbieta Żądzińska.
Within the UNIC alliance, a part of Motyl building is to be occupied by CityLab a unit, a team that helps cities solve their current problems using science. We really care about the fact that the scientists engage in the improvement of Lodz residents’ quality of life and improving the city’s infrastructure.
- says President of the city of Lodz, Hanna Zdanowska.
UNIC (European University of Post-Industrial Cities) is one of the 41 alliances of the European universities.European universities are international universities of the future that promote European values and identities, and revolutionize the quality of higher education through implementing innovations regarding education and science, and strong institutional integration. UNIC’s activity focuses on the post-industrial cities challenges, university’s role in their transformation and building the capacity of cities. UNIC alliance includes 10 partner universities:
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands) - coordinator
- University of Deusto (Spain)
- Ruhr University Bochum (Germany)
- University College Cork (Ireland)
- Koç University (Turkey)
- University of Liège (Belgium)
- University of Oulu (Finland)
- University of Zagreb (Croatia)
- Uniwersytet Łódzki (Poland)
- Malmö University (Sweden)
Their experience (they are all located in the post-industrial cities, such as Lodz) will allow the University of Lodz to mark its presence in the process of rebuilding the city and support it with knowledge and the engagement of scientists and students, e.g. through CityLabs, the creation of which has been planned in the tenement house at Sienkiewicza 21.
Press briefing – renewal of „Motyl” (photo report)
Source: Paweł Śpiechowicz, Marcin Kowalczyk, Promotion Centre of the University of Lodz; photo: Bartosz Kałużny