The University of Lodz has entered its ninth decade. If it were an eighty-one-year-old man or woman, I believe it would be quite satisfied with such a birthday. These are celebrations with kind people around and celebrations of someone who also gives a great deal of themselves. Our university celebrates together with its family, with our outstanding partners from the broadly understood external environment. It also honours and recognises others – today, among others, Prof. Katharina Lorenz from the University of Giessen (our long-standing, loyal and supportive partner) as well as Prof. Jerzy Hausner, who today joins the group of honorary doctors of the University of Lodz – said the Rector of the University of Lodz, Prof. dr hab. Rafał Matera, in his opening address to the formal meeting of the Senate. The Rector emphasised that the community of the University of Lodz – the Humane University, which he has been striving to build over the past two years – is inclusive, diverse and boldly moving forward, facing the ever‑new challenges of our times.
I fully support the initiative of allocating 3% of GDP to science – the current level of public expenditure on the higher education system, oscillating around one per cent of GDP, keeps universities in a state of lethargy and an illusion of stability and progress. If we want research to reach increasingly higher levels, if we want to set new directions in science, if we want to become increasingly international institutions, an increase in funding – a strategic increase – is essential. Regardless of who is in power, they must realise that science is not an exotic item in the state budget, but one of the pillars of the economy, culture and civic society. It is the foundation of a strong state – added the Rector, referring to the economic situation of Polish science.
Awarding of the Honorary Doctorate to Prof. Jerzy Hausner
The first part of the celebrations was devoted to awarding the honorary doctorate of the University of Lodz to Prof. Jerzy Hausner – a Professor of Economic Sciences, a long-standing member of staff at the Krakow University of Economics, author of over 700 scientific publications, co-author of public reforms and one of the key figures in the Polish debate on the economy and public administration.
In a short speech after receiving the honorary doctorate, Prof. Jerzy Hausner expressed his gratitude to the distinguished academics of the University of Lodz with whom he had the pleasure of collaborating throughout his academic career and public service in state administration. In his lecture on the main contemporary and historical economic mechanisms, he emphasised the role of credibility, trust and responsibility of public institutions for a properly functioning economy. He did not conceal his critical view of the political internal conflict taking place in Poland, which – in his opinion – significantly weakens the credibility of the state.
The full text of Prof. Hausner’s lecture delivered during the ceremony will be available on our YouTube channel [link coming soon].
Distinctions for the #UniLodz community
The 81st anniversary of #UniLodz is an opportunity to honour the individuals who shape our community. It is a moment when, gathered together in a ceremonial atmosphere, we recognised the long-standing scientific and research efforts of those who have permanently influenced the development and perception of science.
“Universitatis Lodziensis Amico” (Friend of the University of Lodz) Medals
- Prof. Andrzej Mania – Jagiellonian UniversityProf. Bolesław Niemierko – SWPS UniversityKrzysztof Pietraszkiewicz – Polish Academic‑Economic Forum
- Prof. Krzysztof Szot – University of Silesia
- Aleksander Julian Szymański – President of the National Council of Notaries
- Łódź Special Economic Zone S.A.
- Justus Liebig University Giessen
"Universitas Lodziensis Merentibus” Medals
- Prof. dr hab. Eleonora Bielawska-Batorowicz
- Prof. dr hab. Jan Konopacki
- dr hab. Agnieszka Liszewska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- Prof. dr hab. Gueorgui Mintchev
- Prof. dr hab. Paweł Starosta
- dr hab. Anna Urbaniak-Kucharczyk, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- Prof. dr hab. Danuta Urbaniak-Zając
- Prof. dr hab. Bogusław Śliwerski
- Prof. dr hab. Ewa Walińska
“University of Lodz in Service to Society and Science” Medals
- mgr Piotr Antoniak
- Dr Bożena Banasiak
- mgr Iwona Brzozowska-Kempska
- dr hab. Agnieszka Bukowska-Piestrzyńska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Fortuniak
- Dr Mateusz Hauk
- dr hab. Elżbieta Kobojek, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- mgr Agnieszka Kowalczuk
- Dr Anna Lubrańska
- Dr Paweł Łabieniec
- Prof. dr hab. Mariusz Nieniewski
- dr hab. Joanna Petera-Zganiacz, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Anita Staroń, prof. UŁ
- dr hab. Joanna Stawska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Urbanek
- dr hab. Katarzyna Walęcka-Matyja, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- mgr Beata Waszczykowska
- dr hab. Alina Wróbel, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Magdalena Zadworna, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Katarzyna Zajda, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
Gold Badge of the University of Lodz
- Dr Maria Adamczewska
- mgr Joanna Blomberg-Wiaderna
- Dr Anna Czaplińska
- dr hab. Tomasz Duraj, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- Dr Barbara Dzięcioł-Kurczoba
- mgr Michał Flaszka
- mgr Marta Gabryelczyk
- mgr Agnieszka Grzelak
- Dr Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska
- mgr Monika Iwanowska
- Dr Agnieszka Jaworowicz-Rudolf
- mgr Iwona Kaczmarek
- dr hab. Rafał Kamocki, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- Dr Damian Kasprzyk
- mgr Piotr Kowal
- dr hab. Magdalena Koźluk, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Robert Kulski, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Magdalena Kuran, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- mgr inż. Alicja Kurczewska-Lefik
- dr hab. Ewa Kusideł, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- Dr Mariusz Lamprecht
- Dr Artur Lipnicki
- mgr Ewa Lisiewicz
- mgr Agnieszka Łaska-Jesionowska
- dr hab. Anna Łaszkiewicz, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Michał Mackiewicz, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- inż. Jacek Mierzyński
- dr hab. Stanisław Mordwa, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Aldona Nawój-Śleszyński, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Tomasz Nowak
- Dr Agnieszka Ogrodowczyk
- Dr Katarzyna Orszulak-Dudkowska
- dr hab. Edyta Pałuszyńska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Beata Pawłowska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- mgr Joanna Pielużek
- mgr Magdalena Pietruszka
- dr hab. Justyna Polit, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Agnieszka Rochmińska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- mgr Sebastian Rudziński
- dr hab. Dorota Rybaczek, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- mgr Renata Rybarczyk
- mgr Gameline Ewa Schiller
- dr hab. Aneta Sitek, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr Izabela Skomerska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- mgr Agnieszka Sobczak
- Prof. dr hab. Alicja Stępień-Kuczyńska
- dr hab. Ewa Szafrańska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- Dr Roman Szkup
- dr hab. Sławoj Tanaś, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- Dr Zbigniew Wardak
- dr hab. Dariusz Wardowski, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Marek Wasiński, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- dr hab. Dorota Witkowska
- dr hab. Agnieszka Woch, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz
- mgr Romualda Zając
- Prof. dr hab. Rafał Zarębski
