Consortium
The University of Gdansk (UG) aims to become a prominent institution that enables individuals to realize their potential and achievements, especially through collaboration with business and in the context of a research-oriented university.
The University of Gdańsk will serve as a dynamic platform for fostering dialogue, exchange of ideas, and collective action towards achieving sustainable and transformative outcomes.
OUR GOALS
UG explores the concept of catalyzing transformative changes through stakeholder engagement. It recognizes the importance of collaboration, innovation, and shared responsibility in driving positive societal and environmental impact. The university seeks to promote public engagement through outreach and education activities, mobilizing communities to participate in solving social problems.
Additionally, UG also aspires to achieve sustainability on campus, minimizing environmental impact while promoting social and economic sustainability.
INTERVENTION AREAS
UG university started working on CATALISI project with the 3 big domains and 3 intervention areas – namely:
Research careers and talent support
- Recognition of qualifications and research careers
Research modus operandi
- Public engagement with and outreach to society to solve social challenges
Finance
- Sustainability in campus operations.
UG story OF TRANSFORMATION
Challenges
Research careers and talent support
- Fear of losing intellectual property
- Lack of support and monitoring in building the career path of a scientist (complex interdisciplinary profile, physics + business)
- Unable to establish a partnerships with business
- Bureaucracy is too constraint
Research modus operandi
- No remuneration in horizontal projects
- Ability of researchers to manage projects
- Internal competition between units
- lack of UG brand management strategy with effective customer relationships
- Lack of innovation readiness level system
Finance
- Lack of understanding of market needs (UG)
- Lack of founds
- Lack of a promotion and sales mechanism
- Bad experiences in cooperation with business
- Lack of relationships between researchers
methodology
Research careers and talent support
- Have a support center for scientists
- Increase awareness of scientists about intellectual property and the value of their works/discoveries
- Train the staff to increese the cooperation with business
- monitoring of employees’ professional qualifications and skills
- Check needs of the environment, and design forms of education, not vice versa
Research modus operandi
- Create customer journey map
- Training on building relationships with customers
- Introduce an integrated training system for UG employees
- Learning to identify commercial services
Finance
- Regular meetings with entrepreneurs
- ESG Manager post graduated studies
- Diagnosis of potential/capacity in context of sustainability
- Mapping of priorities
(wants and needs) - New approach to education
OUTCOMES \ ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Coming soon
Team
UG’s commitment to sustainability and commercialization of research is reflected in its partnerships with businesses and its initiatives like the Technology Transfer Center and the Center for Sustainable Development. The university’s team brings a wealth of expertise across diverse fields such as political science, economics, finance, logistics, and sustainability, with a strong track record in managing national and international projects.
UG’s focus on open science, talent mobility, and sustainability aligns perfectly with CATALISI’s objectives, ensuring that the university can effectively implement and sustain the transformative changes envisioned by the project.
Sylwia Maria Mrozowska
Head of Department of Strategic and Security Studies
Real estate market, team management, business development, and international cooperation.
Przemysław Borkowski
Professor of economics, vice-dean of the faculty responsible for science and international cooperation
Katarzyna Gregorowicz-Bielawska
Specialist in the Office for Analysis and Expertise's