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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Description

The „Academia” magazine was founded on the initiative of Professor Andrzej B. Legocki, a President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2003 – 2006. In the beginning it was published only in English as a reply to the growing demand for a current information on the Polish Academy of Sciences` activities, expressed by foreign scientists and Poles living abroad and interested in Polish science.

Since 2005 the magazine is published both in Polish and English.

The „Academia” is an exceptional - on the Polish market - scientific magazine for the general public, propagating achievements of Polish scientists here and abroad. Authors of articles in „Academia” explain their subject in a way that is accessible not only for all sorts of academics but also for students, pupils and all other readers interested in scientific topics for the general public.

ISSN

1731-7401

Publishers

Polish Academy of Sciences

Editorial Staff

Jolanta Iwańczuk (Editor-in-Chief, Earth Sciences)

Daniel Sax (Editor, English-Language Version)

Marcin Pietras (Biological & Agricultural Sciences)

Justyna Orłowska (Journalist)

Andrzej Figatowski (Graphic Designer)

Anna Bielec (Project Coordinator)

Scientific Council

Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Chairman)

Dariusz Jemielniak (Deputy Chairman)

Andrzej Buko

Katarzyna Czarnecka

Patrycja Dołowy

Paweł Golik

Janusz Jurczak

Tomasz Kapitaniak

Marek Krawczyk

Krzysztof Nowak

Anna Zawadzka

Publisher:

Polish Academy of Sciences

Communication and Science Information Department

Defilad sq. 1,

00-901 Warsaw, Poland

e-mail: academia@pan.pl

The journal content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
ttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Content

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science

1 Contents

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science

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2 People for Science, Science for the People

Jerzy Duszyński

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science

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Authors and Affiliations

Jerzy Duszyński

3 Part I. The Academy Ideal

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science

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4 When we say “Academy”…

Stanisław Filipowicz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 6-11 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142696

Keywords: academy history scientific knowledge

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Abstract

Will intellectual dignity and the ideal of knowledge ever lose their importance as values?

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Authors and Affiliations

Stanisław Filipowicz

Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw

5 The Academy: Then and Now

Jerzy Duszyński

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 12-17 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142697

Keywords: Polish Academy of Sciences scientific activity Academy’s body of elected members science popularization

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On the changes that have taken place in the Polish Academy of Sciences over the decades and its goals and tasks in science and beyond.

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Jerzy Duszyński

President of the PAS

6 Quo Vadis, Academia?

Antonio Loprieno

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 18-21 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142698

Keywords: academy science advice ALLEA

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We discuss what role national academies have to play in today’s world, and what challenges they have to face, with Prof. Antonio Loprieno, President of ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities

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Antonio Loprieno

President of ALLEA

7 Branding in Science

Iwona Hofman

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 22-26 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142699

Keywords: Polish Academy of Sciences institution’s image brand reputation

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Identity, reputation, the system of values, experience, and relations with institutions are only some of the elements making up the brand of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Iwona Hofman

Institute of Social Communication and Media Science, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

8 Part II. The Challenges of Science

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science

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9 Self-Governance, Autonomy, and Freedom of Science

Hubert Izdebski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 28-33 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142700

Keywords: academic freedom freedom of teaching autonomy

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On how the norms arising from the provisions of Poland’s Constitution on the freedom of scientific research and the publication of its results, and on the autonomy of higher education institutions, compare with the legal provisions currently in force, in particular those of the Act of 20 July 2018 – the Higher Education and Science Law.

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Authors and Affiliations

Hubert Izdebski

Faculty of Law, SWPS University

10 Why Greater Diversity Makes for Better Science

Alicja Puścian

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 34-37 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142701

Keywords: women in science discrimination diversity

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Abstract

Failure to bring the perspective of women into scientific inquiry makes it incomplete, slower, and more costly, says Dr. Alicja Puścian from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences.

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Alicja Puścian

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences

11 A Community of Scholars

Iwona Hofman

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 38-41

Keywords: scientific identity tradition vision

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Abstract

Who and what makes the Polish Academy of Sciences the autonomous institution that it is? The answer: people, institutions, and ideals.

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Iwona Hofman

Institute of Social Communication and Media Science, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

12 Boldly Facing Change

Paweł M. Rowiński

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 42-44 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142703

Keywords: Polish Academy of Sciences reform future autonomy

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What kind of reform is the Polish Academy of Sciences in need of? An outline of the goals and tasks for the future

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Paweł M. Rowiński

PAS Institute of Geophysics

13 Science Collaboration Across Borders

Anna Plater-Zyberk

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 45-50 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142704

Keywords: international cooperation academic exchange ERC grants

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Abstract

Over the past two decades, Polish higher education institutions and research institutes have made significant progress in internationalizing their activity. Likewise, the Polish Academy of Sciences has taken many steps to boost the collaboration between the PAS researchers and their partners abroad.

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Authors and Affiliations

Anna Plater-Zyberk

Office for International Cooperation, PAS

14 Part III. The Current Threats

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science

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15 Science in the Times of a New Obscurantism

Andrzej Szahaj

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 52-55 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142705

Keywords: faith in the power of science obscurantism alternative thinking utility

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Abstract

We are now observing an extreme crisis of confidence in science. Why are anti-scientific viewpoints so popular, and why have we ceased to trust academia?

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Andrzej Szahaj

Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

16 Are Weon the Verge of an Era of Neoignorance?

Jerzy Kołodziejczak

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 1 (73) Science for Science | 56-60 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.142706

Keywords: neoignorance freedom of speech disinformation fake news pseudo-knowledge

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Abstract

Why do some people call into question the methodology of science and its achievements? Why are such opinions garnering public interest and even support, even though their arguments are primitive and disconnected from the facts?

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