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

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Will intellectual dignity and the ideal of knowledge ever lose their importance as values?
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Stanisław Filipowicz
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  1. Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
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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
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  1. President of the PAS
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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
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  1. President of ALLEA
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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
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  1. Institute of Social Communication and Media Science, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
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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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Hubert Izdebski
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  1. Faculty of Law, SWPS University
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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
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  1. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences
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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
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  1. Institute of Social Communication and Media Science, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
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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
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  1. PAS Institute of Geophysics
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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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Anna Plater-Zyberk
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  1. Office for International Cooperation, PAS
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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
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  1. Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
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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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Jerzy Kołodziejczak
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  1. PAS Institute of Physics
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What does the phenomenon of online “fake news” stem from? What are scholars doing to combat disinformation?
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Piotr Karwowski
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Remarks on the chronology of stages in scientific development.
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Leszek Zasztowt
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  1. Centre for East European Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw

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