@ARTICLE{Szczepański_Marek_S._Our_2024, author={Szczepański, Marek S. and Śliz, Anna}, number={No 4}, journal={Nauka}, pages={27-36}, howpublished={online}, year={2024}, publisher={Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN}, abstract={There are landmark events in the history of the University, such as the founding of the University of Bologna or, in the Polish context, the Jagiellonian University. The modern university, whose origins can be found in ancient Greece, has gone through various vicissitudes until it became an iconic institution of the post-modern society. The university is a place for the formation and multiplication of capital and archiving of knowledge. This article is an attempt to reconstruct the dynamics of university life from the Greek Academy to the university of the 21st century with a particular focus on the Polish higher education system, which is undergoing a visible crisis. Polish universities face key challenges in joining the discussion about solving the problems of the present. A special place in the discussion about the present society and the directions of its change is assigned to the research and teaching of sociology.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Our contemporary university. The academic education of sociology}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/133427/N%23424-02-Szczepa%C5%84ski.pdf}, doi={10.24425/nauka.2024.152909}, keywords={university, academic institutions, science, sociology}, }