We warmly invite you to participate in the scientific session: “High North and Far South from European and Regional Perspectives”, which will be held on 24th April 2024!  Registration (only for on-site participation) is available at the link: https://polarknow.us.edu.pl/REG/ Participants will be able to use simultaneous translation into Polish (headphone … more →

The Interdisciplinary Polar Studies 2023 (IPS-2023) Modular Meeting will be held in Svalbard (Longyearbyen, Hornsund and Isfjorden) between August 30 and September 4, 2023. IPS-2023 is open to ECRs & Svalbard research community and Arctic-related topics. To read more about the tentative programe and planned sessions, see the website https://www.polarknow.us.edu.pl/ips-2022/ and … more →

We are delighted to announce an open call for IPS-2023 abstracts! The Interdisciplinary Polar Studies 2023 (IPS-2023) Modular Meeting will be held at Svalbard in Longyearbyen, Hornsund and Isfjorden region between August 30 and September 4, 2023. IPS-2023 is open to ECRs & Svalbard research community and Arctic-related topics. SUBMIT … more →

  Interdisciplinary Polar Studies (IPS-2023) Modular Meeting: Arctic Amplification-Glaciers-Environment Granted by the Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Poland (Program Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki / Doskonała Nauka DNK/SP/513817/2021)

As part of the individual scientific activity of Dr Joanna E. Szafraniec and thanks to the support of the Center for Polar Studies, a research trip to Iceland took place at the end of June 2021, to the forefield of the Skeiðarárjökull glacier. The expedition aimed to set up a … more →

International Environmental Doctoral School associated with the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice (IEDS) announces a call for candidates. Registration of candidates in the IRK system is available to 18 August 2021! The IEDS educates young scientific staff at the highest standards in cooperation with … more →

On January 11, 2021, during the virtual event: Polar Night Week https://sios-svalbard.org/PolarNightWeek the promotion of the third State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report took place. SESS reports summarize the current state of knowledge on the Arctic environment’s key parameters and their interdependence. They are an essential source of … more →

University of Silesia in Katowice and Centre for Polar Studies would like to cordially invite to the public PhD defense of: M.Sc. Krzysztof Senderak – PhD candidate of the Interdisciplinary Polar Studies. PhD dissertation, entitled: “Structure and evolution of talus slopes on southern Spitsbergen”. The defense will take place on … more →