Team members: dr Monika Musiał-Malago (Assistant Professor), dr Bernadetta Zawilińska (Assistant Professor)

Project director:
dr hab. Magdalena Zdun, prof. UEK (Associate Professor)

Project budget:
28 000,00 zł

Financing institution:
Internal program KUE – Potencjał

Project duration:
 25.10.2023 – 24.10.2024

 

Team members: dr Rafał Lisiakiewicz (Assistant Professor), dr Karolina Kotulewicz-Wisińska (Assistant Professor)

Project director:
dr Damian Strycharz (Assistant Professor)

Project budget:
28 000,00 zł

Financing institution:
Internal program KUE – Potencjał

Project duration:
 17.11.2023 – 16.11.2025

Project director:
dr hab. Rafał Prostak, prof. UEK (Associate Professor)

Project budget:
44 729,00 zł

Financing institution:
Ministry of Education and Science

Project duration:
 04.09.2023 – 14.10.2025

In Poland, this issue is poorly recognized and no studies have been prepared so far that would show the functioning of Polish protected areas in the context of new models recommended worldwide, and no comprehensive research has been carried out on the scale of the entire country regarding the importance of these areas in local socio-economic systems. The main goal of the project is to analyze and assess the functioning of protected areas in Poland, in the context of the development of a new paradigm of protected areas in the world, to identify social and economic functional connections related to the existence of protected areas, and as a result, to develop models explaining the place and role of these areas in local socio-economic systems.

This goal will be achieved by obtaining answers to the following research questions:

1. What are the approaches and models of functioning of protected areas around the world in terms of their relationship with local socio-economic systems?
2. Which of the models and implemented solutions for the functioning of protected areas best fit the new functional paradigm and what are the possibilities of implementing these patterns in Polish conditions?
3. What is the level of socio-economic development and are there any differences in the level and dynamics of development of local government units depending on the presence of protected areas within them?
4. What are the impulses and barriers to socio-economic development for local government units resulting from the operation of protected areas within them?
5. How are demographic changes taking place in local government units with protected areas?
6. What is the structure of land use of local government units in protected areas and does it change under the influence of the operation of national and landscape parks?
7. What are the functional connections of protected areas with their socio-economic surroundings?
8. How can protected areas stimulate endogenous development potentials and stimulate the development of functionally related areas?
9. How to rationally conduct local government development policy in protected areas, taking into account their specific nature and the limitations they generate?

Research under the project will be conducted on three spatial scales: global (recognition of models of functioning of protected areas around the world in terms of their relations with local socio-economic systems), nationwide (analysis of the relations of Polish protected areas with their socio-economic surroundings, resulting from legal, organizational and spatial conditions, analysis and assessment of the socio-economic development of areas protected in the form of national and landscape parks and the separation of functional types of national and landscape parks) and local (recognition of local and supra-local functional connections related to the existence of selected parks, as well as the role of these parks in local social systems -economic).

The effects of the research will include:

1. Characteristics of the empirical model explaining the functioning (place and role) of protected areas in the local socio-economic systems of the country,
2. Developing a proposal for the concept of integrated management of protected areas, based on their inclusion in the socio-economic planning system and on constant cooperation of park management with local authorities, business entities and non-governmental organizations,
3. Developing a proposal for a research methodology applicable to monitoring the role of protected areas in local development.

The implementation of the project will also contribute to the development of mechanisms for managing these areas and stimulating their endogenous development potentials, as well as increasing the social acceptance of parks in local communities.

 

Team members: dr inż. Piotr Węgrzynowicz (Assistant Professor), dr Piotr Serafin (Assistant Professor), dr inż. Mateusz Ilba (Assistant Professor), dr Monika Musiał – Malago (Assistant Professor), dr Patrycja Brańska(Assistant Professor), dr Marcin Semczuk(Assistant Professor), dr hab. Magdalena Zdun, prof. UEK (Associate Professor), dr inż. Karol Majewski (Assistant Professor)

Project director:
dr Bernadetta Zawilińska (Assistant Professor)

Project budget:
606 718,00 zł

Financing institution:
National Science Centre (NCN)

Project duration:
 14.07.2023 – 13.07.2026

 

 Team members: dr hab. Joanna Dzwończyk, prof. UEK (Associate Professor), mgr Piotr Andrzej Głogowski

Project director:
dr hab. Robert Jakimowicz, prof. UEK (Associate Professor)

Project budget:
28 000,00 zł

Financing institution:
Internal program KUE – Potencjał

Project duration:
 17.11.2023 – 16.11.2025

Firstly, the diagnosis of the political discourse on circular economy in the policy-making process is the only way to understand the future rules of strategic policy orientation, especially economic policy. Circular Economy – as a term, will soon become a valid development idea in Poland. This means that today’s topic of political discourse will have a real impact on the functioning of state administration, enterprises and consumers. In this particular discourse, a small group of political stakeholders create a concept and its practical dimensions that can have a broad economic and social impact.

Secondly, the term circular economy is an example of conceptual blur. There is no single universally accepted definition of a circular economy. Despite many attempts to systematize this idea, it is perceived as an umbrella concept, covering technical and technological solutions of the production process and the idea of ​​sustainable development, contributing to the implementation of a certain normative vision of economic space. This creates a situation in which the meaning is freely interpreted by different actors. Differences in the interpretation of concepts between stakeholders may have the greatest impact on environmental public policies, which is related to the implementation and practical approach to circular economy and reveals barriers to the development of circular economy theory in research and business areas. Conceptual blurring when implementing an idea into social or economic practice becomes a visible barrier, often indicated as a factor deciding not to adopt a given concept, an example of which may be corporate social responsibility, sustainable development or green economy.

The aim of this study is to identify and reconstruct the circular economy (CE) policy-making process from EU to national policy. The subject of the analysis is the ongoing political discourse on circular economy. For this purpose, appropriate legal acts and Twitter entries will be selected. Interviews with key stakeholders will be conducted to complement the main part of the analysis. The process will be presented by identifying the concepts most closely related to the idea of ​​circular economy, determining the process dynamics of the circular economy discourse in the years 2015-2022, defining the context of the circular economy concept in the discourse, identifying the most important members of the communication community and the dominant discourse path expressed in the conceptualization of the circular economy into policy public and the selection of strategic goals. The research is theoretical and exploratory in nature, conducted based on discursive methodology. We assume not only the identification of the meaning of the term CE and the process of its introduction into Polish politics, but also the development of a discursive approach in public policies.

 

Team members: prof. dr hab. Marek Ćwiklicki (Full Professor)

Project director:
mgr Anna Mirzyńska

Project budget:
93 957,00 zł

Financing institution:
National Science Centre (NCN)

Project duration:
 01.02.2023 – 31.01.2025