ИПИ Библиотека

Extremely valuable book, major contribution to ongoing debate on transformation of higher education.
– Prof. Jacek Sojka, Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan

At present, European universities are thoroughly redefining their roles. The concept of the university may not be oversimplified and conceived only as the place of knowledge transfer. The origins of the university lie in undertaking social, cultural and economic issues and so it must remain. This, among others, is the purpose of the “third mission”, which seeks to challenge the university with the task of developing its regional dimension and tackling such social issues as sustained development or building platforms for public debate. These, and many other, social tasks of the university are now commonly accepted. Universities cease to be self-contained, secluded islands, but turn into active change makers on the regional, national, and (for at least some of them) international scale.

Cezary Kościelniak

Cezary Kościelniak – assistant professor of humanities and social science, he works at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. His foci are transformation of higher education policy, sustainable development and the role of religion in public life. He serves as an expert at the Higher Education Research Association in Toronto and the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland. He contributes to the monthly journal “Znak”. He recently published Nowe Krytyki Kościoła (New Criticism of the Church) (2010).

Jarosław Makowski

Jarosław Makowski – director of the Civic Institute in Warsaw, philosopher, publicist and essayist. His field of research covers educational policy, sustained development policy and political philosophy. He recently published Kobiety uczą Kościół (Women Teach the Church) (2007).