Economics and business

The Department of Business Informatics of the University of Gdansk is conducting intensive teaching and research activities in a few areas:

The following main research trends can be distinguished in our scientific activities and endeavors:

organizational systems: process management, project management, organisational structures, change management
business strategy, competitive advantage, strategic planning
evaluation of public policy (impact of structural funds, management in health care, innovation policy, entrepreneurship and regional development policy)

•     quantitative methods, mathematical modelling in economics, mathematical economics,
•     game theory, information theory,
•     experimental economics, behavioural economics,
•     mathematical psychology, economic psychology,
•     the productivity and efficiency of business units.
•     concentration, market models,
•     market efficiency and inefficiency,
•     market mechanism and state deficiencies,

• Logistic support system
• Logistics of information
• Modelling  and optimization of logistic processes
• Controlling of logistic activities
• Forecasting in logistics
• Logistic policy and logistic strategies
• Synergy in logistics

• Efficient and sustainable transport
• Green and smart cities
• Innovations in transport
• Transport accessibility
• Efficiency of transport infrastructure investments
• Financing of infrastructural investments
• Trends in the transport market
• Shared mobility
• Value of travel time
• Public procurement
• Economic and financial analysis
• Regional development
• Risk assessment

Since the creation of the team in 1982 by the founders of the institute, its researchers have been interested not only in the practices of space transformation but also in the doctrines, paradigms, ideas and theories on which they are based. This orientation has led us to build tools for observation, analysis and evaluation, but also to examine theories, discourses and representations.

LEGO is a university research laboratory supported by two universities (Université de Bretagne Occidentale and Université de Bretagne Sud) and an engineering school (Institut des Mines Telecom Atlantique).

It focuses mainly on the study and analysis of exchanges between socio-economic actors. Researchers rely on multidisciplinary skills from Economics, Management and Management Sciences.

The Joint Research Unit AMURE is a multidisciplinary research and training centre in social sciences and humanities applied to the sea. AMURE specialises in the study of public policies ans institutions for management and development of coastal and maritime activities and for the protection of marine and coastal ecosystems.