University of Gdańsk

If global economy were a ship, it could be called the Titanic. It is fated to run into a crisis. An experienced seaman at the helm knows that the longer a streak of economic growth lasts, the more likely it is that a crash will occur. The question is only whether it will be just a shoal, or an iceberg. In other words, is the crisis just a “market disturbance,” or heralding something larger?

The researchers were driven by ‘the aim to present what is most important in the process of sharing knowledge and shaping the skills of discovering very diverse, complex and often controversial problems of the contemporary world’. Short essays about well-known historical events and precedential court judgements, used by the authors as the basis for questions about contemporary interpretation and application of law, especially in the context of hard cases, are a modern method to share knowledge of law.

We strive to understand the nonclassical phenomena featured in Nature, and how to harness their power to enable new forms of information processing. Our goal is to assess the landscape of nonclassical physical theories –which may supersede quantum theory– and their impact on technological developments. Our research lines are:

Discovering a theory beyond quantum

We explore the possibilities of a physical theory beyond quantum theory: whether such a theory can be conceived, and, if so, which apparently fundamental quantum features must be abandoned.

Collection of Plasmids and Microorganisms (KPD) is a newly established resource at the Faculty of Biology dedicated to collecting and long-term preservation of plasmids and microorganisms, aiming to foster advanced collection management of biological material and consolidate microbial resources previously dispersed among several university labs.

Aims:

To explore intersections of quantum optics, quantum thermodynamics and open system dynamics.

Description:

• market failures, state deficiencies
• institutional economics, regulation, deregulation
• social welfare, socio-economic development, inequality and inclusion
• modern labour market
• entrepreneurship
• health and healthcare economics
• economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic

• the performance and efficiency of business units
• corporate investment
• performance management
• financial management
• ratios in analysis, control and profit planning
• financial market efficiency and inefficiency
• financial markets and their impact on economic activity
• an impact of corporate reputation on stock prices

• prospect theory, cumulative prospect theory, modelling choice under risk, decision weights, probability weighting function, subjective probabilities, reflection effect
• behavioural aspects of companies' investment decisions
• long-term savings, retirement anxiety, trust in the pension system
• information avoidance
• vignette studies

The main area of ​​research for the entire research group are the following issues: direct / participatory / deliberative democracy - both in general and in relation to specific institutions, such as: national and local referendum, civic legislative initiative, civic budget, citizens' assemblies or re-call. The team also conducts research on various aspects of the judiciary.
Individual team members also conduct individual research - often in collaboration with foreign researchers - on other topics, such as:

Led by Professor Joanna Kruczalak-Jankowska, the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Research Group examines and analyses various issues related to insolvency.