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dr hab. Piotr Szwedo, prof. UJ

Head of the flagship project Centre for Advanced Sustainability Studies

dr hab. Piotr Szwedo, prof. UJ

Piotr Szwedo is an Associate Professor in the Sustainable Development Law Centre at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and coordinator of the Una Europa Joint Bachelor in Sustainability project. In his scientific work, he focuses on international trade and investment law, water law and sustainability (e.g. Brill 2018, Springer 2019). He gained experience at the University of Cambridge, Columbia Law School, Max Planck Institute of Comparative Public and International Law, Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, University of Kobe, and over a dozen other respected research centres. His recent projects include RONSUS (NCN) and the French-Polish project "Durabilité et le droit" (PHC Polonium).
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dr Mariusz Trojak

Coordinator of the financial model for the Una Europa Joint Bachelor in Sustainability

dr Mariusz Trojak

Mariusz Trojak is an assistant professor in the Department of Finance and International Economics (Faculty of Management and Social Communication, JU). He mainly deals with the management, efficiency, and development of financial systems and institutions. The publications and projects in which he participated were related to the analysis of these issues, the institutional development of the university, and the monitoring of the fate of graduates. As part of CASS, Dr. Trojak is in charge of designing the Una Europa Joint Bachelor in Sustainability financial model. This is a complex task due to the number and diversity of partner universities and due to the need to optimise costs while maintaining the highest quality of the programme.
mgr Anna Szczucka

Strategy document indicators and analysis expert

mgr Anna Szczucka

Anna Szczucka graduated from the Institute of Sociology and the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Jagiellonian University. She is currently a PhD student at the Department of Sociology of Economy, Education and Social Research Methods at the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. She teaches classes on social research and data analysis methodology. Since 2007, she has been involved with the Center for Evaluation and Analysis of Public Policies of the Jagiellonian University, where she combines her academic work with research and policy implementation projects. On multiple occasions, she has worked on projects commissioned by ministries and governmental agencies, e.g. the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, as well as the Office of the Marshall of the Małopolskie Voivodeship, the Regional Centre for Social Policy in Kraków, and the Voivodeship Labour Office in Kraków.
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mgr Lena Helińska

Coordinator for interdisciplinary projects

mgr Lena Helińska

Lena Helińska is a member of the Una Europa Self-Steering Committee in Sustainability and the Una Europa Task Force for Sustainability and Climate Protection. She is working towards a doctorate through an interdisciplinary programme, focusing on the role of science in public international law. Her interests include but are not limited to defining and implementing sustainability and its indicators, progressive interpretation of law, economic analysis, and risk assessment. Lena participates in a number of research and institutional projects, among which the creation of the Una Europa Joint Bachelor in Sustainability is particularly important. She works in the Sustainable Development Law Centre at the Jagiellonian University.