Excellenceair Podcast

Our today’s guest prof. Krzysztof Celuch - a speaker, a trainer, a business consultant, an academic lecturer and an entrepreneur.

His professional relationship with NCU has its roots at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management. Dr Celuch is an academic whose career circles around meetings industry, event marketing and management. His expertise is built on knowledge in economics, business psychology, sociology, marketing and cultural studies.

Our guest today is prof. Adrian Wójcik, whose research sits at the intersection of social psychology and environmental issues. He’s professionally connected with the Faculty’s of Philosophy and Social Sciences Institute of Psychology.

His academic interests circle around the matters of the psychological roots of environmental attitudes, looking at how identity, beliefs, political orientation, and even national narcissism can shape our responses to climate change and ecological policies. Prof. Wójcik is particularly interested in how social identity influences support for — or resistance to — environmental action.

Our guest today is dr. Cezary Odrzygóźdź - he holds a PhD in biological sciences, he is the president of a Foundation, which promotes education and science both locally and nationwide. As an enthusiast of science popularization, he hosts the popular science podcast “Faceci w Kitlach”. Since January 2025, he has been the head of the Center for Academic Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer at Nicolaus Copernicus University.

Let me welcome here today prof. Rafał Gruszczyński - NCU Professor connected to the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences. He’s currently working at the Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy and specializes in logic and ontology, with main focus on research activities located in the areas of spatial reasoning. 

Another thing to mention is being the editor-in-chief of Logic and Logical Philosopy - a quarterly journal devoted to philosophical logic 

He’s a scientist whose academic record is rich, and who’s managed many projects, funded from various internal and external sources.

Our guest today is prof. Aleksandra Kustra-Rogatka, a researcher connected with the NCU’s Faculty of Law and Administration.  She is a leading academic in the Department of Theory of Law and State, where she teaches and conducts research in constitutional law, legal theory, and the relationship between national constitutions and European Union law. 

Being awarded various funding opportunities and collaborating internationally, she’s a researcher with rich academic record, constantly developing her career.

Our today’s guest is prof. Przmysław Żywiczyński - a scientist who’s strongly connected to the Faculty of Humanities, more specifically the Institute of Linguistics, Department of Experimental Linguistics. 

His scientific interests focus mostly on Evolution of human language — in particular origins of language, experimental semiotics, gesture studies and nonverbal / multimodal communication, Pragmatics & semantics, Cognitive / psycholinguistic aspects of communication and cultural evolution of communication systems. 

He’s an active scientist, with his academic record becoming richer and richer, with many completed and on-going projects, funded from various sources - both internal and external. 

It’s a pleasure to have you here!

Our guest today is dr. Jarosław Hetman - he is connected to the NCU’s Faculty of Humanities and, more specifically, the Department of American Literature and Literary Translation. 

With deep expertise in contemporary American and British literature, critical theory, and the interpretation of cultural texts, Dr. Hetman brings fresh perspectives to how literature reflects—and refracts—our human experiences. 

Thank you very much for being our guest today!

Our guest today Aldona Glińska-Neweś - a professor at the Department of Organisational Behaviour and Marketing, Institute of Management and Quality Sciences, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management. Her scientific skills and interests circle around Interpersonal Relationships and Communication; Emotional Communication; Social Influence; Cross Cultural Psychology; Group Dynamics; Work Psychology.

She’s a member of numerous initiatives, still keeping her scientific career high in the air. 

Our guest today is prof. Adam Izdebski - a professor working at the NCU’s Interdisciplinary Center for Modern Technologies. He’s a historian and human-ecology researcher, whose academic journey is truly interdisciplinary, as it joins together the issues of history, and ecology.

He’s collaborated internationally with numerous prestigious institutions and he’s a multi-time Laureate of many various grants, both domestic and international, with the ERC Synergy Grant and the project  „EUROPEST” project “Understanding anew the role of pandemics in pre-industrial Europe (1300-1800 CE): history, natural science and machine learning.” being one of his greatest achievements so far.

Our guest today is prof. Krzysztof Zienkiewicz, who is connected with the NCU’s Center for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies. His main research focus circles around lipids & metabolism: He specializes in plant and microalgal biotechnology with particular emphasis on lipid metabolism, including how plants and algae produce and manage fats. He studies microalgae to understand and engineer lipid production — work that can have implications for biofuels.Known for his interdisciplinary and practical orientation, loads of international experience and collaborations, he has a rich scientific record thanks to grants funded both internally and externally.