Project administration staff at the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian Univeristy in Kraków.

Office: ul. Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland 

Tel.: +48 12 663 29 70

E-mail: marta.bucewka@uj.edu.pl

A researcher at Deusto Cities Lab of the University of Deusto. She holds a Doctorate in Leisure, Culture and Communication for Human Development (Ph.D, Cum Laude Mention), a MBA in Creative Leadership and a bachelor degree in Business Management. Her research publications mainly focus on leisure, culture, creativity, tourism, management and placemaking. Throughout her career she has worked on several projects for municipalities, private enterprises and social and cultural associations. 

Function in the project: researcher 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/june-calvo-soraluze-68082110/

A Phd research fellow in Technical and Urban Planning, Contract as Teaching Assistance to the Urban Planning course at the University of L'Aquila. Obtained in 2006 the title of Philosophiæ Doctor at the University of L'Aquila with specialization in "restoration, project and protection in the settlement and territorial contexts of high historical, environmental and landscape value". The topics of his research deal with the problems of new urban strategies, also with reference to the changed needs of territorial governance. Is involved in the reconstruction of the Abruzzese capital hit roughly by the earthquake of 6 April 2009, through urban projects of resilient public spaces prepared in collaboration with the Local Public Administration and with the drafting of restoration projects of the historical heritage. 

A PhD researcher at the Cities Lab Katedra of the University of Deusto (Spain). She has a degree in Legal and Social Sciences from the Federal University of Santa María (Brazil), a Master's Degree in Business Law and a PhD Cum Laude in Urban Law from the University of Deusto. She has participated in different research projects in the following areas and topics: right to the city, city and values, Basque cities and ICTs, Smart cities and Industry 4.0, urban regeneration, energy and city. Her most recent publication is: "Cities in the European Union: Integration process, cohesion policy and future governance". 

Function in the project: researcher  

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Geana_Leschko

A PhD researcher of Urban and territorial planning and design, Urban design professor at the University of L'Aquila (Engineering). He carries out research activities within the new forms of Spatial and Strategic planning, Urban planning and design (safety and security), knowledge and assessment systems (SEA). With regard to the Spatial planning, his research is focused on new models and new policies. He is currently a member of the board of the National Institute of Urban Planning; director of Urban Laboratory for the Reconstruction of L’Aquila (LAURAq-INU/ANCSA); scientific responsible of AnTeA Laboratory (Territorial and Environmental Analysis) at the University of Aquila.

Function in the project: researcher 

https://ricerca.univaq.it/cris/rp/rp03781#.XEXnqSfQjIV

A doctoral candidate at the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian Univeristy in Kraków. Double Master graduated in European Studies from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and from the University of Padova (Italy). Multiple scholarship holder of programs funded by the European Commission, inter alia, at the University for Foreigners of Perugia, University of Bari Aldo Moro and Roma Tre University. Participant of the Cultural Exchange Program in the United States. Her interests are focused on politics, culture and society of contemporary Italy. She prepares a doctoral dissertation on the concept of Padania. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/małgorzata-maria-fijał-482082aa/

A project administration and management support at the the Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica. Milena Konôpková as a project manager provides coordination, administration and document support to project teams in achieving their project goals.

Office: Tajovského 40, Banská Bystrica

E-mail: milena.konopkova@umb.sk

Phone: +421 (0) 48 446 7413

http://www.ff.umb.sk/veda-a-vyskum/referat-projektoveho-manazera/

An assistant professor at Matej Bel University, Faculty of Economics in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. She works at the Department of Language Communication in Business and teaches the Russian cultural studies at Department of European Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts. Her research activities include the terminology management, language teaching for specific purposes, intercomperehension and cultural studies. She participated in many EU projects e.g. Terminology Management, Management of EU Projects and Innovative Teaching Methods at Universities. She speaks German (C1), Russian (C1) and English (B2) language.

Function in the project: Project member at Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica

https://www.ef.umb.sk/index_e.asp?zid=522&uid=619

A sociologist and works as an assistant professor at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University. His fields of interest are the sociology and anthropology of the city, European integration, nations and nationalisms in Central Europe. He has written several articles on the sociology and anthropology of Polish cities. Among his publications are three books: Miasto w sieci znaczeń. Kraków i jego tożsamości (Księgarnia Akademicka Kraków 2010), Wynajdywanie miejskości. Polska kwestia miejska z perspektywy długiego trwania (NOMOS Kraków 2016), Efekt ESK. Jak konkurs na Europejską Stolicę Kultury zmienił polskie miasta (written together with Bożena Gierat-Bieroń, Joanna Orzechowska Wacławska. NOMOS Kraków 2017).

Function in the project: Curriculum: content, manual for students, bibliography for the course

A PhD in social sciences in the field of pedagogy, Europeanist, employee of the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University, expert in the field of textbooks for elementary education, expert of the Foundation  for the Development of the Education System (FRSE)  and the Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in the field of the European educational programs. Hobby - breeder of the Turkish Van cats, a lover of classical music and mountain treks. Research interests: European education, educational policy of the European Union, sociology of education, education and identity, European citizenship, current socio-cultural processes seen in the perspective of educational change.

Function in the project: team leader

Holds Master Degree in institutional and media communication (Specialist in online marketing), currently is Phd candidate at Deusto University and works as a researcher in Deusto Cities Lab. His interest focuses on urban development under a systemic view that includes history and heritage of cities, architecture and urbanism, local social forms, economic patterns, environmental sustainability and technological impact on dynamics between all those elements. He has been involved research projects around urban theories, digital leisure, smart cities, mobility and inclusion of disabilities.

Function in the project: researcher 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anartzmadariaga/

Predoctoral researcher fellow at Deusto Cities Lab and PhD candidate in the Leisure, Culture and Communication for Human Development program. She has a degree in Spanish Language and Hispanic Literatures from the University of Belgrade and has a Master’s Degree in Leisure Project Management from the University of Deusto. For both Master’s and Doctorate studies, she enjoyed a scholarship granted by the European Commission that facilitated her academic stay at Sapienza University in Rome. Her interests are centered in the field of urban studies, creative cities and cultural strategies for sustainable urban development. 

Function in the project: Manager/researcher

An assistant professor at Matej Bel University, Faculty of Arts in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. She works at the Department of European Cultural Studies as a teacher of academic subjects focused on cultural studies and European active citizenship. In her research she deals with cultural identity & heritage, interculturality and cultural-social forms of active citizenship. She publishes scientific papers regularly in Slovakia as well as abroad. She participates in many Slovak and international projects and conferences in cooperation with e.g. Vienna University, Austria; University of Waterloo, Canada and Université Paris 13, France. She often attends educational and research activities abroad (e.g. France, Poland).

Function in the project: Project coordinator at Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica

Heritage trainer, social anthropologist and cultural project manager. As a researcher, affiliated at the Jagiellonian University, she is mainly interested in relations between social memory, heritage and identity. She publishes articles about: museums, tourism, public space and subcultures. Her current research project deals with europeanisation of heritage. She is appointed professor assistant at the UNESCO chair for the Holocaust research. As a museum trainer, she promotes interpretive and democratic museology, specializing in storytelling for museums and support of brand management. She has co-authored a manual for interpretive museology as well as a number of museum exhibitions and projects. 

Senior lecturer and former deputy director of the Jagiellonian University Institute of European Studies. He holds Ph.D. in Humanities from the Faculty of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University. His doctoral thesis analysed the Polish raison d’état in the context of the European integration processes. His research focuses on sociology of power, international security in the Post-Cold War era, civil society and public sphere in Europe, democratic deficit and legitimacy crisis in the EU, symbolic construction of identity in the context of the EU enlargement.

Function in the project: researcher on lieux de mémoire

A professor of techniques of Urban and Regional Planning at DICEAA, University of L'Aquila and DADU, University of Sassari, Italy. Visiting professor in universities as Ritsumeikan University, Kochi University, Thammassat University, Jagiellonian University and Cracow Technical University among others. Visiting researcher at DMUCH/Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage Research Center/Ritsumeikan University. Rizzi is an Urban Planner and Designer and also hold a Master in Business Administration. She deals in simulation and territorial analysis techniques, urban design and participatory planning; she's also interested in urban planning, history of cartography and urban iconography in general, with some forays in archaeology. In the research field she's undertaken some studies and planning of new tools for urban analysis and public participation to decision and planning processes, on new technologies and communication.

Function in the project: Project coordinator at University of L'Aquila

A Professor at the University of Deusto. He holds a BA in History, and Geography and a PhD in Philosophy and Educational Sciences and a MA in Leisure Studies. He is Director of the Deusto Cities Lab, a trans-disciplinary Chair pursued through research projects, learning programs and actions open innovation, transforming cities through transversal and transectoral city governance. He has been Director of the Institute of Leisure Studies (2000-2007) and Vice-Rector for Communication, Multilingualism and Social Innovation (2007-2015). He teaches BA courses on Tourism and MA courses on Leisure Management, MA courses on Congress, Event and Trade Fair Management. His publications mainly focus on leisure phenomenon, cities, policies and governance. 

Function in the project: researcher/technician

https://www.deusto.es/cs/Satellite/deusto/es/katedra-cities-lab/katedra-1/equipo-1

An Italian philologist and a Political Scientist. She works as an associate professor at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University, where she is a Head of the Department of Mediterranean Politics and Culture. Among other topics, she deals with European nationalism of the 18th  and 19th centuries, political thought of the European right, policy of remembrance, as well as with the Italian – Polish political and cultural relationship. Her recent publications (among others) are: Nacjonalizm włoski – geneza i ewolucja doktryny politycznej 1896-1922, Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2013), Dizionario italo – polacco della terminologia politica e sociale (Universitas, Kraków 2018) and Le ombre del passato. Italia e Polonia di fronte alla Shoah (written together with Francesco Berti, Filippo Focardi, Viella, Roma 2018). She coordinates Double Master`s Degree Programme in European Studies with University of Padua.

Function in the project: responsible for promotion, Mobility Tool and organization of final project conference

Graduated in International Relations and European Studies, her professional interest goes from international cooperation to local development. As an expert of European policies for Education, Culture and Audiovisual, she likes to spread the European values of social inclusion and unity into diversity through her job.  She loves to travel and understand the world through arts and culture and any creative expression. Since 2015 she works as project manager at the Fundraising and International Relations office of the University of L’Aquila, her home town.

Function in the project: project member and in charge of admin staff 

A researcher at Deusto Cities lab, University of Deusto. Ph.D. candidate at the same university with dissertation titled "Place branding as a tool for systemic and sustainable territorial development"; Master in Territorial Development with specialization in research methodologies; and a Bachelor degree in Business administration. Secretary of the Unesco Chair for the training of Human Resources with Latin America (2015-2017). He has worked as a teacher and researcher at the Central American University José Simeón Cañas of El Salvador (2009-2014). 

Function in the project: researcher 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-villatoro/