Good practices and initiatives of UW units

Faculty of Applied Linguistics

Information 2025

• Laboratory for Diversity Research
• Academic courses on mobbing, hate, and hate speech conducted as part of the Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Studies in Translation Training
• Polish Sign Language Linguistic-Translational Student Association
• Research projects „Development and implementation of a digital platform for the promotion of access to mental healthcare for low language proficient third-country nationals in Europe”, „Mury runą – polskie doświadczenie uchodźcze w kulturze i literaturze” (Walls Will Fall – Polish Refugee Experience in Culture and Literature)
• Research on the discourse of marginalized LGBT+ groups
• Specialization Translation and Translation Technologies, Polish Sign Language in BA studies – Applied Linguistics
• Collaboration with retired lecturers, employment of persons with disabilities
• Parent room with facilities for small children, pink box

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Applied Linguistics – 2025 (available in Polish)

Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization

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• Laboratory for Research on LGBT+ History and Identities
• Queer Social Research Centre
• Centre for Research on Women and Gender Issues
• Postgraduate Gender Studies Programme
• Academic courses „Gender and contemporary Polish society”, „Płeć w teoriach społecznych” (Gender in Social Theories), „Studia kobiece” (Women’s Studies), „Socjologia Queer” (Queer Sociology), „Jak pisać historię LGBT+?” (How to Write LGBT+ History?), „Płeć w antropologii kulturowej” (Gender in Cultural Anthropology), „Teorie feminizmu” (Feminism Theories), „Płeć w teoriach społecznych” (Gender in Social Theories)
• Student Feminist Community Association
• Research projects „Strategie osiągania sprawczości w zmaskulinizowanym świecie biznesu: socjologiczna analiza trajektorii przedsiębiorczości migrantek w Polsce“ (Strategies for achieving agency in the masculinized world of business: a sociological analysis of entrepreneurial trajectories of female migrants in Poland), „Aktywistki, liderki, (samo)rzeczniczki. Doświadczenia aktywizmu w autobiograficznych narracjach kobiet z niepełnosprawnością w Polsce” (Activists, Leaders, (Self-)Advocates. Experiences of Activism in Autobiographical Narratives of Women with Disabilities in Poland)
• In the current term, the faculty organs as well as organs of both institutes are dominated by women.
• The faculty provides necessary accommodations (class schedules, remote work consent, etc.) for employees whose personal circumstances require it (particularly those caring for children and dependent elderly people).
• Quiet spaces for students, gender-neutral restrooms, and pink boxes.

Full list of equality activitied carried out by the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization – 2025 (available in Polish)

Faculty of Artes Liberales

Information 2022

• Equality Plenipotentiary
• Engaged Humanities – research and teaching activities on equality and prevention of discrimination in the context of ethnic and linguistic minorities
• Expression of Faculty Council support for the Statement in support of LGBT+ people
• Equality workshops for employees and PhD students at the Faculty
• Pink box

Full list of equality activities carried out by Artes Liberales – 2022  (avaliable in Polish)

Statement in support of LGBT+ (avaliable in Polish)

Faculty of Biology

Information 2022

• Equality Plenipotentiaries (male and female)
• Pink box

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Biology – 2022 (avaliable in Polish)

Faculty of Education

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• Research projects „Curriculum Unnovation for Social Inclusion“, „Teachers for Inclusive Education“
• Academic courses „Praca z dziećmi ze zróżnicowanych środowisk społecznych i kulturowych” (Working with Children from Diverse Social and Cultural Backgrounds), „Społeczne konsekwencje migracji” (Social Consequences of Migration), „Edukacja, inkluzja, różnorodność” (Education, Inclusion, Diversity)
• Scientific publications „Non-Inclusive Education in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparative Studies of Teaching Ethnicity, Religion and Gender“, „Intercultural teaching in a “monocultural” country. Why do we need a decolonial approach to teaching about diversity?”

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Education – 2022 (avaliable in Polish)

 Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies 

Information 2022

• Scientific conference „The Gendering of New Realities: Unequal Challenges and Responsibilities“

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies – 2022 (avaliable in Polish)

   Faculty of History

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• Faculty Plenipotentiary for Counteracting Discrimination
• Tutor for students on the autism spectrum
• Academic course „Historia Gender” (Gender History)
• Social spaces for students and staff
• AED defibrillator, baby changing table, pink boxes

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of History – 2025 (avaliable in Polish)

Information 2022

• Student Government survey on experiences related to violence and sexual harassment
• UniSAFE survey on gender-based violence
• Anti-discrimination workshops „Młodzi Różnorodni” (Young and Diverse)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of History – 2022 (avaliable in Polish)

Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies 

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• Survey research on tolerance conducted among Faculty students
• „Refugees Narratives” research project
• Scientific activity of dr. Marta Korytkowska concerning Deaf people, including coordination of the course „Komunikacja interpersonalna” (Interpersonal communication) devoted, among other things, to aspects of communication with Deaf people

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies – 2022 (avaliable in Polish)

 

Faculty of Law and Administration 

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• Research projects „Wspólnie przeciw dyskryminacji. Sędziowie i organizacje obywatelskie na rzecz równego traktowania” (Together Against Discrimination. Judges and Civil Society Organizations for Equal Treatment), „Równość i zakaz dyskryminacji w perspektywie orzecznictwa Trybunału Konstytucyjnego” (Equality and the Prohibition of Discrimination in the Case Law of the Constitutional Tribunal)
• Academic courses „Sprawiedliwość i nierówność wobec prawa” (Justice and Inequality before the Law), „Różni a jednak równi. Równe traktowanie i zakaz dyskryminacji w życiu społecznym i gospodarczym” (Different Yet Equal. Equal Treatment and the Prohibition of Discrimination in Social and Economic Life)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Department of Sociology of Law the Faculty of Law and Administration – 2022 (available in Polish)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Institute of State and Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration – 2022 (available in Polish)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Department of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration – 2022 (available in Polish)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Departmnet of Labour Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration – 2022 (available in Polish)

 Faculty of Philosophy

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• Research projects „Kartografie obcości, inności i wykluczenia. Perspektywa filozofii i sztuki współczesnej” (Cartographies of Strangeness, Otherness and Exclusion. The Perspective of Contemporary Philosophy and Art), „Opieka zdrowotna jako przestrzeń publiczna: integracja i różnorodność społeczna w kontekście dostępu do opieki zdrowotnej w Europie” (Healthcare as a Public Space: Integration and Social Diversity in the Context of Access to Healthcare in Europe)
• Analytical Feminist Philosophy Student Association
• Activity of prof. Magdalena Środa – publication of a book „Obcy, inny, wykluczony” (The Stranger, the Other, the Excluded), conducting the seminar „Postawy wobec obcych: humanizm, kolonializm, postkolonializm” (Attitudes toward Strangers: Humanism, Colonialism, Postcolonialism), activity in European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
• Activity of prof. Agnieszka Nogal – lecture on violence against women at the World Forum for Democracy and at the Council of Europe, organization of the international conference series „Feminism and Law”

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Philosophy – 2022 (available in Polish)

 Full list of equality activities carried out by the academic staff of the Faculty of Philosophy – 2022 (available in Polish)

Faculty of Physics

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• „Dziewczyny do ścisłych” (Girls into Science) and „Dziewczyny na Politechniki” (Girls to Technical Universities) social campaigns
• Women in Science Day at the Ochota Campus

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Physics – 2022 (available in Polish)

Faculty of Polish Studies

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• Laboratory for Literary Studies of Minority Cultures
• Scientific activity of dr. Anna Więtecha – doctoral dissertation „Sięgnąć poza wzrok. Doświadczenia percepcyjne w krótkich formach prozatorskich Bolesława Prusa” (Reaching Beyond Sight. Perceptual Experiences in Bolesław Prus’s Short Prose Forms), OGUN course „Wymiary tolerancji” (Dimensions of Tolerance)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Polish Studies – 2022 (available in Polish)

Faculty of Political Science and International Studies 

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• Anti-mobbing training and equality campaigns for employees
• First-year student mentors for integration and adaptation
• Balanced gender representation and employment of people of all ages
• Introduction of flexible working hours, occasional remote work, and the option of bringing a child to work
• Signposting for hearing-impaired and deaf people in buildings

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies – 2025 (available in Polish)

Information 2022

• UW Social Services Clinic
• Research projects „Joint influence of family and labour market policies on labour market participation and fertility decisions of men and women”, “Łączenie pracy zawodowej z życiem rodzinnym w Polsce z perspektywy capability approach” (Combining Work and Family Life in Poland from the Capability Approach Perspective)
• Academic courses “Gender and the Welfare State”, “Polityka równościowa w UE” (Equality Policy in the EU)
• Scientific publications „Studenci zagraniczni w Polsce. Motywy przyjazdu, ocena pobytu, plany na przyszłość” (Foreign Students in Poland. Motives for Coming, Evaluation of Stay, Plans for the Future), „Imigranci w polskim dyskursie publicznym” (Immigrants in Polish Public Discourse), „Perspektywa gender w polityce społecznej” (The Gender Perspective in Social Policy)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies – 2022 (available in Polish)

  Faculty of Psychology

Information 2022

• Centre for Research on Prejudice and related scientific publications
• Polish Prejudice Survey
• Academic courses „Neighbourhoods, Boundaries and Social Diversity”, „Intergroup Contacts”, „Psychologia stereotypów i uprzedzeń” (Psychology of Stereotypes and Prejudice)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Faculty of Psychology – 2022 (available in Polish)

Centre for Europe

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• Academic courses devoted to equal treatment and anti-discrimination issues

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Centre for Europe – 2022 (available in Polish)

Centre for Foreign Language Teacher Training and European Education

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• Employees training „Praktyka pracy ze studentami międzynarodowymi” (Practice of Working with International Students)
• Students workshops „Mind the mind“
• Scientific conferences „Humanistyka a praktyczny profil kształcenia uniwersyteckiego w nauczaniu języka, literatury i kultury w warunkach obcokulturowych” (The Humanities and the Practical Profile of University Education in the Teaching of Language, Literature and Culture in Intercultural Conditions), „Otwarcie na języki i podejście pluralistyczne a kompetencje ucznia” (Openness to Languages and a Pluralistic Approach to Learners’ Competences)

Full list of equality activities carried by the Centre for Foreign Language Teacher Training and European Education – 2022 (available in Polish)

  Centre for Foreign Language Teaching

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• „Intercultural Fluency” workshops for academic teachers
• English language courses for university candidates from various countries, including an intercultural module
• Participation in training organized by the Office for Persons with Disabilities

Full list of equality activitiea carried out by the Centre for Foreign Language Teaching – 2022 (available in Polish)

   Centre of Migration Research

Informacja 2022

• Academic courses „Doradztwo zawodowe jako instrument integracji” (Career Counselling as an Instrument of Integration), „Obrazy rzeźbione w głowach. Jak uprzedzenia w mediach kształtują stosunek Polaków do obcych” (Images Carved in Heads. How Prejudices in the Media Shape Poles’ Attitudes toward Strangers)
• Scientific publications „Islamophobia in Poland:Natonal Report“, „Care needs and migration for domestic work”
• Centre employees activity in the Expert Commission on Migrants at the Commissioner for Human Rights

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Centre of Migration Research – 2022 (available in Polish)

DELab (Digital Economy Lab)

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• Scientific publications „Tytanki Pracy. Kobiety na rynku pracy w dobie cyfrowej tranformacji” (Titans of Labour. Women in the Labour Market in the Era of Digital Transformation), „Pokolenie równoległych światów” (Generation of Parallel Worlds)

Full list of equality activities carried out by DELab (Digital Economy Lab) – 2022 (available in Polish)

Heavy Ion Laboratory

Information 2022

• Cooperation with researchers of retirement age
• Program supporting the return to work after maternity leave

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Heavy Ion Laboratory – 2022 (available in Polish)

Institute of the Americas and Europe

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• Laboratory for Resarch on Gender and Sexuality
• Solidarity with Refugees Days
• Meetings with activists from the Ocalenie Foundation
• Debates „Tęczowy raport o stanie państwa” (Rainbow Report on the State of the Nation), „Kwestie LGBT w kampanii prezydenckiej w USA” (LGBT Issues in the U.S. Presidential Campaign)
• Use of gender-neutral language in communication, care for gender equality in planning and implementing research projects

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Institute of the Americas and Europe Institute – 2022 (available in Polish)

Institute of English Studies

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• Academic courses devoted to the situation of immigrants in the UK, intercultural communication, and dialogue of cultures
• Body and Ethics Students Association

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Institute of English Studies – 2022 (available in Polish)

Institute of Sociology

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• Academic courses „Problemy społeczne i sprawy publiczne” (Social Problems and Public Affairs), „Zróżnicowanie kulturowe współczesnego świata” (Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World), „Wprowadzenie do socjologii zróżnicowania kulturowego i mniejszości” (Introduction to the Sociology of Cultural Diversity and Minorities)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Institute of Sociology – 2022 (available in Polish)

  Open University

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• Free Polish language courses for refugees from Ukraine
• Preparation of database of self-learning materials in Polish for people from Ukraine
• Courses „Być kobietą. Herstorie dawne i współczesne” (Being a Woman. Past and Contemporary Herstories), „Komunikacja bez przemocy w pracy” (Nonviolent Communication at Work), „Jaki seks jest dobry? Współczesne spory o seksualność” (What Kind of Sex Is Good? Contemporary Debates on Sexuality), „Różnorodność w inności – 10 spotkań o religiach” (Diversity in Otherness – 10 Meetings about Religions)
• Debate „Polacy nie gęsi, język nienawiści znają, czyli o komunikacji w przestrzeni publicznej” (Poles Are Not Geese, But They Do Know Hate Speech – On Communication in Public Space)

Full list of equality activities carried out by the Open University – 2022 (available in Polish)

Physical Activity and Sports Center

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• Grupy zajęciowe dla osób z niepełnosprawnościami
• Uwzględnianie potrzeb osób ze społeczności LGBTQ+ (zaimki, odpowiedni dobór zajęć, szatnie i toalety neutralne płciowo)
• Warsztaty i szkolenia o tematyce równościowej dla osób zatrudnionych
• Uwzględnianie potrzeb rodziców zatrudnionych w SWFiS
• PE classes groups for people with disabilities
• Taking into account the needs of people from the LGBTQ+ community (pronouns, appropriate selection of activities, gender-neutral locker rooms and restrooms)
• Equality workshops and training for employees
• Taking into account the needs of parents employed at the Physical Education and Sports Center

Full list of equality activities carried out at the Physical Education and Sports Center – 2025 (available in Polish)

UNESCO Chairs: Sustainable Development and Women, Society, Development

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• Academic courses „Sociology of Gender“, „Social Physiology of Cities and Rular Areas“, „The Role of Highly Educated (university education) Men and Women in Local Rural Communities”
• Scientific conference „Gender inequality in Higher Education“
• Scientific publications
• „Social Innovations for social cohesion“, „Międzypokoleniowe różnice w orientacji na wartości i stosunku do demokracji i co z tego wynika” (Intergenerational Differences in Value Orientation and Attitudes toward Democracy and its Concequences)
• Scientific activity for the position of women in the academic and non-academic environment
• Engaging students in gender-related issues

Full list of equality activities carried out by the UNESCO Chairs: Sustainable Development and Women, Society, Development – 2022 (available in Polish)

University Volunteer Centre

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• Multicultural Volunteering – conversation meetings between international students learning Polish and Polish-speaking students
• Cultural HotSpot UW – event showcasing cultures of international students at UW
• Common Points – series of meetings on spatial discrimination
• Multicultural Children’s Day – event for children and youth living in the Foreigners’ Centre
• Workshops for academic teachers conducting classes for foreign students

Full list of equality activitied carried out by the University Volunteer Centre – 2022 (available in Polish)