CURRENT POSITION
- Full professor /pl. professor zwyczajny/
- Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management
FORMER POSITIONS
- 1992-1999, 2005-2012 Dean of the Economic Faculty University of Opole
- 1992- 2019 Head of the Department of Economic Geography and Spatial Development at the University of Opole
- 2002-2005 deputy Rector of the University of Opole responsible for research and international relationships
- 2012- 2019 deputy Rector of the University of Opole responsible for research and finance
WORK EXPERIENCE
Degrees
- Professor /title/ 2003
- Dr hab. /habilitation/ 1989 Wrocław Technical University, Faculty of Architecture
- PhD 1978, Wrocław Technical University, Institute of Architecture and Urbanistics
- MA 1974 Wroclaw University, geography /economic geography/
Positions
- 1978-90 adiunkt (lecturer/researcher) Pedagogical University of Opole
- 1990-91 docent (lecturer/ researcher) Pedagogical University of Opole
- 1991-2005 profesor nadzwyczajny (associate professor) University of Opole
- since 2005 profesor zwyczajny (full professor) University of Opole
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Urban geography- Transformation of the spatial structure of the city
- Urban planning and design- History of urban form
- Sustainable urban development- Sustainable urban form
LECTURES and SEMINARS
Study programs (in English):
- MA Sustainable Development (Economics)
- BA International Business (Economics)
Study programs (in Polish):
- Ekonomia (Economics), specjalisation: Gospodarka Miejska I Regionalna (Urban and Regional Economy)
- Gospodarka Przestrzenna (Spatial Economy)
Lectures and seminars
- Human geography
- Urban geography
- History of urban planning
- Sustainable urban planning and design
MEMBERSHIPS
- Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning, Polish Academy of Sciences (Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju Polskiej Akademii Nauk) – member since 2012
- Utopian Studies Society, Europe- member
- Polish – European Association for Environmental and Natural Resource Economists („Europejskie Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych)“
- Polish Geographical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne)
- Society of Polish Town Planners (Towarzystwo Urbanistów Polskich)
- Polish Economic Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Ekonomiczne)
- Stowarzyszenie Gospodarka Przestrzenna (Spatial Economy Association – deputy chairman of the board)
- The International Association of Lions Clubs
AWARDS
- 2013, The book “Historia planowania I budowy miast” (History of the Planning and Construction of Cities) received the main prize at the Academic Book Fair in Cracow
- 2014, The prize “Professor Opoliensis”
- 2000, Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (Medal of the National Education Commission)
CERTIFICATE