Organisation: University of Warsaw
Department/Unit: Digital Economy Lab
Research Field: SOC
Sub-fields / keywords (choose freely): digital transformation of economy and society, digital economy, industry 4.0/5.0, digitalisation of work
Short description of the department / unit (strengths and scientific achievements, such as publications, patents, etc., important infrastructure – up to 2000 characters with spaces):
Digital Economy Lab, also known as DELab UW, was established in 2013 with the support of a grant from Google at University of Warsaw. Since then, it has become a leading interdisciplinary program in Poland, bringing together scholars and researchers from diverse fields related to the digital economy, society, and globalization, including economists, sociologists, and lawyers. With an interdisciplinary approach and openness to new methods, we are revolutionizing the teaching process at the University of Warsaw. We conduct both scientific projects and engage in multidimensional cooperation with businesses and the public sector, researching the key challenges arising from the development and implementation of digital technologies.
DELab is part of the Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centres.
For more information on the DELab’s team and most recent publications please go to the website: https://www.delab.uw.edu.pl/en/
Previous Related Projects / Research Experience (international/ EU/ big national or regional projects especially in the areas in which you would like to host fellows – up to 5):
- EU ENGINEROOM – the EU Engineroom project focused on identifying and evaluating the key enabling technologies and topics that will underpin the Next Generation Internet in 2025. DELab’s responsibility was to develop a cutting-edge data-driven methodology for identifying early signals of new trends & technologies using web scraping and text mining tools. [completed project, funded by the European Commission, H2020]
- NGI FORWARD: in the NGI Forward project UW continued work started in the EU ENGINEROOM project. DELab supported the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet initiative with identifying emerging technologies and social issues related to the Internet. Our team has been experimenting with various text mining methods to discover trends and hidden patterns in different types of online media. [completed project, funded by the European Commission, H2020]
- CoMobility (Co-designing Inclusive Mobility) is a transdisciplinary international research project in which attitudes and behaviours related to mobility are analyzed, with a particular focus on alternatives to the use of private cars. In the co-creation process barriers and opportunities for different mobility choices are identified and interventions planned. CoMobility benefits from a 2.05 million € grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants. For more details see: https://comobility.edu.pl/en/homepage/
Thematic areas and list of supervisors who are looking forward to preparing a project proposal with postdoctoral researchers (thematic area and main supervisor, link to CV, contact information – provide information for each supervisor)
- area 1: Digital economy & industry 4.0
dr hab. Katarzyna Śledziewska, prof. UW
Managing Director of DELab UW
cv and personal information available here:
email: k.sledziewska@delab.uw.edu.pl
dr hab. Renata Włoch, prof. UW
Scientific Director, coordinator of the project “Developing Digital Sociology at the UW”
cv and personal information available here:
email: r.wloch@uw.edu.pl
- area 2: Digital transformation of economy and society
dr hab. Katarzyna Śledziewska, prof. UW
Managing Director of DELab UW
cv and personal information available here:
email: k.sledziewska@delab.uw.edu.pl
dr hab. Renata Włoch, prof. UW
Scientific Director, coordinator of the project “Developing Digital Sociology at the UW”
cv and personal information available here:
email: r.wloch@uw.edu.pl
Contact Person/ Position in the Organisation/ Phone/ E-mail (Choose whether candidates will contact their respective supervisor directly or if they will contact a person at the organisation)
Contact person: Michał Szostek /research manager at DELab / michalszostek@uw.edu.pl / +48 22 552 70 01
Necessary documents to be provided by a candidate:
- CV (up to 3 pages),
- brief description of the project idea (goal of the project, proposed methodology, motivation for choosing the institution and the host with regards to the career progression of the fellow – up to 2/3 pages)
Deadline for sending the documents to the supervisors: 30/06/2023 (23:59)
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