Geopolitical Changes and Their Impact on Economic Development
We are delighted to invite you to participate in an international academic conference featuring Nobel Laureate Professor Eric Maskin
Geopolitical Changes and Their Impact on Economic Development
organised to mark the 25th anniversary of the TIGER Research Centre for Transformation, Integration and Globalisation.
We live in times of profound and dynamic transformation. Global power rivalries, trade wars, armed conflicts, the energy transition, the accelerating development of digital technologies, as well as migration and climate crises are radically reshaping the conditions under which economies operate. These processes influence not only national strategies, but also business prospects, financial stability, and the directions of social development. These are issues that deserve — and demand — thoughtful discussion.
The event will bring together distinguished economists, scholars, and practitioners, including Nobel Laureate Professor Eric Maskin. It will be a unique opportunity to reflect, in esteemed company, on how geopolitical shifts are affecting the global economy and what lessons the first quarter of the 21st century offers for the future of Poland, Europe, and the world.
We warmly invite you to join us for inspiring keynote speeches, engaging debates, and informal conversations.
Programme:
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10:00 Welcome coffee 10:20 prof. Grzegorz Mazurek, Rector of Kozminski University – Opening remarks 10:25 prof. Grzegorz W. Kołodko, Director of TIGER – Geopolitical Economy and Socio-Economic Development: Lessons from the First Quarter of the 21st Century 11:00 prof. Eric Maskin, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Harvard University – How a Better Voting System Can Counteract Political Polarisation 12:30 Lunch break 13:45 Debate #1: Economics and Politics Moderator: prof. Jacek Tomkiewicz, Kozminski University Panellists: – prof. Andrzej K. Koźmiński, Honorary President of Kozminski University – prof. Elżbieta Mączyńska, Honorary President of the Polish Economic Society – dr hab. Paweł Kozłowski, Professor at the University of Warsaw – dr Tadeusz Białek, President of the Polish Bank Association
15:15 Debate #2: Poland – Europe – the World: Politics and Economy Moderator: PhD Grzegorz Malinowski, Kozminski University Panellists: – prof. Marcin Piątkowski, Kozminski University – prof. Eliza Przeździecka, SGH Warsaw School of Economics – prof. Marian Gorynia, President of the Polish Economic Society – prof. Dariusz Rosati, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
16:45 Closing remarks – prof. Grzegorz W. Kołodko 17:00 Five o’clock tea – informal discussions
Profesor, wykładowca ALK oraz uniwersytetów amerykańskich, Autor wielu publikacji, były wicepremier i Minister Finansów
Doctor of Economics, Dean of the College of Finance and Economics, professor of ALK in the Department of Economics. Scientific Director at the TIGER Research Center for Transformation, Integration and Globalization in KU.
Lecturer with many years of experience, conducts classes at graduate, post-graduate (including MBA) and doctoral studies, he is also a visiting professor at several European universities. He has completed several research internships in foreign institutions, including Stanford University in the USA, Columbia University in the USA, Harvard University in the USA, OECD in Paris and Brighton University.
An expert in the field of economics, economy and public finances. Author of studies and expert opinions in the field of macroeconomics and public finance prepared for the Ministry of Finance, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, National Bank of Poland and commercial companies. In 2002-2003 he served as an advisor to the Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Finance, and was a member of the team responsible for structural reforms within the public finance system.
Author of publications in the field of macroeconomics, economic policy and public finance.
Economist, university teacher, specialist in international economics, international business and economic theory. His research and teaching activities are conducted at the Poznań University of Economics. A graduate of the Poznan University of Economics (1980), he received his doctoral degree in 1985, his habilitated doctorate in 1995, and the title of professor in 2000. From 2002 to 2008, he served as vice-rector for science and foreign cooperation at the Poznań University of Economics. From 2008 to 2016, he was rector of the Poznań University of Economics. During the 2012-2016 term, he was chairman of the Conference of Rectors of Universities of Economics. In 2007-2015, he was a member of the board (as a representative of Poland) of the European International Business Academy. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Committee on Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences for consecutive terms. In 2015-2021 he was chairman of the Scientific Council of the Polish Economic Society. In the 2011-2012 and 2017-2020 terms, he was a member of the Central Commission for Degrees and Titles, where he served as vice-chairman. In the 2019-2023 and 2024-2027 terms, he was vice-chairman of the Council for Scientific Excellence. Since 2021, a correspondent member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2021, he was elected President of the PTE for the 2021-2026 term. He is Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly journal ECONOMIST.
He is the author of more than 400 scientific and popular science papers. He has held numerous research internships at foreign centers, including Lyon II University, Trent University Nottingham, Toulouse University of Social Sciences, Georg August University in Göttingen and Harvard Business School. He has received numerous research grants from, among others, the Committee for Scientific Research, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Science Center. He is the recipient of several awards from the Minister of Science and Higher Education, the Frederic Skarbek Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Economics, the Award of the Committee of Organization and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Professor Edward Lipinski Award of the Polish Economic Society, and the Award of the College of Enterprise Sciences of the Warsaw School of Economics. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Bialystok (2019), the University of Economics in Wroclaw (2023) and is an honorary professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.
