It is the first Department in the history of the Warsaw School of Economics dealing with the issues of educational policy in its broad context. The main goal set by Dr hab. Ewa Chmielecka Prof. SGH, the first Head of the Department, focused on topics that showed education policy as a horizontal policy - sensitive to changes and reforms in other sectoral policies and at the same time closely related and having an impact on other sectoral policies, including labor market, social and senior policy.
This approach is continued by the current Department team. As part of it, topics related to the most current challenges faced by today’s educational policy in Poland are addressed, including concerning the proper linking of the education system with the labor market policy, lifelong learning policy, the quality of non-formal education (training services market) as well as the challenges facing the higher education system, e.g. recognition of learning outcomes obtained outside the university walls (recognition of prior learning, RPL) or the rules for awarding qualifications at Level 5 of the Polish Qualifications Framework.
The Department’s team is also involved in international projects related to education.
Staff:
- dr Izabela Buchowicz
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PhD in economics, graduate of Warsaw School of Economics (SGPiS) and the Pedagogical College at the Warsaw School of Economics. She participated in many international, national and local studies, using and expanding the main research areas.
Scientific interests:- education and education policy;
- management in education;
- changes in human capital;
- education in public policy, implementation of public policy at the local level;
- social policy and local social policy.
Non-scientific interests:
Small and big travels, psychology, cooking and … constructionCompleted international projects:
- Qualifications recognition support for Ukrainian universities (QUARSU), implemented as part of Erasmus+ in 2019-2022, https://erasmusplus.org.ua/en/projects/ka2/2590-qualifications-recognition-support-for-ukrainian-universities. html;
- Governance of Educational Trajectories in Europe. Access, coping and relevance of education for young people in European knowledge societies in comparative perspective (GOETE), 2010-2013, funded by the European Commission under the European Commission’s 7th Framework Program for Research - Contract No. SSH-CT-2009-243868. (www.goete.eu);
- Socio Economic Implications For Individual Responses to Air Pollution policies in EU +27 (SEFIRA), 2013 – 2016, funded by the European Commission under the European Commission’s 7th Framework Program for Research. (www.sefira.eu);
- Fairness, freedom and Industrial Relations across Europe: Up and Down the Meat Value Chain (MEAT.UP.FFIRE), 2018-2020, (www.meatupffire.com);
- Varieaes of Industrial Relations in Aviaaon Lockdown (VIRAL), 2021-2023, https://viralproject.eu/
Contact: ibucho@sgh.waw.pl
- mgr Katarzyna Trawińska-Konador
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A graduate of German and Dutch studies at the University of Warsaw. As part of international research programs, she completed part of her studies at the University of Leuven in Belgium, at the Freie Universitaet in Berlin and at the University of Vienna. A graduate of the Postgraduate European Study at the Warsaw School of Economics and the qualification course for management staff in the field of education management at the Mazowieckie Self-Government Teacher Training Center in Warsaw.
From 2017, a researcher and PhD student at the College of Economics and Social Sciences at the Warsaw School of Economics. Member of the team of the Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Education Quality Assurance.Since 2009, a researcher at the Educational Research Institute in Warsaw. Since 2010, the leader of the research area in the KRK project implemented at the Educational Research Institute; co-author of research concepts, qualitative and quantitative tools in research related to e.g. with the subject of management of industry qualifications; In 2012-2017, she was the Deputy Leader of projects devoted to the development and implementation of the Polish Qualifications Framework. From 2017, member and secretary of the IBE Scientific Council.
In 2013-2015, an expert in two projects implemented by the Polish Rectors Foundation regarding the development of PQF level 5 qualifications and the concept of developing education directions for these qualifications in cooperation with higher education institutions, the so-called “short cycle” (co-author of two publications presenting the results). Since 2015, participation in projects carried out by the Educational Research Institute regarding the development of the education system in Macedonia. From 2017, as a senior expert in the Central Asia Education Platform (CAEP) project. On a daily basis, he cooperates with national and international institutions (FRSE, OECD, CEDEFOP) in the field of education and the labor market.
In May 2017, she was appointed by the Minister of National Education as a member of the European Qualifications Framework Advisory Group at the European Commission - EQF Advisory Group (EQF AG).
In July 2020, appointed by prof. J. Woźnicki to the team of experts of the Polish Rectors Foundation in order to prepare proposals for new provisions regarding the qualification of PQF 5 to the amendment of the Law on Higher Education and Science.
Main areas of interest:- European and national education policy, in particular issues related to the development and implementation of the European and national qualifications frameworks, sectoral qualifications frameworks in international and national terms, inclusion of level 5 qualifications in European qualifications systems and in the Polish higher education system,
- competency-based human capital management system in enterprises,
- issues related to participatory democracy, deliberative practice of democracy, designing public policies (especially educational policy) in the spirit of deliberative politics.
Contact: ktrawin@sgh.waw.pl
- mgr Katarzyna Matuszczak
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Assistant at the Department of Educational and Scientific Policy in Institute of Social Economy of the Warsaw School of Economics. Master’s degree in international relations at the Warsaw School of Economics. She also studied philosophy and biology (MISMaP) at the University of Warsaw. He conducts research on education and social policy. Associated with the Educational Research Institute in Warsaw.
At the Warsaw School of Economics, she participated, among others, in In:
- international research on the development of social competences of students (Erasmus+ DASCHE project) and key transitive competences of vocational school students (Erasmus+ TRACK-VET project) (2017-2020).
- the work of the team of the Rector’s Plenipotentiary for the Education Quality Management System at the Warsaw School of Economics, dr hab. Ewa Chmielecka, prof. call Warsaw School of Economics (2018-2020).
- development and management of the 1st and 2nd edition of the “Studium Pedagogiczne SGH” course (2018-2019).
- organization of the 4th edition of the scientific conferences “Public policy and human capital” (2018, second degree team award of the Rector of the Warsaw School of Economics for organizational achievements in 2017).
At IBE( Educational Research Institute), she conducted research on, among others:
- the use of indicators of educational added value (EVD) (2012-2015),
- career counseling and implementation of the Integrated Qualifications System (2016-2017),
- changes in the area of vocational education and training (Cedefop ReferNet expert, since 2019).
- Secretary of the editorial office of the quarterly “Dissertations Insurance. Consumer on the financial services market” (2016-2017).
For many years, she has also participated in the evaluation of projects of the European Territorial Cooperation and the European Neighborhood Instrument.
Main areas of interest:
social policy, educational inequalities, educational policy, economics of education, philosophy of science, ethics and economics
Contact: kmatusz@sgh.waw.pl
Fellow-workers:
- dr hab. Ewa Chmielecka, prof. em. SGH
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Associate professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, with which she has been associated since 1977. She defended her doctoral thesis in the philosophy of science in 1979, habilitated at the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the University of Lodz in 2002. She received her master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Warsaw.
Author of articles and books in the field of philosophy of science and research on higher education. Chairwoman of the Working Group for the National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education, leader and expert in projects related to the qualifications framework.
Polish representative in the EQF Advisory Group at the European Commission. Promoter and Bologna Expert. Member of the Committee at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences “Ethics in Science” in the terms of office 2007-2010 - 2013; member of the Board of the Polish Rectors Foundation; since January 2012 a member of the Polish Accreditation Committee. Scholarship holder of the American Council of Learned Societies. In 2009, she was chosen by the Parliament of Students of the Republic of Poland as the Authority of the Year.
Main areas of interest:
- Education policies and systems (especially higher education):
- state and European Union policy;
- transformations of the university model and academic ethos;
- quality assurance systems;
- qualifications framework.
- Epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science;
- Professional ethos, including business ethics.
Contact
Educational and Scientific Policy Unit (building W)
ul. Wiśniowa 41, p. 66c
02-520 Warszawa
Phone: (22) 564 9117
Fax: (22) 564 86 91
Working hours: Monday-Friday 8.00-16.00
Office:
mgr Anna Wanecka, pokój 66b, awanec@sgh.waw.pl
- Selected projects of Educational and Scientific Policy Unit
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2019-2022
The QUARSU project “Qualifications recognition support for Ukrainian universities” implemented as part of the Erasmus+ program in the period from November 15, 2019 to November 14, 2022 is a structural project aimed at supporting the implementation of Ukraine’s educational policy in the area of recognition of learning outcomes under higher education system (validation and recognition of learning outcomes, covering both national and foreign competences). As part of the project, a competency recognition system will be developed and implemented (methodology and university recognition centers), a training system for advisors and experts in the field of recognition, and recommendations for the Ukrainian authorities regarding regulations on the recognition of learning outcomes will be developed.
Partners:
Uniwersytet Jagielloński (coordinator),
National University Odessa Maritime Academy (Ukrainian coordinator),
Kherson National Technical University,
Sumy State University,Ukrainian National Forestry University,
Donetsk State University of Management
Federation of Employers of Ukraine,
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine,
Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie,
Instituto Politecnico de Coimbra,
University College Cork,
Estonian Qualifications Authority,
Tallinna Tehnikakorgkool.
Warsaw School of Economics was represented by:dr hab. Ewa Chmielecka, prof. em. SGH,
dr Izabela Buchowicz,
mgr Katarzyna Trawińska-Konador.2017-2020
DASCHE project “Development, assessment and validation of social competences in higher education” implemented as part of the Erasmus+ program Action 2 Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education. The project concerns the issues of shaping, verifying and validating social competences in higher education. As part of the project, there will be analysis of solutions in selected European countries, and then developed models for formulating and verifying these competences as part of education programs, along with sets of good practices serving as inspiration or guidance both at the level of educational institutions and for decision-makers at national and EU levels.
The Warsaw School of Economics is the leader of the project, which is being implemented at the Department of Educational and Scientific Policy of the Institute of Social Economy. The partners of the Warsaw School of Economics in this project are:
University of Bremen (Germany),
Academic Information Center (Latvia),
Center for Higher Education Studies (Czech Republic),
Durham University (UK),
University of Twente (Netherlands).
Warsaw School of Economics was represented by:
dr hab. Ewa Chmielecka, prof. em. SGH (leader)
dr hab. Jakub Brdulak, prof. SGH,
dr Jacek Lewicki,
mgr Katarzyna Matuszczak,
mgr Horacy Dębowski (vice-leader),
mgr Wojciech Stęchły.2017-2020
TRACK-VET project “Developing, assessing and validating transversal key competences in the formal initial and continuing VET” implemented as part of the Erasmus+ program Action 2 Strategic Partnerships for the Vocational Education and Training sector. The project concerns the issues of shaping, verifying and validating key transitive competences in vocational education and training. As part of the project, there will be analysis of solutions in selected European countries, and then developed models for formulating and verifying these competences as part of education programs, along with sets of good practices serving as inspiration or guidance both at the level of educational institutions and for decision-makers at national and EU levels
The Warsaw School of Economics is the leader of the project, which is being implemented at the Department of Educational and Scientific Policy of the Institute of Social Economy. The partners of the Warsaw School of Economics in this project are:
The Austrian Institute for Research on Vocational Training öibf (Austria),
Research Foundation FAFO (Norway),
French Center for Research on Education, Training and Employment Céreq (France), National Institute for Certified Educational Measurements NÚCEM (Slovakia),
University of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia).
Warsaw School of Economics was represented by:
dr hab. Ewa Chmielecka, prof. em. SGH (vice-leader),
dr hab. Jakub Brdulak, prof. SGH,
dr Jacek Lewicki,
mgr Katarzyna Matuszczak,
mgr Horacy Dębowski (leader),
mgr Wojciech Stęchły. - Conferences and seminars of Educational and Scientific Policy Unit
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• International Conference on “Social competences – the new dimension of the traditional mission of higher education” summarizing the results of the DASCHE research project carried out at the Department, concerning social competences in higher education. - February 28, 2020
• Scientific conference “Public Policy and Human Capital”. In 2017-2018, the Department’s team organized a cyclical, nationwide scientific conference.
• Bologna Conference entitled “What’s new in the Bologna Process?” Meetings of experts and supporters of educational issues have become a permanent fixture in the College’s calendar of events. During the Conference, in addition to experts from Poland, the President of EUCEN - Carme Royo also spoke, presenting the results of the COMMIT project on Lifelong Learning. Issues related to the Integrated Qualifications System, “autobureaucratic” changes in the NQF for higher education and PKA were presented and discussed. The Department’s team organized this cyclical, nationwide conference in 2015-2017.
• Seminar “Bologna Process - 10 years after Bergen” - May 25, 2015 - The seminar was attended by experts and supporters related to the issue of the Bologna Process. A unanimous decision was made to make such meetings cyclical.
• 46th EUCEN Conference - Lifelong Learning Universities and the European Policies on Social Investment - Warsaw, June 11-13, 2014 - The main organizer and person responsible for the substantive side of the conference was prof. dr hab. Ewa Chmielecka (Chair of the Academic Committee), who for many years was associated with the EUCEN organization www.eucen2014.eu.
• International conference “Quality - New Opening” - Warsaw, March 28, 2014 - The Department co-organized the conference with the Foundation for Quality Education.
• International Conference “Developing Pedagogy to Support Intercultural Competence” - Warsaw, February 24-25, 2014 - The conference was co-organized by professors from the University of Minnesota, USA. The conference was devoted to a new look at the need to develop soft skills in students and employees. - Educational offer of Educational and Scientific Policy Unit
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(in Polish)
- Polityka gospodarcza i społeczna, 4p ECTS, lecture, dr Izabela Buchowicz
- Zarządzanie edukacją, 3 p ECTS, seminar, dr Izabela Buchowicz
- Zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi, 3 p ECTS, lecture, dr Izabela Buchowicz
- Edukacja a rynek pracy, 3 p ECTS, seminar, dr Izabela Buchowicz with mgr Katarzyna Trawińska-Konador
- Społeczne funkcje mediów masowych (e-learning) (sygn. 236379-0068) - 1,5 p ECTS, e-learning, dr Izabela Buchowicz and mgr Katarzyna Trawińska-Konador
- Etyka w biznesie (sygn. 222169-0068) - 1,5 p ECTS, e-learning, dr Izabela Buchowicz i mgr Katarzyna Matuszczak
- Cooperation in lectures: Świat po pandemii i Patologie instytucji