Research areas

Organisational Unit	Research Areas
Bird Migration Research Station	Migration strategies and flyways of passerines, small raptors and owls moving within Euro-African bird migration system across Poland Long-term trends in numbers and migration timing of migrant passerines, small raptors and owls on the Polish Baltic coast Evolutionary long-term changes in biometric parameters of migrant passerines Biology and ecology of bird stopovers during migration Mechanisms of orientation and navigation in migrant passerine birds Flexibility of moult patterns of migrant birds as an adaptation to other elements of their life cycle
Center for Water Monitoring and Protection	Natural and anthropogenic transformations of lakes Circulation of water and nutrients in the riverine-lacustrine systems of the Kaszubian Lakeland Monitoring of water quality of Kaszubian lakes Hydrological and climatological monitoring of Upper Radunia Lake Evaporation measurements
Collection of Plasmids and Microorganisms	Laboratory strains of Escherichia coli and selected mutants Cloning vectors Host/vector systems for overproduction of recombinant proteins Recombinant DNA constructs Natural plasmids encoding restriction and modification systems Bacterial strains carrying plasmids with potential application in molecular biology, biotechnology and bioengineering
Department od Economic Policy	Economics and economic policy Strategic management Regional and local economic policy Theory and practice of public choice Labour market theory and human resources management
Department of Administrative Law	Structure and organization of public administration Basic civic rights regulated by administrative law Personal data protection Administrative aspects of medical law Administrative legislation Administrative procedure and judicary of administrative courts Administrative enforcement procedure
Department of Animal and Human Physiology	Recovery of function after brain damage The effect of pharmacological/ electrical stimulation of brain structures on the immune system and behavioral activity of rats and mouse Central regulation of the reactivity of the immune system Neuroimmunological and neurobehavioral mechanisms of stress Central regulation of hippocampal theta rhythm Human EEG under the conditions of different stimulation
Department of Banking and Finance	Public finance and social security system Structural funds including financing economy Insurance Systems of finance control Risk management in financial institutions Tax neutrality and social welfare, politics and deficit finance incorporating tax systems in EU Health care systems and financial control in health industry Financing pro-ecology investments Local finance
Department of Cell Biology and Immunology	Biology of breast cancer Prognostic and predictive markers of cancer Adenosine metabolism in cancer progression Regulation of apoptosis Mechanism of metastatic process
Department of Civil Law	Civil law European private law Comparative civil law Medical law Intellectual property law Roman law Energy law
Department of Civil Procedure	Jurisdiction sovereignty and judges’ ethics Claims securitization procedure in general General enforcement procedure National jurisdiction Legal status of court enforcement officers and their self-government Enforcement against real property Judgment enforceability and court enforcement efficacy
Department of Commercial and Private International Law	Securities law Insolvency law Protection of consumers’ interests Company law Innominate contracts in business activity Capital markets law
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Institutions	Parliamentary law Constitutional systems of democratic states Constitutional principles Constitutional protection of human rights and freedoms Direct democracy Sources of law and legislative process Judicial review
Department of Corporate Finance	Corporate governance Financial statement analysis Corporate Finance Project management Controlling Cost and capital structure Bankruptcy risk Internal audit Small and Medium Enterprises
Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics	Procedural law of criminal offences Procedural law of fiscal offences and minor offences Etiology of criminal behaviours Evidence law in criminal procedure European criminal procedure Disciplinary procedure Coercive measures in criminal procedure
Department of Econometrics	Asset pricing Mutual funds performance Term structure of interest rates Market microstructure Risk management Feldstein-Horioka dilemma Panel data and spatial econometrics
Department of Economic Geography	Processes of metropolization Suburbanization Socio-demographic transformation of post-socialist cities Regeneration of the inner city Urban cultural policy Quality of life in urban areas Urban and regional policy
Department of Economics and Management of Transportation Companies	Transport enterprises – economics, organization, functioning Enterprise theory – classification and transport examples Economic and financial analysis – models and applications Economic diagnostics – theory and systems Enterprise functioning – theory and systems Enterprise analytic research and its methodology Enterprise design – economics and finance
Department of European Law and Comparative Law	Constitutional law of European Union Substantive law of European Union Comparative law Philosophy of law Theory of European law European private law The judical system of European Union
Department of Financial Law	Banking law Tax law International financial law Budget law Local finance law Financial market law Insurance law
Department of General and Medical Biochemistry	Molecular chaperones and proteases - their role in physiological and stress conditions, and in diseases: Structure and function of the stress proteins: HtrA proteases and chaperone proteins from bacteria, and their role in virulence of bacterial pathogens. Structure and function of the human HtrA proteases and chaperone proteins, and their role in carcinogenesis and autoimmune diseases Mechanism of dissociation and degradation of protein aggregates formed in bacterial cells during heat shock - the role of small heat shock proteins (sHsps) IbpAB and ClpB/DnaK bi-chaperone system (Hsp100) in protein disaggregation and in virulence of pathogenic bacteria. Mechanisms underlying the formation of persisting antibiotic-tolerant cells in E. coli biofilms and planktonic cultures.
Department of Genetics and Biosystematics	Biodiversity and ecology of animals (mainly aquatic) at the species and assemblage levels - morphological and genetic approaches
Department of Geomorphology and Quarternary Geology	Dating of sediments from the loess-soil profiles of Ukraine and their correlation Dating of sediments of Polish dune profiles Palaecological research relating to the Kaszubian Lakeland The dynamics of the coastal zone Geomorphology of the seabed Geochemistry of lacustrine sediments Annually laminated lake sediments
Department of History of Law	History of justice History of jurisprudence History of political and legal thought The evolution of criminal law in a historical perspective History of urban system of government and law in Europe The system of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland with particular reference to administrative issues History of Swiss private law History of French commercial and civil law The system and law of the Second Polish Republic with particular reference to administrative, economic, ethnic and religious issues History and institutions of the Culm Law (iusculmense) Idea of nationalism in Europe and Poland in the 19th and 20th centuries History of Polish and European citizens’ constitutional rights
Department of Hydrology	Hydrology of the south Baltic coastal zone and post-glacial areas Water relations of the Baltic Sea coastline The role of the coastal Baltic Sea Southern Lakes in the transformation of the water quality that enters the Baltic Protection of water resources in south Baltic coastal zone and post-glacial areas The role of wetlands in the water cycle in south Baltic coastal zone and post-glacial areas Anthropogenic impact on the water cycle in south Baltic coastal zone and post-glacial areas The transformations of water relations in south Baltic alluvial plateau
Department of International Business	International economic relations International trade economics Contemporary international trade International marketing International finance Financial markets International transport and forwarding
Department of International Economics and Economic Development	International economics Theory and politics of international trade Economics of European integration Regional economics Economic competitiveness Regional diversity and regional development in the European Union and Poland
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology	Biology, ecology and taxonomy of the various groups of animal parasites Taxonomy, faunistics and biology of extant and fossil flies (Diptera) Research of insects in Baltic amber
Department of Labour Law	Labour law Social insurance law Coordination of social security systems Health insurance law Employment relations at civil service International and European labour law New forms of employee participation
Department of Limnology	Natural and anthropogenic transformations of the Pomeranian lakes Optical properties of lake waters Natural conditioning of diversity of the abiotic structures in lake ecosystems The role of drainage lakes and flow lakes in water quality transformations in post-glacial areas Circulation of matter in the riverine-lacustrine systems The water quality and ecological state of water bodies in urban areas Hydrology and hydrochemistry of kettle-ponds Natural conditions of the occurrence and permanence of Lobelian lakes The hydrographical structure of a basin as a basis for estimating lakedegradation vulnerability Limnological differentials of Polar and Alpine lakes
Department of Linguistics	Descriptive linguistics: phonetics and phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics Cognitive linguistics Historical linguistics Linguistic theories Sociolinguistics (language varieties, standardization etc.) Applied linguistics (lexicography etc.) Teaching foreign languages (mainly English)
Department of Literary History	Polish literary history Philosophical, religious and artistic contexts of Polish literary history Hebrew and classical heritage in Polish literary history (Bible, Greek and Roman culture and literature) Editorship, nonfictional prose, epistolography, biographical and religious literature in Poland Literary criticism and journalism in Polish literary history Theatre, painting, music and applied arts in the context of Polish culture and literature
Department of Logistics	Economics and organization of logistic support Modelling of logistic processes and logistic systems Controlling of logistic activities Optimization of logistic processes and logistic systems Synergy in logistics Forecasting in logistics Logistic policy and logistic strategies
Department of Macroeconomics	Macroeconomics research Macroeconomics policy Contemporary models and macroeconomic theories Economics of public choice
Department of Maritime Law	Maritime salvage Wreck removal Maritime liens Carriage of goods Maritime insurance Maritime safety and security Deep sea mining
Department of Maritime Transport and Seaborne Trade	Seaports and shipping economics and policy Maritime transport management and organization Globalization of maritime transport IT in maritime transport Enterprise in the global environment Human resources management Application of IT in the economy
Department of Meteorology and Climatology	Climate change and variability Statistical climate modeling Climate of the Baltic Sea basin Sea-atmosphere fluxes Synoptic climatology Climate of the Arctic Hydro-climatology of the Vistula River Delta
Department of Microbiology	Biology of bacterial restriction and modification systems Development of new approaches of DNA sequencing Mechanisms of stable maintenance of plasmid DNA Biology of thermophilic phages isolated from extreme environments Development of new plasmid vectors for biotechnology applications Molecular mechanisms of gene expression
Department of Microeconomics	The real sphere and social welfare The economic aspects of corporate governance development in Poland Investment decisions of economic entities The impact of public regulation on social welfare Liquidity trap. The economy-wide interactions of quantitative easing policy The Nordic model of balancing public finances and social stability achieving Consumption as a determinant of the level of living and well-being
Department of Molecular Biochemistry	Structure – activity – relationships of biologically active peptides Design, chemical synthesis and evaluation of activity and specificity of protease inhibitors including serine proteinases and proteasome Study of the mechanism of peptide splicing and the possibility of its use in the design of chemical compounds for potential therapeutic and diagnostic use Antimicrobial peptides Design and chemical synthesis of peptide conjugates for potential use in medical practice
Department of Molecular Biology	Molecular biology of extrachromosomal genetic elements Molecular biology of lichens Human genetic diseases Mechanisms of regulation of gene expression and DNA replication Response of bacterial cells to environmental stresses Biological mechanisms of anticancer therapy and chemoprevention ntracellular transport of proteins in eukaryotes
Department of Molecular Enzymology and Oncology	Biochemistry of cancer cell Skin damage by UVR and protective measures Adhesion receptors Growth factors receptors Cell migration Cell signaling
Department of Molecular Evolution	Molecular taxonomy and ecology of bacteria Molecular phylogenetics and population genetics of Plants Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of animals Molecular identification of difficult species Vibrio harveyi mutagenecity assays based on bioluminescence induction Bioenergetics of fish spermatozoa – izoenzymes participating in homeostasis of adenylate energy charge
Department of Performing Arts	Theatre theory Drama theory Theatre and related activities: performance art, video-art, street-art etc. Theatre productions world-wide Theatre and performace criticism Digital performance
Department of Physical Geography and Environmental Management	Theory and application of: Geoecology and landscape ecology Environmentally sustainable development Natural conditions for physical and landscape planning Environmental impact assessments Environmental and spatial monitoring and indicators
Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology	Sexual reproduction of flowering plants Polyploidization in the differentiation of plant cells Mechanisms of induction of autonomous endosperm development in unfertilized ovules cultured in vitro Androgenesis in vitro Extracellular matrix during plant regeneration in in vitro cultures Floral secretory structures in orchids
Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology	Toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, herbicides and their mixtures toward green algae Scenedesmus and Chlamydomonas and Lemna plants ISO-standard toxicological tests The role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in regulation of microalgal cell cycle Biological activity of conditioned media obtained from cultures of green microalgae Towards the possibility to use the phloem for the production of recombinant proteins Application of in vitro cultures in generation of genetically modified plants and in research on plants’ growth and development
Department of Public Economic Law and environmental Protection Law	Public economic law Environmental protection law International economic law International environmental law Medical law Agricultural and food law Climate change law Oil and gas law Nature protection law Trade and environment Environmental human rights
Department of Public International Law	International law of the sea European system for the protection of human rights International labour law International intellectual property law International conflicts in the contemporary world
Department of Regional Development Geography	Baltic Europe and development of band structure in Baltic Europe development; change in the geopolitical importance of the Kaliningrad district Social and economic transformations of coastal towns and regions, and Polish cities and their suburbs Conditions and factors affecting the development of regions, towns and seaside resorts Spatial aspects of social, economic, political and ecological transformation processes in Baltic Europe The development of waterfronts in coastal towns via the example of Baltic Europe centres Demographic, health and religious transformations in post-communist countries Geopolitical conditions of life, democratisation processes, and economic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe
Department of Science Education and Communication	Development of new means for visualisation of chemical content and application of multimedia in chemistry education Science experiments at school and university: design, verification, methodology Investigation of the effectiveness and quality of science education in schools and universities Investigation of teaching qualifications of prospective science teachers graduating from universities Introduction of interdisciplinary topics to science curricula Development of methodological backgrounds for outreach programmes addressed to students of secondary schools
Department of Spatial Management	Social, economic and cultural spatial interactions Logistic support and sustainable urban and regional development Cultural conditions of spatial management Cultural landscapes as material and mental aspects of urbanised spaces Sacral spaces Demographic transitions during the political transformation period The history of urban planning of Gdańsk metropolitan region after 1945
Department of Statistics	Small area estimators and their properties – analytical and simulation analyses Prior information in statistical surveys and statistical inference – classical and Bayesian approach Tools of data mining: artificial neural networks in classification and prediction problems Applications of classification and other multivariate statistical methods to social and economic analyses Actuarial science: survival analysis and life tables; mathematics of life insurance and pensions plans, history of life insurance, changes in insurance services market Quantitative methods of market analysis Socio-economic statistics: long-term unemployment in local labour markets, continuing vocational training surveys in enterprises, small and medium sized enterprises in economy, opinion polls
Department of Sustainable Market Processes	International transport Development of forwarding services sector Multimodal transport Transport process management in international trade
Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law and State	Theory and philosophy of law and legal logic Hard cases: philosophy of law in legal practice American case law on slavery Legal aesthetics Biojurisprudence and bioethics Legal rhetoric and negotiations Philosophy of constitutionalism and philosophy of international law
Department of Transport Economics	Methodology of comparative economic research Development of transport systems Competitor and competitiveness analysis Programming and financing transport development Economics of innovation and development
Department of Transportation Market	Market and marketing research Marketing management Functioning of transport markets Economics and organization of rail, air and urban transport Competitiveness in transport
Department of Transportation Policy	Transport Policy Transport infrastructure Environmental protection and water economy Sustainable transport development Transport, forwarding and logistic sector Water Economy
Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology	Ecophysiological and behavioral response of planktivorous seabirds to climate fluctuations and differentiation in the Arctic Archaeobotany of prehistoric sites in N. Africa Ecology of bats (Chiroptera) in different habitats of northern Poland Breeding ecology of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis in the Kąty Rybackie colony Ecology and ecophysiology of water and wading birds during migration Variability of haematological parameters in water birds Ecology of small passerine birds in wetland habitats
Diovision of Political Systems	Political systems, foreign policies and security in the Baltic region Politics on and in the Artic region
Division of Molecular Photophysics and Didactics of Physics	Methods of physics education which induce dynamic participation, commitment, activeness and initiative of students (the so-called heuristicm techniques, exploiting, among others, teaching based on finding answers to questions); Issues concerning substantial correctness of physical content being taught (textbooks on physics, in that academic ones, scientific publications and papers for general public); Application of micro-computers for automation of measurement processes, in particular, in case of problems concerning interfacing and probes design, providing relevant operating system level software as well as dedicated applications utilizing integrated micro-controllers; Application of micro-computers in education of physics in a range of physical experiments.
Division of Acoustics and Nuclear Physics	Ultrasonic spectroscopy (frequency dependence of the absorption and the velocity propagation of ultrasound in fluids) Photo-acoustics spectroscopy (PAS -- investigation of non-radiative processes) Acoustical modal analysis of instruments, room acoustics, noise control, acoustic isolation problems Surface reology of composite organic matter films present as pollutants at air/water interfaces of atmospheric, fresh and marine waters Surface tensometry studies of drug-preservative lecithin pharmaceutical formulations Wettability energetics parameters of natural and artificial solid substrata submerged in natural water bodies as indicators of pollution state level. Wettability characterization of different solid/liquid systems of concern in technology and medicine with a contact angle hysteresis methodology
Division of Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Culture	Polish aesthetics American pragmatism and somaesthetics Problems of aestheticization of social and individual life Philosophy of music: musical experience, musical meaning Ethics and aesthetics of humor Aesthetics of popular culture and new media
Division of Algebra	Mapping class groups and their properties Symmetries of Riemann and Klein surfaces Automorphism groups of Klein surfaces
Division of Ancient History	History of the late Roman Empire Social conflicts of the late classical period The Church and the Roman state Judaism and ancient Christianity Hermeneutics and exegesis of the Bible History of biblical Judaism
Division of Applied Mathematics and Probability	Markov processes and their stability Random dynamical systems Limits theorems – Central Limit Theorem and Law of Large Numbers Fractal sets Stochastic differential equations in infinite dimensions
Division of Applied Polish Studies	Modern interpretative strategies in school education Educational research concerning the realization of the new Polish Studies Core Curriculum Research concerning the development of teaching Polish as a foreign language Kashubian ethno-philology Readership and editorship in the information and digital technology era Bolesław Leśmian and the experience of poetry
Division of Applied Sociology	Methodology of the social sciences Urban sociology and urban planning Qualitative and interpretative studies Sociology of space and housing studies Social gerontology Theories and methods of social work
Division of Art Theory	The beginnings of Christian architecture Relation between word and image in European art in the 15th-17th centuries Architectural pattern-books and their reception in northern Europe Visual culture and modern ideologies
Division of Artificial Intelligence	Multi-Agents Systems Software Agents Petri hypernets 3D Graphics Digital image processing Nature inspired algorithms
Division of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy and Astrophysics	Interaction of strong coherent light beams with atomic medium Propagation of light pulse in atomic medium in presence of collisional relaxation, magnetic field and strong electromagnetic field Theoretical calculations of potential energies for heavy two-atomic molecules ”Ab-initio” calculations of electronic structure of ionic crystals Theoretical studies of pressure influence on luminescence spectra Investigation of physical conditions in interstellar matter by means of ultraviolet satellite spectra
Division of Biomaterials and Medical Physics	Optical hybrid organic-inorganic materials, thin luminescent films, organic luminescent materials Surface plasmon resonance and surface plasmon coupled emission. Experimental techniques and biomedical applications Energy transfer and trapping in polymers, glasses, gels, biological membranes, proteins, solutions and low dimensional systems molecular aggregation Enhanced energy transfer Spectroscopic properties of biologically and medically active species Time-resolved and steady state luminescence spectroscopy Monte-Carlo simulations and meta dynamics
Division of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology	Clinical and health psychology, including: psychooncology, psychourology, psychocardiology, psychotraumatology, psychological aspects in gynecology and obstetrics, procreation psychology, prematurity, Twin-toTwin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), positive psychology Rehabilitation psychology, including: psychosocial aspects of protracted diseases; genetic syndromes; rheumatic fevers The differential diagnosis and the co-occurrence of disorders Prenatal education; coping skills and mental health issues among students with learning difficulties Medical neuropsychology, including: neuropsychological consequences of chronic renal failure and modes of treatment, the europsychological performance of patients with cardiological, oncological, urological diseases and other disorders Neuropsychological diagnosis and rehabilitation, including: psychogeriatrics; dementing diseases -Alzheimer Disease, FTD, VaD; brain TBI; anosognosia; neurotherapy –neurofeedback Research instruments (development, translation, adaptation, standardization)
Division of Combinatorial Optimization	Ramsey numbers – classical, three color, on-line Graph coloring Discrete and computational geometry Bio-inspired and on-line algorithms in data mining Statistical methods in data mining
Division of Condensed Matter Spectroscopy	Spectroscopic investigation of optoelectronic materials doped with transition metals and rare earth ions Spectroscopic analysis of the lattice dopand systems under high hydrostatic pressure Analysis and modeling of relaxation and energy transfer process in solids Numerical calculations of energy structure and relaxation process for transition metal rare earth ions in lattices
Division of Contemporary History and Political Thought	Institutions of civil society in Canada and New Zealand Winston Churchill and Poland Concepts of European integration and disintegration
Division of Contemporary Polish History	History of Poland (Polish society and political life of the last decades of the 19th century and 20th century) History of ethnic and economic relations, formation of Polish institutions and of socio-political and economic organizations History of the Polish press in the Prussian partition Free City of Gdańsk, Polish-German relations, history of German elites, international relations of Germany Biographical studies
Division of Culture Studies	Selected problems of bibliotherapy Polish-German relations in history Anthropology of South America Selected aspects of Icelandic cinematography New Media Gdynia’s urban legends Contemporary art and culture
Division of Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology	Psychogerontology: normal aging and aging pathology, neurodegenerative changes Body image disorders in adolescence and their relationship with the occurrence of mental disorders The causes, course and treatment of somatic disorders Adults with dyslexia - deficits in reading and in writing automatisation Students with dyslexia - deficits conditioning failure at school, and failure in learning music Relationship with the child, and maternal attachment styles and depression
Division of Didactic History	Methodology of history teaching History of education (ideals and educational models in antiquity) History of religion (ancient and medieval hagiography) Religious movements (Hussite) History of Scandinavia in the 20th century Polish-Swedish relations in the 20th century
Division of Didactics and Education of Adults	Status of modern university, students and quality assurance systems School from the perspective of textbooks, social debates and conflicts of stakeholders Innovation pedagogy and intercultural engagement competency in higher education Didactic aspects of pedagogy of debt Women as leaders at universities
Division of Didactics of Mathematics	Teaching of gifted students Transition from basic to middle level in teaching of mathematics Computers in teaching of mathematics
Division of Drama, Theatre and Performance	The history of theatre in Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot Contemporary polish drama The anthropology of spectacle and theory of performing arts The history of Polish cinema The cultural history of Pomerania in the 19th and 20th centuries The history and theory of animated film The theory of audiovisual media
Division of Early Modern Art	Architecture and design in Poland – the 19th-20th centuries Architecture in Gdańsk – the 19th-20th centuries Architectural history and history of monument preservation in the 19th-20th centuries Architectural education in the 19th-20th centuries Visual culture and modern ideologies Jewish artists in modern Poland Book illustration in Poland after 1945
Division of Economic Psychology and Organizational Psychology	Self-regulation, consumption and wellbeing Values, goals and motivation in consumer behaviour Taxes, morality and citizenship Self-presentation, pretension and spirituality Enterpreneuship and effective management Academic success, hope, competence and work-life balance Professional career development, transportation psychology
Division of Electronic Economy	E-economy IT in maritime transport Computer simulations Information networks for enterprises Computer systems management
Division of English Language Translation Studies	Discourse analysis Pamphlets and pamphleteers in early modern England Legal translation studies Utopian studies/translations of utopian fiction Intercultural communication Corpus linguistics, Corpus-based translation studies Theory of transation
Division of Ethics and Social Philosophy	Virtue ethics Moral character Situationism Intuitionism Reflective equilibrium Moral disagreement Moral epistemology Social and legal ontology Constitutive rules Truth value of norms Truth vs. self-reference Synthetic a priori propositions
Division of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology	Customary law of Papua New Guinea, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Culture of the people of Oceania Tribal philosophy - Oceania Ethics, social and cultural value systems in Australia and Oceania Traditional tribal religions of Australia and Oceania Tribal culture and changes in Australia and Oceania The languages of Australia and Oceania
Division of European Studies and Civilisation	Political culture of Poland Globalization and mega trends of past and contemporary civilazations Political roots of the Antiquity and Middle Ages Traditional stigmata of Latin world values
Division of Experimental Ecology of Marine Organisms	Species diversity of benthic communities in the Gulf of Gdańsk - spatial, seasonal and long-term changes. Behavioral, physiological and biochemical diversity of benthic species Non-indigenous species in the Gulf of Gdańsk: distribution and population dynamics, adaptive strategies (behavioral, physiological, biochemical) to environmental conditions, and their effect on native biocenosis Effect of natural and anthropogenic factors on behavior and physiological processes of indigenous and non-indigenous marine invertebrate species (food consumption, excretion, assimilation, respiration, total metabolism, secondary production, osmoregulation) Rate and direction of succession of fouling communities in the Gulf of Gdańsk Bio-indicators and biomarkers as a tool to estimate marine environment quality Assessment of the socio-economic importance of marine ecosystems (direct and indirect valuation of marine ecosystem goods and services, economic valuation of marine biodiversity preservation, ecological valuation, development of decision support systems) Baltic invertebrates used for aquaculture and as a marine products in industry
Division of Formal Languages	Mathematical linguistics Combinatorics Mathematical libraries Space complexity Concurrency
Division of General Medieval History	History of settlement and problems of historical geography Beginnings and the system of medieval Pomeranian cities Genealogy of Pomeranian knighthood and the magnate class History of spiritual culture in Poland Culture, mores and everyday life of Piast dynasty dukes and kings History of the Baltic peoples, the Teutonic Order and its state
Division of General Pedagogy	Pedagogical concepts and their applications in the world of multiple cultures and ideas “Pais-ago” metaphor – migration of contemporary educational concepts – European contexts Identity and multiculturalism in contemporary education - a theoretical and empirical perspective Applications of neo-liberal and conservative doctrine in pedagogy and education Civic virtue in historiographic studies and media discourse Identity ambivalence in local culture and the global market Studies on the child/childhood and the anthropology of the child’s room
Division of General Psychology	Clinical and medical neuropsychology of dementia, SM, pulmonary diseases, Takotsubot syndrome, cerebellopontine angle tumor resection Cognitive neuropsychology of aging, executive functions impairment, prospective memory, learning styles fMRI studies: brain asymmetry for language processing assessment tools, functional dyspepsia Health behaviours and personal resources Polish adaptation of BADS Testing and evaluation of supervision as a professional form of methodological assistance and prevention of personnel burnout
Division of Geometry	Knot theory and its generalization Flat manifolds, crystallographic groups Calabi-Yau manifolds Skein modules of 3-dimensional manifolds Topology of wild spaces
Division of German Language and Translation Studies	Scientific texts in German-Polish contrastive perspective Modality and aspectuality components of German and Polish The meeting of disciplines: how much art does language education need? The image of Central and Eastern European Jews in the perception of Western European Jews The language of young people in contrastive Polish-German perspective Contrastive studies of German, Polish and Swedish The language of the German Press in the Free City of Danzig in the years of 1920–1939
Division of German Literature and Culture	Polish-German literary contacts The works of Günter Grass Collective memory of Polish-German cultural borderlands (Pomerania) Relations of ‘new media’ theory and history and culture Jewish identity in literature Aesthetics of the literary work German drama and theatre
Division of Global Economy	International markets and global economy Global logistics Human resources management Social Communications
Division of History of Classical, Medieval and Modern Philosophy	Reception of Aristotle in the Middle Ages Faith and reason in Ramon Llull’s thought Principle of individuation and voluntarism in John Duns Scotus Modern scholasticism, especially F. Suarez Aquinas’ ethics Polish medieval philosophy (critical editions)
Division of Intercultural Psychology and Gender Psychology	Self and identity in a cross-cultural perspective Trans-generational transmission of physical attractiveness patterns in the context of gender stereotypes and pro-health behavior Gender stereotypes role conflicts, discrimination and prejudice Psychological, social and cultural factors supporting gender equality and work-life balance in Norway and Poland Factors influencing positive labour experience, child development and bonding in a cross-cultural perspective Bilingualism and early bilingual education
Division of International Economic Relations	International economic relations Contemporary international trade Theory and practice of economic integration Contemporary trade policy Regionalization and globalization of word economy
Division of International Financial Markets	International finance Banking in market economy International monetary system Financial markets Investment funds, mergers, takeovers
Division of International Trade	Poland’s foreign economic policy Forecasting of foreign trade turnover Foreign trade financing Organization and international trade techniques International trade economics
Division of Literary Theory and Art Criticism	Studies on nonfictional prose Posthumanities, animal studies Literary theory and the topographical turn Reception theory issues Anthropology of everyday life Discourses of identity in Polish culture Intimacy and its transformation in contemporary culture
Division of Logic, Philosophy of Science and Epistemology	Assumptional systems of classical logic, Lesniewski’s ontology, intuitionist sentential calculus, T system of modal logic Non-classical logic (including Japanese logic) Ontology of modal worlds Methodology of humanities Philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics
Division of Management Accounting	IFRS adoption in Polish practice Management and cost accounting – concepts and practice Cultural influence on accounting Environmental accounting Insurance contract accounting
Division of Marine Biology and Ecology	The biology and ecology of phytoplankton and bacteria, especially cyanobacteria and their role in toxin production Taxonomy and ecophysiology of cyanobacteria and algae Ecology and physiology of coastal ichthyofauna with a focus on alien species in the Baltic (e.g., the round goby) The sociology of the Polish coastal zone
Division of Marine Chemistry and Environmental Protection	Transformation of chemical substances on marine environmental sectors
Division of Marine Ecosystems Functioning	Natural and human-mediated changes in estuarine and coastal ecosystems Photosynthetic activity and photoprotection mechanisms of microphytobenthos and plankton Genetics and physiology of marine organisms Food web structure and trophic transfer of pollutants Ecological risk assessment in marine ecosystems
Division of Marine Geology	Stratigraphy and sedimentology of marine sediments Marine geophysics The cliff coast geodynamics and cliff coast protection Beach and offshore morpholithodynamics Selected problems of protection of the Polish sea coast Contemporary geological processes on the sea coast in the Polar zone Hydrogeological systems of the sea coast Carbonate saturation of waters in the Gulf of Gdańsk
Division of Marine Plankton Research	The influence of environmental factors on pelagic fauna of boreal and polar seas Seasonality in pelagic ecosystems: short-term and long-term changes in zooplankton Biodiversity of pelagic fauna in polar waters Morphological, morphometric and genetic studies of common zooplankton species, especialy gelaninous fauna Life and behavioural strategies, especially of copepods in polar waters Human pressure on marine ecosystems – alien species, pathogenic changes in planktonic crustaceans in the coastal zone of the Baltic Sea The interaction within common species of zooplankton and the bottom communities (meroplankton) in polar regions
Division of Marketing Strategies	Marketing management Marketing communication Marketing in services Marketing quality research Competition strategies in financial sector Human resources management Knowledge management in multicultural environment
Division of Mathematical Analysis	Approximation of nonlinear boundary problems Nonlinear spectral problems in finite dimension Mathematical structures of quantum mechanics Iterative methods in solving Darboux problem with function dependence Basic problems for functional-differential equations
Division of Mathematical Methods of Physics	Quantum theory of open systems Quantum probability Noncommutative Orlicz spaces and their applications Modeling of synchronization in physiological systems Analysis of physiological signals via computer techniques Quantum thermodynamics
Division of Media Theory, History and Language	The language used by/in different media The language of advertisements The language of politicians and politics Discourses of the new media
Division of Mediaeval and Early Modern Archeology	Study of the material culture of the Teutonic Order in Prussia Funerary practices in the early Middle Ages Study of medieval weapons in Europe and Asia Study of medieval history and culture of the people of the Great Steppe Urban archeology
Division of Medieval Art	History of architecture in the Baltic region. History of protection of historical monuments in the 19th century The court culture of Central-Eastern Europe. The heritage of art of the Teutonic Order and its contemporary description Byzantine art and its continuation in Slavic countries Dutch panel painting and illuminated manuscripts Late Gothic sculpture in Prussia and the Baltic region The history of the art market
Division of Mediterranean Archeology	Archaeology of Greek warfare Archaeology and history of ancient Greece Archaeology and history of the Achaemenid Empire Archaeology and religions of ancient Egypt Syro-Palestinian archaeology Bronze Age Mesopotamian archaeology, particularly from the end of the Uruk period to the end of the Old Babylonian period Issues of pictorial scripts
Division of Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion and Modern Philosophy	The justification of theistic belief Arguments for God’s existence The attributes of God Theism and modern science Philosophy and Christianity Life after death
Division of Methodology of History, History of Historiography and Archival Science	Public opinion in the 19th century Role of parliament in the creation of foreign policy in the Second Polish Republic History of archives and activity of archival personnel in Polish territories Modern urban chanceries in Pomerania Editing historical sources Juridical and social system in Royal Prussia of the 16th-18th centuries Polish-German relations in Pomerania of the 19th and 20th centuries
Division of Modern Art	Gdańsk myths. Antiquity in the art of the Protestant Res Publica Corpus of European painting in Church collections in Poland Visual models of the learned in early modern art Modern art era in Royal Prussia and its links to centres of European art Art as a Gdańsk policy tool in the modern period Modern silversmiths in Royal Prussia and Pomerania: masters-work-iconography
Division of Modern History	Economic and social history of Royal Prussia and the Baltic Sea basin
Division of Non-European Country Studies	Russian –Chinese political relations and cooperation on energy resources Civil society in Africa Separatist movements in Russian Federation Problems of the contemporary Caucasus
Division of Personality Psychology and Forensic Psychology	Personality and identity psychology: fusion of personal and group identity, structural aspects of personality, and the threat to the self in view of self-verification and self-assessment motives Personality and ideological predictors of theradicalization of socio-political attitudes Social pathologies with special focus on addictions and the risk of addiction Psychopathic perpetrators of sexual offences – clinical picture, analysis of offences and sexual behaviors The psychopathology of family life and problems of family crises from the perspective of family life cycle Sadistic personality and sexual sadism - clinical picture, analysis of offences and sexual behaviours; psychopathic perpetrators of sexual offences Sexual and gender identity: cognitive factors, social construction of sexual and gender identities
Division of Philosophy of Education and Cultural Studies	Work and education in the culture of capitalism Studies of the applicability of theory based on Paulo Freire’s philosophy of education Educational potential of picturebooks for children Moral panic concerning the school functioning of boys and girls Discursive construction of the subject in selected areas of contemporaryculture Mobile education
Division of Physical Oceanography	Marine physics – acoustics, dynamics, optics Satellite remote sensing Atmospheric physi
Division of Polish Language	Linguistic pragmatics Linguistic textology (text structure, genre) Lexical semantics and semantics of text Word-formation in language and text Kashubian language and Kashubian dialectology Culture of Polish language Linguistic image of the world
Division of Polish Medieval History and Auxiliary Sciences	Gdańsk Pomerania and Greater Poland in the Middle Ages Genealogy of medieval Polish knighthood Gdańsk and knighthood from other Polish lands Polish coats of arms (cities, communes, countries and voivodeships)
Division of Political Theory	Research challenges of politology and methodology of European studies Political culture of political institutions
Division of Political Thought and Culture	History of Polish thought and culture, changes in social consciousness Religious relations in Polish territories in the 19th and 20th centuries History of nations living in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Everyday life in Polish territories in the 19th and 20th centuries
Division of Prehistoric Archaeology	The neolithisation of the Central European Lowlands The origin and development of the East European para-neolithic phenomenon The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in eastern Poland The Neolithic in Anatolia (research on the site of Çatal Hüyük, Turkey) Prehistoric lithic technology in Poland The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in East Pomerania
Division of Psychometrics and Statistics	Structural Equation Modeling in the Psychometric Analysis of Test Scores and Test Items Theoretical and Statistical Boundaries of Formative Measurement Models Children’s functioning in view of the family pattern of social origin Psychological effects of being an only child Small sample statistics Metacognitive self and the formation of health-related self-control Behavioral addictions, work addiction in particular
Division of Public and Social Policy	Social policies on the elderly in EU walfare states Social responsibility of the corporate wolrd
Division of Quantum Optics and Information	Theory of quantum correlations Thermodynamics as a resources theory Theory of quantum resources: entanglement and non-classicality Experimental realizations of quantum information schemes (in collaboration with experimental groups) Quantum interferometry Quantum communication
Division of Real Functions	Ideal convergence of sequences of functions Hamel bases and Hamel-like functions Omega-limits of one dimensional dynamical systems Lineability and algebrability of real functions Ideal types of ‘equal’-convergence for sequences of functions
Division of Research into English Language Literature	British, Irish, and American theater and drama British, Irish, and American fiction British, Irish, and American poetry Women’s writing and postcolonial writing Literary theor
Division of Research on Childhood and School	Children in meaningful places and social-cultural space Disfunctionality of school education and childrens naïve concepts of the world Discourse of the authorities in the educational policy of Belarus and Russia Quality of dyslectic children’s life Cultural-cum-educational contexts of child sexuality Music, graphic arts, and the literature of children’s experiences Early health education and its limitations The hybrid character of school assessment
Division of Research on Family and Quality of Life	Neuropsychological conditions of the marital and family quality of life Personality conditions of man’s musical activity Child performance during family crisis sychology of religion and spirituality Specific character of adoptive family functioning
Division of Romance Linguistics	Contrastive linguistics Diachronic linguistic studies of Indo-European languages Lexicology Language of the media Discourse semantics Neology French teaching methods
Division of Romance Literatures	Self-creation in contemporary art and literature French literature and posthumanist studies Mythologies of power in the age of Enlightenment Women’s literature in the 19th century France Comparative studies in literature and music Comparative Studies in French and Polish literature Anthropological thought of the Italian Renaissance
Division of Russian Language and Translation Studies	Phonetics, phonology and graphics of contemporary Russian language The theory of translation Intercultural Communications Translation lexicography Semantics of contemporary Russian language Functional linguistics Linguistic and pragmatic dimensions of translation
Division of Russian Language Pragmatics, Communication and Didactics	The process of language acquisition, communicative competence in a foreign language Studying of language personality and types of language personality Language pedagogy Psychological aspects of reading in native and foreign languages; the readability of text Psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics Communicative pragmatics Communicative behaviour of Polish and Russian people
Division of Russian Studies, Russian Literature and Culture	Old Slavonic literature Russian modernism Philosophical issues and poetics of contemporary Russian prose Esotericism in Russian literature at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries Russian culture Jewish-Polish and Jewish-Russian contacts Poetics and theory literature
Division of Seaborne Trade	Shipping economics Seaports economics Maritime policy Seaborne trade Sea-land transport chains Markets of seaports and shipping services Maritime tourism
Division of Security Studies	National and international security and military cooperation History of armed forces and Polish Navy Information security, unification and diversity of cultural life Activities of communist repression institutions in Pomeranian region 1945-56
Division of Set Theory	Isomorphisms of Ellentuck and Hechler topology Ideal convergence of series Axial continuous functions Ideals and sigma ideals defined by density topology
Division of Social and Cultural Communication	Semiotics of Culture Semiotics of the Mediosphere Communication between Man and Animal Rhetoric of Political Debates Long Term Social Campaigns Social Campaigns and Cross-cultural Communication The World of Advertising
Division of Social Anthropology	Anthropology of the contemporary world and anthropology of business, including corporate and organizational cultures Local self-government, the idea of self-governance and local democracy Post-colonial studies in Eastern Europe: the image of Russia in Polish society Sociology and anthropology of tourism and spatial mobility Sociology of ethnicity, including ethnic relations in Pomerania, and national and ethnic minorities in contemporary Poland and Europe Sociology of regions and local communities, including identity, social space, local elites, and the third sector in northern Poland The history of Polish sociology
Division of Social Pathology and Social Rehabilitation	Cogintive aspects of crime Factors improving the effectiveness of resocialization measures Social and pathological phenomena related to alcohol addiction Child homelessness Social re-adaptation of persons leaving penitentiary establishments
Division of Social Psychology	Social relations and communication Social cognition: self, metacognitive self, biases and accuracy in social perception, cognitive approach to values Motivation and social cognition: self-regulation, reaction to temptations, transgression, motivation approach to self-other morality and competence Psychology of social competence in organization: measurement, diagnosis Social conflict and consequences Cognitive approach to social fear and anxiety Life as a zero-sum game
Division of Sociological Theory and Social Reasearch Methodology	Sociological theories and methodologies Conversation and discourse analysis Modernization and civilizing processes Sociology of law and civil disobedience Theory of property and families’ overindebtedness Environmental discourses and conflicts Sociology of sport and supporting cultures The western reception of buddhism Mental depression as a social problem
Division of Sociology of Public Issues and Economics	Economic sociology Sociology of work Social and human capital Psychosocial conditions of entitlement attitudes Reconciliation of work and family life Quality in Organizational Culture Florian Znaniecki’s Culturalism Discourse and symbolic action analysis in economic and public spheres The role of technology, science and other knowledge systems in shaping consumer and civil attitudes Social construction of risk
Division of Special Education	Studies concerning attitudes of disabled children and conditions of their integration Theoretical and practical preparation of models of care of handicapped people and the scope of their needs Drawing up development trajectories of special pedagogy in the context of the handicapped person’s needs Meaning of disability, learning, extreme situations, critical events in experience of people with disabilities Methodological aspects of special pedagogy research Identity/subjectivity, exclusion in social space – cultural discourse on disability Discourse in special pedagogy
Division of Sport Psychology	Visualization in sport Euro 2012 Risk-taking and individual differences Psychological aspects of practising martial arts Sportsmen’s functioning in their most immediate relations Stress tolerance in qualified sportsmen
Division of the Anthropology of Visual Representation	Photographic aspects of acheiropoietos images (not-made-by-humanhand) Changeability issue concerning to the image of the Veil of Manoppello Semiotics of photographic images Esthetics of photographic images Axiology of photography Symbolizations in images
Division of the History of Science and Education	Gdańsk science between the 19th and 20th century Elite education and problems related to the education of the nobility and burgher youth in the period of First Polish Republic People’s universities and other forms of adult education in European thought and pedagogical practice of the 19th and 20th centuries Theory and practice of education and care of children in the family and special education centres in Poland between the 18th and 20th centuries Contexts and conditions of the functioning of schools, teacher education establishments, special education centres, and ideology-oriented organisations in the period of Polish People’s Republic Education of national and ethnic minorities In Poland after 1945
Division of the Sociology of Everyday Life	Sociological problems of inter-cultural communication Transformations of Polynesian original cultures Cultural sociology of Pomerania and the Tri-City, particularly the Kashubia region Cultural sociology – youth culture and subcultures and their transformations Social problems (homelessness, the third sector) vs participation in culture Multiculture of past and contemporary Gdańsk
Division of Theory of Education	Identity of the theory of education Communication in education; humanistic factors in various pedagogical tendencies Patriotic education vs cross-cultural education; cross-cultural subject matter in the teaching of Polish as a foreign language; the hidden curriculum of language education Development processes of childhood and adolescence; family counselling and coaching; care of the elderly Stigmatization of people perceived as “different” Transformations of rationale concerning education; learners from the period of system transformation in their roles as parents Multi-dimensionality of the education process in civil society; cultural animation
Division of Topology	Polynomial mappings into Stiefel manifolds Homotopy classes of Stiefel-Whitney manifolds Real curve singularities Polynomials mappings from the plane into the plane Real algebraic geometry and singularity theory
Editorial Office of "Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies"	All articles are peer-reviewed by experts from around the world High-quality language correction services for authors whose first language is not English Fast review and editing processes Worldwide dissemination and accessibility of articles Policy The journal is open to contributions on all matters concerning the water environment, thus providing readers with a wide spectrum of topics in every issue. Articles written by both early-career and more experienced scientists are published together, so that their work is mutually complementary, and readers are provided with a sound basis for comparison of different approaches to a given issue. The Journal is open to young scientists with fresh or polemical views on a given subject matter, provides them with significant support, and juxtaposes their knowledge and experience with scientifically mature publications written by acclaimed specialists.
Electron Microscopy Section	Microscopy analysis of plant material Microscopy analysis of animal cells and tissues Microscopy analysis of human cells and tissues Preparation of prokaryotes Microscopy observation of nucleid acids and proteins structure Macroscopy analysis of biological material structure
GIS Center	GIS modelling of hydrological processes Integration of Landsat images and GIS for analyses of coastal and lake surface waters GIS programming
Hel Marine Station	The biology and ecology of the fish of the coastal zone of the Baltic The biology and ecology of Baltic marine mammals Protection of rare species and biotopes in the Baltic The station is the national centre for research into marine mammals living in the Polish waters of the Baltic
Institute of Applied Linguistics	Scandinavian and Polish identity issues The Baltic Sea Area and Literary Studies – the Northern Dimension of Europe Outstanding representatives of the North Intercultural aspects of translation theory and practice: translation and transgression History of the German language and diachronic linguistics Selected aspects of linguistic theory: syntax, phraseology, lexicology, language borrowing, interlingual contacts Ecological linguistics, language awareness and critical language awarenes
Institute of Archeology and Ethnology	The neolithisation of the Central European Lowlands The origin and development of the East European para-neolithic phenomenon The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in eastern Poland The Neolithic in Anatolia (research on the site of Çatal Hüyük, Turkey) Prehistoric lithic technology in Poland The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in East Pomerania
Institute of Art History	National Identity and Visual Culture in the Early Modern Europe History of architecture of the 16th -19th centuries Commemorating practices and visual representations of memory Cultural transfer in Early Modern Europe Mythical constructions and identity discourse in Arts Migrations of ideas, materials and objects in transnational perspective Theory and historiography of Art Methodology of Humanities
Institute of Classical and Slavonic Studies	Paleoslavistics Onomastics Lexicography and normativity in languages South Slavonic literature Translation Literary theory Old Church Slavonic
Institute of English and American Studies	British, Irish, and American poetry British, Irish and American fiction British, Irish, and American theater and drama Theory of translation Discourse analysis Descriptive linguis
Institute of German Philology	Contrastive studies of Polish and German grammar, lexis and stylistics Language and cultural contacts-the image of the world and translation of various kinds of texts Teaching and acquisition of the German language in theory and practice Experimental (metaphysical) writers. Aesthetics, identity, intercultural The output of Friedrich Hölderin The output of German writers from Gdańsk and former East Prussia Polish-German relations in literatur
Institute of History	Antiquity: Roman society from the 2nd to 4th century. History of late ancient Christianity. New Testament and Old Testament as historical sources Middle Ages: History of Gdańsk and Pomerania. History of military orders. Genesis and genealogy of knighthood. Heraldry of cities. History of Czech state in the times of religious change Early modern period: History of Gdańsk and Pomerania. Religious movements and customs. Polish social and political thought. History of Kaszubia and Kociewie. Material culture of the Pomeranian region 20th century: Polish relations with Great Britain and United States. Emigration and history of Polish diaspora. Polish-Ukrainian relations. History of Gdańsk and Pomerania. History of communism in Poland
Institute of Informatics	Mathematical linguistics Space complexity Algorithms in data mining Combinatorics, Ramsey numbers Multi-Agents Systems, Software agents Graph coloring Petri hypernets
Institute of Logopaedics	Speech Disorders Development of Children’s Language Diagnosis and Therapy of Speech Disorders Language in standard and pathological use Prophylactic speech therapy Language structur
Institute of Polish Language	Language, literature, culture, arts and changes in research paradigms History, biography, and texts in long term” perspective Polish language, literature, and culture in school education Performative dimensions of past and contemp
Institute of Political Sciences	Clinical and health psychology, including: psychooncology, psychourology, psychocardiology, psychotraumatology, psychological aspects in gynecology and obstetrics, procreation psychology, prematurity, Twin-toTwin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), positive psychology Rehabilitation psychology, including: psychosocial aspects of protracted diseases; genetic syndromes; rheumatic fevers The differential diagnosis and the co-occurrence of disorders Prenatal education; coping skills and mental health issues among students with learning difficulties Medical neuropsychology, including: neuropsychological consequences of chronic renal failure and modes of treatment, the europsychological performance of patients with cardiological, oncological, urological diseases and other disorders Neuropsychological diagnosis and rehabilitation, including: psychogeriatrics; dementing diseases -Alzheimer Disease, FTD, VaD; brain TBI; anosognosia; neurotherapy –neurofeedback Research instruments (development, translation, adaptation, standardization)
Institute of Romance Philology	Comparative studies in Romance cultures and literatures Diachronic linguistics and translation studies Discourse analysis Teaching French as a foreign language Translation studies
Institute of Russian and Eastern Studies	Spirituality in Russian literature and culture Russian literature and culture: tradition and innovation Text as culture, culture as text Theory and practice of translation Theory of communication and communicative strategies Cognitive, psycholinguistic, and sociolinguistic empirical studies Aspects of the process of language acquisition
Institute of Scandinavian Studies	Intercultural communication and public diplomacy. Outstanding representatives of the North Modern Scandinavian and Polish crime fiction Media, Education and Social Change in the Nordic countries Area Studies – Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region Scandinavian and Polish identity issues Scandinavian theatres studies
Laboratory of Avian Ecophysiology	Ecology and ecophysiology of water and wading birds during migration Variability of haematological parameters in water birds Breeding biology of gulls in urban environments
Laboratory of Behavioral and Stress Physiology	Mechanisms mediating cocaine and amphetamine effects on the spleen and thymus in rats and mice Influence of cannabinoids on food intake and growth in rats and mice
Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds	Micropropagation of medicinal plants containing biologically active secondary metabolites. Analysis of biologically active plant secondary metabolites and other compounds (synthetic peptides, nanoparticles) which possess antimicrobial and antifungal activities. Plant transformation. Aeroponic cultures. Extraction of secondary metabolites from plant tissues.
Laboratory of Biophysics	Stacking interactions between aromatic compounds Interactions of ligands with DNA Hetero-complexation of biologically active aromatic compounds Mathematical models for hetero-complexes analyses Mechanisms of mutagens and toxins action Modulation of biological activity of ligands
Laboratory of Biopolymers Structure	Temperature influence on structure and biological activity of small proteins and peptides Development of coarse-grained force-field unres and its application to study biochemical processes Experimental and theoretical study on mechanism of protein folding Theoretical studies on role of the myoglobin in unsaturated fatty acids metabolism Experimental and theoretical studies on transition metal ion complexes formed by biologically active peptides
Laboratory of Biosystematics and Ecology of Aquatic Invertebrates	Biodiversity, systematics, evolutionary ecology and faunistics of aquatic invertebrates with special regard to recent and subfossil Quaternary ostracods (Ostracoda): Faunistic exploration in poorly studied areas and environments (e.g. (sub-)tropical, (sub-)arctic regions; groundwaters, temporary waters) and detailed systematics in the full sense, including description of new taxa, their classification, intra- and interspecific variation, evolutionary histories, phylogenetic relationship and environmental adaptations Assessment of environmantal factors affecting distribution of aquatic invertebrates and water quality assessment using key indicator benthic taxa Reconstruction of Quaternary environment and climate variability based on ostracod remains Life history traits and modes of reproduction as components of fitness, and evolution of phenotypic traits
Laboratory of Evolutionary Biochemistry	Molecular mechanisms of iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis The role of the Hsp70 machinery in mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis and maintenance and propagation of mitochondrial genome Molecular evolution of the Hsp70 systems Molecular and biochemical evolution of proteins
Laboratory of Evolutionary Entoology and Museum of Amber Inclusions	Research on insects in Baltic amber Collecting amber inclusions
Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology	Biology and ecology of plants Life history of water plants Analysis, synthesis and application for the protection of species and ecosystems Lake and peat ecosystems in northern Poland Diversity and activation potential of seed banks of submerged aquatic plants in lakes Impact of environmental conditions on the rate of matter sedimentation and the stability of underwater vegetation habitats in lakes Formation, dynamics and environmental role of peatland lakes
Laboratory of Genetics	Evolutionary and ecological aspects of population genetics of animals, addressed using molecular genetic techniques Phylogeography and molecular taxonomy Conservation genetics. Assessment of genetic diversity and differentiation, identification of management units and evolutionary significant units, aiding in identification of priorities and the development of monitoring, management and conservation strategies
Laboratory of Geobotanics and Nature Conservation	Condition, dynamics and protection of Pomerania plant cover Ecology of selected species within the genus Sphagum in the minerogenic peatbogs Ecology relict status of selected boreal species on the edge of the geographical range. Endangered vascular plants of Pomerania Transformations of peatbog flora of littoral zone Dynamics and changes of swamp vegetation in Kashubian Lake District Active protection of peat bogs of Baltic type Red Book of Pomeranian flora. Flora of Radunia valley as an effect of diversity and morphogenesis and antropopression Theoretical and practical basis of initiation of the network ”Natura 2000” in Poland. Bioindication of features of vascular plants and their practical use (forestry, agriculture)
Laboratory of Legal Informatics	Legal information databases Electronic publication of law E-government Personal data protection IT in public administration Public databases Legislative techniques Rate and direction of succession of fouling communities in the Gulf of Gdańsk Bio-indicators and biomarkers as a tool to estimate marine environment quality Assessment of the socio-economic importance of marine ecosystems (direct and indirect valuation of marine ecosystem goods and services, economic valuation of marine biodiversity preservation, ecological valuation, development of decision support systems) Baltic invertebrates used for aquaculture and as a marine products in industry
Laboratory of Lichenology and Experimental Mycology	Taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of lichens Chemotaxonomy of lichens Threats to lichens
Laboratory of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry	Transformation of the chemical composition of the atmosphere in the sea and land contact zone Toxic and harmful substances in aerosols in the seaside atmosphere under the influence of different synoptic conditions Elemental and organic carbon in fine aerosols (<1 and 2,5 um) in the air of the Tricity conurbation Mercury and organic derivatives of chlorine, bromine and phenol in the marine food web, accumulation and detoxification of substances from fish, mammals and birds Bioaccessibility of organic mercury from muscle and liver of Baltic fish by in vitro digestion method Allocation of pollutants by sea birds in the Baltic region Defining the contribution of anthropogenic sources (industry, transport, construction, agriculture) to the atmospheric pollution in the coastal zone of the southern Baltic
Laboratory of Marine Environment Protection	Spatial and temporal changes of the chemical composition (C, N, P, Si, Fe, S) of suspensions and sediments Spatial and temporal changes of the chemical composition (biogenic substances and Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, I-, F-, Cl-, SO42-) of interstitial waters » Fluxes of suspended matter and transformation dynamics of its components (C, N, P, Si, Fe, S) in the water column and sediments Changes in the chemical parameters of the aquatic environment from anthropogenic pressure (discharge of sewage, saline water, dredging, trawling) Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur forms and transformations in sediments and pore waters Biogenic substances exchange across sediment-water interface in different redox condition) nteraction between plastic litter and other pollutants in the marine environment
Laboratory of Media Education	E-learning – methods of online education, work in the virtual environment Theoretical and practical rudiments of media pedagogy Visualization in research and education Diagnosis of communication skills of children and youth in Poland Diagnosis of the course of media and information education in Polish schools Application of modern communication tools aimed at educational cooperation
Laboratory of Microbial Biochemistry	Structure and function of the stress proteins: HtrA proteases and chaperone proteins from bacteria, and their role in virulence of bacterial pathogens. Structure and function of the human HtrA proteases and chaperone proteins and their role in carcinogenesis and autoimmune diseases
Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology	Molecular biology of Bacillus subtilis Protein phosphorylation in Bacillus subtilis Bacterial spore properties Oral vaccine based on spores Spore as carrier for enzymes
Laboratory of Molecular Biology	Multi-molecule complexes formed on DNA by replication proteins, their structural bases, functions and dynamics Molecular mechanism of protease activity on substrates bound to DNA The function of plasmid encoded post segregational killing system in the context of its components interactions with DNA and their stability. Experimental approaches, including in vivo tests, in vitro reconstituted assays, real-time kinetic experiments or single-molecule analysis for the analysis of activities conducted on DNA in bacteria.
Laboratory of Neurobiology	The effect of drugs of abuse and antidepressants on peripheral and organ blood, and appetitive behavior in rats and mice The role of the nucleus accumbens in the regulation of leukocyte subpopulations counts in the peripheral and spleen blood in rats Leukocyte distribution in the peripheral blood and spleen in rats with unilateral lesion of the substantia nigra pars compacta (animal model of hemiparkinson disease) The effect of repeated exercise on the level of proinflammatory cytokines and peptide hormones The role of different neurotransmitter systems of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in the regulation of behavioral responses elicited by electrical stimulation of the ventral tegmental nucleus in rats
Laboratory of Oceanography Equipment	Designing and manufacturing of non-standard scientific instrumentation Improvement of existing equipment Assisting with operation and maintenance of various devices Repairing and modifying various devices Management and supervision of computing laboratories at the Institute Assisting with software installation and usage
Laboratory of Paleoecology and Archaeobotany	Late Glacial and Holocene history of vegetation, climate and human impact in northern Poland based on pollen, plant macrofossils and geochemistry of sediments Interdisciplinary reconstruction of the natural history of Białowieża Primeval Forest History of hydrological changes in the southern Baltic Archaeobotany of early medieval and medieval towns: plant use, environmental changes and synanthropization of flora Archaeobotany of prehistoric sites in N. Africa Aerobiological monitoring and modeling
Laboratory of Parasitology and General Zoology	Mammalian skin mites – taxonomy, biology, various aspects of the hostparasite interactions Phthiraptera – taxonomy, biology, and ecology The use of parasitic mites in forensic acarology Parasitic nematodes – taxonomy, biology, and ecology Invasive alien parasite species Parasitofauna of aquatic animals Helminths and arthropods as a cause of diseases in vertebrates – etiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosting of parasitoses, including zoonoses
Laboratory of Persistent Organic Pollutants	Cumulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the different compartments of the marine environment (water, sediments, organisms) Sources apportionment of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the environment Biomagnification of Persistent Organic Pollutants in organisms Impact of solar radiation on dissolved organic matter Factors modifying the input of pollutants to the sea Analysis of trace substances (dioxin) by HRGC and HPLC methods Microbiological analysis
Laboratory of Photobiology and Molecular Diagnostics	Molecular diagnostics of the liver diseases Study of hbv drug resistance Photodynamic inactivation of multidrug resistant microorganisms Photodynamic therpy of cancer The study of a new photosensitizers Therapeutic potential of activation of p53 family members to treat cancer
Laboratory of Physical Biochemistry	Functions of MTHFR and CBS genes during formation of homocysteine in the context of therapeutic and preventive aspects in patients with ischemic brain stroke Effects of using silicone implants by determining the influence of linearand cyclic polysiloxanes on stability and structure of proteins Practical applications of chromatographic methods of quality control andanalytical method validation. Methods of isolation and testing of new compounds with potential pharmaceuticalapplication Biophysical analysis of protein structure and function
Laboratory of Plant Biochemistry	Enzymes connected with wax esters biosynthesis Lipid catabolism during seeds germination Physiological role of lysophospholipid: acyl-CoA acyltransferases Enzymes connecting with triacylglycerols biosynthesis Lipids of roots and leaves
Laboratory of Plant Microbiology	Biological control of plant pathogens Antibacterial activity of Pseudomonas spp. Quorum sensing of gram-negative bacteria Quorum quenching as a strategy for biocontrol of plant pathogens
Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology	Molecular markers for detection, identification and differentiation of plant pathogenic bacteria from different resources, Identification of factors determining virulence of plant pathogenic bacteria Naphtoquinons - plant secondary metabolites with anticancer activity Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism for identification of genes determining enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of coumarins Molecular markers for identification and study the diversity of Cyanobacteria Conservation of Polish orchids by micropropagation, cryopreservation and biobanking of seeds and tissues
Laboratory of Plant Taxonomy	Plant taxonomy and ecology Biodiversity of selected plant groups Floras of tropical regions. Orchid flora of Central-West Africa. Orchid flora of Guinea (West Africa). Orchid flora of Ivory Coast. Orchid flora of the Guyanas. Biological diversity of the Andes and Polynesian Islands – the example of Orchidaceae Taxonomic revisions of Orchidales (Angraecum, Elleanthus, Epidendrum, Eulophia, Maxillaria, Polystachya). Numerical taxonomy of Spirantheae. Taxonomy of Habenariinae and Malaxidinae Phylogeny of Orchidales Molecular of Orchidales. Molecular taxonomy of Spirantheae, Pleurothallidinae, Maxillaria, Cymbidinae, Malaxidinae. Studies of molecular and morphological variability of the genus Dactylorhiza Comparing attractants in Bulbophyllinae and Pleurothalidinae flowers
Laboratory of Protein and Nucleic Acid Biochemistry	Structure and function of the stress proteins: HtrA proteases and chaperone proteins from bacteria, and their role in virulence of bacterial pathogens. Structure and function of the human HtrA proteases and chaperone proteins and their role in carcinogenesis and autoimmune diseases
Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry	Chaperone proteins Heat shock response Mechanism of action of Hsp100 chaperones Small heat shock proteins Hsp70 and Hsp40 chaperones
Laboratory of Psychological Assesments Methods	Rendering methods of psychological assessment available to both employees and students Obtaining new tests for the Institute As of now, the available collection of tests include methods of psychological assessment of emotions, personality, temperament, intelligence, locus of control, and self-esteem, as well as methods for comprehensive child assessment, projective, neuropsychological and clinical tests
Laboratory of Recombinant Vaccines	Construction of recombinant vaccine against influenza virus Construction of recombinant vaccine against Newcastle virus Construction of recombinant vaccine against rabbit hemorrhaging disease virus New diagnostic tests for detection of influenza viruses Baculoviruses as biopesticides and vectors for gene expression
Laboratory of Social Research	Study of local government Study of unemployment Participation in cultural studies Research on alcohol and drugs
Laboratory of Systematic Zoology	Taxonomy, faunistics and ecology of extant and fossil nematocerous flies (Diptera Nematocera) Necrophagous flies in forensic entomology
Laboratory of Vertebrate Ecology and ethology	Ecology of small passerine birds in wetland habitats Role of colonial seabirds in functioning of marine and terrestrial parts of polar ecosystems Ecophysiological and behavioral response of planktivorous seabirds to climate fluctuations and differentiation in the Arctic Ecology of bats (Chiroptera) in different habitats of northern Poland
Laboratory of Virus Molecular Biology	Structure and functions of herpesvirus proteins Mechanisms of viral cell-to-cell spread Viral immune evasion strategies Structure and functions of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) envelope glycoproteins Construction of viral vectors for research and vaccine applications Production of recombinant viral proteins
Marine Geophysics Laboratory	Non-invasive methods of sea-bottom research Gas marine sediments Polar research - calving processes and the dynamics of calving glaciers, seafloor morphodynamics Underwater ambient noise in the Arctic
Museum of Criminalistics	Areas of interest : Forensic ballistics exhibit Medicolegal exhibit Forensic photography exhibit 'Skorpion’ exhibit Forensic graphology, handwriting and questioned documents exbibit Research areas: nternational protection of human rights Problems of terrorism and torture Theoretical and philosophical issues of restorative justice Responsibility to protect Humanitarian intervention Diplomatic protocol Diplomatic and consular law
Specjalist Laboratories	Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Laboratory of Imaging and Data Analysis Laboratory of Genetic Analysis Laboratory of In Vitro Plant Breeding Isotope Laboratory Type III
Zakład Filologii Klasycznej	Edtions of Neo-Latin Texas Editions of ancient Greek texts Ancient Greek historiography Scientific prose in ancient Greece Roman literature of the Augustan Age Literature of the Roman Empire Occasional literature in Gdańsk (XVI-XVIIIc.)
Zakład Historii Polski i Powszechnej XIX wieku	History of Poland (independence movements of the 18th and 19th centuries, history of military and political ideas, ethnic and social relations in Pomerania, the role of intelligentsia and Polish landed gentry, the culture of Kashubian and Pomeranian citizens) General History (Polish-Russian and Polish-Ukrainian relationships in the 19th and 20th centuries, Finland and Russian-Finnish relationships, Polish-Finnish relationships, Russian social and liberal ideas of the 19th century, careers of Poles in Russia and the Soviet Union) History and culture of Pomerania

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