2013

2013
Prószynski & S-ka has published new book by Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko, „Dokad zmierza swiat. Ekonomia polityczna przyszlosci” („Whither the World. Political Economy of the Future”) (in Polish) . This is already the third volume of his bestselling series on the world issues. After „Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in in a Volatile World”, which thus far has been released in ten languages, and “Swiat na wyciagniecie mysli” („The World at the Extent of Thought”) (in Polish), now the time to discuss the future challenges has come.

• Professor G. W. Kolodko's lectures and meetings with the readers
• Henry Kissinger, Nouriel Roubini, and Mari D. Nuti about the book

December 2013
Only two months has passed since international scientific conference organized by the Director of TIGER on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Kozminski University, and already a special book called “Management and Economic Policy for Development" (in Polish „Zarzadanie i polityka gospodarcza dla rozwoju”, edited by prof. Grzegorz W. Kolodko, has been published (Poltext, Warszawa 2014, p. 488). It opens with a chapter entitled „Behind the Rise and Decline of Grassroots Dynamism” written by the Nobel laureate, Professor Edmund S. Phelps of Columbia University.

November 24 - December 23, 2013
"Let’s pray." This is by no means a dramatic call for earnest devotion in times of crisis, in times of confusion, as stipulated by Professor Kolodko in his book "Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future" (www.volatileworld.net), but a call for greater openness to multiculturalism. "Let’s pray" is the title of exhibition of photography, which calls for a greater degree of mutual understanding and tolerance in our constantly changing world. After visiting more than 160 countries, Professor Kolodko demonstrates 55 photographs, showing where, how and to whom or what various people pray in different cultures, places, situations. Opening night, with the author’s participation, takes place on Sunday, November 24th, at 5:00 p.m. in the commons of Municipal Cultural Centre in Lesznowola, Stara Iwiczna, 6 Nowa Street, 2nd floor. YOU’RE WELCOME TO JOIN THE EVENT!

December 18-19, 2013
Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko delivers the speech on "The New Pragmatism and the World’s Future" at the 2013 Caixin Summit "China and the World" in Beijing. The summit is the Caixin Media’s premier conference series and has featured spin-off conferences in the United States, Russia, Australia, Hong Kong and the Davos World Economic Forum. The conference gathers distinguished speakers to analyze the most pressing topics and to provide professional viewpoints to our audience. Considering the rising China, more and more people do. So, if you are one of them you may read dozens of Professor Kolodko’s essays in “China Economic Weekly”, where he has his own column called “Kolodko Observer” (http://www.tiger.edu.pl/english/kolodko/artykuly.htm#in_chinese), or his bestselling book “Zhen Xiang, Miu Wu yu Huang Yan. Duo Bian Shi Jie Zhong de Zheng Zhi yu Jing Ji” (http://product.dangdang.com/22538463.html). You may also comment on Profesor Kolodko’s Chinese social network atwww.weibo.com/kolodko.  

December 16, 2013, 2:00 p.m.
At the invitation of Professor Justin Yifu Lin, former Vice-President for Development and Chief Economist of the World Bank, Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko delivers a seminar for the MBA and Master of Economics students at the Peking University. The TIGER Director has visited this prestigious university several times in the past. This time the topic of his lecture is “Whither the World: Political Economy of the Future”. If you read Chinese, you may read his book in the Chinese language, "Zhen Xiang, Miu Wu yu Huang Yan. Duo Bian Shi Jie Zhong de Zheng Zhi yu Jing Ji" as well as dozens of his papers in Chinese. You can also comment on Professor Kolodko’s social network page in Chinese.

December 14, 2013
Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko is giving a keynote speech on the world future at the Sanya Forum on “Restructuring to Explore New Driving Forces for Growth”. The event takes place at beautiful, tropical island Hainan, at the South China Sea.

December 10, 2013, 12:00p.m.
Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko has been conferred by the Polish Academy of Sciences the prestigious Fryderyk Skarbek Award for his book „Dokad zmierza swiat. Ekonomia polityczna przyszlosci” (“Whither the World. Ekonomia polityczna przyszłości”).

• Bio-note: http://www.tiger.edu.pl/piatkowski

October-November, 2013
At the initiative of TIGER’s Director, Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko, who’s finished during last 12 years 40 marathons in 16 countries on 6 continents, the KOZMINSKI MARATHON CLUB is taking off. Join us and you will see how much better you will feel! It’s not necessary (yet) to run full marathon, it is enough that (already) you’re running

November 27th, 2013, 4:00 pm, Room B6
TIGER invites for the next open seminar. These time we are going to discuss on income inequalities. Discussion will be opened with the presentation by Grzegorz Malinowski, Ph. D. student at Kozminski University, titled: „Perception of inequality and objective reality”.

• Abstract

November 28-29, 2013
Dr Jacek Tomkiewicz, Research Director at TIGER, presents paper titled "Monetary Policy and Contemporary Financial Crisis – Basic Concerns". The conference is organized by School of Economics and Management, University of Porto, Portugal.

November, 28-29, 2013
The 9th Congress of Polish Economists, called "Economics for the Future. Discover the Nature and Causes of Economic Phenomena", is held in Warsaw. Such topic firmly corresponds to the research interests of Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko. Therefore, he’s gladly accepted the invitation to deliver a paper at the inaugural plenary session of the Congress (Thursday, 28.XI, at 11:50 a.m.). It is worth noting that Polish economists congresses are organized since 1887, and professor Kolodko participated in such meeting for the first time exactly one hundred years later, that is already a quarter of a century ago...

November 8, 2013, 9:30 a.m.
The TIGER Director, Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko, takes a part in panel debate on “Challenges for Poland in the European Union: need for economic, social and structural reforms and competitiveness” at the international symposium "Poland and the Crisis in Europe" organized by the Polish Historical and Literary Society, in cooperation with INALCO, the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations. The event takes place in Paris, in the venue of INALCO, 65 rue des Grands Moulins.

October 28th - November 4th, 2013
Within the program of faculty exchange,  Dr Jacek Tomkiewicz visits International Institute of Management in Nicosia, Cyprus to deliver series of lectures on public finance and public policy.

October 26, 2013, 11:00 a.m.
Please, visit the 17th Krakow Books Fair and bargain for Professor Kolodko’s three bestselling books about the world. The author meets the readers and signs his books at the Proszynski Publisher stand A37, Hala Targow, ul. Centralna 41A.

• Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko invites

October 23, 2013, 5:00 p.m., room B17
The Students Scientific Club LITTLE TIGERS, associated with the Transformation, Integration, and Globalization Economic Research TIGER, invites for the first meeting in the new academic year. The students are hosting Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko who speaks on “Whither the World”. For sure, it is a good possibility to ask Professor some challenging questions. The event is open for all interested persons.

October 10-11, 2013
On the occasion of the 20-years of Kozminski University a special international conference on „Management and Economic Policy for Development” takes place. In the event, coordinated by Professor G. W. Kolodko, the TIGER Director, participates a group of distinguished scholars form Poland and abroad, including the Nobel Prize Winner, Professor Edmund S. Phelps from Columbia University.

• Conference Program

Professor Kolodko invites

August - September, 2013
Assistant Professor at TIGER - Dr. Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn – undertakes a postdoctoral research and teaching fellowship in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London (UCL) in London at the invitation of prof. Slavo Radosevic, Deputy Director of SSEES and a professor of Industry and Innovation Studies. The fellowship will be covered by ERASMUS Teaching Mobility Program. Her research and teaching subject refers to the role of knowledge flows and regional innovation systems (RIS) in technological change and economic growth of EU regions.

July-September 2013
The Kozminski University Program in Finance advanced to global top 20 in the "Financial Times" Global Masters in Finance ranking. This degree certified by the ACCA has a guarantee of higher income. 19th place in the world, that is the position of Kozminski University Master Program in Finance according to the new "Financial Times" ranking. Last year the program ranked 21st in the world. The ranking, published on June 24th, 2013 includes the best European universities such as HEC Paris, which took first place. In the process of evaluation "FT" analyzes the level of quality of educational services, academic achievements of faculty, student mobility, internship opportunities, the internationalization of a university, even gender diversity of faculty and students. One of the most important criterions is alumni careers three months after graduation, expressed as the level of employment. (See More)

September 3-8, 2013
As in the recent years, so this time, at the invitation of the organizers as a special guest, Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko participates in the 23rd Economic Forum in Krynica Zdroj (September 3-5). The event takes place under the title “Towards a New Deal”. Immediately after the Forum the TIGER Director attends the Running Festival during which he presents a public lecture called “The Running World” and signs his books on the world issues.

July 1-15, 2013
Professor Grzegow W. Kolodko pays a working visit to North Korea. This is the first journey of TIGER Director to this country. While there, he meets the economists from the Institute of Economics of Academy of Social Sciences, the policymakers and experts from the Disarmament and Peace Institute of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the representatives of the International Association for the Promotion of Economy and Technical Exchange and with the researchers from the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. In Pyongyang, at the onset of his visit, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Poland delivers a special address at the opening ceremony of local Poland’s presidency in the group of ambassadors of the European Union countries. Professor Kolodko will visit also Panmunjon and special economic zone Kaesong.

January – June, 2013
The exhibition of Professor Kolodko's photographs, under the intriguing title "Let's Pray", will be shown until the end of academic year. Two other expositions, called "The World As It Is" and "The Neighbors”, which have driven a lot of interests and comments, are available on the page http://www.facebook.com/kolodko/photos. The exhibition takes place at the Atrium of Kozminski University in Warsaw, 57 Jagiellonska Street. You are welcome to see it!

June 28, 2013, 10:30 a.m.
The working visit to Beijing Professor G. W. Kolodko starts from the meeting with new Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People. This is a great opportunity to discuss the future challenges for China at the time of its growing importance in the world affairs. The event takes place on the occasion of the Third World Think Tank Summit which occurs in Beijing.

June 28, 2013, 3:30 p.m.
Professor Grzegow W. Kolodko is giving a keynote speech on the global challenges at the Opening Ceremony of the Third World Think Tank Summit held in the capital of China. The other speakers are, inter alia, the Nobel Peace Laureate, Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, and the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy. See more here  

June 17-18, 2013,
At the invitation of the Tunisian government Professor G. W. Kolodko pays a short working visit to Tunis. This is the place where the Arab Spring has started. The TIGER’s Director, within the framework of Poland’s institutional assistance, provides consultations and seminar for the government experts on the structural reforms and development policy. It’s worth to mention that “Truth, Error, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatile World”, the international bestseller by Professor Kolodko, has been published also in the Arabic language under the title „Hkaak w Akhtaa w Akazeeb. AL Siasah W AL Ektsad F Aalam Motahawel”

June 16, 2013, 12:45 p.m.
Professor G. W. Kolodko chairs the panel debate on „Poland’s Economy and the Crisis” at the Congress of Polish Left, in which about thousand people takes a part. The panel is attended also by Professor Boguslaw Liberadzki, deputy to the European Parliament, Professor Elzbieta Maczynska, President of the Polish Economic Association, Professor Ryszard Michalski, Director of the Institute for Market, Consumption, and Business Cycle Economic Research, Dr. Marcin Piatkowski from TIGER.

May 31, 2-13, 7:00 p.m. 
Professor G. W. Kolodko meets with the members of the Polish City Paris Club and talks on “Wither the World? Whither Poland?”. The event (by invitation only) takes place at the Polish Institute, 60 rue Jean Goujon.

March 20-21, 2013 The International Economic Forum takes place in Moscow on March 20th-21st. Professor G. W. Kolodko presents his view at the panel on "The Crisis of the Market Fundamentalism in the World and Russia: The Birth of New Trends”, which is attended also by professor Immanuel Wallerstein from Yale University. The event occurs at Lomonosov University. Here you can read several research papers published by Professor Kolodko in the Russia language.
Conference program

Marzec 20, 2013, godz. 16:00, sala B6
Jarosław Bełdowski, pierwszy wiceprezes Banku Gospodarstwa Krajowego, pracownik naukowy SGH i były Dyrektor Departamentu Strategii i Deregulacji w Ministerstwie Sprawiedliwości, oraz Kamil Joński z Ministerstwa Sprawiedliwości wystąpią w ramach cyklu seminariów TIGERa z wykładem pt. „Efektywność sądów gospodarczych w Polsce".
Biografia

March 6, 2013, 6:00 p.m.
Proszyński & S-ka publisher cordially invites for the opening night with the new book by Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko „Dokąd zmierza świat. Ekonomia polityczna przyszłości” („Whither the World. Political Economy of the Future”). The talk with the author is conducted by Jacek Zakowski from weekly “Polityka”. The event occurs in the EMPiK Megastore, 104/122 Marszałkowska St., (vis-à-vis the Palace of Culture and Science). This is just great opportunity to get the book with the author’s personal dedication!

March 2-4, 2013
Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko presents a lecture on „The Polish Transition to Market and Democracy: A Two Third Success” at the conference on „Hungarian-Polish friendship – history, economy and culture”. The event takes place in Budapest.

February 25, 2013

Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko has been invited as a judge to the jury conferring the European Business Award for outstanding achievements in business innovations (). The session of the jury with the participation of the TIGER Director occurs in Dusseldorf.
 

Febuary 20th, 2013, 15:30, room B6