1. Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Poland
UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies on Child Development and Well-being
Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Poland

2. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies on Child Development and Well-being
Patron
Janusz Korczak (1878[9]-1942)
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3. Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Poland
Szczęśliwicka Street Warsaw Poland
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4. Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw
Patron
Maria Grzegorzewska ( )
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5. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: main informations
The UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair was established in October (agreement concluded between the UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw).
UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair address and contact information:
40 Szczęśliwicka Street;
room no. 3607, building C, 6th floor
room no. 3222, building C, 2nd floor (secretary)
Warsaw, Poland

6. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: main informations
UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair Staff:
Acting Chairperson:
Ms Urszula Markowska-Manista
PhD,
Professor Adam Fraczek
Ms Monika Dominiak-Kochanek
PhD,

7. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: main informations
UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair Staff:
Assistant:
Ms Dominika Zakrzewska-Olędzka, PhD Student
Secretary:
Ms Aleksandra Niedźwiedzka-Wardak, MA

8. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: main information
The primary objectives of the Chair:
to develop partnership and cooperation by building university networks
to encourage inter-university cooperation through the transfer of knowledge across borders
to maintain and strengthen academic links in the field of interdisciplinary studies on child development and well-being
Themes and topics of organized events:
education, pedagogy, interdisciplinary studies on child development and Well-being
cultural diversity, sustainable development
human rights , children’s rights
intercultural education
modern psychological, pedagogical and sociological challenges
The UNESCO Chair conducts the research programs, participates in conferences, seminars, debates, study visits and since 2006, organizes the International Summer Schools.
All of the Chair’s activities are aligned with UNESCO’s priorities in relation to humanities and social sciences. We undertake activities which respond to the challenges of the modern world defined by Sustainable Development Goals.

9. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: cooperation agreements
Faculty of Education  J.J. Strossmayer University 
in Osijek, Croatia
International Janusz Korczak Association (IKA)
Polish Janusz Korczak Association
UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair  in Interdisciplinary Studies on Child Development and Well-beingis is one of Associated Members of CREAN Network: 

10. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: SUMMER SCHOOLS
International Summer School with PK UNESCO & CEPUS PROGRAMME (since 2014) and with other partners:
The list of participants and lecturers includes researchers, students, and NGO employees from: Belarus, Bulgaria, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania, Croatia and the USA.
Foreign participants* have the possibility to apply for scholarships by the Polish National Committee for UNESCO and the CEEPUS Programme, Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange.
*depending on the funders’ geographical priorities , does not concern all EU countries

11. Titles of the INTERNATIONAL UNESCO SUMMER SCHOOLS
Year
Titles of the INTERNATIONAL UNESCO SUMMER SCHOOLS
2006
The Theory and Practice of Educating People with Intellectual Disabilities”
(with the State Fund for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (PFRON) and the Pedagogical Therapy Institute at the Academy of Special Education)
2008
"Korczak’s Ideas and Contemporary Children's and Youth’s Problems"
2009
“Students with Specific Learning Difficulties: Various Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Solutions”
(with the Institute of Pedagogical Therapy)
2010
“The problems of rehabilitation of maladjusted adolescents”
(with the Institute of Resocialization ASE )
2011
„On Individual Educational-therapeutic Programs in Teaching Students with Special Needs”
2012
“Children’s Rights: Current Approaches and Solutions in Light of Korczak’s Pedagogical Theories”
(with the Polish National Commission for UNESCO, the International Janusz Korczak Association (IKA), and the Polish Janusz Korczak Association)
2013
"Psychological and Educational Support for Pupils/Students with Diverse Needs"
2014
“Problem Behaviors in Adolescence – Forms, Conditions, Prevention”
(with the Polish National Commission for UNESCO, the CEEPUS Programme’s Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange)
2015
“Re-adaptation and Reintegration as Problems of Refugee Children”
(with the Polish National Commission for UNESCO, the CEEPUS Programme’s Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange) BOOK NO1: „The Interdisciplinary Contexts of Reintegration …”
2016
"The contemporary problems of children and childhood in multicultural societies- theory, research, praxis", 15th -24th September 2016, Warsaw, Poland
(with the Faculty of Education in Osijek – J.J. Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia; the Polish National Commission for UNESCO; the CEEPUS Programme’s Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange)BOOK NO2: The Contemporary Problem of Children and Youth …”

12. 11-th International Summer School12
The 11th International Summer School relate to an exchange of international experiences connected with academic and research as well as practical aspects of contemporary migration problems.
The subjects focus on three key issues:
Theoretical premises and challenges which researchers and practitioners face in the contemporary migration crisis, 
Research referring to the situation and needs of refugee and migrant children and youth as well problems in their adaptation and integration in host and transit countries, 
Practices connected with the support for migrant and refugee children and youth and their closest environment.

13. 11-th International Summer School13
We had participants and lecturers/experts form:
Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Georgia, Israel, Moldova, Poland, Russia Federation, Romania, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey and Ukraine.

14. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: currently realized projects (since 2016)
„Paradigm shift in early teaching: constructivism and developmental approach vs. behavioristic strategies” (project no INGI , duration: June 2016-February 2017), with:
Faculty of Education Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia
Teachers College University of Columbia, USA
„Polnisch – Deutsche wissenschaftliche Dialoge über Kinderrechte, Janusz Korczak und Migration / Polish- German academic dialogues about children’s rights, Janusz Korczak and migration” (project no , duration: 20 May 2016 – 30 June 2017), with partners from: Internationale Akademie Berlin für innovative Pädagogik, Psychologie und Ökonomie (INA) & Free University Berlin, Germany
Project received funding of the Polish-German Foundation for Science/ Deutsch-Polnische Wissenschaftsstiftung for the years 2016 i 2017.

15. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: currently realized projects (since 2016)
"Consultancy Services in the field of strategic foresight for children in the CEECIS region„ (project no LLTS – , duration: November 7, November 6, 2018).  Project conducted by: ECORYS Poland in cooperation with the international research team (Poland, Holandia, United Kingdom, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) .
UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair (since April 2016) cooperates with Master on Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights (MACR), Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin/ University of Applied Sciences Potsdam Fachhochschule Potsdam. 

16. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: selected previous projects
„University towards the problems of development education. Theoretical and practical prospects for the implementation of development education at the Academy of Special Education - challenges for the development of Africa in the twenty-first century” 2009, with:
Chair of Basic Pedagogy, The Maria Grzegorzewska University
Students' Scientific Club of  Multicultural Education, The Maria Grzegorzewska University
Foundation for Intercultural Education
Elements of the project:
Academy of Global Education   (for students)
Student events (in the field of development education) for local communities (during The Week
of Global Education)
Expert lectures ( for academic staff)
Teaching aids (e.g. media library)
Information board
Photography exhibition
Subsidized within the Polish Aid Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2009.

17. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: selected previous projects
Project: "School volunteering work as a space of activity for the local environment and shaping students’ civic attitudes” ,
The UNESCO Janusza Korczak Chair at the Maria Grzegorzewska University assumed the honorary patronage of and provided content-related and organisational support to the project realised in Edward Szymański Primary School No.23 in Warsaw.
Project duration: November June 2017.
Training - Children and childhood in multicultural global and local perspective,
In cooperation with Preschool no 100 in Warsaw (students from ERASMUS+ Program, teachers and children 3 and 6 years old).
Study visit,
Multicultural childrens’ games conducted by students.
Project duration: March 2017

18. conferences /seminars–organisation and co-organisation
UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair:
conferences /seminars–organisation and co-organisation
An International Conference of Special Education entitled PERSON: Interdisciplinary Contexts Of Early Intervention And Early Support Of a Child's Development (21-23 September 2016), organizer: The Institute of Special Education, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, scientific partner: UNESCO Chair
International aspects of Janusz Korczak Pedagogy (17-18 May 2016) , with:
Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Germany
Sparkpro Organization, Israel
Refugees and migrants in Poland - socio-cultural, pedagogical and ethical challenges (17 March 2016), with: The Institute of Philosophy and Socjology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw

19. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: conferences /seminars
Study Visit from: Danish Institute for Study Abroad (30 September 2015)
Lecture by Prof. Philip Zimbardo: My journey from creating evil to inspiring heroism (11 April 2014), with: The Institute of Applied Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw
Seminar: Education on the prevention of genocide as a form of human rights protection (15 April 2010), within the international project “GREAT: Global Rights, Europeans Acting Together”, with: The Association for Civil Society Development PRO HUMANUM, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw
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21. Photos
Janusz Korczak: (pp. 2)
The Maria Grzegorzewska University - the viev from the street Kopińska: rzewskiej_w_Warszawie#/media/File:Warszawa_Akademia_Pedagogiki_Specjalne j_(1).JPG (pp. 3)
Maria Grzegorzewska: tent&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57 (pp. 4)