The team

At the Institute of Urban and Regional Development the team members responsible for the project implementation are

Bartosz Piziak

Geographer, graduated from MA and PhD studies at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Development of the Jagiellonian University. He is also a graduate of Tourism Management at the Institute of Public Affairs at the Jagiellonian University. Author and co-author of several scientific articles and studies dedicated to the development of tourism in cities and border areas, the geographic proximity of advanced industry companies, and urban labs. He is the coordinator of the project "Urban Lab as a pilot tool to improve the quality of life of city residents in accordance with the idea of smart city". Passionate about travel, photography and modern technologies

bpiziak@irmir.pl

Magdalena Bień

A graduate of Geography with a specialization in Spatial Management and Regional Development at the Jagiellonian University. Her areas of interest focus on the development of innovative tools to improve the quality of life in the city. She is dedicated to such topics as researching the needs and creative solving of problems of users of urban space and the activation of the local community. She spends her free time in the mountains and traveling.

mbien@irmir.pl

Katarzyna Hetmańczyk

Geographer - by profession and by passion. Graduate of IGiGP of the Jagiellonian University. PhD student at AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. She gained experience working in numerous scientific projects on the development of various regions of Poland. She is particularly interested in topics related to the changes taking place in post-mining cities losing their functions and the role of education and participation in creating new paths for urban development. She spends her free time traveling around county Poland and communist-era apartment blocks.

khetmanczyk@irmir.pl

Sandra Skalmierska

Socio-economic geographer with a specialisation in local and regional development, journalist and social communication specialist. She studied at the Jagiellonian University, the University of Silesia, as well as two Spanish universities - in Gran Canaria and Tenerife. During her studies, she worked on several scientific research projects - it was then that she understood what geography really was. Her interests include topics related to territorial marketing and its role in local development and social participation, as well as the geography of the arts - especially theatres and their functions in the city. She is passionate about language learning and anything creative and imaginative. She always has her camera and ukulele at hand.

sskalmierska@irmir.pl

Adam Chyliński

Placemaking practitioner, “positive doer”, urban researcher, educator and writer. He works with local communities, strengthening their sense of empowerment and teaching residents to take responsibility for their immediate surroundings. He is particularly passionate about working with children and young people. He teaches young people an active attitude to life and infects them with a passion for acting on a local scale and co-creating cities. He designs and conducts social research focusing on the life of local communities. He is close to action research and community-based research. He implements and tests social innovations in cities and supports other innovators in their activities. Privately, he seeks balance, mainly on a yoga mat and a surfboard.

achylinski@irmir.pl

Bartłomiej Sroka

Urban planner and assistant professor at the Institute for Urban and Regional Development. Graduate of the Jagiellonian University and the Faculty of Architecture at the Cracow University of Technology, where he received a doctorate in urban planning and spatial planning. Author of problem papers and scientific studies in the field of spatial planning, jurisprudence and urban renewal. He specialises in issues including operational urbanism, shrinking cities and space recycling. He enjoys sailing through new topics and bodies of water.

bsroka@irmir.pl

Contact with the project team (B3 Department): 

Institute of Urban and Regional Development

ul. Cieszyńska 2

30-015 Kraków

urbanlab@irmir.pl

tel. +48 12 634-23-46