On November 20–21, 2025, a scientific conference will be held in Gdynia and Sopot to commemorate one of the key events in the history of Polish marine and polar research — the first Antarctic research expedition of the vessels r/v Profesor Siedlecki and m/t Tazar in 1975/1976.
The event, organized by the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, is part of the “HiPO” project, funded under the European Funds for Social Development 2021–2027 program (FEDR.04.01-IP.01-005/24).
The conference will provide an opportunity to present the latest results of oceanographic and fisheries research, discuss contemporary challenges facing science — such as climate change, overfishing, and marine ecosystem degradation — and reflect on the future of Poland’s research presence in the Atlantic and polar regions.
Participation in the conference is free of charge, but prior registration is required. The number of places is limited.
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has finalized the document 'Open Access Policy for Publicly Funded Research Data'. This document was developed in collaboration with expert teams and published in the Ministry of Science Bulletin.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Marcin Wichorowski, our colleague from the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, participated in the work of the Advisory Team appointed by the Minister of Science.
The policy assumes that research data generated with public funding should be made available 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary', in accordance with the FAIR principles. The aim is to gradually make open access to data the standard in Polish science. The document also highlights the role of institutional openness policies and the need to support researchers (including through data stewards).
Key provisions of the policy:
- Establishing legal and organizational frameworks for open access to data
- Creating a national network of competence centers (coordinated by KCKODB and supported by OCKODB)
- Developing IT infrastructure for storing and sharing data (National Data Repository, PLGrid)
- Defining metadata standards, data formats, and licenses (e.g., Creative Commons)
- Including data sharing in the evaluation of scientific activity
We invite you to the second edition of the popular science event 'The Less I Know, the Better I Sleep?', taking place on 16 August 2025 at 6:00 PM at the Creative Work Center of the IBW PAN in Skoczkowo, by Lake Wdzydze.
This year’s main theme is CATASTROPHE.
Is ignoring science a recipe for disaster?
This question will be the focus of a discussion held in a unique forest-stage setting, featuring scientists from a range of disciplines — from history, through nuclear physics, to oceanology.
Among the speakers:
- Prof. Iwona Janicka (University of Gdańsk)
- Dr. hab. Andrzej Hryczuk (National Centre for Nuclear Research)
- Dr. Marcin Stokowski (Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Organised by: RUN PAN, Faculty of History (UG), Institute of Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and IO PAN.
The event is open to the public.
We invite you to take a virtual tour of the interior of our research vessel, s/y Oceania.
The 'tour' was created by three students from the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at Gdańsk University of Technology: Patryk Sawuk, Paweł Wawrzyński, and Michał Grabowski.
Under the supervision of Prof. Jacek Lebiedź, the students planned and carried out a scan of the ship’s key areas, paying close attention to both the technical aspects of photography and the selection of appropriate tools and programming languages.
This modern, intuitive presentation of s/y Oceania's interior is a tool designed both for the popularization of science and to support future research projects.
We thank the team for their dedication and congratulate them on the project.
We are proud to announce that researchers from the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences have been included in the latest Research.com 2024 ranking of the best scientists.
We extend our sincere congratulations to all of them.
Scientists from the Department of Paleoceanography at the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences have just published a groundbreaking discovery in Scientific Reports!
The team demonstrated that the ancient Storegga tsunami, triggered by a massive submarine landslide off the coast of Norway, reached all the way to the Arctic—deep into the Barents Sea. Marine sediments revealed clear traces of this catastrophic event from thousands of years ago.
What did we discover?
- A thick layer of sandy mud containing marine microfossils and land plant remains
- Evidence of powerful bottom currents generated by the megawave
- A new perspective on the geological history of the Arctic
The full article: Devendra et al. (2025), Scientific Reports
