Glocal Challenges Lab (Global social, economic and cultural challenges. Globality and localness) is a community of ambitious scholars, focused on issues that constitute challenges for an evolving society in the geographical space.

GCL is concentrated on – but not restricted to – challenges shaping the contemporary geographical space, such as:

• economic challenges (digitalisation and virtualisation in business, new types of business activities and their influence on society and economy; low-emission transport);

• demographic and social challenges (social and economic implications of ageing societies; changes in social relations and their influence on economy; activisation and social participation in the process of creating inventive workplaces and leisure areas; migration crisis);

• spatial challenges (the processes of space management; metropolitan spaces and suburbanisation; territorial systems; sustainable development of cities; conflicts stemming from the coexistence of various functions of varied degrees in the geographical space);

• leisure challenges (unification and individualisation of consumption patterns; responsible consumption; virtual reality and singular or collective usage of free time; expectations, motivations, experiences, satisfaction linked to travels in the context of new forms and trends in travelling).

• cultural challenges (today's society and old, preserved cultural landscapes; multiculturalism and various degrees of political actions).

Calls for students will be announced soon.

Call for PhD students who started their PhD studies before the academic year 2019/2020 – till December 31, 2020

Call for PhD Students of the Doctoral School in the Social Sciences – till December 31, 2020

Call for academic teachers głoszenie konkursu dla nauczycieli akademickich UJ – till January 5, 2021

Call for students – soon (terms and conditions below)