24 February 2022

STATEMENT

FROM THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ON THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE

Given Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine constituting a brutal breach of international agreements and standards binding in the civilised world, the Polish academic community strongly condemns the attack on our neighbour and the use of violence against them.

We express our absolute solidarity with the entire Ukrainian nation and our support for Ukraine as a sovereign state. We pledge all possible assistance in these difficult times. At the same time, we appeal to the authorities of the Ministry of Education and Science to mobilise, in cooperation with the National Agency for Academic Exchange, special resources, including legal resources, to support Ukrainian scientists, doctoral students and students who express a desire to continue their activities in Polish universities.

The Polish academic community will further intensify and develop cooperation in all forms with our Ukrainian academic partners.

Professor Arkadiusz Mężyk

President of the Conference of

Rectors of Academic Institutions in Poland

Professor Marcin Pałys

President of the General Council for Science and Higher Education

Professor Jerzy Duszyński

President of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Professor Dariusz Surowik

President of the Conference of Rectors of Public Vocational Universities

Professor Waldemar Tłokiński

President of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Vocational Universities

Dr. Igor Kilanowski

President of the Young Scientists Council

Jarosław Olszewski

President of the National Representation of PhD Students

Mateusz Grochowski

President of the Students’ Parliament of the Republic of Poland

Dr. Jacek Kolanowski

President of the Academy of Young Scholars

The full statement in Polish: https://www.krasp.org.pl/pl/Aktualnosci/?id=22033/Oswiadczenie_srodowiska_akademickiego_w_zwiazku_z_agresja_Rosji_na_Ukraine