SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
SECURITY
Security is most often perceived in the contexts of state, process and values, and one of its many types that appears in the discourse of theoreticians and practitioners is local security, which is an integral part of state security, and which takes into account the spatial criterion at the level of districts and municipalities. Local security in appropriate proportions includes elements of state security such as systemic security, public security and order, general security, and personal security. It is also critical to include geographical, economic, social, political and cultural conditions specific to the local community and additionally include elements such as the type of threats, the area and intensity of their occurrence, as well as local needs, problems and opportunities for social activity.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOCAL SECURITY
Responsibility for local security in Poland rests with many entities, such as local government administration bodies, services, inspections, municipal services, social welfare, public institutions, organizations and associations, and citizens operating in various types of groups and local communities. The Polish Armed Forces are an important entity in supporting the authorities in ensuring local security, which can be used in a crisis situation if the use of other means is impossible or may prove insufficient.
ENTITY MANAGEMENT
Managing the above entities is a complex process, the essence of which is to create conditions for the effective performance of tasks to ensure local security. Therefore, when implementing these tasks, an appropriate scope and level of synchronization of projects, coordination of activities and organization of cooperation are necessary, which are an integral part of organized activities in ensuring local security. Proper implementation of the above elements is necessary to achieve a synergy effect manifesting itself in an increase in the effectiveness of joint activities compared to individual activities and to achieve goals that go beyond the capabilities of each entity.
CURRENT SOLUTIONS
At the same time, it seems that the current solutions for ensuring local security are too formal and sector-divided, and their function do not meet the requirements of an interdisciplinary and multi-aspect view of local security. Consequently, it is necessary to search for optimal solutions, which concern the current activities of local government offices, other entities responsible for ensuring local security, including academic centers. These searches in relation to universities are a consequence of their mission related to the pursuit of science and fulfilling a servant role towards society. The arguments presented above form the basis for the idea of organizing a conference, where the planned goal is to exchange views and experiences in research on local security, exchange experiences, promote good practices in the field of local security, and formulate conclusions regarding practice. The exchange of solutions, views, experiences of other countries and conclusions from field research from these countries are extremely important.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Conference focus on the exchange of conclusions from scientific research, views and opinions of representatives of scientific centers both from Poland and abroad, and the exchange of experiences of practitioners, representatives of local security entities and institutions related to ensuring this security. According to the organizers' assumptions, the detailed objectives of the Conference concern the analysis of issues related to threats and challenges of local security, the improvement of bodies, entities, institutions and systems responsible for local security, taking into account legal issues of ensuring this improvement, the practical role of local government administration in ensuring local security, raising awareness education in this area, including the use of artificial intelligence, or exchange of views on the essence of logistic support for activities ensuring local security. The exchange of solutions, views, experiences of other countries and conclusions from field research carried out in these countries is also extremely important.
CONFERENCE AS A PLATFORM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS
We are convinced that this conference, that acts as a gathering ground of practitioners, and participants from the Polish and the broader international scientific communities, will be a platform for the exchange of scientific views, and practical experiences in the area of local security, which will allow for the development of conclusions important for the theory and practice of this area, especially in the face of dynamic ongoing changes in the broadly understood security environment. It is estimated that the added value of this conference will be the identification of new trends in ensuring local security, especially regarding the organization of cooperation of entities participating in ensuring local security and the integrated management of this security, as well as improvement of planning in this area.
08.00 - 08.30 – Participant registration.
08.30 - 08.35 – Conference introduction – dr hab. Janusz Falecki, prof. PSW.
08.35 - 08.45 – Organizer speeches.
Session chair: Janusz Falecki, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof.
08.45 - 09.00 – Selected aspects of local security and directions of its development – Janusz Falecki, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof., Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
09.00 - 09.15 – Empirical study of the understanding of the main phenomena - to manage, to command, to be a leader in local formations – Elitsa Petrova, PhD, DSc., Assoc. Prof., Vasil Levski National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
09.15 - 09.30 – Ensuring public safety in the local aspect – representative of the Police Headquarters in Starogard Gdański.
09.30 - 09.45 – Reciprocal mispatches between contemporary education practices and local security – Eric Ekembe, PhD, University of Youndé, Cameroon.
09.45 - 10.00 – Outline of crime as a local social phenomenon – Miroslav Gejdoš, PhD, DSc., Assoc. Prof., Catholic University in Ružomberok, Ružomberok, Slovakia.
10.00 - 10.15 – The Russian factor as a threat to local security – Wasyl Pasicznyk, PhD, DSc, Prof., Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.
10.15 - 10.30 – Participation of the 7th Pomeranian Territorial Defense Brigade in ensuring local security – Cdr Tomasz Laskowski, 7th PBOT in Gdańsk.
10.30 - 10.45 – Shaping critical thinking as a factor of the local security in wartime conditions – Viktoria Stepanenko, PhD, DSc, Prof., Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk, Ukraine.
10.45 - 11.00 – Participation of the Prison Service in ensuring state security – Lt. Col. Ireneusz Łepkowski, Remand Center in Starogard Gdański, Poland.
11.00 - 11.15 – The use of artificial intelligence in education for local security: benefits and threats – Roksolyana Shvay, PhD, DSc, Prof., Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
11.15 - 11.35 – Break.
11.35 - 12.00 – Discussion.
Session chair: Rafał Piotr Depczyński, PhD.
12.00 - 12.15 – Ensuring public safety in the local aspect – junior brig. Tomasz Nowak, District Headquarter of the State Fire Service in Starogard Gdański, Poland.
12.15 - 12.30 – The strategy for the development of a local community security – Svitlan Chernet, PhD, DSc, Prof., Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk, Ukraine.
12.30 - 12.45 – Ensuring local security during an armed conflict – Rafał Piotr Depczyński, PhD, Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
12.45 - 13.00 – Public Health and Local Security: Does The World Have An Answer? – Dhananjay Tripathi, PhD, Assoc. Prof., South Asian University, New Delhi, India.
13.00 - 13.15 – The role of artificial intelligence in building a culture of local security – Dr. Hanna Sommer, Rzeszów University of Technology, Grzegorz Zakrzewski, BE, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
13.15 - 13.30 – Mediation as an element of the school local security system – Natalia Karpińska, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof., Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
13.30 - 13.50 – Discussion.
13.50 - 14.00 – Break.
Session chair: Roksolyana Shvay, PhD, DSc, Prof.
12.00 - 12.15 – The higher education system in France – Jan Stępniewski, PhD, DSc, Prof., Universite Sorbonne Paris Nord, France.
12.15 - 12.30 – Socio-psychological aspects of motivation tendencies in the professional activities of a teacher in the conditions of war: a comparative analysis – Svitlana Mashchak, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof., Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine.
12.30 - 12.45 – Safety of a child with autism spectrum disorder in a public school – Joanna Kruk-Lasocka, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof., Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
12.45 - 13.00 – Strategies for ensuring psychological safety in the event of a threat of a climate catastrophe - in the aspect of local security – Halina Rarot, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof., Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland.
13.00 - 13.15 – "Under the cloche" fear and local safety in education. Questions - perspectives - reflections – Monika Kurzynoga, Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
13.15 - 13.30 – From Korczak to "Shahid's belt - a psycho-pedagogical mechanisms of influence on the student – Marek Ejsmont, PhD, Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Ewa Tomaszewska, MA, Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański.
13.30 - 13.50 – Discussion.
13.50 - 14.00 – Break.
Session chair: Marcin Kęsy, PhD, DSc, Dhc, Assoc. Prof.
12.00 - 12.15 – Scientific and didactic potential of Ukraine: challenges in the war realities and post-war perspective – Victoriia Hurochkina, PhD, DSc, Prof., State Tax University, Irpin, Ukraine.
12.15 - 12.30 – Prospects for nearshoring of industrial production from China: directions and challenges in the context of the needs of local entrepreneurs – Waldemar Pierzchlewski, PhD, DSc, Assoc Prof., Wrocław Academy of Business, Wrocław, Poland, Halina Węgrzyn, PhD, Assoc Prof., Wrocław Academy of Business, Wrocław, Poland.
12.30 - 12.45 – Ethical competences in managing the relationship between a caregiver and a terminally ill patient based on local experiences – Andrzej Majewski, MA, Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
12.45 - 13.00 – Management in the construction process. Case study in a local enterprise – Patrycja Ślusarczyk, MA, Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
13.00 - 14.15 – Securing succession in a family transport company – Aleksander Antoniewicz, MA, Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
13.15 - 13.30 – The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the form of employment in the local labor market – Miłosz Steleżuk, MA, Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
13.30 - 13.50 – Discussion.
13.50 - 14.00 – Break.
Session chair: Tomasz Hoffmann, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof.
12.00 - 12.15 – Participation of local administration in ensuring safety – Witold Sykutera, MA, Head of the Security and Crisis Management Department of the District Office in Starogard Gdański, Poland.
12.15 - 12.30 – Sanitary state of Starogard County and the epidemiological situation in 2023 – Zbigniew Wyka, State District Sanitary Inspector in Starogard Gdański, Poland.
12.30 - 12.45 – Vehicle forfeiture as a determinant of improving road safety. Local and regional aspect – Tomasz Hoffmann, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof., Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
12.45 - 13.00 – Energy security in the local policy of public administration bodies – Piotr Kwiatkiewicz, BE, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
13.00 - 13.15 – Patient rights and their observance in the local and regional aspect – Wojciech Pryliński, PhD, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
13.15 - 13.30 – Deinstitutionalization of social services - new opportunities or threats – Anna Janus, PhD, Pomeranian Higher School in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.
13.15 - 13.50 – Discussion.
13.50 - 14.00 – Break.
13.45 - 14.00 – Official ending of the conference and summary of the proceedings.
14.00 - 14.30 – Transport to Hotel Ren.
14.30 - 15.30 – Lunch.
Conference participation is free of charge.
The talks will be conducted in a hybrid format: stationary (in-person/physical presence) and online through the Microsoft Teams application.
The conference will be conducted in Polish and English, the organizers will take care of translating the content from English to Polish, if required.
Participants without a personal invitation from the conference organizers will not be provided with accommodation.
Please send detailed questions about the conference to: Rafał Depczyński, phone (0048) 509 524 545, email: rafal.depczynski@twojestudia.pl
Presentation duration in the form of a conference paper should not exceed 15 minutes and the announcement 10 minutes. The organizers of the seminar expect confirmation of participation in it and declaration of the form of participation in the discussion (paper, message) no less than three weeks before the planned date of the Conference.
The detailed conference program will be sent to participants by June 1, 2024.
The conference organizers ensure that the texts of the speeches approved by the reviewers are published in the following journals:
Annals of Social Sciences (security sciences, social communication and media sciences, sociological sciences) – 70 points according to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW),
Geopolitical Review (security sciences, geopolitics, political geography, political science, international relations, methodology of social sciences) – 70 points according to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW),
Law and Security (security sciences, legal sciences, sociological sciences).
Detailed information and guidelines for authors can be found on the respective journals' websites:
We kindly inform you that the Organizers reserve the right to submit conference articles to selected journals. The article should be prepared in Polish or English and sent no later than May 31, 2024 to rafal.depczynski@twojestudia.pl. Qualification of articles for publication in the journal will be made by the Organizing Committee, taking into account thematic consistency with the profile of the scientific journal.
The conference is addressed to all those who recognize the importance of effectively ensuring local security and joining the discussion on the exchange of conclusions from scientific research, views and opinions of representatives of scientific centers and the exchange of experiences of practitioners, i.e. representatives of local security entities and institutions related to ensuring this security.
