Szkoła Letnia „Wciąż w drodze – czy prawo migracyjne skutecznie i sprawiedliwie reguluje procesy migracyjne?” – rejestracja trwa
Wydział Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego zaprasza studentów, naukowców oraz praktyków do udziału w międzynarodowej Szkole Letniej pt. „Still on the Move – Does Migration Law Regulate Migration Processes Effectively and Fairly?”, która odbędzie się w formule online za pośrednictwem platformy MS Teams w dniach 8–10 września 2026 r.
Tematyka tegorocznej, już piątej edycji Szkoły Letniej koncentruje się na współczesnych wyzwaniach związanych z migracją, zarządzaniem granicami Europy oraz ramami prawnymi polityki migracyjnej Unii Europejskiej.
Dlaczego warto?
– możliwość pogłębienia wiedzy na temat aktualnych wyzwań prawa migracyjnego i polityki migracyjnej Unii Europejskiej,
– udział w wykładach oraz dyskusjach prowadzonych przez uznanych ekspertów z różnych państw,
– wymiana doświadczeń i poglądów w międzynarodowym środowisku akademickim,
– możliwość nawiązania cennych kontaktów naukowych i zawodowych,
– certyfikat uczestnictwa potwierdzający udział w wydarzeniu.
Rejestracja: https://tiny.pl/f29n7x24s
Wydarzenie stanowi wyjątkową okazję do poszerzenia wiedzy, wymiany doświadczeń oraz nawiązania relacji z przedstawicielami środowiska akademickiego i profesjonalistami zajmującymi się problematyką migracji.
Ze względu na międzynarodowy charakter przedsięwzięcia wszystkie zajęcia będą prowadzone w języku angielskim. Wszystkie zajęcia w ramach Letniej Szkoły odbywają się za pośrednictwem MS Teams. Wydarzenie jest nieodpłatne, a po jego zakończeniu osoby biorące w nim udział otrzymują certyfikaty potwierdzające uczestnictwo. Warunkiem koniecznym do uzyskania certyfikatu jest uczestnictwo w co najmniej 80% zajęć.
Serdecznie zapraszamy!
Summer School. „Still on the Move – Does Migration Law Regulate Migration Processes Effectively and Fairly?”
Georgios Athanasiou – is a Lawyer (Athens Bar Association, 2025) and a PhD Researcher in the Faculty of Law of Antwerp University. His research interests revolve around the free movement of migrants within the EU in relation to the preservation and protection of national identities and essential state functions under the prism of EU migration and free movement law. His doctoral research focuses on the prospects of European Constitutionalism given the ongoing migration flows and the reappearance of the Nation-State inspired sovereignty in the field of immigration and on the alignment of the emerging tensions between traditional notions of sovereignty and supranational authority with EU migration policy, under the scope of EU fundamental values and rights.
Cherida Hooijer – is an Immigration Manager at Fragomen in the Netherlands with more than ten years of experience in Dutch and EU corporate immigration law. Before joining Fragomen, she worked in‑house at Vanderlande, gaining valuable HR and mobility experience that now shapes her practical, employer‑focused approach to immigration. Having lived as an expat in both the United Kingdom and Spain for a combined six years, she brings a unique dual perspective—both as an advisor and as someone who has personally navigated international mobility. At the Summer School program, she shares her insights into the Dutch immigration framework, compliance trends, and the realities of supporting global talent.
Jana Van der Smissen – is an FWO predoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp’s Faculty of Law. Since November 2023, she has been pursuing her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dirk Vanheule. Jana earned her Master of Laws (LL.M.) with great distinction from the University of Antwerp in 2022. During her studies, she spent a semester abroad at the University of Westminster (Erasmus+), researching the post-Brexit migration return and readmission regime. In 2023, she completed an advanced master’s degree in EU Law at Ghent University, also graduating with great distinction. Her doctoral research explores the role, conceptualization, and enforcement of the principle of solidarity within EU Asylum and Migration law, focusing on the legal framework of external borders. Driven by a passion for this highly topical field, Jana aims to contribute meaningful insights to current legal literature.
Dirk Vanheule – holds law degrees of the University of Ghent (Lic. iur.), Toronto (LL.M.) and Antwerp (Dr. iur.). He is full professor of law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp, where he previously served as dean and currently directs the Law and Government Research Group. His teaching and research interests include constitutional law and migration and asylum law. Within the Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) and the MIGLOBA Network on Migration and Global Mobility he has been engaged in multidisciplinary research on migration, on which he has published nationally and internationally. He is also advocate and has appeared before i.a. the Belgian Constitutional Court and European Court of Human Rights.
Dr. Prabhpreet Singh – is an Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Law from Manipal University Jaipur, an LL.M. in Constitutional Law from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, and a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Rajasthan University. He is UGC-NET qualified and has over 7 years of experience in legal education, research, international collaborations, legal aid, and moot court activities. Prior to joining Mahindra University, he served as Assistant Professor at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) and Manipal University Jaipur.
His teaching and research interests include Comparative Constitutional Law, Digital Constitutionalism, Human Rights, Media and Technology Law, Artificial Intelligence and Law, International Law, and Constitutional Theory. Dr. Singh has delivered lectures and presented research at universities and conferences across Europe and Asia. He currently serves as a Committee Member of the Peace and Security Interest Group of the European Society of International Law and actively engages in comparative legal research focusing on fake news regulation, AI governance, freedom of expression, and democratic accountability.
Mateusz Wąsik – Attorney-at-law, tax advisor, member of the Warsaw Bar Association and the Mazovian Branch of the National Chamber of Tax Advisors. He is a graduate of the University of Warsaw (2012) and completed doctoral studies at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2021). He has 11 years of experience in tax advisory, gained in Poland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
In 2023, he defended his doctoral dissertation (Consequences of the Lack of Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships in the Polish Legal System), earning a PhD in social sciences in the discipline of legal studies. In his practice, he specializes in providing tax advisory services related to personal income taxation (personal income tax, inheritance and donation tax, civil law transactions tax), with particular focus on cross-border income taxation. For over three years, he collaborated with Lambda Warsaw, offering pro bono legal and tax advice to the organization’s clients. He is fluent in English and Spanish. He is also the author and co-author of publications on the legal protection of LGBT individuals in Poland.
Weronika Sołkiewicz – Attorney at the Warsaw Bar Association, Doctor of Law. In 2026, Weronika defended her doctoral dissertation titled: Unaccompanied Children in the Procedure for Granting International Protection in European Union Law and Polish Law. In her professional practice, she primarily focuses on family law, administrative law, and international protection. Since the beginning of her professional career, she has been involved in pro bono work in the field of human rights and children’s rights. From 2018 to 2025, she was actively involved in the Student Legal Clinic at the Faculty of Law of the University of Białystok. For the past three years, she has been collaborating with an international organization working on behalf of refugees. She is a member of the Children’s Rights Section of the Warsaw Bar Association. She is the author of reviewed academic articles. She has led numerous workshops and training sessions, including a series of trainings on the procedure for granting international protection to unaccompanied children and the role of guardians for such children.
Maja Łysienia – a doctor of law and attorney-at-law, specializing in international and EU human rights and migration/asylum law. She graduated from the University of Warsaw (MA) and University of Zurich (PhD). She conducted interdisciplinary research at the University of Lausanne and University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland. She is a President of the Board of the Swiss Network of young Migration Scholars, a Board Member of the Swiss Association of Migration and Mobility Studies, a national expert within the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) run by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, and an Advisory Board member in AsyLex. She currently works in the Association for Legal Intervention as an Advocacy Expert.
Piotr Sadowski – holds M.A. (magister) and Ph.D. in law of the University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Toruń (NCU, Poland), as well as Bachelor of Arts in General Studies in Dundee (the United Kingdom). He also graduated from English philology (B.A.) and took additional trainings, including at the European School of Administration in Brussels (Belgium). He works at the Department of Human Rights at NCU. Piotr’s area of expertise lies in human rights, in particularly seen from public international law perspective, including the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, asylum and immigration, as well as labour law.
He is focused mainly on state’s attempts to contest a non-derogable nature of right to life and freedom of torture in times of emergency situations and during military conflicts. He was an expert and a manager in international projects (implemented in cooperation with the European Commission, the IOM, and the ICMPD) and an expert to Polish government.
Erzsébet Csatlós – is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Szeged, and a regular lecturer at the Faculty’s Graduate School for international students. Her research lies at the intersection of international law, European Union law, and administrative law. Her research portfolio covers procedural guarantees, including those applicable to migration decisions based on national security grounds. She is currently a recipient of the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Maciej Cesarz – PhD in Law, habilitated doctor in Political Science and Public Administration, is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of European Studies. He was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Malta and has lectured in Germany, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Romania, Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Georgia and Morocco.
His research interests focus on EU law, the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ), the internal market, migration and asylum policy, border management, the Schengen acquis, and EU visa policy. His academic work also encompasses EU–Türkiye relations as well as issues related to local and regional self-government and public administration.
Katarzyna Strąk – PhD, Assistant professor at the Department of European Law, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, and member of the Centre for Research on Migration Law of this institution. Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg (Feb 2017). In 2018, she worked as an expert for the European Commission evaluating grant applications under Horizon 2020; in 2023-2026 as an expert for the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) and in 2019 and 2024, as an expert for the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). Her research interests include the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and EU Citizenship.
Shubhi Thakur – is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Christ University (Pune Lavasa Campus), India. She holds an LLM in Public International Law from Queen Mary University of London and is currently pursuing her PhD in international legal studies.
Her teaching and research focus on Public International Law, Maritime Law, Law of the Sea, Aviation Law, International Trade Law, International Refugee Law, and International Criminal Law. Shubhi’s work explores the effectiveness and fairness of migration and refugee law from a comparative perspective, with particular interest in international standards, EU frameworks, and India’s domestic practices. She regularly engages with contemporary challenges in migration governance and is keen to contribute to global academic discussions on these issues.
Ewa Pogorzała – PhD, employed as an assistant professor at the Department of Human Rights within the Institute of Political Science and Security Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Rzeszów. Between 2002 and 2007, she undertook full-time doctoral studies at the Department of Ethnic Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, and obtained her PhD degree in political science on the basis of her doctoral thesis entitled ‘National and Ethnic Minorities in the Polish State’s Education Policy, 1944–1966’. From 2012 to 2016, she was a member of the board of the Foundation for Social Diversity (FRS), and has been a member of the Foundation’s Council since 2016. From 2015 to 2020, she was a member of the Expert Committee on Migrants at the Office of the Ombudsman in Poland.
Research interests: ethnic policy, migration, integration of foreign nationals, the situation of migrant children, national and ethnic minorities, education policy towards minorities and migrants, anti-discrimination and equal treatment.
Anna Kosińska – graduate of an art history programme at the Faculty of Humanities of the John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin (KUL) and doktor habilitowany (post-doctoral degree) of law and professor of KUL and of the University of Szczecin. Co-creator of the MIGRA-TEAM research team at the Rule of Law Institute.
Coordinator of the Foreigners’ Section of the Legal Clinic at the University of Szczecin and of numerous projects dedicated to helping and integrating migrants (i.a. Support for Voluntary Returns in Lublin Region I and II co-financed from the funds of the European Return Fund). Author of monographs and publications on migration and refugee law and coordinator of NCN projects, now: “Ombudsman jako gwarant ochrony praw podstawowych migrantów” [The Ombudsman as a guarantor of protection of fundamental rights of migrants”].
Zofia Niedźwiecka – lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin, member of the Department of International Law, and member of the MIGRA – Szczecin research team. Her academic interests include international law, European Union law, and human rights protection.
Aleksander Poczewski – lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin, member of the Department of International Law, and member of the MIGRA – Szczecin research team. His academic interests include international law, European Union law, and human rights protection.