Academics from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań  have completed a teaching and research stay at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest thanks to the  CEEPUS mobility scheme. From February 23 to March 1, 2025, Prof. Tomasz Brańka, Prof. Łukasz Donaj, and Prof. Jarosław Jańczak visited the Department of Social and Economic Geography. In cooperation with their Hungarian partners, they conducted lectures, discussed details of further collaboration, and examined integration processes in the border regions of Central Europe. Each visiting professor prepared six hours of lectures and seminars, covering the following topics:

• Migration crisis on the EU-Belarusian border,
• Geography and geopolitics of Poland in the context of recent change(s),
• Changing Geopolitics of European Integration: Spatial and Political Challenges – from Greenland to Ukraine,
• The Arctic Nexus: Geopolitical Transitions and Europe’s Stake in the North.

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On March 4 (2025) the Faculty of Public Policies of the Silesian University in  Opava  organised  a public debate titled: ‘Czech Republic and Slovakia on the edge of the future’. The discussion  focused on key political issues of the present and offered perspectives of experts and students from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Speakers included Pavel Tuleja and Lukáš Vomlela, both from the Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy in Opava. The Slovak perspective was presented by Martin Švikruha and Dalibor Mikuš from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia. Students from both universities took an active part in the debate, bringing their views and perspectives on the topics discussed. The main topics of the debate covered the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, the role of the Visegrad Group countries, current political situation in Slovakia and the importance of democratic values, especially in the context of the young generation. See the whole debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISlCsqGvu-g  See the pictures >>>