UNIWERSYTET EKONOMICZNY W KRAKOWIE

Their core work

The Kraków University of Economics is a Polish higher education institution specializing in economics, social sciences, and quantitative modelling. In H2020, their primary involvement has been in science communication and public engagement through the European Researchers' Night events in the Małopolska region. Their one significant research contribution was in migration modelling and simulation through the FUME project, which accounted for 95% of their total EU funding. This suggests their core research competence lies in econometrics and spatio-temporal modelling applied to socio-economic phenomena like migration.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2014-2017), the university's H2020 activity was limited to basic science communication — promoting research integrity, technology demonstrations, and laboratory open days through the Researchers' Night format. From 2019 onward, two shifts are visible: their public engagement gained an explicit ecology and climate dimension, and they entered substantive research with the FUME project on migration modelling. This suggests a move from pure outreach participation toward applied quantitative research on societal challenges.

Moving from passive outreach roles toward applied socio-economic research, particularly quantitative modelling of migration and demographic trends — expect growing capacity in data-driven policy research.

How they like to work

Exclusively a participant — they have never coordinated an H2020 project. Their Researchers' Night projects are part of large regional consortia (likely led by other Kraków universities), while FUME placed them in a European research consortium. With 20 unique partners across 8 countries, they maintain a moderate network, but their role pattern suggests they contribute specific expertise rather than driving project design.

Connected to 20 unique partners across 8 countries, likely concentrated in Central-Eastern Europe through the Małopolska Researchers' Night consortia, with broader European reach through the FUME migration research project.

What sets them apart

As an economics university, they bring quantitative and econometric modelling skills to societal research — a profile distinct from technical universities or pure social science faculties. Their combination of migration/demographic modelling expertise with strong regional public engagement makes them a useful partner for projects needing economic analysis of societal trends plus dissemination capacity in Poland. However, their H2020 track record is thin, so they are best suited as a contributing partner rather than a project anchor.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FUME
  By far their largest project (EUR 169,740, 95% of total funding), and their only true research project — focused on future migration scenarios using spatio-temporal modelling.
• ECOResearchers4Earth
  Their most recent Researchers' Night project, showing evolution toward ecology and climate themes in public engagement.