At the last Scientific Council, the candidates for new heads of three centers in our Institute were presented.
As of January 1, 2021, Mikołaj Lewicki, Ph.D., Anna Wnuk, Ph.D., and Aleksandra Goldys, Ph.D., have been appointed new heads of centers at ISS.

• Mikołaj Lewicki, Ph.D., has been appointed head of the Center for Political Research.
• Anna Wnuk, Ph.D., has been appointed head of the Center for Psychological Research.
• Aleksandra Gołdys, Ph.D. has been appointed head of the Social Challenges Unit .

We would like to congratulate all the new heads and promise our support for the planned scientific undertakings.
We also count on the former directors’ further involvement in setting new directions for the centers’ development.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of a long-time ISS employee – Adam Gregorczyk, who we will miss both as a cordial man and a kind colleague and a top-class specialist. We ask his family and loved ones to accept our condolences.

Congratulations to Szymon Talaga (http://iss.uw.edu.pl/szymon-talaga/) from ISS on winning the PRELUDIUM grant for the project entitled “Outline of the network and geometric theory of social structure”.

Congratulation to Wiktor Marzec on the publication of his book „Rising Subjects The 1905 Revolution and the Origins of Modern Polish Politics” which has been just published by the University of Pittsburg Press: https://upittpress.org/books/9780822946120/

We congratulate Mikołaj Biesaga on wining a National Science Center (NCN) of Poland grant entitled “Situational and cognitive determinants of the ability to produce random series”. Read more: http://iss.uw.edu.pl/en/sytuacyjne-i-poznawcze-determinanty-zdolnosci-do-tworzenia-ciagow-losowych/

In connection with the introduction of an epidemic emergency on 13 March 2020, work ar the ISS is carried out remotely. The building at 5/7 Stawki Street is closed until further notice. Detailed information about the work of the University of Warsaw during this period is provided in the Rector’s order: http://en.uw.edu.pl/rectors-statement-regulating-the-functioning-of-uw/