Dr hab. Łukasz Korporowicz (Associate Professor at the University of Lodz), the new University of Lodz Vice-Rector for Research.
University of Lodz faces major challenges in the field of research and science. Once again, we want to take part in the IDUB competition and compete with the best Polish universities to be among the ten research universities. There is yet another evaluation of our disciplines and many other challenges related to the daily activities of our scientists and their support teams ahead of us. I am sure that Vice-Rector Łukasz Korporowicz will help us achieve all the strategic goals. Once again, I would also like to thank Professor Zbigniew Kmieciak for almost 3 years of cooperation as part of the Rector's Board
– says Rector of the University of Lodz Prof. Elżbieta Żądzińska.
The essence of each university’s activity, including the University of Lodz, is to conduct scientific research. All the other pillars of academic activity result from research – didactics or social commitment. In today's world, conducting scientific research faces numerous challenges. They are not challenges that can be called worse or better than those in the past. They are simply different from those faced by scientists a few or a dozen or so years ago. However, I am sure that together, as a university, we are able to achieve the highest quality of conducted research.
I am very grateful to the Rector for the trust she has placed in me by entrusting me with the role of the Vice-Rector for Research. I know that there is a lot of work ahead of me, including the need to 'learn' the methods and specifics of working in disciplines other than the one I represent. However, I firmly believe in the strength of the academic community
– says the new University of Lodz Vice-Rector for Research.
Dr hab. Łukasz Jan Korporowicz, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz was born in 1986 in Lodz. He graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz in 2010 and in Canon Law from the Faculty of Canon Law, University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in Warsaw in 2016. Prof. Korporowicz obtained the degree of Doctor of Law in 2015 and Habilitation in social sciences in the discipline of legal sciences in 2020. From the beginning of his academic career, he has been associated with the Department of Roman Law. Since December 2022, he has also been the Head of the Centre for Anglo-American Legal Tradition. In the past, he was committed to organisational activities for the faculty and the university. He held the position of the Dean’s Representative for Evaluation and Vice-Dean for Research. He was also a member of the University of Lodz 2021-2030 Strategy Team.
Prof. Łukasz Jan Korporowicz’s main research interests include comparative legal history, reception of Roman law in England, English legal history, American legal history and the broadly understood history of legal education and legal professions. He also deals with the issues concerning the presence of Roman law in the history of Polish law and the impact of Roman law on medieval canon law. He is an author of several dozen scientific publications. He has conducted research, primarily of an archival nature, at numerous British universities, including the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge as well as the University of Edinburgh. He is a member of international and national scientific societies, including the Selden Society, the American Society for Legal History, the Royal Historical Society and the Polish Legal History Society. As part of the last one, he actively works within the Scientific Committee. One of its main goals is to create a new synthesis of the history of Polish law.
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