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may serve as an example of carrying out the transfer of knowledge requirement
within the European Research Area 35 .
2.4. Transport as a field of scientific research in Poland
Research in the field of transport and logistics has been conducted for many
years also in Poland – as the activity of specialized research institutes, as well as
higher learning institutions: universities (Gdañsk, Szczecin), technical universities
(majority), economic universities (Warsaw School of Economics, University
of Economics in Katowice and Poznañ Economic University) as well a military
academies. Transport as a field of research has also been included in the National
Framework Programme (Memorandum No 1 issued by the Minister of
Science and Informatization on 21.09.2005 announcing the National Framework
Programme 36 ), wherein “transport infrastructure” was identified as one of nine
strategic research areas (next to: health, environment, agriculture and food, state
and justice, security, information technology, energy and resources), with priority
assigned to:
– elements of construction, operation and safety of transport systems and
resources,
– transport process management systems 37 .
Research in the area of transport economics is also conducted in Poland 38 .In
reviewing the work in the field one may risk saying that the standards are high
35 Green Paper. The European Research Area: New perspectives, Brussels 04.04.2007, KOM(2007)161 final
version, pp. 19-20.
36 Official Journal of the Minister of Science and Infromatization No 10, 2005, Item. 47.
37 This direction “includes modern transport systems, as well as intelligent transport information
and management systems. The main issue is full integration in the management of transport processes
in Poland and ensuring their compatibility with the EU systems. Thanks to the studies conducted,
it will be possible to increase transport interoperability and ensure compatibility and complementary
character of various types of transport. The studies will allow for increase in operativeness
of various modes of transport and combining them into uniform regional and national systems”
– Krajowy Programme Ramowy. Zasady, procedura i tematyka (“National Framework Programme – Procedures
and Topics”), Minister Edukacji i Nauki, Warszawa 2005, http://www.nauka.gov.pl/mein/_gAllery/15/20/15203/Krajowy_Programme_Ramowy.pdf,
as of 09.05.2007.
38 Currently, according to the data of Information Processing Centre at the Ministry of Science and
Higher Education (Oœrodek Przetwarzania Informacji przy Ministerstwie Nauki i Szkolnictwa
Wy¿szego), there are 177 economists in Poland with a doctoral degree, who list transport economics
among their research interests, out of this number, at least 71 have an associate professor title. In the
area of technical sciences, 498 persons are active in the field of transport, with some of them listing
as their area of study transport simultaneously with the term ‘economics’ or ‘organization and management’.
Therefore, it may be concluded that in total there over 600 scientists active in the field of
transport recorded in the databases of the Information Processing Centre – www.opi.org.pl, as
of 09.05.2007.
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