On September 26, 2024, a person was selected for the position of doctoral student within the UrbEaT research project. The competition was won by Zuzanna Kurowska, who will carry out her doctoral thesis on the study of thermal comfort and adaptive behavior of elderly people using Experience Sampling and agent-based modeling methods.
On June 1, 2024, the student selected in the UrbEat research project scholarship competition was selected. The competition was won by Zuzanna Kurowska. Zuzanna Kurowska is a graduate of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University. Her master's thesis dealt with the topic of student housing, simulating the student housing market using an agent-based modeling method.
On June 10 at 10:00 am we invite you to the last scientific seminar of this academic year! This time we will look at how the effects of climate change affect urban residents. Especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, are the elderly, and it is to them that the presentation will be dedicated. During the seminar, Dr. Zofia Boni will present the results of the EmCliC Project, implemented in Warsaw [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen, you are cordially invited to a lecture by Prof. Ewa Bednorz entitled. Heat waves in the city on the example of Poznan, which will be held on May 24 at 12:00 p.m. The lecture will be held in remote form on the MS Teams platform. Registration for the lecture is available at the link: https://urbeat.site/seminaria-naukowe/.
Air temperature is one of the key characteristics of the environment surrounding humans. This is especially true for the impacts of temperature on public health and human well-being and quality of life. A consequence of climate change is the increasing occurrence of heat waves and tropical nights, among other things, weather situations that cause very severe heat stress. Such conditions cause significant stress on the human body, which [...]
Dear all, you are cordially invited to the lecture by Prof. Marta Jankowska entitled Is home where the heat is? Comparing residence-based with time-weighted mobility-based measures of microclimate exposure in San Diego, California, to be held on May 10 at 12:00 p.m. The lecture will be held remotely on the MS Teams platform. Registration for the lecture is available on our website under [...]
We would like to invite you to a lecture by Dr. Katarzyna Broczek, who will give a lecture on April 26 at 12:00 pm entitled. , "The impact of heat on human health". The lecture will be held remotely on the Teams platform. Registration for this and other seminars is available in the tab , "Scientific seminars" available on the website. Registration for the seminar: sign up!
, "Urban greenery mitigates the effects of an urban heat island: a comparative study of Beijing and Warsaw". Research project on how urban development affects the intensity of urban heat islands.
Funding National Science Center Grant number 2023/48/Q/HS4/00147