Nauka i współpraca naukowa w czasach globalizacji. Polska Akademia Umiejętności i współpraca międzynarodowa

Abstract

Globalization can be considered both as a positive and negative phenomenon, but in the latter case ought to be treated as an ideology. The current reform of science and higher education seems to be – deliberately or not – correlated with globalization. Science is not always global in its character, and needs to focus also on local issues, which are not necessarily peripheral or of lesser significance. If this is so, then science should not be oriented towards competition but rather towards the possibility of dialogue. In this respect, we cannot overvalue the importance of organizing congresses, symposiums, and conferences, especially in the field of humanities. Without such events, science and research begin to decline. They are the fundamental basis for scientific cooperation both on the domestic and international levels; and they best demonstrate the significance of the mutual exchange of ideas between scholars, and its impact on the development of knowledge as such. That is why the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences is in close relation with its Ukrainian counterpart.