On May 21–22, 2026, the conference “Education in the Face of Disinformation. Social Insurance in a Crisis of Trust” will take place, organized jointly by the Polish Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) and the Krakow University of Economics.
Among the speakers will also be the head of the Laboratory of Media Studies at the University of Warsaw (LBM UW) – Tomasz Gackowski, who will deliver a presentation titled: “Images of ZUS in the Era of Post-Truth and Disinformation”.
What happened to the Hundred Acre Wood after one hundred years?
And what do droughts, floods, disappearing bees, and… our everyday decisions have to do with it?
We highly recommend this remarkable book created by a member of LBM UW together with Piotr Welek. “The Hundred Acre Wood After One Hundred Years” is a story for both younger and older readers about climate change, agency, and how local actions can make a difference.
Most Poles expect clear restrictions on social media – both for adults and for children.
A nationwide CATI survey conducted this April by the Laboratory of Media Studies at the University of Warsaw and the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication at the Jagiellonian University shows that more than three quarters of respondents support fines for public humiliation online, more than half want the minimum age for creating a social media account to be raised to at least 16, and 62% would support a ban on smartphone use in schools at least during lessons. Poles also call for regulation of so-called sharenting – parents publishing images of their children online.
The Laboratory of Media Studies (University of Warsaw) and IDMiKS UJ have completed the nationwide public opinion study “Poles on social media regulation and child protection online. CATI Survey 2026”
This year’s edition closed with a record result of 4,530 completed interviews!
Warm thanks go to our interviewers and research teams from the University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University for their dedication, professionalism, and exemplary cooperation, which made this outstanding achievement possible.