Conference programme

Organizers:
Institute of Political Science and Security Studies
of the University of Szczecin
Faculty of Research on Migration and Social Movements
Faculty of Security Studies
in cooperation with:
Polish Society for Political Science (PTNP) Szczecin branch

Day one
6 June 2024

ul. Krakowska 71-79

Registration: 9.00- 10.00, room 194

10:00 - 10.30 - official opening of the conference, Room 194

prof. dr hab. Waldemar Tarczyński, Rector of the University of Szczecin

Bogdan JAROSZEWICZ, Member of the Management Board of the West Pomeranian Region

dr hab. Tomasz CZAPIEWSKI, professor of the University of Szczecin - Director of the Institute of Political Science and Security Studies of the University of Szczecin

dr hab. Irena RAMIK-Mażewska, professor of the University of Szczecin, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Szczecin

dr hab. Jarosław PIĄTEK, professor University of Szczecin - Head of the Chair of Political Science and Security Studies of the University of Szczecin

10.15 - 11.15 Discussion panel, room 194 – in Polish 

POLITICAL AND MILITARY ASPECTS OF WAR

Chair: dr hab. Jarosław PIĄTEK, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin

Participants: 
colonel Krzysztof GRAMSZ, Land Operations Center – Land Component Command (COLąd-DKL) 
colonel Piotr WŁADZIMIRUK, Chief of the Provost Marshal Office
Paweł ANDRZEJEWSKI President of the Management Board of ATC HUB Sp. z o.o.

11.15-12.00 DRONE SHOW (outside the building of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Szczecin)

12.00 - 12.30 Coffee break, room 107

12.30 - 13.30 Discussion panel, room 194 – in Polish

STANDING TOGETHER – REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES FOR WAR REFUGEES IN THE ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE PROVINCE

Chair: dr Dorota KOWALEWSKA, University of Szczecin 

Participants: 
dr Miroslava RUDYK, University of Szczecin, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
dr Shivan FATE, Head of the Police Poviat
Agnieszka CIEŚLICKA, Deputy Director of the Regional Centre for Social Support of the Governor of Office of the Zachodniopomorskie Province 
Marta KOTUCH, Deputy Director of Municipal Family Support Centre in Szczecin
Irina LECHOWICZ, President of the YOUkraine Foundation 

14:00 - 15:00 Lunch, room 107

14.30 - 16.00 PLENARY PANEL, room 194 – in Polish 

WAR AS A RESEARCH CATEGORY. REFLECTIONS In the context of the war in Ukraine

Chair: dr hab. Tomasz CZAPIEWSKI, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin

Participants: 

dr hab. Marta WITKOWSKA, professor of the University of Warsaw
Narrations of political circles on the policy of war

dr hab. Anna KOSIŃSKA, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin
Assessment of effectiveness of mitigation measures adopted by the EU due to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine

dr Andrzej RANKE, University of Security in Poznań
War and military threats as a factor of change in Polish and European policy
 
dr Karol KOŚCIELNIAK, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
War is not a continuation of policy by means of other measures. Theoretical reflections on what war is and what it is not

16.00– 16.30 Coffee break, room 107

8.00 - 9.15 ONLINE PANEL I

WOMEN IN THE FACE OF WAR

Chair: dr Maria OCHWAT

Participants:

dr Rukshana ZAMAN, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India
The Hijab and the war for Identity

prof. Barbara Giovanna BELLO, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
The gender dimension of war

prof. Nilüfer NARLI, Bahcesehir Universty, Istanbul, Turkey
Women at war: lessons from the Ukrainian war

prof. Bhimsen DEVKOTA, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Female’s participation in Nepal conflict 1996-2005 

9.30 - 12.15 ONLINE PANEL 2

THE POLITICS OF WAR

Chair: dr Maria OCHWAT

Participants: 

dr Mark Gabriel Wagan AGUILAR, Southern Philippine Academy College, Philippines
Exploring the Philippines-China relations in the West Philippine Sea dispute and its implications to Philippine politics

dr Ahmed Tanimu MAHMOUD, National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Coup D’etat in Africa: analyzing the implication of the exit of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS

dr Jude Uwakwe EKE, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State Nigeria
Propaganda, international conspiracy and the genocide against the Biafrans: an expose on the role of the observers team in Nigeria during the civil war

Aditi BASU, Independent Researcher, India
Indian foreign policy during the Cold War: balancing its stand in geopolitics through soft power diplomacy?

Imelda MJ SIANIPAR, Universitas Kristen Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Navigating the politics of war: Arab nations’ strategic support for Israel over Iran

Ravindra Chandrasiri PALLIYAGURUGE, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Super-wars and developing countries: security dilemma and social protection

Alexander MacDONALD, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
Vichy butter for Nazi guns: the crossroads of finance and propaganda in Vichy France

Benedicta Stella FORTUNAE, Universitas Kristen Indonesia
Agent Orange: The Dioxin legacy and its human toll in postwar Vietnam as depicted in selected short stories of “Family of Fallen Leaves”

dr Solomon OJO, Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
War in politics and its implications on voter apathy in Nigeria: lessons from 2019 and 2023 general elections.

12.30 - 13.45 ONLINE PANEL 3

THE ROLE OF IDEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION IN A CONFLICT

Chair: dr Maria OCHWAT

Participants: 

dr Vedabhyas KUNDU, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Delhi, India

Munazah SHAH, a senior broadcast journalist, India
Learning the path towards peaceful co-existence through the Gandhian Way. Being human, interdependent, literate

prof. Bryan Van NORDEN, Vassar College, New York, United States
Confucians on just war

dr Vipula WANIGASEKERA, Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia
Religious influence on politics - case of Sri Lanka

dr Diptendu SARKAR, Interdisciplinary Institute of Human Security and Governance, Delhi, India
Crime-terror nexus in India

14.00 - 15.30 ONLINE PANEL 4 

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN CONFLICT

Chair: dr Maria OCHWAT

Participants: 

prof. Serajul I. BHUIYAN, Savannah State University, United States
The role of media and propaganda in warfare: investigating the influence on public opinion, recruitment, and conduct of war

dr WAQAS MAHMOOD, GIFT University Pakistan, Pakistan
IFFAT MASOOD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Harnessing the power of social media: promoting peace journalism. Principles and dialogue between Pakistan and India

Ana Maria FLOREA, NSPAS-SNSPA Bucharest Romania/Future University Bucharest, Romania
The rise of the Middle East threat: direct impact on the European Union and the role of disinformation upon the upcoming elections in the EU 

Eleonora MONGELLI, Italian Federation of Human Rights, Rome, Italy
The issue of disinformation during war

Judit ARENAS, UNITED NATIONS, New York, United States
When conflict goes online: disinformation and the battle for hearts and minds

dr Attiya IRAM, The Islamia University Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Media polarization on political conflict in Pakistan

15.45 - 18.00 ONLINE PANEL 5

PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Chair: dr Maria OCHWAT

Participants: 

dr Ridwan, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), Indonesia
Political conflict and transformative Peacebuilding in West Papua, Indonesia 

dr Vinit Kr. Jha UTPAL, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, India
Democracy and development: discourse analysis of Jammu & Kashmir

dr Sampa KUNDU, ASEAN-India Centre, RIS, New Delhi, India
Politics of war – Myanmar’s complex way to peace

dr John WALSH, Krirk University, Bangkok, Thailand
Emergent governance structures when states fail: evidence from several civil wars

dr Oksana KOSHULKO, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukraine or why some totalitarian regimes continue to carry out the politics of war in the 21st century

dr Suzana TRAJKOVSKA KOCANKOVSKA, Foundatio Sizigija, Skopje, North Macedonia
Uniting for democracy: charting North Macedonia’s journey from conflict to democratic stability

dr Sadmir KAROVIĆ, University of Travnik, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prevention of international crimes in the world - expectations and reality

OLAYINKA Iseoluwa Raphael, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun Ogun State, Nigeria
ADENUGA Asimiyu Olayinka, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun Ogun State, Nigeria
OMOJOWO Sunday Toyin, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun Ogun State, Nigeria
IMOLEAYO Mayowa Akinpelu, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom 
Politics of international justice and response of international criminal court to war crimes in Syria

16.30 - 18.00 ON-SITE PANEL 1, room 178 – presentations given in Polish

POLITICAL, ELECTORAL AND MEDIAL CONTEXT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE
                     	 
Chair: dr hab. Marcin ORZECHOWSKI, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin

Participants: 

dr hab. Marcin ORZECHOWSKI, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin
Special electoral operations in Russia-occupied territories – institutional and legal premises for the deconstruction of Ukraine’s nationality

dr hab. Piotr CHROBAK, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin
Bicameral parliament in a unitary state and state security. The case of the Republic of Poland and Romania
                     
dr Marcin WAŁDOCH, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Political and Administrative Science
Political discourse in the Ukrainian-Russian war. The case of New Zealand and small countries on the Pacific

dr Miroslava RUDYK, University of Szczecin, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv 
The role of modern technologies in informing about the war in Ukraine 

mgr Ewa Alicja MAGIERA, University of Szczecin
Fake news, disinformation and hate speech in social media concerning war in Ukraine

16.30 - 18.00 ON-SITE PANEL 2, room 177 – presentations given in Polish

Implications of the war in Ukraine. LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION  

Chair: dr Aleksandra RABA-SCHULZE

Participants: 

dr Piotr OSTROWSKI, University of Szczecin
Poland’s resilience to threats to critical infrastructure as seen in the example of the war in Ukraine

dr MARIA SIKORA, University of Szczecin
Local government support to citizens of Ukraine in the Western Pomerania and to partner regions as seen in the example of the Zachodniopomorskie Province 

dr inż. Marek CHMIELNICKI, Pomeranian University in Słupsk
dr Sylwia WALASIK, Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych im. Ignacego Mościckiego in Ciechanów
Interaction in the sphere of security in the process of preventing war. Security policy

dr Ewa POGORZAŁA, Academy of Zamość
Security of women and children in the context of armed conflicts

mgr Natasza KOZŁOWSKA, University of Szczecin
Political and military aspects of the Polish-Ukrainian conflict over grain in the context of the war in Ukraine

16.30 - 18.00 ON-SITE PANEL 3, room 194 – presentations given in Polish

INTERNATIONAL LAW ASPECTS OF WAR IN UKRAINE

Chair: dr hab. Grzegorz CIECHANOWSKI, prof. US

Participants: 

dr hab. Agnieszka KUSZEWSKA-BOHNERT, professor of the Jagiellonian University, Jagiellonian University 
India and Pakistan towards the war in Ukraine: international and internal context

dr hab. Ewelina WAŚKO-OWSIEJCZUK, University of Białystok
Impact of the war in Ukraine on USA’s geostrategy

dr Julia KOŁODZIEJSKA, University of Szczecin
OSCE’s involvement towards the conflict in Ukraine since 2014. Procedural issues and key obstacles in its regulation process

mgr Agnieszka SZYCH, University of Szczecin
Standards of the international humanitarian law of armed conflicts towards rape as a tool in conducting a war. Selected aspects

mgr BEER, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Legal aspects of protection of products of culture in today’s armed conflicts.

16.30 - 18.00 HYBRID panel 4, room 006, – presentations given in Polish

WAR AND SOCIETY: Challenges and Consequences 

Chair: dr hab. Renata Podgórzańska, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin 

Participants: 

prof. dr hab. Radosław GRABOWSKI, University of Rzeszów
Participation of the President as head of the armed forces in the event of hostilities

prof. dr hab. Sabina GRABOWSKA, University of Rzeszów
Participation of the President as head of the armed forces in the event of hostilities

dr hab. Renata PODGÓRZAŃSKA, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin
War as a factor that shapes the state’s equality policy. Comments in the context of the war in Ukraine

dr hab. Jarosław PIĄTEK, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin
War today. Clausewitz was right.

dr hab. Małgorzata KAMOLA-CIEŚLIK, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin
Impact of the war in Ukraine on Poland’s energy security

dr hab. LUIZA WOJNICZ-SMAL, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin
Humanitarian intervention and national interest. Between humanitarian imperatives and strategic interests

dr Dorota KOWALEWSKA, University of Szczecin
Refugee crisis management in the experience of public institutions and selected social organizations 	  

dr Aleksandra RABA-SCHULZE, University of Szczecin
Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder – psychological consequences of war

19.30 conference dinner

Day two

07 June 2024

9.30 - 11.00 On-site panel 5, room 194 – presentations given in Polish

ABOUT THE WAR IN THE FACE OF WAR

Chair: dr hab. Luiza WOJNICZ-SMAL, professor of the University of Szczecin

Participants: 

dr hab. Fuad JOMMA, professor of the University of Szczecin, University of Szczecin
Syrians - from temporary stay in Turkey to voluntary return

dr Bogdan GUZIŃSKI, Mazovian University in Płock
The picture of crime in the time of war as seen in experiences of the war in Ukraine

dr Marta SZULC, University of Szczecin
Security in the Baltic Sea region and war in Ukraine

dr Paweł MIEDZIŃSKI, Institute of National Remembrance
The Warsaw Pact v NATO? The conflict in Ukraine in the context of a conventional clash at the European Theatre of Operations

dr Oleksandr VERETILNYK, University of Szczecin
Afghanistan towards the war in the Gaza Strip

mgr Yauheni DUDKIN, “Białoruska Chrześcijańska Demokracja” [Belarussian Christian Democracy] foundation
Belarussian society towards the conflict in Ukraine

9.30 - 11.00 ONLINE panel 6  

DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF SECURITY

Chair: dr Maria OCHWAT

Participants: 

Joel Ogechukwu OKOH, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Political violence and its impact on national security: a study of Nigeria

prof. Olena GOROSHKO, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine
Natalija MECHENKOVA, PhD student
Character assassination in wartime

dr Usman A. OJEDOKUN, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Institutional legacy as a trigger of armed violence against the police: manifestations and implications for development in Africa

dr Sudarat TUNTIVIVAT, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand/ Oxford University, the UK
Environmental conflicts in the Mekong region

dr Dickson Ogbonnaya IGWE, National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Armed banditry as a context for the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Security of Zurmi and Shinkaffi L.G.A., Zamfara State, Nigeria (2019-2023)

9.30 - 11.00 ONLINE panel 7 – with the exception of dr Kosman’s - presentations given in Polish 

MULTIDIMENSIONALITY OF PROBLEMS OF WAR AND POST-WAR REALITY

Chair: dr Daniel KAWA, University of Economics and Humanities in Łódź

Participants: 
prof. dr hab. Czesław MAJ, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
War crimes and offences in the light of international conventions

dr Marcin KOSMAN, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw
Strategies of discursive (de)legitimization in selected speeches of President Andrzej Duda pertaining to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

dr Magdalena BIERZYŃSKA-SUDOŁ, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz  
Non-governmental organizations and war refugees – support and hope in the times of crisis

dr Arkadiusz FORDOŃSKI, Mazovian University in Płock
The role of the Ukrinform agency as an instrument in information war in Ukraine 

dr Adriana CZARNECKA
Impact of armed conflicts on modelling the Kurds’ national identity

mgr Stefan PODEDWORNY
Cyberwar policy: disinformation, sense of threat and impact on election results. Use of behavioural economy in managing threats in the sphere of national security

mgr Paulina FILKOWSKA, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

The Russian Federation’s relations with the Republic of Kazakhstan after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

11.45 - 13.45 ONLINE PANEL 8

DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF CONFLICT

Chair: dr Maria OCHWAT

Participants: 
Anshu ARORA, PhD, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida (UP), India
Unlocking empathy: the urgent need for trauma literacy

dr Abdumelik ALKAN, Webster University Georgia
Visual solidarity in Georgia for Ukraine - corpus analysis

prof. Emilia ALAVERDOV, Georgian Technical University, Georgia
The outcomes of Arab Spring and the world migration crisis

prof. Swati CHAKRABORTY, Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan 
Increasing threats to human life globally in the present day world

prof. Nada RATKOVIĆ, University of Split, Split, Croatia
How does war affect education?

prof. Aliaksei ZHURAULIOU, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine
Students’ perceptions of ChatGPT in academic studies: an opportunity or a threat?

Yili FAN, East Point Academy, West Columbia, United States
Theatre as a tool for conflict transformation

11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break, room 107

11. 30 - 13.00 STUDENTS’ PANEL 1, room 178 – presentations given in Polish

Chair: dr Dorota RDZANEK

Participants: 
Emilia KUCHARSKA, Alicja ŁABIK
European Union’s response to the war in Ukraine 

Agata JABŁOŃSKA, Piotr NOWAK
Impact of consumerism on international policy and conflicts

Dominika BOROWSKA, Nikola ROZWORSKA
Impact of right-wing narrations on social moods in the context of the war in Ukraine 

Sofiia GALAIDA
Stages of creating Volodymyr Zelensky’s political image

Czcibor GÓREWICZ
A sword is never the murderer. In is a tool in the hands of the murderer – an early medieval sword

11.30 - 13.00 STUDENTS’ PANEL 2, room 177 – presentations given in Polish

Chair: dr hab. Luiza WOJNICZ-SMAL, professor of the University of Szczecin

Participants: 

Brigita RYNKEVIČIŪTĖ 
War in Ukraine and its consequences for Lithuania’s security

Marcin DOLIŃSKI
80 years of stopping the hemorrhage – Western border quards and their application in the armed forces

Piotr MĘCIK, Kacper KORDA
A clash of centuries. War in Ukraine.

Wiktor MOROZOW, Weronika WESOŁOWSKA
Comparison of police weapons in selected NATO states in the 21st century

Grzegorz MAZUR
Strategies and tactics: politics as a battlefield.

Piotr WILIŃSKI
Disinformation in social media. Analysis of the case of war in Ukraine.

13:00 lunch, room 107