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University Centre of Excellence IMSErt - Interacting Minds, Societies, Environments

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SKILLS Boot camp – Bachotek 25-28 June 2025

SKILLS Boot Camp (25 – 28 June 2025, at the Bachotek resort) is a field event where NCU researchers meet, talk to each other, and learn from each other. It provides a series of strictly practical, hands-on workshops, as well as a general meeting point to share experiences and know-how. The main aim of the camp is to unlock NCU’s full potential for horizontal collaboration between labs and researchers representing diverse disciplines, through transfer of knowledge, mapping out resources, and community building.

As an IMSErt event, the SKILLS Boot Camp concentrates on humanities and social sciences, but is not limited to these areas. Participation is free to all IMSErt members, as well as other NCU employees and students depending on availability, and accommodation and food will be provided (see below). Registration of participants will open in May.

The SKILLS Boot Camp is organised under the patronage of  NCU vice-rector for research, prof. Adam Kola

WORKSHOPS

Confirmed topics


Proposed topics (to be confirmed)

 

GENERAL SCHEDULE

24 June 2025
SKILLS Boot Camp will be preceded by a smaller academic event AOMS4: Annual Ocular Morphology Seminar 4

25 June 2025
15:00 – 18:00 – practical workshops
18:00 – 19:00 – flash talks / social activities

26 June 2025
10:00 – 13:00 – practical workshops
13:00 – 15:00 – lunch
15:00 – 18:00 – practical workshops
18:00 – 19:00 – flash talks / social activities

27 June 2025
10:00 – 13:00 – practical workshops
13:00 – 15:00 – lunch
15:00 – 19:00 – flash talks / social activities

28 June 2025
10:00 – 13:00 – practical workshops

LOGISTICS

Accommodation – accommodation will be provided free of charge in shared 4-person wood cottages. Private (individual) accommodation is not provided.

Food – basic meals (lunch as well as breakfast / dinner provisions) will be served or provided on site.

Transport – participants are advised to arrange their own transport from / to the venue. However, one connection from/to Torun per day will be provided to bootcamp participants.

Internet – tbc

DETAILED SCHEDULE – to be announced in May


Propose to teach a workshop or activity

Sign up as a participant (registration will open in May)

 

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

Science for policy – your way in
Adam Izdebski
10 participants, English, ca. 3 hrs
Many scientists believe they do something of relevance to society, but they have no idea how policymaking and politics work – and how to make their way into this world. The goal of the workshop is, first, to share some first-hand experience of the convener at the EU level (EU Commission, EU Parliament), second, to work together on the concrete ideas that the participants will come with, and third, map resources that could be helpful for making first steps into the science for policy world.

From Screens to Science: Accessing and Analysing Internet Faces for Social Psychology Research
Vojtěch Fiala
13 participants, English
Facial characterisation is a fundamental component of human social psychology, serving as an unavoidable entry point in interpersonal communication. This case has long been recognised by marketers and film producers, who have rarely let ethical concerns stand in the way of saturating audiences with high-quality, highly appealing faces. In recent years, this trend has intensified online – particularly on social media. In this hands-on course, I will demonstrate how to access facial stimuli from the internet and process them into a format suitable for research purposes. I will also present examples of the data generated during this process and showcase the types of analyses they can support. As internet-sourced faces constitute publicly available personal data, we will also discuss the legal and ethical considerations involved in their use. Finally, I will briefly introduce how the tools of geometric morphometrics, demonstrated in the course, can be applied to other types of human artefacts (evolutionary psychology, archaeology, cultural evolution).

Od myśli do licencji – komercjalizacja w naukach społecznych
Agnieszka Hamerlińska
20 participants, Polish English, ca. 3 hrs
Praktyczny warsztat rozwijający umiejętności przekładania dokonań naukowych na proces tworzenia produktów według następujących etapów: 1. Znalezienie pomysłu 2. Uzasadnienie tworzenia 3. Kreowanie produktu 4. Testowanie materiału 5. Patent i komercjalizacja. Praca w 5-os. grupach.