Łukasz Lamża

Łukasz Lamża (born May 25, 1985) is a Polish philosopher, science journalist, and translator of popular science literature. He holds a PhD in philosophy and works at the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Jagiellonian University (CKBI UJ). He is also a columnist for "Tygodnik Powszechny" and a video blogger.
As a philosopher, he specializes in the philosophy of nature and science, including cosmology. He also writes about pseudosciences and futurology. He has published several of his own popular science and philosophical books, translated a dozen, and received two awards. He has also been active in the A.N. Whitehead Metaphysical Society.

See the article about Łucasz on Polish Wikipedia: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81ukasz_Lam%C5%BCa

Łukasz's Fields of interest and edits on pl Wikipedia (20 years’ experience, since 2024)

Biology: flatworms, box jellies, intermediate multicellular organisms, direct flow organisms, glass sponges, micrognathozoa, ribbon worms, jaw worms, gastrotrichs, nematomorpha, beetle systematics, water bears, plesiosaurs, belemnites, millipedes, acanthocephala, priapulida, onychophorans, brachiopods.

Philosophy: Anselm of Canterbury, Protagoras, non-being.

Art History: Italian Mannerism, op-art, hyperrealism, nocturne, nude art, abstract painting, Fauvism, magic realism, primitivism, Barbizon school, Spatialism.
Geology and Cosmology: craton, regmatite network, mantle plume, accretionary wedge, terrane, formation of the Solar System, galaxy formation, plate tectonics, large igneous province, continental crust, oceanic crust, Earth's mantle, regolith, turbidity current.

Others: Hopscotch (novel), Thorgal, history of punctuation.


Sessions

08-09
09:00
45min
Katowice as the European City of Science and the Future of Science Observatory
Łukasz Lamża

Katowice has been selected as the European City of Science for the year 2024. For the whole year, 7 Silesian universities has joined their forces to bring science to the millions of people living in the area, during hundreds of events. One of our legacy projects is the Future of Science Observatory: an open initiative to bring the cutting edge of science closer to anyone interested.

Keynote session
Kyiv Auditorium (interpretation)