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Department of Logistics and Transport Systems

The core research and teaching activities of the Department of Logistics and Transport Systems focus on the economic and organisational aspects of the functioning and development of the transport and logistics sector, with particular emphasis on maritime transport and seaports. The key research and teaching areas of the Department of Logistics and Transport Systems include:

  • Optimisation of transport infrastructure networks and logistics facilities, including: development of transport terminals and the creation of logistics networks; methods and tools for optimising the development of transport infrastructure; as well as models and forms of its financing; and infrastructural challenges of contemporary transport policy.
  • Intelligent and innovative solutions for transport, logistics and mobility, including: implementation, use and economic assessment of innovative pro-environmental technologies and organisational solutions for modern logistics and transport; analysis and evaluation of contemporary concepts for the development of sustainable transport services that improve mobility in urban agglomerations; research on the preferences, behaviour and consumption patterns of transport stakeholders.

  • Modelling of competitive market structures in the transport and logistics sector, including:  analysis of markets in this sector using quantitative and qualitative methods; assessment of the socio-economic effects of the commercialisation of transport infrastructure; issues related to optimising the functioning of global supply chains; development of logistics systems and processes in enterprises; and regulation of the transport system at both national and international level.

    The Department of Logistics and Transport Systems plays a leading role in educating students on the Innovative Economy degree programme, in the specialisation ‘Transport and Logistics Systems’ offered at Bachelor’s degree (first-cycle) level and the specialisation ‘Transport and Logistics in the Global Economy’ offered at the Master’s degree (second-cycle) level. We also run the postgraduate programme ‘Logistics and International Transport’.

    An important aspect of the Department’s activity is cooperation with domestic and foreign enterprises, organisations and institutions in the transport and logistics sector. This cooperation includes the implementation of joint research and development projects as well as the preparation of reports, analyses and expert opinions for business practice.

    Representatives of the Department actively participate in initiatives and projects important for the development of the TSL (transport–shipping–logistics) sector, as well as in congresses, conferences, symposia and public debates devoted to the development of transport and logistics, such as: Baltexpo, Gdynia Economic Forum, Intermodal Transport Forum FRACHT and Transport Week.