FOUNDATION COUNCIL

Professor ZBIGNIEW BAJEK

An artist and teacher with deep sensitivity to the problems of exclusion, identity and freedom. Associated with the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he runs interdisciplinary creative studios and educates successive generations of artists, inspiring critical reflection on the contemporary world. His work combines painting, drawing, photography and paratheatrical activities, taking up the theme of crossing borders, fighting for dignity and places of marginalized voices. Author and curator of projects with strong socio-cultural overtones, such as Labyrinth of Freedom, Taming Kafka or Freedom is a Woman. Collaborated with theatres, designed scenography and graphic identification, creating art that becomes a form of dialogue about man and his right to be heard. He has over 70 individual exhibitions to his credit and has participated in over 400 collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad.

Professor TADEUSZ GADACZ

Philosopher, professor at the Faculty of Humanities of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, student and long-time collaborator of Józef Tischner. For years, he has combined his academic passion with involvement in social dialogue, consistently promoting reflection on ethics, human rights and responsibility. Scholarship holder of prestigious universities and research institutions in Belgium, the USA, Israel and Austria, also active in the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Ethical Society. Author of over 300 publications, including books such as Critical Thinking, Ethics of Goodness or About Lawlessness and Decency. Distinguished by both scientific communities and students, he lectured at the most important national and international events. His work combines deep knowledge with openness to the challenges of present day: the crisis of critical thinking, the disappearance of ethical values in public life, tensions between freedom and security, the culture of superficiality and questions about the place of religion and spirituality in a secularized world.

EWA MACURA-NNAMDI, PhD

Professor of Literary Studies at the University of Silesia, specialist in postcolonial literatures and cultures, as well as issues of migration, refugees, and climate change. She explores the Black Anthropocene, blue humanities, and cultural representations of climate catastrophes, especially in the context of Africa and its diaspora. Author of numerous publications, including co-editor of the thematic issue of Angelaki devoted to water, and is currently working on the book Fictions of Water: Refugees and the Sea. A two-time winner of the OPUS NCN grant, she runs projects combining literature, climate, and the social consequences of global transformations. Engaged in international cooperation, she promotes critical reflection on the contemporary world through the prism of literature and engaged humanities.