Dr Aleksandra Mroczek-Żulicka is a teacher by education and at heart. She has become a geographer by choice. Her research interests include creative approach to tourism and recreation. She is also a fan of teaching, a tutor and the supervisor of "Włóczykije" - the University of Lodz Student Science Club of Tourism Geographers.
What inspired you to become a scientist?
The stay in Sweden as part of the Erasmus scholarship during my MA studies was particularly inspiring. Contact with people with broad horizons and ambitious plans made me think about my professional career in a different way. I wanted to be able to discover and share my knowledge and skills with others.
What impact does your work have on the surrounding reality?
I am interested in the city and its creative potential. By researching creative initiatives in Lodz, I discover other, less known faces of it and the passionate people working there. It is important for me to look for original, but also valuable solutions in the field of organising urban tourism and recreation.
How do you understand the term: profession of a scientist?
For me, a scientist is a person who infects others with the desire to seek the truth and do good job.
More information about Dr Aleksandra Mroczek-Żulicka’s work
Implementation of a research project thanks to the National Science Centre funds
Rola organizacji miejskiej przestrzeni rekreacyjnej w rozwoju rekreacji twórczej. Przykład Łodzi [The role of the urban recreational space organisation in the development of creative recreation. The example of Lodz]
- The project objective was to explain the role of the urban recreational space organisation in the development of creative recreation using the example of the city of Lodz.
- The cognitive goal of the project was to identify outdoor creative recreation in urban recreational space, its arrangement and methods of organisation.
- The scientific objectives include: testing and verification of the theory of creative recreation organisation in the urban recreational space using the example of Lodz and assessing its usefulness.
- The methodological goal was primarily to create a model of urban recreational space conducive to the organisation of creative recreation through an analysis of participants of outdoor creative recreation, characteristics of the organisers of such events and identification of significant elements in the urban recreational space conducive to the outdoor creative recreation organisation.
- The project also had an application goal, which was to elaborate recommendations for local authorities pertaining to the use of the potential of urban recreational space for the development of creative recreation.
Conclusions from the above research will be published in the form of an interview with Dr Aleksandra Mroczek-Żulicka on the website of the University of Lodz in the coming week.
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Source: dr Aleksandra Mroczek-Żulicka (Institute of Urban Geography, Tourism Studies and Geoinformation, Faculty of Geographical Sciences)
Edit: Michał Gruda (Communications and PR Centre, University of Lodz)
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