The European Centre
for Penological Studies
im. prof. Genowefy Rejman
The European Centre
for Penological Studies
im. Genowefy Rejman
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2025.04.08
The Chair was established to replace the Department of Culturally Integrated Legal and Social Studies, which, on the initiative of Jarosław Utrat-Milecki and with the collaboration of Jadwiga Królikowska had been established during the reforms of the Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialization by the resolution of the Senate of the University of Warsaw on 17 December 2008. The establishment of the Chair was formally possible when the President of the Republic of Poland conferred on 18 February 2025 the title of full professor in social sciences in the discipline of the legal sciences on Jarosław Utrat-Milecki.
Jarosław Utrat-Milecki, as a Professor of the University of Warsaw, has been the Chief of that Unit since the Rector of the University of Warsaw nominated him for the first time to the post of Professor of Law of the University of Warsaw following the resolution of the Senate of the University of Warsaw of 18 November 2009.

2025.03.03
By the decision of 18 February 2025, the President of the Republic of Poland conferred the title of Full Professor of Social Sciences in the discipline of Legal Sciences on Jarosław Utrat-Milecki.
2025.01.08

2024.06.03
On Monday 3rd June 1pm (1hr) The Center organized a special online seminar with Dr Lucy Welsh (Sussex) and Professor Jadwiga Królikowska (Warsaw) as they presented their recent research into judicial cultures in England & Wales and Poland, respectively.
"The Lay of the Law: Legal professionals’ attitudes to the Magistracy" - Dr Lucy Welsh
"Judges on Punishment: Sociological Research" – Prof. Jadwiga Królikowska

2024.06.03
Comments on death penalty in the programme World TV "How we got here, by Jarosław Utrat-Milecki",

2024.04.17
17 of April 2024 Seminar on the chosen questions of the reforms of criminal law in Poland and England and Wales, the presentations by Jarosław Utrat-Milecki and Stephen Shute organize by Institute of Criminology of University of Sussex with the European Centre for Penological Studies, meeting with platform ZOOM
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–––> Seminar on ZOOM here

2024.04.02
Edition of Archives of Criminology Volume nr 45 issue 2/2023, prepared in cooperation with European Centre for Penological Studies of University of Warsaw. Special issue "Changing penologies and European crime policy. Theory and practice in the global context, guest edtiors: Joanna Banach-Gutierres, University of Warmia and Mazury, Tom Daems, KU Leuven, Institute of Criminology, Belgium, Anthea Hucklesby University of Birmingham, Jarosław Utrat-Milecki, European Centre for Penological Studies University of Warsaw.

2024.01.19
European Centre for Penological Studies with the collaboration of the Chair of Criminology of IPSiR organizes the working Seminar and study visit Criminal Justice in the 21 st Century (2nd Seminar) with the participation of our Colleagues from of University of Sussex: prof. Stephenem Shute, prof. Mark Walters, dr Paul McGuinnness, dr Simone Santorso, dr Lucy Welsh, dr Luca Follis, dr Hannah Mason-Bish.
OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAMME
January 22nd to 23rd of 2024
January 22nd, 2024,
10:15 a.m. (20 Podchorążych Street)
10:15 – 11:45 a.m. LECTURE
Professor Stephan Shute The Origins and Development of Imprisonment in the United Kingdom. (room 44)
12:15 p.m. Seminar Criminal Justice in the 21 st Century. (room 37)
Presentations, discussions, proposals, suggestions and ideas for research , publications and future collaboration.
January 23, 2024,
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Meeting at the Office for International Programmes (venue to be decided)

2024.01.09
European Centre for Penological Studies is organizing on 20-24 of January 2024 workshops with Colleagues from University of Sussex: prof. Stephen Shute, prof. Mark Walters, dr Paul McGuinness, dr Simone Santorso, dr Lucy Welsh, dr Luca Follis and dr Hannah Mason-Bish. The primary goal of workshops will be for participants to present on their research so we may plan possible future research collaborations. Workshops will be organised in IPSiR ul. Podchorazych 20, Warsaw, by European Centre for Penological Studies in collaboration with the Chair of Criminology of IPSiR.

2023.11.15
15 of November 2023, Rector of University of Warsaw awarded J. Utrat-Milecki
A Distinction for scholarly Achievement, and here is a link to the text.

General penology, volume 1

General penology. Volume 2
