9TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON EQUALITY:
NEWEST TENDENCIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE PROTECTION AGAINST
DISCRIMINATION
(hybrid formula)
Date and venue: 28-29 November 2025, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski,
Main Library, Chopina street 52 building 9 (Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża w Gorzowie
Wielkopolskim, Biblioteka Główna, Chopina 52/9)
Scientific Committee:
Prof. Aleksandra Szczerba, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski/Team Europe
Direct/PTSE/PECSA
Prof. Beata Orłowska, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski/ Regional Center
for International Debate in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Lubusz Voivodeship
Prof. Joanna Lubimow, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Prof. Valeria Di Comite, University of Bari Aldo Moro/Europe Direct Puglia
Prof. Michal Vašečka, Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts/Paneuropean University in
Bratislava
Prof. Marta Witkowska, Warsaw University/Team Europe Direct
Adw. Filip Woziński, District Bar Council in Zielona Góra
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Angela Maria Romito, University of Bari Aldo Moro/JM MODULE COMEU4PAR
Dr. Marcin Galiński, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Dr. Tomasz Marcinkowski, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Dr. Juliusz Sikorski, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Dr. Robert Słabuszewski, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Dr. Bogna Wach, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Dr. Marek Kannchen, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski
LLM Marcin Szott, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Organizers: Faculty of Law and Security of the Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów
Wielkopolski, District Bar Council in Zielona Góra (tbc) and Regional Center for International
Debate in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Lubusz Voivodeship (tbc)
Partners: Polish Society for European Studies – research section „Feminism, Gender and
Equality”, Polish European Community Studies Association (PECSA), Lubuska Młodzieżowa
Akademia Bezpieczeństwa, Team Europe Direct, JM MODULE COMEU4PAR
Patronat honorowy (tbc): Rector of the Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski,
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, Voivode of Lubusz Voivodeship
Patronat medialny: TVP3 Gorzów Wielkopolski (tbc), „Przegląd Europejski”, Studia
Administracji i Bezpieczeństwa” (tbc)
November 28, 2025 (Friday)
Opening of the Conference, 13:30 – 14:00
1) Prof. Elżbieta Skorupska-Raczyńska, Rector of the Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów
Wielkopolski (tbc)
2) Prof. Beata Orłowska, Dean of the Faculty of Law and National Security, Jacob of Paradies
University in Gorzów Wielkopolski (tbc)
Session I. 14:00 – 15:30, Gender as a (troublesome) normative concept
Moderator: prof. Aleksandra Szczerba
1) Prof. Michal Vašečka, Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts/Paneuropean
University in Bratislava, Public attitudes towards transgender people in Slovakia against the background
of low inclusiveness towards otherness in Slovak society
2) Prof. Angela Maria Romito, University of Bari Aldo Moro/JM MODULE COMEU4PAR,
When the Uniform Doesn’t Fit: Gendered Appearance Standards in Italian Police Recruitment under
EU Judicial Review
3) Dr. Stephen Terrett, British Law Centre (based at University of Cambridge) and affiliated
lecturer at University of Warsaw, Sex, Gender and Statutory Interpretation: The UK Courts and the
Meaning of ‘Woman’
4) Prof. Asst. Dr. Judita Krasniqi, Public International Business College Mitrovica – Kosovo,
Europeanization without Transformation? Gender Equality and the Limits of Legal Transposition in
EU-Aspiring Kosovo
discussion
Coffee break 15:30 – 16:00
Session II. 16:00 – 17:30, Equality as a public matter – national and European
perspective
Moderator: prof. Joanna Lubimow
1) Prof. Valeria Di Comite, University of Bari Aldo Moro/Europe Direct Puglia, The principle
of equal treatment between third-country nationals who are long-term residents and nationals in matters of
social security, social assistance and social protection measures under EU Law
2) Prof. Asst. Dr. Labinot Hajdari, Public International Business College Mitrovica Kosovo,
Inclusive and Effective Governance: The Role of Public Administration in Kosovo’s EU and NATO
Aspirations
3) Prof. Aleksandra Szczerba, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski/Team
Europe Direct, Social inclusion or social illusion? The CJEU and protection against discrimination in
headscarf cases
discussion
November 29, 2029 (Saturday)
Session 3. 9:30-11:00 (sesja w języku polskim), Od polskości do europejskości i nie
tylko – o mniejszościach w ujęciu interdyscyplinarnym
Moderator: prof. Beata Orłowska
1) Prof. Iwona Jakimowicz-Pisarska, Naval Academy/PTSE, Aktywność polityczna a prawa
człowieka – dyskryminacja kobiet oczami politolożki (Political activity and human rights –
discrimination against women in the eyes of a political scientis)
2) Prof. Marta Witkowska, Warsaw University/Team Europe Direct, Parlament Europejski wobec
unijnych strategii na rzecz równości – sojusznik czy wyzwania dla równościowych planów Komisji
Europejskiej? (The European Parliament and EU equality strategies – ally or challenge to the
European Commission’s equality plans?)
3) Matt Czyczerski, University Vizja Warsaw/Team Queerowy Club Cologne, Dyskryminacje w
miejszości polonijnej – perspektywa osoby queer z doświadczeniem polskości i migracji (Discrimination
within the Polish diaspora – the perspective of a queer person with experiences of Polish
identity and migration)
4) Joanna Szymanska-Bica, Iluzoryczne przywileje, realne mury. Europejska społeczność w Niemczech
(Illusory Privileges, Real Walls: The European Community in Germany), M.A, RWTH Aachen,
Polnischer Sozialrat.
Dyskusja/discussion
Coffee break 11:00 – 11:30
Session 4. 11:30 – 13:00, Equlity and Criminal Law – promising relationship?
Moderator: Prof. Michal Vašečka
1) Prof. Elisabetta Pietrocarlo, Luiss University, Risk Assessment Tools and Criminal Justice:
Comparative Insights and the AI Act’s response
2) Dr. Marcin Galiński, Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Gang stalking –
a new challenge for criminal law?
3) Prof. Magdalena Grzyb, Jagiellonian University, Femal murder victims. An in-depth look at the
issue of violence against women (tbc)
Disccussion
Closing remarks 12:30 – 13:15
1) Prof. Aleksandra Szczerba (AJP/TED/PECSA/PTSE)
Light lunch 13:15 – 14:00
