Solidarity Studies

• Programme: six modules and a research project in each
• Labs: classes at the European Solidarity Centre
• Qualifications: micro-credentials for every module
• After graduation: leading change in communities and organisations

Solidarity Studies at the University of Gdańsk (UG) is a full-time, English-taught second-cycle (Master's) programme at the Faculty of Social Sciences, lasting 1.5 years (3 semesters). It is meant for people who want to learn not just how to adapt to rapid social, economic and climate change, but how to overcome such crises together – with solidarity as a practised value.

Programme: six modules and a research project in each

The curriculum consists of six modules, each showing a different dimension of solidarity: Solidarity in General, Solidarity Economy, Diverse Solidarity, Solidarity, Now!, Solidarity Society and Solidarity Politics.

Every module includes guest lectures by researchers and experts on solidarity in its contemporary contexts, as well as a Study and Research Project. In these projects you carry out research on current social, political and climate realities and test your theoretical knowledge against them. All six completed projects make up the content of the Master's thesis, defended at the end of the final semester.

Labs: classes at the European Solidarity Centre

The European Solidarity Centre co-runs the programme with UG, and part of the classes take place in its building – with access to the permanent exhibition „Roads to Freedom”, a thematic library and numerous social, cultural and artistic events.

Qualifications: micro-credentials for every module

After graduation: leading change in communities and organisations

Graduates are prepared to act as animators and leaders of change, for example by:

• working in public institutions such as offices and schools, in non-governmental organisations and in companies
• establishing and developing a non-governmental organisation or a social economy entity
• supporting public administration, local government and business teams in implementing changes focused on the common good
• promoting the inclusion of individuals and groups at risk of exclusion and marginalisation
• continuing research in solidarity studies centres – the programme was developed with scholars from a European network of solidarity researchers

Did you know? The grassroots social movement „Solidarity” was born in Gdańsk, and in August 1980 the city saw the peaceful revolution that led to the fall of the communist regime – which is why UG is a natural place to study solidarity.

As of the 2026/27 admissions, based on the programme page at rekrutacja.ug.edu.pl.