Robert Guzik

Jagiellonian University | UJ · Institute of Geography and Spatial Management

Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is rapidly advancing, leading to a sustainable evolution in transportation. AVs offer the promise of enhanced safety, reduced emissions, improved traffic flow, and increased mobility for passengers. However, the integration of AVs into existing traffic networks presents complex challenges related to ecological sus...

Transport activities are a significant factor in environmental pollution, especially in cities. Therefore, measures aimed at electrification of public transport are particularly important. The aim of the paper is to present the origins, status and development dynamics of electromobility in Polish cities, especially the second generation of electrom...

Transport and mobility systems need to be transformed to meet climate change goals and reduce negative environmental and social effects. Despite EU policies having targeted such problems for more than three decades, transitions have been slow and geographically uneven. For effective change to happen, transport and mobility research needs fresh pers...

Inequality is a problem facing the world community, especially in developing countries, that affects urban transport and vice versa. Which possible urban transportation mode will cause the least inequality? This is a vital question. The development of Autonomous vehicles (AV) has made Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAV) one of the future transport mod...

Today, automobile dependency constantly causes traffic congestion, delays, reduced access, increased fuel and energy consumption, and environmental emissions. Automobile dependency has caused many direct and indirect transportation problems that may influence our life. Urban planners and transportation engineers seek to improve transport networks c...

One of the key challenges on the road to sustainable mobility is the development of low/zero emission urban public transport (UPT). This is crucial in order to meet environmental requirements aiming at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. In some countries (e.g., Poland) reduction of air pollution is also an important reason behind the implement...

Spatial accessibility by public transport is an important component of quality of life and an important factor undermining the development of rural areas. It is also a key element of a sustainable mobility system. The capitals of the powiat (county-level tier of administration in Poland) represent the level of the country’s urban hierarchy at which...

The rapid growth of Central European economies has been related to inward FDI, so these countries are often regarded as dependent market economies. What is interesting in this context is the international expansion of some domestic-owned manufacturing companies from Central Europe. Looking through the lens of global production networks (GPN) and ev...

Transport and mobility systems need to be transformed to meet climate change goals and reduce negative environmental and social effects. Despite EU policies having targeted such problems for more than three decades, transitions have been slow and geographically uneven. For effective change to happen, transport and mobility research needs fresh pers...

This report presents 100 questions that have been identified by experts as key priorities for SSH research on transport and mobility, in order to inform and support these goals. Specifically, these questions aim: To promote SSH research in the transition towards a carbon-neutral and socially just European transport system by 2050, which caters for...

The launch of the European Union’s (EU) Horizon Europe programme provides exciting opportunities for Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research to contribute to the fulfilment of the EU’s ambitious policy goals on energy and climate change. This report presents 100 questions that have been identified by experts as key priorities for SSH research...

The authors shed light on the development and the current position of Central Europe in the European automotive production networks in the context of industrial upgrading and territorial embeddedness of transnational corporations, with particular emphasis on Poland. Special attention is given to the emergence of non-production functions, especially...

Przygotowanie do uruchomienia kolejnej odsłony europejskiej polityki spójności zawsze rodzi wiele dyskusji – zarówno w krajach, które są jej wiodącymi beneficjentami, jak i w gronie państw ponoszących główny ciężar finansowania proponowanych rozwiązań. Debaty te, a nawet często spory, są niezbędne. Pokazują, że w Unii Europejskiej jest miejsce na d...

Przygotowanie do uruchomienia kolejnej odsłony europejskiej polityki spójności zawsze rodzi wiele dyskusji – zarówno w krajach, które są jej wiodącymi beneficjentami, jak i w gronie państw ponoszących główny ciężar finansowania proponowanych rozwiązań. Debaty te, a nawet często spory, są niezbędne. Pokazują, że w Unii Europejskiej jest miejsce na d...

The aim of the paper is to identify the main factors and mechanisms behind the development of low-emission public transport vehicles in Polish cities. This innovation is primarily connected with growing environmental requirements for transport, with the EU environmental and transport policies being the key factors. However, strategies of local gove...

The current monograph is the central outcome of the project entitled “Multimodal public transport accessibility of Polish gminas/municipalities” (MULTIMODACC). The project team has managed to realize all the research objectives that were initially adopted, thanks to which, an opportunity arose for the first time to present in the Polish literature...

The main aim of the article is to clarify the characteristics of the method that determines the functional links and gravity towards cities on the basis of public transport connections. The paper delivers a detailed description of the method and provides examples of its application in empirical research conducted by the authors in the years 2010-20...

The authors explore the factors shaping the adoption of low-emission vehicles in urban public transportation in Poland. The country has leapfrogged to a position among European leaders in the manufacturing of hybrid and electric buses within 20 years due to foreign investors (Volvo) and domestic enterprises (Solaris). At the same time, the adoption...

The authors explore the factors shaping the adoption of low-emission vehicles in urban public transportation in Poland. The country has leapfrogged to a position among European leaders in the manufacturing of hybrid and electric buses within 20 years due to foreign investors (Volvo) and domestic enterprises (Solaris). At the same time, the adoption...

Raport przedstawia analizę dotyczącą dostępności komunikacyjnej wybranych miast Małopolski. W ramach badania została oszacowana liczba ludności zamieszkała w izochronach: 0–30, 31–60, 60–90 i 90–120 minut dojazdu do miast: Krakowa, Tarnowa, Nowego Sącza, Nowego Targu, Oświęcimia i Chrzanowa, z uwzględnieniem dostępności drogowej i kolejowej. W publ...

For the last sixty years, two institutions have shaped the destiny of the town of Oświęcim in southern Poland. One of these institutions is globally recognised, its history and development widely researched; the other is well known only amongst Polish industrialists, perhaps Polish economic geographers, and amongst the people of Oświęcim. These two...

The paper considers the effects of the crisis on the restructuring of automotive industry in Poland and its possible impact on the long-term prospects of the sector in the country. The dynamics of Polish automotive exports and the performance of various automotive suppliers located in Poland, depending on their size, ownership, position in supply c...

Głównym celem prezentowanego w książce badania była identyfikacja i delimitacja funkcjonalnych obszarów miejskich, oparte na szczegółowych badaniach powiązań w zakresie migracji, dojazdów do pracy i szkół, połączeń w systemie komunikacji publicznej oraz określeniu dostępności w ramach systemu drogowego województwa pomorskiego. Analiza oparta został...

Gwosdz K., Guzik R., Domański B., 2011, Environmental pressure in fragmented markets: the fall and rise of bus makers in Poland, European Review of Industrial Economics and Policy, Numéro 3, on line since 12 décembre 2011, URL : http://revel.unice.fr/eriep/index.html?id=3317

This article draws on the global value-chain approach to investigate industrial upgrading in the automotive industry of four Central European (CE) countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. We review post-1990 production trends and the associated changes in the geography of automobile production in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) bas...

Guzik R., Micek G., 2008, Impact of Delocalisation on the European Software Industry, [w:] L. Labrianidis (red.), The Moving Frontier: The Changing Geography of Production in Labour Intensive Industries, Ashgate, 229-254.

Over the past 20 years the Polish town of Oświęcim, the site of the most infamous death camp, has seen a series of well-publicised disputes over land use around the Auschwitz Museum. Each of these disputes has featured certain groups making certain claims for the ‘appropriate’ use of land. The public's perception outside Poland of these disputes ha...

The growing economic rivalry among regions and localities along with accelerating technological change translate into competition, which is increasingly knowledge-based. Access to education is fundamental to a knowledge based economy and for a spread of the information society. Only countries and regions with well educated citizens are capable to p...