What awaits us in 2026?
The year 2025 showed us one thing clearly: in times of uncertainty and rapid change, building resilience is essential — resilience to disinformation, to simplified narratives, and to polarization.
That is why we enter 2026 with the conviction that dialogue, knowledge, and a reliable narrative about the region are more important today than ever before.
It will be a year in which we work closer to the people, communities, and institutions that shape public debate in Poland and across our region. A year in which research meets practice, and culture, education, and history once again become spaces for connection rather than division.
Strengthening resilience to disinformation
One of our main priorities will be a broad programme focused on disinformation narratives related to the war, Ukraine, and Russia. This will be a comprehensive set of initiatives — from research and diagnosis of public attitudes, through information campaigns, to educational activities.
Our goal is to improve the quality of public debate, counter harmful narratives, and build better mutual understanding between Poles and Ukrainians.
Polish–Ukrainian historical dialogue
2026 will also be a year of strengthening historical dialogue between Poland and Ukraine. We aim to create space for a reliable and responsible conversation about memory — involving researchers, institutions, and decision-makers. We are launching a new formula of a historical congress that will help set research directions and build lasting mechanisms of cooperation.
This is an investment in the future — because lasting relationships begin with an understanding of the past.
The year of Juliusz Mieroszewski: biography, debates, Kultura
In 2026, we mark the 120th anniversary of the birth and the 50th anniversary of the death of Juliusz Mieroszewski. We want this to be a moment when his thought returns to the mainstream of public debate.
That is why we plan to:
– publish an accessible biography of Mieroszewski,
– organize the Conversations in Kultura series in Maisons-Laffitte,
– hold a conference on the political thought of Kultura,
– and carry out a series of media and educational initiatives highlighting the continued relevance of his ideas.
This will not be just an anniversary — it will be a project of restoring a way of thinking that was able to look beyond the horizon of current events.
A stronger presence in the information space
In 2026, we will continue to strengthen the Centre’s presence in Poland and beyond.
We will further develop:
– the Nowa Polszcza and Nowaja Polsza platforms,
– the Polihistor programme,
– the academic journal AREI,
– the Europa mniej znana blog,
– and new communication formats.
These are the spaces where conversations about Central and Eastern Europe are taking place today — and we want to be present there consistently and substantively.
A year of dialogue that works
2026 will be a year in which we bring together research, education, culture, and history into one coherent narrative about the region. A year in which we invest in people: researchers, translators, journalists, students, and opinion leaders.
And a year in which we want the Mieroszewski Centre to be not only an institution — but a place where the ideas and relationships needed by Central and Eastern Europe are created.
