Anna Lis has been the head of the Department of Management in Industry, Faculty of Economics and Management GUT since 2019. In 2005 she obtained Ph.D. degree in the field of Economic Sciences, in the discipline Management Sciences, 2019 – the degree of habilitated doctor in the field of Social Sciences, in the discipline of Management and Quality Studies. In the years 2004-2009 she was employed at the Faculty of Production Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology. In the years 2006-20 she was granted a scholarship (the Dekaban Programme) and participated in a scientific internship at the University of Michigan, holding a position of Visiting Assistant Research Scientist. In 2008 she was employed at the Faculty of Management and Economics at Gdańsk University of Technology. Her scientific and research interests have been focused on problems related to institutional forms of support provided for the development of inter-organizational cooperation (including cluster organizations and business environment institutions). She has participated in many research projects implemented at academic centers, as well as in projects requested by the public authorities. She took part in 3 European programmes and numerous internships at foreign universities (including Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aalborg University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology). She has cooperated with counselling and training companies, cluster organizations and business environment institutions. She has also been involved in cooperation with social and economic environment as an expert in over 20 expert panels.

Scientific interests                

• Inter-organizational cooperation in clusters and cluster organizations
• Institutional support for innovation development
• Innovation and technology transfer

Diploma theses – example thematic areas

• Implementation of innovation (product / process / organizational)
• New product development
• Design thinking
• Project management