The Poznań Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences was established in 1972 and covers the Greater Poland and Lubusz regions.

It was the third branch to be established in Poland, after Krakow and Wrocław. The initiators of the activities aimed at establishing the Polish Academy of Sciences Branch in Poznań were professors Gerard Labuda and Maciej Wiewiórowski. The branch began to organize institutions and scientific committees. Prof. Gerard Labuda became the first president of the Polish Academy of Sciences Branch in Poznań.

The Branch’s first headquarters (1972–1993) were located in the building of the Poznań Society of Friends of Science (PTPN) at 27/29 Seweryna Mielżyńskiego Street (photo). In 1993, the Branch’s offices were moved to the newly built Polish Academy of Sciences Science Center in Poznań, at 17/19 Henryka Wieniawskiego Street. The Branch moved to its current headquarters in the beautiful Działyński Palace, located at 78 Stary Rynek, in June 2019.

For more information, see the commemorative publication summarizing the achievements of the Poznań Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences, entitled “The Poznań Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1972–2022” (ed. M. Świtoński, K. Sobkowska) – available below.