prof. dr hab. Jacek Zaucha

PL 81333 Gdynia, Surmana 4/21
mobile: 58 603 665910
email: jzaucha@iopan.pl, Jacek.zaucha@im.umg.edu.pl
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-3280-3241

WORK EXPERIENCE

Datessince 1984
Name and address of employerUniversity of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Bażyńskiego 8
Type of business or sectorHigher education
Occupation or position heldLecturer since 1984 and professor since 2009
Main activities and responsibilitiesTeaching: macroeconomics, regional development, spatial development, EU Cohesion Policy

Dates1991-1996
Name and address of employerCentral Planning Office, Warsaw, Regional Planning Office in Gdansk
Type of business or sectorResearch and public administration
Occupation or position heldSenior researcher
Main activities and responsibilitiesResearch on spatial and regional development of the northern part of Poland

Dates1996-2007
Name and address of employerVision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea
Type of business or sectorCo-operation of Ministers Responsible for Spatial Planning and Development in the Baltic Sea Region countries
Occupation or position heldDeputy Secretary
Main activities and responsibilitiesDaily running of international programme and securing research input

Dates2008-2009
Name and address of employerSouth Baltic Cross-border Co-operation Programme
Type of business or sectorEU funded programme
Occupation or position heldDirector of the Joint Technical Secretariat
Main activities and responsibilitiesResponsible for functioning of the Joint technical Secretariat

DatesSince 2007
Name and address of employerInstytut Morski w Gdańsku, Gdańsk Długi Targ 41/42
Type of business or sectorResearch
Occupation or position heldProfessor
Main activities and responsibilitiesResearch and preparation of maritime spatial plans

EDUCATION

Date1978-84
Place of educationGdańsk
Name and type of organisation providing educationUniversity of Gdańsk
Title or qualification awarded Ph.D. in economics (1993),
Doctor habilitowany degree in spatial economics (2009),
Professor since 2009, Professor with tenure since 2019
TRAINING

Year1992
Place of trainingOxford University
Name and type of organisation providing trainingNuffield College
Principal subjects/Occupational skills coveredLocal development

Year1992-1993
Place of trainingUSA, Princeton
Name and type of organisation providing trainingPrinceton University
Principal subjects/Occupational skills coveredSpatial development, economic policies

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Mother tongue(s):Polish
 Other language(s):
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level (*)ListeningReadingSpoken interactionSpoken production
EnglishB2  Vantage or intermediateC1  Effective Operational Proficiency or upper intermediate C1  Effective Operational Proficiency or upper intermediate C1  Effective Operational Proficiency or upper intermediateB2  Vantage or intermediate
RussianB2  Vantage or intermediateC1  Effective Operational Proficiency or upper intermediate B2  Vantage or intermediate B2  Vantage or intermediate B1  Threshold or pre-intermediate
Social skills and competenciesAbility to organize work of international programmes, networks and international research teams, vast experience in the field of international project co-ordination and preparation.
Organisational skills and competenciesResearch experience with focus on of spatial and regional development, Baltic Sea Region integration, maritime spatial development and EU regional policy. In addition to that also experience in drafting international policy documents in the field of spatial development and maritime spatial planning.
Technical skills and competenciesPC necessary skills, data processing skills.
Artistic skills and competenciesTheatrical skills, with focus on self expression and ability to communicate messages.
Other skills and competenciesExperience in social and charity work, real and practical knowledge of the culture and specificities of the Baltic Sea region countries.
Driving licence(s)Yes
Additional informationFounder of Institute for Development in Sopot (in 2010), Chair of Alumni Schools Committee Poland of the Princeton University (1994-2016), Evaluator of projects of the INTERREG BSR, PHARE CBC, National Science Centre of Poland.
AnnexesExperience, publications, reports and projects for 2010-2024.

EXPERIENCE
  • 1978–1984 — Student University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Transport Economics, Major: Economics and Organization of Foreign Trade
  • Early 1990s — Co-translator of the first Anglo-Saxon economics textbook translated into Polish D. R. Kamerschen, R. B. McKenzie, D. Nardinelli, Economics, NSZZ “Solidarity” Economic Foundation, Gdańsk 1991
  • 1994–2007 — Member, later Vice Secretary, of the Committee for Spatial Development of the Baltic Sea Region (formerly the Focal Point Group, currently CSD/BSR), responsible for preparing and implementing the spatial development strategy for the Baltic Sea Area Intergovernmental Programme “Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea” (VASAB)
  • 1994–1997 — Member of the task force preparing the development strategy concept for the Municipality of Gdynia (responsible for the social component of the strategy) Gdynia Municipal Council and Executive Board
  • 1995–1996 — Expert and member of the steering committee Research and implementation project: “Regional and Local Conditions and Factors in the Restructuring of the Polish Economy”
  • 1995–1998 — Expert Local Government Commission of the Regional Assembly of Gdańsk Voivodeship
  • 1995–2002 — Expert Health and Social Welfare Commission and Finance and Strategy Commission of the Gdynia City Council
  • 1996–1997 — Expert Government Task Force for Poland’s Structural Policy, Working Group No. 6: “Development of International Regional Cooperation”
  • 1997–present — Member of the Senior Officials Group (SOG) Intergovernmental Programme “Baltic Agenda 21”
  • 1997–2000, 2004–2006 — Expert and member of the evaluation team (six rounds of project evaluations in INTERREG III B and II C, one in TACIS)
    INTERREG II C and INTERREG III B, PHARE, TACIS
  • 2000–2001 — Expert preparing the Baltic Operational Programme for the European Union Community Initiative INTERREG III B
    Joint Programming Committee of INTERREG III B
  • 2003 — Expert and member of the evaluation team PHARE CBC Baltic Sea Region – Small Projects
  • 2003–2004 — Expert and member of the evaluation team PHARE Programme “Development of Civil Society” 2006–2007 — Expert (one of four principal authors of the programme) preparing the Baltic Operational Programme for transnational territorial cooperation under Objective 3 Joint Programming Committee of the Baltic Transnational Territorial Cooperation Programme 2007–2013
  • 2006–2007 — Co-author of the Economic Revitalization Programme for the Vistula Delta and Vistula Lagoon Area, prepared within the PHARE project Marshal Offices of the Pomeranian and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships
  • 2006–2008 — Head of the Polish (Gdańsk) part of the INTERREG III B AGORA project on the development of sustainable tourism in the Baltic Region University of Gdańsk
  • 2007–2009 — Member of the Scientific Consultants Team preparing the National Spatial Development Concept Ministry of Regional Development
  • 2007–2008 — Expert preparing the substantive part of the Poland–Lithuania–Russia Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2007–2013 Ministry of Regional Development
  • 2007–2008 — Chair of the International Working Group on Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management, preparing the vision for spatial development of the Baltic Sea Region maritime area until 2030 Intergovernmental Programme “Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea” / Maritime Institute
  • 2007–2008 — Coordinator of the TACIS East West Window project and other VASAB projects Intergovernmental Programme “Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea” / Maritime Institute
  • 2009–2010 — Member of the Steering Group of the international research and implementation project Eco-Region Baltic Agenda 21 and the German Ministry of the Environment
  • 2009–2010 — Member of the Strategic Group for Increasing the Attractiveness of Urban Space, evaluating projects under the Regional Operational Programme
  • Marshal Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship 2009–2011 — Member of the Group Preparing the European Territorial Agenda Hungarian Presidency of the European Union for 2011
  • 2009–2016 — Member of the HELCOM-VASAB International Working Group on Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management VASAB Intergovernmental Programme, Helsinki Commission
  • 2011–present — Member of the Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning of the Polish Academy of Sciences President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • 2014–present — Member of the Pomeranian Territorial Forum Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship
  • 2014–2018 — Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Maritime Institute Bulletin Maritime Institute in Gdańsk
  • 2015–2016 — Chair of the Committee for Spatial Planning and Development of the Baltic Sea Region Intergovernmental Programme “Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea”
  • 2016–2018 — Member of the Steering Group of the Northern Dimension Institute Northern Dimension Institute
  • 2017–2022 — Member of the Pomeranian Investment Council for Financial Instruments Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship
  • 2019–present — Member of the Scientific Council of IGiPZ PAN Scientific Council of IGiPZ PAN
  • 2020–2024 — Senator of the University of Gdańsk University of Gdańsk Employees
SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS 2010-2025
  1. Zaucha J., Pilot Draft Plan for the West Part of the Gulf of Gdańsk. First Maritime Spatial Plan in Poland, Maritime Institute in Gdansk, Gdańsk 2010
  2. Zaucha J., Matczak M., National and regional strategies with relevance for Polish maritime space. Maritime Institute in Gdansk, Gdańsk 2011
  3. Zaucha J., Matczak M., Developing a Pilot Maritime Spatial Plan for the Southern Middle Bank, Instytut Morski w Gdańsku, Gdańsk 2011
  4. Zaucha J., Offshore Spatial Information - Maritime Spatial Planning in Poland, Regional Studies vol. 46, , pp. 459-473
  5. Zaucha J. The Key to governing the fragile Baltic Sea. Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea Region and Way Forward. VASAB, Riga 2014, 110p.
  6. Zaucha J. Sea basin maritime spatial planning: A case study of the Baltic Sea region and Poland Marine Policy, vol. 50, Part A/ December 2014, pp. 34–45
  7. Zaucha J., Conides A., Klaoudatos D., Noren K. Can the ecosystem services concept help in enhancing the resilience of land-sea social-ecological systems? Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 124,/ 2016, pp. 33-41
  8. Zaucha J., Davoudi S., Slob A., Bouma G., Van Meerkerk I., Oen A.M., Breedveld G.D. State-of-the-lagoon reports as vehicles of cross-disciplinary integration.Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, vol.12(4)/ 2016, pp. 690–700.
  9. Davoudi S., Zaucha J., Brooks E., Evolutionary resilience and complex lagoon systems. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, vol.12(4)/ 2016, pp. 711–718
  10. Zaucha J., Methodology of Maritime Spatial Planning in Poland. Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, vol. 19, no.2/ 2018, pp. 713-720.
  11. Hassler B., Blažauskas N., Gee K., Luttmann A., Morf A., Piwowarczyk J., Saunders F., Stalmokaitė I., Strand H., Zaucha J. New generation EU directives, sustainability, and the role of transnational coordination in Baltic Sea maritime spatial planning. Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 169/2019, pp. 254-263.
  12. Calado H., E. Papaioannou A., Caña-Varona M., Onyango V., Zaucha J., Przedrzymirska J., .Roberts T, Sangiuliano S. J., Vergílio M., Multi-uses in the Eastern Atlantic: Building bridges in maritime space. Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 174/2019, pp. 131-143
  13. Piwowarczyk J., Matczak M., Rakowski M., Zaucha J. Challenges for integration of the Polish fishing sector into marine spatial planning (MSP): do fishers and planners tell the same story? Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 181/ 2019, Aarticle #104917.
  14. Zaucha J., Gee K. (eds.) Maritime Spatial Planning – Past, Present and Future. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham 2019, 477 p.
  15. Jerzak, K., Shrayer, M.D., Krośnicka, K.A., Lorens, P., Zaucha, J., & Pardus, J., The essence of marine and coastal space – an interdisciplinary perspective. Europa XXI, vol. 36/December 2019, pp. 15-33
  16. Zaucha J., Matczak M., Witkowska J., Szczęch A., Mytlewski A., Pardus J., ,Maritime Spatial Rent for Modelling Maritime Spatial Development. Studia Regionalne i Loklane, vol. 1/2020, pp. 5-29
  17. Onyango V., Papaioannou E., Schupp M. F., Zaucha J., Przedzymirska J., Lukic, I. Caña Varona M., Schultz-Zehden A., Giannelos I., Läkamp R., van de Velde I., Is Demonstrating the Concept of Multi-Use Too Soon for the North Sea? Barriers and Opportunities from a Stakeholder Perspective. Coastal Management, vol. 48(2)/ 2020, pp.77-95
  18. Gilek M., Armoskaite A., Saunders F., Tafon R., Zaucha J., In search of social sustainability in marine spatial planning: A review of scientific literature published 2005–2020. Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 208/2021, Article #105618
  19. Psuty I., Zaucha J., Mytlewski A., Suska M., Szymanek L., (2021) The use of the contribution margin on the valorisation of polish fisheries for maritime spatial planning. Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 211/2021, Article #105751 Zaucha J., Kreiner A., Engagement of stakeholders in the marine/maritime spatial planning process. Marine Policy, vol. 132/2021, pp. 1-11
  20. Mogila Z., Ciołek D., Kwiatkowski J., Zaucha J., The Baltic blue growth - A country-level shift-share analysis,Marine Policy, vol. 134/2021, ISSN 0308-597X, Article# 104799, s. 1-10,
  21. Stancheva M., Stanchev H., Zaucha J., Ramieri E., Roberts T., Supporting multi-use of the sea with maritime spatial planning. The case of a multi-use opportunity development - Bulgaria, Black Sea, Marine Policy, vol. 136/ 2022, Article #104927, pp. 1-11
  22. Pikner, T., Piwowarczyk, J., Ruskule, A., Printsmann, A., Veidemane, K., Zaucha, J., Vinogradovs, I., & Palang, H. Sociocultural dimension of land-sea interactions in maritime spatial planning: three case studies in the Baltic Sea region. Sustainability, vol. 14/2022, Article #4.
  23. Zaucha J., Jay S., The extension of marine spatial planning to the management of the world ocean, especially areas beyond national jurisdiction, Marine Policy, vol. 144/2022, pp. 1-10
  24. Kwiatkowski J.M and Zaucha J. Measuring the blue economy in the EU: The Polish experience. Front. Mar. Sci. vol.10/2023: Article #1129075
  25. Ansong, J. O., Ritchie, H., Gee, K., McElduff, L., & Zaucha, J. Pathways towards integrated cross-border marine spatial planning (MSP): insights from Germany, Poland and the island of Ireland. European Planning Studies, vol.31/2023, Article #12.
  26. Czermanski E., Zaucha J., Oniszczuk-Jastrzaabek A., Pardus J., Kiersztyn A. and Czerwinski D. Valuation of marine areas for merchant shipping: an attempt at shipping spatial rent valuation based on Polish Marine Areas. Front. Mar. Sci. vol.11/2024: Article #1352598
  27. Mogiła, Z., Ciołek, D., Toroj, A., & Zaucha, J. How important is the blue economy for regional development? - the case of Poland. Marine Policy, vol.168/2024, pp.1–18.
  28. Tafon, R., Saunders, F., Zaucha, J., Matczak, M., Stalmokaitė, I., Gilek, M., & Turski, J. Blue justice through and beyond equity and participation: a critical reading of capability-based recognitional justice in Poland’s marine spatial planning. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol.67/2024, Article #10.
  29. Zaucha J., Gee K., Ramieri E.o, Neimane L., Alloncle N., Blažauskas N., Calado H., Cervera-Núñez C., Marohnić Kuzmanović V. , Stancheva M.: Implementing the EU MSP directive: current status and lessons learned in 22 EU Member States, Marine Policy, vol.171/2025, Article #: 106425, pp. 1-23,
  30. Pyć, D., & Zaucha, J. (2025). Governance of maritime space. W G. Cotella & U. Janin Rivolin (EDs.), Handbook of Territorial Governance (pp. 254–271). Edward Elgar Publishing 2025
  31. Stalmokaitė, I., Tafon, R., Saunders, F., Gee, K., Gilek, M., Armoškaitė, A., Ikauniece, A., Matczak, M., Turski, J., & Zaucha, J. Social justice in marine spatial planning: planner and stakeholder perspectives and experiences in the Baltic Sea Region. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol.68/2025, Article # 5. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2279512
KEY POLICY REPORTS 2010-2026
  1. Zaucha J., Brodzicki T.. Study on Blue Growth, Maritime Policy and EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. Polish Fiche. Gdańsk 2013 – report prepared for DG MARE of the European Commission (contact no MARE/2012/07 - REF. NO 1).
  2. Matczak M., Zaucha J., and others, Study on conditions of spatial management of Polish Sea Areas.Gdańsk 2015 – report prepared for Polish Maritime Offices in Gdynia, Szczecin and Słupsk
  3. Matczak M., Zaucha J., Meyer N.K., Ooms E., Schroder L., Vološina M., Warmelink H., Coornaert C., Koch A..Quo Vadis: exploring the future of shipping in the Baltic Sea: Balticpress Sp. z o.o, July 2018
  4. Matczak M., Zaucha J., and others, Plan zagospodarowania przestrzennego polskich obszarów morskich w skali 1:200 000 [Spatial management plan of Polish Sea Areas in the resolution 1:200 000] Gdańsk 2019 – regulatory draft plan prepared for Polish Maritime Offices in Gdynia, Szczecin and Słupsk
  5. Matczak M., Zaucha J., Witkowska J. The memorandum on cooperation with MSP processes. BalticRIM, Gdańsk 2020
  6. Arndt, P., Matczak, M., Zaucha, J., Gee, K. (eds) (2023). MSP in a sea of change - aim for better and connected plans. Report of the eMSP NSBR Monitoring and Evaluation Learning Strand. Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Hamburg, download from https://www.emspproject.eu/results
KEY SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS 2010-2026
  1. Architecture and roadmap to manage multiple pressures on lagoons (Arch) financed by 7 FP (2012-2015) led by Norwegian Geotechnical Institute.
  2. Territorial monitoring for the Baltic Sea Region (TeMo) ESPON: (2012-2014) led by Nordregio.
  3. Towards sustainable governance of Baltic marine space (BALTSPACE) (2015-2018) financed by BONUS-185 (Joint Baltic Sea Research and Development Programme) led by Södertörn University.
  4. Possible European Territorial Futures financed by ESPON (2016-2017) led by Spatial Foresight.
  5. The Multi-Use in European Seas (MUSES) financed by Horizon 2020 (2016-2018) led by Marine Scotland.
  6. The role and future perspectives of Cohesion Policy in the planning of Metropolitan Areas and Cities financed by ESPON (2020-2021) led by Torino Technical University
  7. Improved Science-Based Maritime Spatial Planning to Safeguard and Restore Biodiversity in a coherent European MPA network financed by. Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme (2022-2025) led by S.Pro
  8. Emerging ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning topics in North and Baltic Sea Regions, financed by EMF (2021-2024) led by Nederland Enterprise Agency
  9. SEABAS – Unifying Environmental input to Maritime Spatial Planning Processes Across the Baltic Sea Region financed by INTERREG (2025-2027), led by Helsinki Commission
  10. Northern European Sea Basin Project (NESBp), financed by EMF (2022-2027) led by Nederland Enterprise Agency
  11. MARine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning leading to Ecosystem Services financed by Horizon 2020 (2016-2018) led by IO PAN

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