As part of this project, an opportunity was created to participate in short study visits to partner universities of the CIVICA European University of Social Sciences. In accordance with the visit regulations, doctoral students of the SGH Doctoral School, as well as individuals employed at SGH as research assistants (working on their doctoral dissertations) or assistant professors (preparing their habilitation theses), were eligible to apply. During the study visits, participants were accompanied by SGH faculty members serving as academic advisors (advisors and co-advisors for doctoral dissertations, supervisors, or other faculty members with relevant expertise). The purpose of the study visits was to analyze research plans, specific sections of doctoral dissertations, or other scholarly works (including articles or degree theses), to gain unique insights from CIVICA faculty members with specialized expertise—thereby raising the quality of research being conducted by SGH researchers—and to enable them to present their own research findings and receive feedback on them. As part of the competitive selection process, travel proposals were evaluated based on their alignment with the project’s objectives (including, in particular: justification of the uniqueness of the CIVICA researcher’s expertise in the field in which the participant is conducting research), the efficiency of fund utilization (in particular: the ratio of the number and type of activities planned during the visit to its planned duration), and the added value of the trip (in particular: how and to what extent participation in the mobility program can contribute to improving the quality of the participant’s research). A total of 14 study visits were carried out, covering stays at 6 of the 9 partner universities in the CIVICA alliance. Thirteen participants took part in the visits (4 women and 9 men—in accordance with the project’s implementation rules, one person participated in a study visit twice). As for the supervisors of the short study visits, 2 women and 7 men participated in this capacity (some supervisors took part in more than one study visit).

According to the reports on the implementation of short study visits at partner universities, the participants identified the following key outcomes of their collaboration with CIVICA alliance researchers:
•    library searches enabled the collection of additional literature and source materials that were not available in the SGH Library’s holdings;
•    meetings with CIVICA researchers (who are often also practitioners) allowed for the supplementation of theoretical analyses with practical perspectives in the relevant fields;
•    the results of the mobility program will be utilized in theses being prepared for doctoral degrees, future scholarly publications, and teaching activities;
•    the visits facilitated the development of academic contacts between doctoral students and faculty members at SGH and other CIVICA universities, and in particular created opportunities for further research and publication collaboration;
•    the visits provided an opportunity to present the results of their own research and to compare their research hypotheses with the perspective of the international academic community; in particular, consultations with foreign researchers allowed for the verification of methodological assumptions, the refinement of how results are presented, and the identification of research areas requiring further analysis;
•    Feedback received from researchers at partner universities helped enhance the publication potential of doctoral students and researchers at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) and better align their work with the standards required by international scientific journals;
•    In one instance, the study visit also provided an opportunity to continue work on a joint research article through direct contact with researchers from the CIVICA partner university, which was assessed as significantly more effective than remote communication;
•    The academic consultations conducted allowed for an in-depth and critical evaluation of the research being carried out and helped clarify the directions for its further development.