The Centre was established in 2014 and is the most important institution in Poland for the study of historical demography and the economic history of the pre-industrial period. Under the leadership of Prof. Cezary Kuklo, the team, which includes graduates not only of history but also of sociology and economics, has carried out or is carrying out a number of NCN (National Science Centre, Poland) and NPRH (National Humanities Development Program) research projects. These combine a traditional historical approach, with a particular role for statistical methods, with modern research techniques using constructed historical databases such as GIS, SOCSIM. The Centre also seeks to put into practice the idea of combining the humanities and the natural sciences in research, thus creating a modern model of cooperation between historians and natural scientists, who together describe the country's economic past.
