On September 21, 2020, prof. dr hab. Julian Ławrynowicz died.

He was outstanding activist of the social scientific movement, long-term (1984-2014) member of the Council of Scientific Societies at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences, including a member of the Presidium of the Council for a period of 6 terms, chairman of the Program Council of the journal "Problems of Social of the Scientific Movement" (1994 - 1998), author of many articles devoted to activities of scientific societies in Poland and subsidy systems.