Dr. Dagmara Kociuba from the Department of Spatial Policy and Planning at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University was a laureate of the IdeaLab competition "Managing Threats" organized by the National Science Centre under the EEA and Norway Grants in cooperation with the Research Council of Norway. The aim of the competition is to develop the concept of interdisciplinary research projects carried out in cooperation with partners from Poland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein. The subject matter of the IdeaLab competition concerns interdisciplinary research projects targeting social challenges facing European societies now and in the future.