dr Agata Stasińska

Scientific activity

2010 — MA in Psychology (clinical psychology), SWPS University

2007–2010 — Postgraduate studies in Gender Studies, ISNS, University of Warsaw

2017 — PhD in Social Sciences, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw

 

Scientific interests

LGBTIQ* families, queer kinship, sexuality and intimacy, ageing and later life, qualitative research methodology, ethnographic research, Central and Eastern Europe

Information about publications

over 20 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters; 2 authored/co-authored monographs

Selected publications

2018: Sociology of the Couple: Intimate Practices in Non-Heterosexual Relationships (Nomos)

2014: Families of Choice in Poland: Family Life of Non-Heterosexual People (IP PAS) [co-authored]

2025: article in Ethnography (with J. Mizielińska) — family map methodology

2021: Frame Story Approach — Sociological Research Online (with J. Mizielińska)

2020: The tender researcher approach — Gender, Place & Culture

Projects

Completed projects

Expert collaborating with the European Court of Human Rights (amicus curiae in over 10 cases involving LGBTIQ* families in Poland, from 2019). Expert team member, Campaign Against Homophobia (strategic litigation cases, from 2019). Editor, Przegląd Krytyczny (from 2019). Member of Editorial Board (Gender, Sex and Sexualities section), Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Sociology (from 2019). Co-author of position paper on psychological functioning of children adopted by same-sex couples, commissioned by the Committee on Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences (2026).

Other

Expert collaborating with the European Court of Human Rights (amicus curiae in over 10 cases involving LGBTIQ* families in Poland, from 2019). Expert team member, Campaign Against Homophobia (strategic litigation cases, from 2019). Editor, Przegląd Krytyczny (from 2019). Member of Editorial Board (Gender, Sex and Sexualities section), Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Sociology (from 2019). Co-author of position paper on psychological functioning of children adopted by same-sex couples, commissioned by the Committee on Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences (2026).