Research projects
Projects in progress
Rethinking Queer Kinship: LGBTIQ* Families with children in Central and Eastern Europe
Central and Eastern Europe, diversity and identities, family studies, gender, interethnic relations – LGBTIQ* families, Kinship, queer kinship, sexuality,
Remembering (De)industrialisation: Moral Emotions in the Memory of Post-Socialist Transformation in Lithuania and Poland (MEPOST)
dr hab. Joanna Wawrzyniak, prof. ucz.
moral emotions; cultural memory; communicative memory; industrial heritage,
Marxist Confrontations and Political Practices 1944-1956: Structuration of the Social Sciences in Postwar Poland
mgr Brunon Roch Kuryło
communism, communists, elites, history of ideas, Institutionalization of sociology, intellectual history, marxism, marxists, polemics, postwar Poland, social sciences, sociology, stalinism, structruration, the polish people's republic,
May Day after 1989: Construction of the Ritual by Trade Union Confederacies in Poland, Ukraine and East Germany
mgr Paweł Jerzy Downarowicz
postsocialism; collective memory; industrial relations; labor history; trade unions; identity;,
PRELUDIUM 23
Political Epistemology of Populism in Poland
mgr Michał Nawrocki
discourse analysis, epistemic community, epistemology, populism, post-truth,
PRELUDIUM 23
Social Networks and Climate Policy in Poland: An Analysis of Connections and Influences
Ołena Olga Bodnar-Potopnyk
climate policy, environmental sociology, relations of corporate actors, Social Network Analysis,
Between the Caucasus and Israel. Contemporary transformations of the culture of Mountain Jews in the context of Azerbaijan’s multi-ethnic society and transnational relations
Azerbaijan, ethnic boundaries, Israel, Mountain Jews, multi-ethnicity, social memory, transnational connections,
MetLexSupport – Methodological and Legal Support for Tracking Mobile Graduates in EU. Internationally Comparable Indicators and the Legal Framework for the Data Flow in the European Graduate Tracking System.
internationally comparable indicators, legal analysis of data sharing, register-based analysis, tracking mobile graduates,
The landscape of abortion reality in Poland: Pregnancy termination in the experiences of women and gynaecologists
mgr Antonina Lewandowska
Abortion, actor-network theory, infrapolitics, resistance,
Constructing the future: the interplay of dominant and alternative sociotechnical imaginaries in shaping Poland’s digital policy
digital policy, science and technology studies, sociotechnical imaginary,
Being an adult son in contemporary Poland. Sonhood in narratives of men in their twenties, thirties, and forties
dr Katarzyna Dębska
adult sons, gender, narrative analysis, narrative interviews, parents,
MINIATURA
Przemiany roli religii w społeczeństwach po pandemii COVID-19
kierownik polskiego zespołu badawczego
Conservation and demolition of architectural heritage in times of transformation: politics of memory versus politics of professionalization (CONDEM)
Elitza Stanoeva
architects, contentious heritage, Eastern Europe, monuments, nation-state building, politics of memory, post-socialism, public space, regime change, state socialism, urban planning,
INAIR: INcreasing the uptake of AI technology in Retail
AI, MSMEs, Other engineering and technologies, Retail,
Completed projects
The War in Museums: Museum Exhibitions After Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine
aggression, memory, museum, post-colonialism, Russia, Ukraine, war,
The national habitus formation and the process of civilization in Poland after 1989: a figurational approach
Marta Bucholc, Ph.D. / Associate Professor
civilisation, figuration, national habitus, Norbert Elias, Poland, post-socialist transformation,
Dlaczego kobiety zarabiają mniej? Początki losów zawodowych mężczyzn i kobiet.
kierownik zespołu badawczego UW
Private hosting and support for refugees from Ukraine
Aleksandra Grzymała-Kazłowska, Ph.D. / Associate Professor
community sponsorship, emotional energy, pro-social activity, refugee integration, resilience,
Opracowanie projektu ustawy wdrażającej Konwencję o prawach osób niepełnosprawnych o proponowanej nazwie: Ustawa o wyrównywaniu szans osób z niepełnosprawnościami wraz z Oceną Skutków Regulacji i uzasadnieniem, jak też propozycji zmian legislacyjnych podążających za nową ustawą
Paulina Steckiewicz, kierowniczka zespołu UW
ECHOES – European Colonial Heritage Modalities in Entangled Cities
kierownik polskiego zespołu badawczego