Katarzyna Bielecka

Scientific activity

2024 – PhD candidate, Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Warsaw.
2023–2024 — MA in Cultural Studies, Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MISH), University of Warsaw.
2019–2024 — BA in Sociology, Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MISH), University of Warsaw

Scientific interests

social classes, discourse.

Supervisor and title of the doctoral thesis concept

dr hab. Mikołaj Lewicki

Transformations of the Discourse on Work in Poland in the 1970s.

Information about publications

• Bielecka, O. Czeranowska, E. Kaczmarek-Góra, The Unfulfilled Promise of Stability: The Middle Class in Polish Opinion Weeklies (2004–2024), Studia Socjologiczne2026 (in press).
• Kajta, K. Bielecka, S. Bieńkowski, O. Czeranowska, Reflexive Sociology in Practice: The Significance of Class in Biographical Research, Culture & Society 2026, 70 (1), pp. 73–93.
• Bielecka, Transfeminism(s) – about the Possibilities and (Limits of) Transfeminist Coalitions, Czas Kultury 2023, 39 (4), pp. 13–20.
• K. Bielecka, What Pedometer Has in Common with Neoliberalism? About the Intersection of Healthism and Neoliberal Politics, Przegląd Socjologiczny2023, 72 (2), pp. 83–104.

Projects

Projects in progress

• The Long-Run Evolution of Economic Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility in Poland – PI: Dr Marcin Wroński, SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Research Assistant).
• RaM-CLASS: Class Reproduction and Mobility – Biographical Experiences in Academic, Artistic, and Business Fields – PI: Dr Justyna Kajta, SWPS University (Research Assistant).

Completed projects

Houses Out of Reach? Housing Strategies of the Urban Middle Class in Poland – PI: Dr Justyna Orchowska, University of Warsaw (Research Assistant).

Other

Scholarship of the Minister of Education and Science for Outstanding Academic Achievements (2022/2023 and 2023/2024)