Our PhD Students

I am a PhD student since October 2021. I have completed bachelor’s studies in Information Brokering, Document Management and Archival Studies (IHiA UP 2018) and history (IHiA UP 2019). Also, I have completed master studies in history (IHiA UP 2021). My master’s thesis was focused on issues related to the upbringing of a Roman aristocrat in the 5th century. It was based on the epistolography of the Gallic aristocrat, poet and bishop – Sidonius Apollinaris.

My doctoral thesis focuses on late antiqua women in the family and social field (4th-6h centuries). Basing on various sources, I am going to present the differences between women from traditional (pagan) and christian backgrounds and indicate to how law and mores implied the position of women in society. In addition, during my research, I would like to check what extent the role of women can be exposed in the communities of barbarian tribes settling in the territories of the empire.

I am a PhD student at the Pedagogical University of Krakow in the discipline of political science and administration. My research interests focus on public policy planning and the process of planning and implementing public policy within decentralised systems of governance, as well as strategic management in self-government.

I am a graduate of the Jagiellonian University, having majored in self-government administration and cultural studies. I have completed postgraduate studies in the evaluation of public policies and the organisation of the social assistance system. I have professional experience in management confirmed by an MBA diploma.

My doctoral thesis concerns the development of environmental forms of support for dependent persons and the transformation of 24-hour care facilities into local centres of social services.

Doreen Basemera is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the Pedagogical University of Krakow Poland.

Prior to joining this doctoral programme, Doreen served as a lecturer and in various administrative positions at Mountains of the Moon University in Uganda.

Doreen holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies and a Bachelors degree in Ethics and Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University.

Doreen’s research interests are in conflict management, gender studies, social work, African studies and international relations.

Currently, Doreen is writing her research project on Ubuntu philosophy as a social work approach to conflict management in refugee settlements in Uganda, supervised by Prof. Jacek Sroka and Prof. Bearta Ziebinska.

Grzegorz Bator – a doctoral student in the field of security studies, a graduate of the Pedagogical University (currently: University of the Commission of National Education) in Krakow, with degrees in national security (first-cycle studies) and state security with a specialization in “security and defense management” (second-cycle studies).

He is an instructor and disseminator of knowledge in the field of Security Education, survival techniques, and light infantry tactics, collaborating with third-sector organizations for years.

The research interests of the doctoral candidate are focused on the security of the Central and Eastern European region, with particular emphasis on the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war since 2014. His doctoral thesis explores the changes occurring in the security architecture in the Intermarium region due to the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Kasper Bednarek – is a Ph.D. student at the Pedagogical University of Cracow in the department of history. Graduate of the Institute of History at the Jagielonian University. Author of the dissertation entitled „The activity of polish self-defence units in Eastern Galicia in 1943-1944 (on selected examples)” written under the guidance of prof. Jan Jacek Bruski. Kasper is a member of Home Army veterans union from Lviv District in Cracow. In the veteran union he works as secretary, treasurer and is an editor of „Biuletyn Informacyjny”. Kasper is also a member of Society for Enthusiasts of Lviv and Southeastern Borderlands in Cracow, where he is responsible for the renovation of polish graves at the Łyczakowski cemetery. On 4th of January 2023 he has been awarded medal for „Opiekun Miejsc Pamięci Nardowej” for his overall with the Society. This medal is awarded by Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.

He conducts research on: political and social changes in Eastern Galicia during World War II, Polish-Ukrainian relations in Eastern Galicia during World War II also he makes inventories of cemeteries in the Lviv voivodeship.

His PhD thesis will will focus on Polish Underground Force activity in Eastern Galicia during First Soviet Occupation (1939-1941).

PhD student at the Doctoral School of the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, in the discipline of legal sciences. She is a graduate of law studies. Her master’s thesis focused on issues of the legal personality of artificial intelligence.
Her research focuses on the legal issues of artificial intelligence in the context of data processing by AI systems.
Her scientific interests include the law of new technologies, in particular issues related to artificial intelligence and intellectual property law.

I am Susanta Bhattacharya, a 2nd year philosophy doctoral student in the department of Philosophy and sociology at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. My proposed PhD project aims to make a significant contribution to our understanding of one of the major systems of classical Indian philosophy—namely Pātañjala Yoga, the principal text of which is the Yogasūtra of Patañjali. In my project, I propose to make a contribution to these ongoing scholarly debates about how best to interpret pratiprasava and kaivalya in Yoga philosophy. Broadly, I will defend a novel interpretation of pratiprasava and kaivalya. After my second semester of my phd program at Pedagogical University I got a visiting scholar position at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies at Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Jakub Bober is a doctoral student in the second year of Doctoral School in the discipline of Linguistics. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the KEN Pedagogical University in Cracow, majoring in Russian Philology, and his master’s degree at Jagiellonian University, majoring in Ukrainian Studies. His research interests concern the issues of literary translation of recent Russian literature and the specifics of postmodernism in Russian literature. The subject of his dissertation is the linguistic and translational aspects of Vladimir Sorokin’s works into Polish.

Professionally, he works as a translator and interpreter of Ukrainian and Russian languages.

Aleksandra Bogucka MA – a PhD student of social sciences in the discipline of socio-economic geography and spatial management at the Pedagogical University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. A graduate of the Bachelor’s degree in the field of tourism and recreation with a specialisation in international tourism, and of the complementary Master’s degree in the field of tourism and recreation with a specialisation in cultural tourism at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. Her research interests include the development of ethnic tourism in Mexico and its impact on the standard of living of indigenous communities. Her dissertation research concerns strategies for the development of ethnic tourism in selected indigenous communities within Mexico.

I am a doctoral student of political science and administration. I have graduated studies in sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow whit a specialization in economic sociology and market research.

I am a researcher of socio-economic processes and animator of initiatives in the field of social economy. I deal with the programming of social economy development on the regional and local levels. My particular area of interest is the development of social entrepreneurship in Poland and the formation of a support system for social enterprises at the EU and national levels.

My doctoral dissertation focuses on the issues of institutional transformation of non-governmental organizations into social enterprises and support for this process within the framework of social policy in Poland. My supervisor is Dorota Murzyn, Ph.D., Professor at UP.

I am a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Faculty of Industrial Forms and Graphics. I move in the field of painting, intaglio, drawing and animation. In my work, I am pernamentally pitted against the unconscious. It is a relentless cycle of teasing out the unconscious content into consciousness, and trying to describe it through a visual phenomenon. Very often the visual phenomenon precedes intellectual identification. If I approach the work with an idea, it is based on a hunch, an emotion, something that cannot be named. This hunch is revealed from the experience of everyday life but also from the intellectualization of the problem. Art constantly mixes with my daily rhythm of life. With the help of an image, text or film, I tell about a world that is scary, wild, strange, joyful and beautiful. Intellectually, I address in art problems concerning the ontology of being, aesthetics, ethics and psychoanalysis.

In addition to culture and art, I am passionate about gravity cycling which I have been doing for about 20 years.

In my doctoral project I am combining extreme sports, visual art and literature by means of so-called somatoesthetics in relation to fundamental ethical problems. I will juxtapose my experiments in autoethnographic research with other artists and thinkers who combined their work with movement in nature.

Selected artistic achievements:

2018 ASIFA Poland Award “Where the Sleepe is born”

2019 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

2019 THE 44TH PAINTING BIENNALE BIELSKA JESIEŃ

2019 Final Exhibition Eibish award Warsaw

2020 International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2022 ROC – National Taiwan Museum of fine arts.

2020 First Prize 11. FKA Festival of film art critics Poland – Where the sleepe is born

2020 First Prize Krakow Art Salon – “WheWe 2”

2021 Berlin Sci-fi Fil festival “The Steamites”

2022 International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2022 ROC – National Taiwan Museum of fine arts

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https://bugrzegorz.myportfolio.com/

https://www.facebook.com/WhitestarFaun

https://vimeo.com/user89142024

https://www.youtube.com/@whywe1601

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Kinga Burek, born in 1995, is a painter, cartoonist and art historian; graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Art History Intitute of Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She was announced the Person of the Year 2020 at Krakow Art Salon; the winner of Special Award of 19th and 20th edition of the Hestia Artistic Journey contest; the finalist of 45th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2021; awarded with BWA Ostrowiec distinction at Loostro 16 in 2023. Her thesis „Turning fiction into fiction and reality into fiction. Surreal contexts of Andrzej Pawłowski’s art in the optics of short stories by Bruno Schulz” received the Marian Sokołowski award in 2023.

In her PHD project She is carrying on research into issue das Unheimlichkeit in the contemporary society and how to use it to the research. Her artistic practice you can follow at Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/niejednemupsunaimie_burek/

I am a PhD student in social sciences in the discipline of economics and finance at the University Commission of National Education in Krakow.

I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in administration and a master’s degree with honors in social economy at the Pedagogical University of Krakow.

My scientific interests mainly concern social activation and participation. I expand these concepts as an active member of local social organizations: councilor of the Youth Council of the Wielka Wieś Commune (2014-2019); Vice-Chairman of KGW (2020-present); President of the “EkoKids” Association (2023-present)

Scientific research related to the doctoral dissertation is an extension of the research conducted in the scope of the master’s thesis and concerns Kół Gospodyń Wiejskich as a space for the development of economics and social entrepreneurship in Poland.

A PhD student of social sciences in the discipline of socio-economic geography and spatial management at the Pedagogical University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. A graduate of the Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in the field of Tourism and Recreation and Master’s degree in Geography at the Pedagogical University of Krakow.
His research interests include the cultural landscape, cultural tourism, especially history tourism and military tourism, cultural heritage and interpretation of the cultural heritage. His dissertation concerns the cultural heritage and cultural landscape of the Lower Silesia as tourist attractions of the region in the context of post-World War II social changes.

Chiu Wei-Chun, born in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, has been a PhD student of the Political Science and Public Administration at the Pedagogical University of Krakow since 2022. Before studying in Poland, he worked in the TV news as a morning news anchorperson and a journalist. He is now a freelance correspondent, a translator and a tutor of Tâi-gí, one of Taiwanese languages once suppressed and discriminated.

Wei-Chun graduated from the Institute of Journalism at National Taiwan University; studied in the department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at National Chengchi University with a minor in Philosophy.

Research interests: media policy, political communication, theories of democracy, public media

Mgr Adrianna Chorąży – she graduated with honors from the Jagiellonian University University 2018 with a MA in Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities. She received her master’s degree defending her thesis Expressing herself, inventing the world. Narrativization of self-creative performance practices in the online reality of contemporary cyberculture (on selected examples). Currently, she is a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of KEN in Krakow, where she is writing doctoral dissertation on animal-centric narratives in prose in the second half of the 20th and 21st centuries under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Ryszard Nycz and dr hab. Marcin Urbaniak, prof. UP. She published e.g. in Maska, Teksty Drugie, scholarship holder of the Ministry of National Education.

Graduate of the University of Silesia in Katowice, M.A. in English Philology and in National and International Security. Ph.D. candidate in Security Sciences at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. Expert at the Institute of New Europe in Warsaw. Specialist in international security, her research interests include armed conflicts, the phenomenon of contemporary international terrorism, transatlantic relations, the Middle East and the involvement of Western countries and Russia in the region, as well as human rights and humanitarian aid. Her doctoral dissertation will cover the implications of the conflict in Afghanistan for international security.

I am a PhD student in the field of social sciences in the discipline of pedagogy at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in social and caring pedagogy and a Master’s degree in pedagogy and pedagogical therapy. My previous research interests concerned on psycho-oncology and children’s cancer support, but currently I focus on research on education for Sustainable Development in European countries. Throughout my studies, I was active in the Institute Students’ Council, currently as the Chairwoman of the Nomination Committee at SD UKEN.

I am a doctoral student at the Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej in Cracow in the discipline of philosophy. I am a graduate of the Bachelor’s degrees in English and Philosophy and the complementary Master’s degree in Philosophy.

My doctoral thesis covers issues related to modern technologies such as, among others, artificial intelligence, from an ethical perspective. My research interests focus on issues of freedom and responsibility and on ontological and epistemological questions related to artificial subjectivity. In particular, these include aspects such as artificial consciousness, artificial intelligence, morality and value sensitivity of artificial subjects.

I am a doctoral student in the discipline of legal sciences at the Doctoral School of the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow.

I completed my studies in law at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, defending my master’s thesis titled: ‘State aid in research, development and innovation’.

As part of my research at the Doctoral School, I continue my interests in issues related to competition law, including regulations on state aid, initiated during my master’s studies.

In addition to the above area, my scientific interests also include tax law (especially in the field of indirect taxes and tax transparency).

I am PhD student in the discipline of biological sciences at the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow. I completed my undergraduate nad graduate degrees in biology at the Jagiellonian University.

In my researh project I want to evaluate the safety of powders used in 3D printing for pharmaciutical puroposes. It is a topic that combines various science disciplines, as well as my personal interests – biology and 3D printing.

Additionaly I’m interested in genetics and gameification of educational processes. I run my own buisness, that focuses on desiging boardgames and creating dedicated materials for gameification of educayion at a university level.

My name is Aleksandra Dudzik, and I am a doctoral student in the discipline of political science and administration. I graduated from I and II degree studies in social work at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow.

My research interests are the development of social policy in Poland, in particular the area of social assistance after 1989, which became the subject of my doctoral dissertation. I intend to show the period of the aid system in Poland after the political transformation to the present time, divided into three stages: the shielding current, the activating trend and the service trend.

Since my first degree, I have been associated with the Institute of Social Affairs and Public Health, where I am currently privileged to conduct exercises for students. Professionally, I also fulfill myself as an educator at the Daily Support Facility

PhD student in the discipline of security sciences. Graduated from both: Law and History of Art at the Jagiellonian University.

Research interests are focused on national, internal, social, cultural and personal security, especially protection of cultural and national heritage.

The doctoral dissertation will focus on defining and denominating tasks and rules of security in protection of cultural and national heritage. The scope of the work will cover the Małopolskie Voivodeship in its structure.

Professionally works as a Spokesperson: until 2021 at the Board of Education in Krakow, from October 2021 at the Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Krakow.

Michał Filipczuk is a graduate in philosophy at the Jagiellonian University. Currently he is a doctoral student at the Philosophy Department of Pedagogical University in Krakow, Poland. He is theoretically interested in mutual relations between philosophy and literature.

The aim of his doctoral research project is an analysis of the problem of so called literary skepticism in the thought of an American philosopher Stanley Cavel.

He is not only dealing with language theoretically but also practically: using both academic and literary skills as a professional philosophical and literary translator he has translated into polish more than 50 books. Many of them are academic monographs in philosophy, as well as works by David Hume, George Berkeley, czy Ralph Waldo Emerson, by renown novelists like Joseph Conrad and Jane Austen and many others.

For more information, see Wikipedia – https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Filipczuk

A doctoral student in the humanities in the discipline of history. Graduated from Bachelor’s and Master’s studies with a specialisation in teaching history at the Institute of History and Archival Studies of the KEN Pedagogical University in Krakow.

Master’s thesis on the village of Zagorzyce, once owned by the Order of Canons Regular of the Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre, known in Poland as the Bożogrobcy or Miechowites. The doctoral dissertation will be an extension of the master’s degree, as it deals with the history of the twenty-five villages that make up the Miechów key of the bożogrobcy, including the peasant population living in the area.

His research interests include the history of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the history of the Miechów area, the situation of the peasantry and the nobility in the modern period, as well as genealogy.

In addition to his doctorate, he is a teacher of history and social studies.

PhD student at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow in the discipline of legal sciences and trainee advocate at the ORA in Warsaw.

As part of his doctoral studies, he pursues his academic interests in data protection law and commercial law.

He works as a lawyer in a law firm.

I am a doctoral student of the University of the National Education Commission in the discipline of political and administrative sciences. I graduated with a master’s degree in financial management and a bachelor’s degree in sociology. I completed my 1st and 2nd cycle studies at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. I am also a logistics technician and an administration technician. I have professional experience working in administration. My scientific interests concern political systems, political parties, social movements, political sociology, sociology of sport and public finances. My doctoral dissertation concentrates on the political effectiveness of anti-systemic groups in Poland in the 21st century.

I am interested in solid-state physics, particularly vacuum-based research methods and high-vacuum techniques. The research methods that interest me the most are Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) and Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), as well as the wide-bandgap materials produced using MBE for applications in the electronics and semiconductor industries.

In 2023, I was employed at the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) in the Department of Physics and Technology of Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Nanostructures, where I worked as a physicist, which allowed me to deepen my research interests.

Currently, as part of my PhD work, I am conducting research on doped cathodoluminescent systems based on ZnO.

My areas of interest also include the application of electron beam methods in industry.

Jestem absolwentką Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie, a obecnie realizuję doktorat z psychologii, koncentrując się na badaniu problematyki kobietobójstwa i psychologicznych mechanizmów przemocy wobec kobiet. Moje zainteresowania badawcze obejmują również ciemną triadę osobowości oraz psychologię emocji, co zaowocowało publikacją naukową na ten temat oraz przeprowadzonymi badaniami na populacji więziennej.

Na co dzień łączę działalność naukową z pracą terapeutyczną. Aktywnie wspieram kobiety z doświadczeniem przemocy w Centrum Praw Kobiet, gdzie pomagam im odzyskać poczucie bezpieczeństwa i pewności siebie. Jestem także związana z dwoma gabinetami psychologicznymi, gdzie pracuję jako psycholożka oraz psychoterapeutka (w trakcie szkolenia), oferując wsparcie w zakresie zaburzeń lękowych, depresji i problemów interpersonalnych. W swojej praktyce stosuję podejście integracyjne, łącząc elementy różnych nurtów psychoterapeutycznych, co pozwala mi lepiej dopasować metody pracy do indywidualnych potrzeb moich pacjentów.

Dzięki różnorodnym doświadczeniom zawodowym – od pracy naukowej, przez działalność pomocową, po codzienną praktykę terapeutyczną – stale rozwijam swoje kompetencje jako psycholog i psychoterapeuta, by móc oferować pacjentom wszechstronną i empatyczną pomoc.

Natalia Sierpińska is a PhD student in the field of socio-economic geography and spatial management. He is carrying out his doctoral dissertation under the supervision of dr hab., prof. UP by Agnieszka Kwiatek-Sołtys and Dr. Monika Płaziak.

The subject of her research includes issues in the field of development strategy and its impact on sustainable development of cities, as well as models of functional and spatial structure as a new tool for creating commune development strategies and supra-local development strategies.

Professionally, he deals with space planning in the Krakow Metropolitan Association.

Privately, a great lover of animals, especially cats.

I am a PhD student at the Pedagogical University of Krakow in the discipline of philosophy. I am a highly motivated individual with a strong academic background and diverse work experience. My educational journey began at Fatih Sultan Mehmet University, where I completed my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. During my studies, I focused on the concept of progress in the history of science, exploring its significance and impact.

For my Master’s thesis, I delved into the intricacies of this concept, conducting extensive research and analysing its evolution throughout scientific advancements. This allowed me to develop a comprehensive understanding of the complex relationship between scientific progress and societal development.

My doctoral research focuses on the concept of infinity in Spinoza and its implications for contemporary political philosophy. My aim in this thesis is to reassess Spinoza’s concept of infinity from a new perspective and give it a new meaning in contemporary political philosophy.

In addition to my academic pursuits, I have engaged in various professional endeavors. I have translated numerous books, facilitating the dissemination of knowledge across different cultures. Moreover, I have played an integral role in organizing cultural events, fostering an environment of exchange and appreciation for diverse art forms.

Beyond my academic and professional achievements, I possess a range of skills that contribute to my versatility. I am proficient in graphic design, allowing me to create visually compelling content. Additionally, I have developed expertise in influencer marketing, harnessing the power of social media to promote meaningful causes.

Outside my academic and professional pursuits, I have a deep passion in theatre and actively participate in theatrical productions. Furthermore, I find solace in the art of poetry, and I enjoy expressing my thoughts and emotions through the written word.

Overall, my multidisciplinary background, coupled with my diverse skill set, enables me to approach challenges from various perspectives. I am eager to contribute my knowledge and expertise to projects that promote intellectual growth and cultural exchange.

I am PhD candidate in the discipline of Physics. My research involves the study of nonlinear phenomena, in particular solitons at Josephson junctions. I focus on the description of their dynamics depending on the modification of the junction geometry. The topic of my PhD dissertation is “Solitons dynamics in Josephson junctions”; this work is prepared under the supervision of Prof. Tomasz Dobrowolski. I started my PhD right after receiving the Bachelor’s degree. I am a graduate of Physics at Pedagogical University of Cracow. My undergraduate thesis concerned the possibility of using the Mössabauer spectroscopy in geological research and was entitled “Application of Mössbauer 57Fe spectroscopy in the study of paleoenvironmental redox conditions”. Since 2021 I am the president of the Doctoral Student Government of the Pedagogical University of Cracow. I am also a scholarship holder of the Kosciuszko Foundation.

ORCID: 0000-0001-8678-7251

He submitted a doctoral thesis entitled „Kink Dynamics in the sine-Gordon Model: Interaction with Inhomogeneities”.

On 11.06.2024r. the public defence of the doctoral thesis took place

Aleksandra Gębacz – PhD student in social sciences in the discipline of security science. A graduate of the I and II degree studies in state security at the University of the National Education Commission in Cracow. Her research interests are focused on research on the use of artificial intelligence in the field of defense, in particular by analysing the issues of operational effectiveness and decision-making processes. The doctoral dissertation analyses the problems and potential benefits resulting from the implementation of artificial intelligence in the context of defence operations.

My name is Fatemeh Gholami, a PhD Student at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. I specialize at English Studies with two masters’ Degrees. My field of study at PUK is Literary Studies and I follow my line of research on Place studies, Spatiality Literary Studies, Ecospace and Bioregions depicted in literary works. As for the context of my work, I am focused on Migration/Diaspora Literature of the 21^st century including novels, memoirs and visual productions. Observing how migrant authors represent places of movement either in a fictional manner or as real cartographic places can reveal if these authors are concerned with promoting certain ecological literacy through their texts or not. Inspired by the academic sphere and the interdisciplinarity involved at PUK, my dissertation aims at intersecting the Spatial Turn and Ecological Turn in the Humanities through highlighting the significance of places in the world today. My conference presentations have invariably been about ecocritical readings of texts and how literature and culture in general can play a key role in changing people’s perspectives toward building more environmentally-aware societies. Literature does matter after all.

I am a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University in Cracow in the discipline of history and a graduate of the Institute of History at the Jagiellonian University, where I defended a thesis entitled “The Belarusian question in the concepts of selected currents of Polish political thought (from the beginning of the XX century to 1921)”.

Currently, the topic of my doctoral dissertation is the borderland town on the example of Hrodna in historical thought and awareness in the XIX and the first half of the XX century. In addition, my interests include issues of historical memory, nationality relations in Central and Eastern Europe, the history of the XIX and XX centuries including political and cultural relations and urban history. I have also been involved in popularising history for many years and have participated in educational and cultural projects

Katarzyna Horabik is a doctoral student in literary studies. Bringing together previous expertise her dissertation will be focusing on the specific nature of literary magic realism found in Central Europe. Her comparative analysis inscribes itself in post-dependance literary studies, highlights the unstable nature of mimeticity in literary fiction along with the deep-rooted folklore and tradition of the particular regions (both geographical and literary) in Central Europe.

Katarzyna holds a Master’s Degree in Literary Criticism as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Hungarian Studies and Comparative Literature from the Jagiellonian University. Her academic interest draws from the cultural diversity of Central Europe, which is why she gives special attention to nuance and details capable of creating meaning and considers them in 20th century and contemporary literature through the lenses of region, identity and equality. Of interest is the anthropology of borderland, the melting pot of languages and cultures, the question of identity and its (re)construction, transgression in cultural texts and the topos of melancholy. Her essays and reviews were published in Nowa Dekada Krakowska.

Magda Hueckel 

Visual artist, theater photographer, stage designer, traveler. A graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts at the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts. Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the City of Sopot. Her works have been exhibited at several dozen exhibitions in Poland and abroad (including Tate Britain in London). Author of photo books’ ‘Anima. Pictures from Africa 2005–2013’ and ‘HUECKEL / THEATER’ (nominations for the Photographic Publication of the Year 2014 and 2016).She collaborates with Tomasz Śliwiński on filmmaking as scriptwriter and art director. Their documentary film “Our Curse” received an Oscar nomination and dozens of awards at international festivals. The premiere of their newest film “Ondine” took place in 2019. She constantly cooperates with over a dozen theaters in Poland. She has created documentation of several hundred theater performances. Many iconic photographs of contemporary Polish plays are the works of Magda Hueckel. In the years 2002–2004 she created the photographic duo hueckelserafin with Agata Serafin. President and founder of the Polish CCHS Foundation Lift the Curse.

Andrii Ivanchuk is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the philosophy of consciousness at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. The PhD research title is: “Transformation of patterns of consciousness in phenomenological and psychoanalytic perspectives”. In addition to his doctoral studies, Ivanchuk’s academic interests include psychoanalysis, logics, and psychiatry. He earned an MPhil degree from Ivan Franko Lviv National University, and has presented reports and papers on a range of topics, including theories of consciousness, the psyche in different schools of thought, non-classical logic, and existentialist philosophy.

He graduated the Institute of Law and Administration at the University of the National Education Commission, with a second degree in geography, specializing in socio-economic geography and spatial management. He is also a graduate of postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Management at the S. Staszic Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow, majoring in HR Business Partner. In his master’s thesis, he analyzed “Differentiation of industrial development in Poland compared to Europe in 2000-2020.” His doctoral dissertation examines “The impact of human capital and location factors on the development of innovation industries and their competitiveness, in Poland in the past two decades of the 21st century.” He was a speaker at the 18th Scientific Conference on “The Role of Entrepreneurship in the Development of Economic Entities” and the 39th International Scientific Conference on “Enterprise Behavior under Economic Crisis,” organized by the University of the National Education Commission. His main research interests are in the functioning, development, transformation and location factors of economic activities in Poland, with particular emphasis on industrial enterprises, the development of entrepreneurial attitudes and mental aspects of human beings, with their application to business and personal life. In addition, he is interested in issues of economic geography and geopolitics.

Articles:

Kilar, W., Jabłoński, M. (2022). Zakładanie własnej działalności gospodarczej jako przejaw przedsiębiorczości w Polsce (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem Nowosądecczyzny). Przedsiębiorczość – Edukacja, 18(2), 7–24.

PhD student in humanities in the discipline of history. A graduate of historical tourism (2021) and history (2023) at the Institute of History and Archival Studies at UKEN. My research interests include the socio-political history of Galicia in the autonomous period. I am preparing my doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Dr. hab. prof. UKEN Konrad Meus, entitled:  ,,Cultural, educational and charitable activities of Eastern Galician conservatives in the years 1867-1914”

Graduate of Russian Philology at the Pedagogical University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. In 2021 she defended her Master’s thesis devoted to the language of wartime agitation in poetic works form the World War II posters “TASS Windows”. Her research interests focus on political discourse and linguistic analysis of artistic texts.

As part of her training in the Doctoral School in the discipline of linguistics, she is preparing a dissertation on the deconstruction of Russian political discourse in contemporary audiovisual parodic works. The planned work aims to show the verbal activity of politicians from the perspective of the parodists and to examine current forms of reaction to the discourse of power in the Internet sphere.

Born in 1985 in Rydułtowy / Poland. The first Silesian woman to receive the World Press Photo Award in 2021. Upper Silesia from where she’s from, has a distinct culture, traditions and language, than the rest of Poland. Most of her long-term projects are focused on the aftermath of loss. Experiencing it herself she wants to draw attention to the issues people face. Projects on this theme include “Self-portrait with my mother”, „Lost”, “Reborn”, and “Little Poland”. Her long-term projects were nationally and internationally awarded by Magnum & Ideas Tap award among others. She completed the internship at Magnum Photos office in New York City. Karolina is an award-winning photographer with a master’s degree in photography from the Polish National Film, Television and Theater School in Lodz. She is based in Poland and works on verity of her projects both locally and internationally. www.karolinajonderko.com

Graduate of the Faculty of Media Art, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Master’s degree realized
In the Studio of Spatial Activities of Mirosław Bałka. Visual artist, using in her artistic practice
various media in her artistic practice, such as photography, video, installation and performance.
As part of her doctoral project, she reflects on the influence of architecture through artistic research,
its material and spatial organization on the body and emotions in the process of dying.
Website:
https://monikakarczmarczyk.com
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/monikakarczmarczyk/

Danuta Kadłub, MA – PhD student in the discipline of biological sciences. She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology at the Pedagogical University of Cracow. Insects are at the center of her scientific interests. She is particularly interested in forensic entomology and the potential for using beetles to gain information important to law enforcement agencies. In her master’s thesis, she analyzed changes in insect succession on the carcass of a pig affected by extensive injury in the Zakopane area.

In her research project, she would like to focus on examining how body decomposition and insect succession on corpses are affected by the altitude gradient in the mountains. Her main aim is to develop succession models and patterns of corpse decomposition that can be used in determining the postmortem time of corpses found in the Tatra Mountains.

Graduate of history at the Jagiellonian University and Protection of Cultural Property at the Pontifical University of John Paul II. Long-term employee of the Monuments Inventory and Digitisation Workshop of UPJP II in Krakow. Co-author of the portals “Sacral Heritage of Malopolska” and “Digital Archive of Cracow Archdiocese”, then member of the EU DARIAH project at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Currently an employee of the XX. Czartoryski Library in Krakow and the Centre for Research on the Historical Geography of the Church in Poland at the Catholic University of Lublin. He is preparing his doctoral dissertation on the parish clergy in the Nowa Góra deanery in the 17th century.

Doctoral student in the literature studies programme. In 2022, she graduated in Polish Studies-Comparative Studies at the Jagiellonian University and defended her Master’s thesis entitled Relations of Rural Dwellers with Nature and Nature in Władysław Reymont’s Peasants and Camille Lemonnier’s Un Mâle and Polish and Belgian Nationalism at the Turn of the 20th Century. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Romance philology from the Pedagogical University. Her research interests focus primarily on literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, literary comparatistics, animal studies in the broadest sense, and maladic studies.
The subject of her doctoral thesis is the problem of meat in Polish and French naturalism.

Graduate of political science at the University of Gdansk and Middle Eastern studies at the Institute for the Middle and Far East at Jagiellonian University. In 2016/2017 he was a student of the Academy of Young Diplomats program, and in the same year completed a Hebrew language course at Haifa University. As part of the author’s “Stosunkowo Bliski Wschód” (Relatively Near East) project, he is active as a columnist on Middle Eastern politics and culture in podcasts and on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. He collaborates with the weekly publication “Przegląd” (Review) and the portal Krytyka Polityczna (Political Critique). Publicity specialist in the PR department of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow.

I am a PhD student in the field of social sciences in the discipline of pedagogy at the University of the National Education Commission in Kraków.

I graduated from the University of Education of the National Commission in Kraków with a bachelor’s degree in special education and a master’s degree in special education. I am also a preschool and elementary school teacher.

For several years, I have been working as a teacher at one of the Kraków special schools. My research interests include the functioning of people with intellectual disabilities, the impact of the family environment and the school environment on their future choices, and the support of the development of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. The subject of my doctoral dissertation is the understanding of the sense of life and one’s own value of students with mild intellectual disabilities from dysfunctional families.

I am a graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Comparative Literature Studies and Polish Studies, currently a Ph.D. student in literary studies at the University of the National Education Commission in Cracow. My research interests include literary and cultural anthropology, environmental history, political philosophy, ecocide, and genocide studies. As part of my Ph.D. dissertation, I am researching reportage and testimonial literature focused on the geopolitics of famine in the context of epistemic injustice theory. She has recently published: Holodomor Narratives as a (Re)Medium of (Post)Memory: Tania Pyankova’s The Age of Red Ants, , „Teksty Drugie” 2023, nr 5.

I am a PhD student in the field of social sciences in the discipline of socio-economic geography and spatial management at the Doctoral School of the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow. I graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in geography, specializing in teaching. In my research, I deal with spatial and structural changes in the market of non-public educational services in Poland in the 21st century. My research interests also concern the issue of teachers’ professional careers. I work as a geography teacher in a primary school.

Sylwia Koczanowicz is a PhD student in biological sciences. She graduated from the Pedagogical University of Kraków. Her research interests are focused on parasitology, acarology, especially parasitic arthropods, and as well as public health. Her research plans are related to ticks, human and animal parasites. Her research project involves collecting ticks in the Poprad Landscape Park, determining the risk of human exposure to tick infestation and diseases transmitted by them.

Ph.D. student at the Doctoral School in the discipline of security sciences. Graduate of Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in the field of national security in the specialization of education and security prevention, and Master’s degree in the field of ethics – mediation and negotiation at the KEN Pedagogical University in Cracow.

Research interests focused on the area related to the changes that have occurred over the years in the process of education of children and adolescents in the aspect related to security. The doctoral dissertation will concern the defense education of youth as an element of the strategic resilience of the Republic of Poland to threats.

Mihály Köntös lives in Krakow, but he grew up and pursued his high school and university studies in Hungary. He has an MA in English and Hungarian language teaching. In the BA training, he majored in English and American Studies with translation specialization. Over the years he has gained experience in language teaching, translation, and culture management.

His scientific interests include translatoriality, paraprofessional translation, ad hoc translation, machine translation, pedagogical translation, and teaching Hungarian as a foreign language. In his project, he endeavors to examine mediation strategies among the Hungarian community in Poland with special emphasis on translational activities.

As he strongly believes in interdisciplinary approaches, he is looking forward to working with researchers from various fields, such as sociolinguistics. He is also hoping to extend his research to different settings.

Karol Kordas – graduate of political science and history at the Jagiellonian University. Currently a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of the University of the National Education Commission in Kraków.

He is preparing doctoral dissertation about railway workers in the Kraków District during World War II. His research interests focus on the history of 20th century Poland, in particular the history of railways, the Polish Underground State, the history of the Polish People’s Movement and the functioning of Polish society under German and Soviet occupation

I am a PhD student at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, specializing in pedagogy. I graduated from three specializations at the Faculty of Education: Pre-School and Early School Education, Deaf Education and Pedagogical Therapy with Individual Revalidation. My interests concern issues related to the functioning of Deaf people, in particular inclusive education of deaf students, sign language and communication between hearing and deaf people. Selected conditions of inclusive education of hearing-impaired students in mainstream schools are the subject of my doctoral dissertation.

Krzysztof Adam Kowalczyk, MA – Geographer. Graduate of socio-economic geography and spatial economy and regional development at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Doctoral student at the Doctoral School of the KEN Pedagogical University in Cracow in the discipline of socio-economic geography and spatial economy.
Scientific research related to the dissertation is embedded in the physiognomic and semiotic-aesthetic current of landscape studies and concerns the role that the urban landscape plays in the subjective perception of the quality of life and visual attractiveness of the place of residence.
Research interests are oriented to the issues of perception and aesthetics of the environment, spatial order, quality of life, economic value of the landscape and its intangible aspects, as well as humanistic, political and urban geography.

I am a first-year postgraduate student at the Doctoral School of the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow in the discipline of Linguistics, since October 2024. I graduated with a Bachelor’s and master’s degree in English Philology, at the Institute of English Philology (IFA UP), from. 2016-2019 -2021, in the discipline of Linguistics with specialisations in: Translation Techniques and Translation Studies. My two dissertations were devoted to issues related to specialised language and its translation, terminology, working with text corpora, creating dictionaries and medical language. I am also a student at the Institute of UKEN’s Institute of Neophilology majoring in Ukrainian Philology.

My dissertation aims to analyse and define the methodology of translational work with a new type of medical documentation, that is the physiotherapy documentation, included by the Polish legislator in the group of medical records. The recipients of these guidelines will be mainly students and graduates of translation studies and students of medical and non-medical faculties: physiotherapy and nursing faculties. The dissertation intends to explore the distinctiveness of the as yet unstandardised Physiotherapy language, against the background of general medical language. by showing how the language of physiotherapy looks today in Polish language and what factors shape it.

Bartłomiej Kozioł

A first-year doctoral student at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of the National Education Commission in Cracow, in the discipline of literary studies.

I am a graduate of the first- and second-cycle degree studies in Polish philology (with a teaching specialisation) at the University of Applied Sciences in Tarnów (formerly the State Higher Vocational School in Tarnów and then the Academy of Applied Sciences in Tarnów). The aforementioned period of education culminated in my implementation type M.A. thesis on the motif of the castle in Polish Romantic poetry and its contemporary cultural connotations. It became the basis for the decision to extend my previous investigations and research inspirations that are continued in the Doctoral School.

The research I am conducting for the purpose of preparing my doctoral dissertation covers a wide spectrum of issues related to the folk symbolism of supernatural beings in the poetry of Polish Romanticism. I intend to refer in it to the literary legacy not only of the Three Bards of that period, but also to the creative output of poets less known and forgotten in the discourse of literary studies.

I describe my interests as versatile and primarily oriented towards the search for connections between the humanities at different research levels. In literary studies, I am passionate about all issues related to geopoetics and spirituality present in Romantic poetry as well as descriptions of nature in the poetry of Young Poland. Currently, I am also looking for references to the meaning of the motif of nature in contemporary Polish religious poetry.

I am particularly fascinated by selected issues in the field of Christian theology, philosophy of religion, ethics, didactics and methodology of teaching at the university level. Privately, I am an enthusiast of souvenirs and relics of the past preserved as part of the heritage of material monuments, including historic churches, examples of wooden and fortified architecture. Enchanted by the beauty and pristine nature of Polish mountains.

Monika Kozioł-Sumera – PhD candidate in the field of art history curator. Graduate of art history and postgraduate museum studies from the Jagiellonian University. Awarded scholarship by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the City of Krakow. She is particularly interested in the contemporary art of Central and Eastern Europe and the history of the development of the artistic community of Nowa Huta in Krakow in the 1960s and 1970s.

Blerta Krasniqi is a certified speech-language pathologist from the Republic of Kosovo. She graduated from Heimerer College in Prishtina (RKS) with a BSc in Speech Therapy and an MA in Speech Therapy from the Medical University of Tirana (Albania). She then pursued a Ph.D. in Linguistics at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. Before she was engaged as Responsible for Teaching Issues and Teaching Assistant at Heimerer College and also worked as a Field Researcher in an NGO in Prishtina, Kosovo.

Her area of research expertise is dyslexia… More specifically her topic of research is “Predispositions of dyslexia and the neurolinguistics aspect of preschool age children in the Republic of Kosovo and Poland” under the supervision of Dr. Hab. Marzena Błasiak – Tytuła (UP) and Prof.Ass.Dr.Sc. Muljaim Kacka (Heimerer College).

She carries out a publication in the Journal “Specialusis Ugdymas/ Special Education” for the topic “Teacher’s knowledge about some of the dyspraxia elements” and has participated in different international and national conferences, workshops, or seasonal schools for her professional development.

“What is detected in the first stages, will bring better results after the treatment”

Visual artist, designer, curator and researcher whose work centres around spaces of conflict and tensions within cultural mechanisms and systems of identity formation. Her practice encompasses drawing, photography, video, animation, and initiation of performative actions. Krawczyk received her MA from the Jagiellonian University Institute of Audiovisual Arts, followed by Postgraduate Gender Studies at her alma mater. Currently, she artistically researches social photography for her dissertation project at the Pedagogical University of Krakow Doctoral School, analysing mechanism of operations of power and methods of behavioural data usage within global digital architecture. For over a decade, Krawczyk was affiliated with the Bunkier Sztuki CAG in Krakow, where she produced various projects in the form of group problem exhibitions, individual shows, research projects and exhibition experiments. Krawczyk has received numerous scholarships and awards, including: Creative Scholarship of the City of Krakow (2021); Artist of the Month, ART from HEART CIC, London (2021); Ministry of Culture and National Heritage “Kultura Online” [Culture Online] grant (2020); Krakow Municipal Office “Kultura Odporna” [Resilient Culture] scholarship (2020); and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage “Aktywność obywatelska” [Civic Engagement] grant (2015).

After completing the Master’s degree, I became a lecturer at the Department of Geography – Hue University of Education, Vietnam.

In 2020, I was a PhD student at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, majoring in Socio-economic geography and spatial management, under the support of the Scholarship Agreement between Vietnam and Poland.

My dissertation focused on identifying the current status of ecotourism development in the Binh Tri Thien region, Vietnam, and proposing the most effective and sustainable development paths. The dissertation was supervised by Prof. Leszek Butowski and Dr. Łukasz Quirini-Popławski.

Master Paulina Likus – PhD student in biological sciences. A graduate of first and second degree biology at the Pedagogical University of Commission of National Education in Krakow.

My main interest is microbiology, especially the impact of antibiotics, chemotherapeutics and natural substances on the development of microorganisms. Further scientific interests include ecotoxicology, human biomonitoring and public health. Currently, I exercise my laboratory competences as an employee of the Laboratory Diagnostics Department of the District Hospital in Chrzanów.

In the research project, I want to investigate the impact of newly synthesized compounds resulting from the condensation of a series of rhodanine-3-carboxyalkyl acids with substituted 2-chloroquinoline-3-carboxaldehydes on multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria from the Enterobacteriaceae family producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) and Gram – positive bacteria from the Staphylococcaceae family.

The research will include the following stages: isolation of bacilli from clinical material with extended antibiotic resistance, determination of the growth kinetics of these bacteria in the presence of newly synthesized compounds, analysis of changes in the gene transcriptome.

I am a graduate of historical tourism and cultural heritage (2022) at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. My BA thesis was about the Serbian village of Ostojićevo and the region of Vojvodina as an international tourist product, and my MA thesis was about the former residences of Elżbieta Sieniawska née Lubomirska and how they could be used in tourism. My research interests are mainly related to the history of the mentality of women in the modern period, in particular noblewomen of the Saxon period. The doctoral dissertation focuses on the informants, newsboys and postmen of the castellan of Krakow, Elżbieta Sieniawska. Performing thorough queries and analyzes in Polish and foreign archives, I am working on a dissertation that will raise an important topic of social communication at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries

Jestem doktorantką językoznawstwa. Ukończyłam studia licencjackie i magisterskie na Uniwersytecie Pedagogicznym im. KEN w Krakowie. Tytuł licencjata logopedii z nauczaniem języka polskiego jako obcego uzyskałam w 2019 roku, a dwa lata później obroniłam tytuł magistra filologii polskiej ze specjalnością edytorstwo i zarządzanie treściami internetowymi.  Obecnie pracuję jako lektorka języka polskiego jako obcego (m.in. w Centrum Nauczania Języka Polskiego Jako Obcego przy Instytucie Filologii Polskiej UP). Miałam swój udział w redagowaniu i korektach m.in. znanej serii „HURRA!!! Po Polsku” czy książkach „Połącz kropki” i „Postaw kropkę”. Biorę udział w różnych projektach promujących język polski jako obcy. Realizuję się również jako prowadząca lub współprowadząca szkolenia związane z nauczaniem polskiego jako obcego na portalu Polski i Kropka (https://polskiikropka.pl/).

Moje zainteresowania badawcze koncentrują się wokół takich zagadnień jak: nauczanie języka polskiego jako obcego/drugiego, nauczanie języka polskiego jako języka edukacji szkolnej, akwizycja języka, dwujęzyczność. Znajdują one wyraz w problematyce mojego doktoratu dotyczącego wsparcia językowego uczniów i uczennic z doświadczeniem migracji w zakresie umiejętności pisania w języku polskim jako drugim.

I am a historian and archivist, a graduate of the Institute of History at the Jagiellonian University (2019). Since 2019, I have been working at the Archive of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU) in Cracow, and since 2021 I have been serving as the deputy director of this unit. I am also a member of the Society of Friends of Science in Przemyśl. My research interests revolve around the history of science, military history (especially issues related to cavalry motorization), and biographical studies. In my dissertation, I deal with issues related to the community of Krakow orientalists after the end of World War II, their problems and challenges in the face of the new post-war order

I’m a doctoral student at the National Education Commission University, where I’m working on an NCN Sonata grant, The Role of Postcolonial Concepts in Defining the Polish State and its Relations with Africa during the Twentieth Century.  My interests are mainly in the history of the 20th century, with a particular focus on the issue of countries and societies whose development has been affected by external interference and politic or cultural domination. That is why I dedicated my Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis to Irish history. Both its efforts in the struggle for independence and the social effects of the island’s division that are still present today. My current research focuses mainly on the attitude of the Polish state and society towards the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. I would like this research to serve not only to better understand the history of colonial discourse in Polish conditions, but also to become part of a postcolonial turn in contemporary Polish historiography

Katarzyna Majca-Lipa MA – PhD student in the field of humanities in the discipline of literary studies. A graduate of Polish philology with teaching specialty, also with teaching Polish as a second or foreign language (2023) at the Pedagogical University of National Education Commission in Krakow. In her master’s thesis, she analyzed „speech and silence of plants” in the poetry of Wisława Szymborska. The doctoral student scientific and research interests focus on contemporary poetry and prose, especially issues related to literature anthropology, also in the perspective of ecological humanities and posthumanities. The topics of dissertation will oscillate around anthropocenic and posthumanist issues in contemporary women’s poetry.

Education

2023 Obtained a master’s degree in special education

Institute of Special, School and Teacher Education

Field of study: Special education (daytime)

Specialty: Pedagogical therapy and individual revalidation

Title of master’s thesis: Changes in the emotional and social sphere of personality in children with dyslexia under the influence of the “Game of Good Behavior” project (supervisor: Dr. Katarzyna Plutecka, professor at UP)

2021 Obtained a bachelor’s degree in special education

Institute of Special Education

Major: History (daily)

Specialty: Oligophrenopedagogy

Title of bachelor’s thesis: “Game for Good Behavior” program in the prevention of difficult behavior in children with intellectual disabilities (supervisor: Dr. Małgorzata Trojańska)

Area of ​​interest: behavioral therapy, prevention, addictions, intellectual disability

Student at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of Cracow in the field of fine arts and art conservation. Graduate of Photography at Warsaw University and Contemporary Art at Pedagogical University in Cracow. Affiliated with Galeria Labirynt (Lublin), where she is involved in education and participatory projects. Photographer, photo editor, intermedia artist, curator. Most often she uses the medium of photography understood in a broad sense; video, analog and digital collage. She also works in the field of subjective documentary and “new new media.” In her works she addresses social and relational issues, she is interested in intergenerational themes, sociology of everyday life. She has participated in residencies, solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Finalist of Grand Press Photo 2020, nominated for reportage and portrait in the Young Poland category, co-curator of the grant project of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the “Kultura Dostępna” 2020 program: First Sense – non-visual perception of art. Together with Michał Tokarz, she forms the collective – Kolektyw [ZOBACZ JAK]. Her dissertation deals with the revision of common educational attitudes that have been present for years in the “intergenerational relay,” significant in the upbringing of Generation Y, of which she is a representative. The final work will be a multi-element, intermedia work visualizing these attitudes.

Agnieszka Mikulska is a PhD candidate at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of Krakow in the discipline of history. She is a graduate of German and Central European Studies at the KEN Pedagogical University in Kraków and the Charles University in Prague.

In 2021, she defended her MA thesis entitled Education in Bochnia in the second half of the 19th century. Her research interests focus on the German political scene, 20th century German history and the evolution of political ideologies in German-speaking countries.

Her doctoral dissertation will concern the parliamentary activity of The Green Party between 1994-2005 on the German political scene. The research conducted will aim to analyse a key period for the development of one of the most important parties in Germany in the 21st century at a particularly crucial time for its development.

Zuzanna Mucha, MA – PhD student at the Doctoral School of the University of the National Education Commission in Cracow in the discipline of biological sciences. She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology. The doctoral student’s scientific interests are related to animal physiology, particularly in the area of neurophysiology, as well as ecophysiology and toxicology. In the Doctoral School, she hopes to enhance her knowledge by conducting a research project on the expression and function of estrogen receptors in the gastrointestinal tract of the avian embryo and studying the development of the enteric nervous system in this research model.

A PhD student in Art since October 2021. Graduate from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the same year (MA diploma in The Studio of Andrzej Bednarczyk). In 2019 I was studying at Akademie der Bildenden Künste München within The Erasmus Program. During my PhD studies I want to formulate new intermedial composition-criteria (currently called: intermedial parallelism and structural density), which may be helpful and stimulating for some types of artistic practice. In the main part of my art practice I create painterly objects, which can be see on my instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/adam.nehring/

I had a pleasure to participate in following projects:

In memory of victims of self-abuse; Domie, Poznan, 11.2020
In these days of tumult, heat and dazzle I retreat in my mind; Stefan Gierowski Foundation, Warsaw, 10.2021

19. Survival Art Review,You ain’t going nowhere; Pafawag, Wroclaw, 06.2021

20. Survival Art Review; Betania Hospital, Wroclaw, 06.2022

Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2019 & Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2021, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biala, 11.2019 i 10.2021

Nowy Obraz / Nowe spojrzenie 2021; Old Paper Mill, Poznan, 05.2021

I am a PhD student in Biological Sciences. I graduated from the first and second degree of Biology at the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow. My research interests include research in the field of biochemistry and biophysics, in particular cytotoxicology and membrane biology.

In the research project, I intend to expand my knowledge on the effect of isothiazoline derivatives on the biochemical and biophysical parameters of human cell lines and model cell membranes.

Artur Orzeł – PhD student at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow in the discipline of legal sciences and trainee attorney-at-law at the OIRP in Krakow. Final year student of master’s studies in international relations. Specializing in civil law and banking law. He actively develops his professional career not only in a scientific but also practical context, working for one of the leading Polish law firms.

Milana Ospanova is a Ph.D. candidate majoring in pedagogy at Pedagogical University of Krakow. She completed her Master in the field of social pedagogy and self-knowledge at Karaganda Buketov University in Kazakhstan. Milana is also a scholarship holder of NAWA within the exchange program for students and scientists as part of bilateral cooperation between Poland and Kazakhstan.

Her most recent researches focus on the prevention of destructive behavior of students and problems of contemporary pedeutology and has already published articles in scientific journals.

She is now working on teacher competences for working with students displaying disruptive behavior based on the experiences in Poland and Kazakhstan.

Born in 1996 in Tychy (Poland). Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (diploma in 2020 in the atelier of Prof. Andrzej Bednarczyk). In 2018-2019 she studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nuremberg.

Currently she is a first year PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of Cracow in the discipline of Fine Arts and Conservation of Works of Art. The topic of her doctoral dissertation, carried out under the supervision of dr hab. Michał Zawada, prof. ASP, is An unrealized fantasy. The political potential of imaging individual and collective fantasy.

The topics she explores are: the gap between collective memory and history, politics of memory and its impact on the present and future, national identity (the emergence of the concept of nation), attempts to predict the future and labour and its relationship with the individual. She works in the technique of painting, sculpture and large-format diorama.

Portfolio: https://alicjapakosz.pl/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicja.pakosz/

I am a student of the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of Cracow in the field of linguistics. I completed five-year full-time studies in Polish Philology at the Jagiellonian University. I am also a graduate of bachelor’s degree studies in the Teachers’ College of Foreign Languages of the Jagiellonian University and postgraduate studies in teaching Polish as a foreign and second language at the Pedagogical University of Cracow.

I teach Polish in public educational institutions and in projects dedicated to children from Polish emigrant communities co-ordinated by the Polish Emigration Community Education Foundation.

My research interests are glottodidactics of Polish language in emigrant communities and ecolinguistics.

In my research project, I analyse communication strategies in Polish multilingual families. I investigate the motives of parents when making a decision to maintain their mother tongue when living abroad.

I am a graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. I am involved in drawing, comic art and self-publishing related to independent comics. At the moment I am working on my own feature comic and taking part in festivals in Poland and abroad, related to comics, games and pop culture in general. I am a member of Polish Indie, an association of independent comics creators. I have also had the pleasure of leading bookbinding and comics art workshops in the drawing studios of the Academy of Fine Arts. I have also been active in the student government of the Graphic Design Department. In 2022, I defended my MA degree in the Narrative Drawing Studio under the direction of Dr Jakub Woynarowski. The title of the project was A Guide to RPGs, which is a comic essay on role-playing games and was nominated for the 2023 Golden Chickens independent publications competition in the category of best debut 2022.
My project, based in the Doctoral School, is about role-playing games, particularly their intermediality and interdisciplinarity in terms of their design. I will explore the development of the currently popular art-punk RPG trend and the influence of comic art on game design, as well as the relationship of the artist as consumer and creator of role-playing games.
Supervisor: Prof. UKEN Dr. Małgorzata Niespodziewana-Rados
Associate supervisor; Dr. Bartosz Zaskórski
my portfolio: www.instagram.com/cultistcarl

I have been a PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of Krakow since October 2021. I write my PhD thesis in literature.

I graduated from Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz obtaining master’s degree in German Philology and bachelor’s degree in Administration Studies. Furthermore, I completed postgraduate studies for translators at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.

My research interests concern medieval history and German and Polish contemporary literature. In my PhD thesis I focus on the motif of the knight in the newest German and Polish historical and fantasy novels published after 2000.

Aleksandra Polok is a PhD student in literary studies. She is a graduate of Polish language and Literature Studies with a polish teaching major in the University of the National Education Commission. In her master’s thesis, she explored the research stream of the cultural contexts of reading in Poland during the anti-positivist breakthrough, analyzing literary education guides of that time.The doctoral student’s research interests include contemporary poetry and Polish literature for children and teenagers. In her project, she focuses on the concept of modern melancholy in contemporary poetry.

A second-year Ph.D. student in the discipline of linguistics, she is a graduate of physiotherapy at the Bronislaw Czech University of Physical Education in Krakow, postgraduate studies in Logopedia and Pedagogical Studies at PK. She holds an International Certificate as a therapist of NDT-Bobath and PNF concepts and early developmental support for children at risk. She provides screening of infants, children and adolescents, developmental therapy from birth to maturity
and beyond. She has worked with the Department of Developmental Disorders at the Pedagogical University of Cracow. She gave interdisciplinary lectures combining the experience of a physiotherapist and speech therapist for min. FASTRYGA Center, WIR Publishing House, “Let’s get up together” Foundation, Health Guide Portal “Physiotherapy for Health”, as well as consultations as part of the “We race with diabetes” campaign during the 2016 Tour de Pologne . He cooperates
with the Medical Center “Ortotop”, the Rehabilitation Center for children and infants NZOZ Kraków-Południe. She co-authored recommendations for physiotherapeutic evaluation of children with suspected Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD in the team formed at the State Agency for the Solution of Alcohol Problems (PARPA). She was a member of the consultation “Diagnosis of key educational needs of students with autism spectrum and Asperger’s syndrome, FAS syndrome. Assessment of their educational potential in the Silesian Province in terms of their specific abilities and limitations” carried out on behalf of the Office of the Marshal of the Silesian Province. Member of the Thematic Team for Quality and Monitoring of the Physiotherapy Process at the National Chamber of Physiotherapy (KIF) and the Polish Physiotherapy Association.
He researches problems of disorders of the oral-facial tract. He is looking for answers to from the borderline of both disciplines to more effectively support the therapy process in the youngest possible patients.

Edyta Pytel – PhD student in social sciences in the discipline of security science. A graduate of bachelor’s and master’s studies in administration at the Jagiellonian University, as well as a master’s degree in social work with a specialty as an organiser of social services at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. She has over 6 years of professional experience in the field of social assistance. Her research interests revolve around societal security issues with a particular emphasis on social, elementary security issues. As part of her doctoral dissertation, she undertakes scientific research on the issue of social security of families at-risk in the context of societal conditionings of the 21st century.

PhD student in history at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University in Krakow. In the years 2016–2020 she studied archival science, documentation management and information brokerage at the Institute of History and Archival Studies of the Pedagogical University in Krakow. In the period from 30/01/2019 to 30/04/2019, a participant of a research project financed by the National Science Center „Biological standard of living in Poland 1800-1950: changes in height and weight 1800-1950”. In 2019, she was awarded for her bachelor’s thesis entitled „Contribution of Władysław Semkowicz to the development of the Polish archival field” for an interesting and archival presentation of archival threads in the biography of Władysław Semkowicz in the national competition named after Ryszard Mienicki for the Best Diploma Thesis in the field of Archival Science and Document Management. In January 2020, as part of the University Tutoring Program „Primus Gradus”, she delivered a lecture on the awarded BA thesis.

During her master’s studies, she completed an internship, during which she independently compiled an archival group for the Documentation Center of Deportations, Expulsions and Resettlements in Krakow. She used the experience gained in her master’s thesis by creating the „Inventory of the Hoffmann archival group in the Documentation Center of Deportations and Resettlements in Krakow”, in which she described the administrative history, i.e. the Hoffmann family deported into the USSR during World War II, the history of the documents themselves, the content and archival characteristics of the group.

From October 2021, a member of the Council of the Institute of History and Archives of the Pedagogical University in Krakow and a scholarship holder of the National Science Center grant entitled „Passage of fertility in interwar Poland”. Her research interests include archival studies and the social and political history of Europe (especially Poland) in the first half of the 20th century.

Currently, he is researching the idea of ​​historical archives, focusing on central evangelical archives, with particular emphasis on the Silesian Central Evangelical Archives in Wroclaw.

PhD candidate in the field of philosophy. Graduate in sociology and philosophy at the University of Gdańsk. He has also studied at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He defended his master’s thesis based on the dissertation titled ‘Aesthetics in the Early Philosophy of Emil Cioran.’ He is especially interested in the historical period of Young Poland and 20th-century existentialism. Actively collaborates with the Krakow Circle of Psychoanalysis within New Lacanian School. Engaged in research in the field of philosophical anthropology, hermeneutical contexts, contemporary aesthetics, and postmodernism. Currently working on a doctoral dissertation on the concept of Anaesthetics in the philosophy of Wolfgang Welsch.

Beyond academic pursuits, his interests include poetry, experimental music, and the analysis of current socio-cultural phenomena. He focuses particularly on initiating collaborations between research centers and creating spaces for open discussions.

Email address: kamil.rajkowski@doktorant.uken.krakow.pl

Thesis title:

Bachelor’s thesis: “The cultural heritage of the borderland Tricity at the turn of the 20th century. Perspective of tourism promotion of the region”. Master’s thesis: “Cultural heritage of the Kliszczak Hihglanders culture as a tourist product of the Malopolska region”.

About me:

I was born on 15.08.1996 in Myślenice. From 2015-2020 I pursued my studies at the UP Institute of History and Archival Studies, majoring in historical tourism and cultural heritage. Since October 2020, I have been a student at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of Krakow, where I am researching issues concerning the history of the development of tourism in the Western Carpathians in the interwar period.

Research interests:

My research interests include the history of Polish tourism at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The point of reference for my research is the social, economic and political dimension of interwar tourism in the area of the Western Carpathians. I pursue my knowledge of both the historical and contemporary dimensions of tourism. In addition, I am interested in ethnographic issues. In particular the perspectives of tourism development in the regions of southern Malopolska with the use of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

Paulina Rus – PhD student in the discipline of security science. Graduate of administration (with a specialization in e-government) and national security (with a specialization in security and defense management) at the KEN Pedagogical University in Cracow (2019).

The doctoral student’s research interests are focused on the problems of politics and national security, especially related to internal, social, local, and personnel security.

The current work on the dissertation focuses on capturing the transformation of general and public security in the areas of the Kraków and Łódź agglomerations. The concept of the dissertation is to compare the transformations taking place from 1999 (the implementation of administrative reform) to the current years, both in the context of the indicated regions and between them. The last part will include recommendations and proposals for changes for the next years of operation and activities of services, inspections, and guards that co-create the above-mentioned types of security.

Participant of the UP Doctoral School in the discipline of literary studies from the year 2020/2021 and research and teaching assistant in the Department of Media and Cultural Research of the UP Institute of Polish Philology. In his doctoral dissertation, he reflects on the presence of Habsburg and Galician myths in contemporary Polish prose. The topic of research, however, continues to expand beyond the confines of the discipline, entering the field of history, cultural studies and sociology, as well as beyond the geographical area of Poland to include all of Europe of the Habsburg cultural circle.

Other research interests include the philosophical contexts of literature, especially in the fields of phenomenology, hermeneutics and psychoanalysis; the relationship between the sciences and the humanities; and issues in the field of new media culture and new technologies, also from a psychological perspective. His research into the (micro)history and sociology of German settlement in Galicia (the so-called Josephine colonisation) follows a separate course.

His hobbies include non-commercial tourism, bibliophilia, historical investigations, and power sports.

Francis began his studies in Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria where he studied Political Science and worked on Women empowerment and participation in politics In Nigeria as his final year project and went further to study Political Science in National School of Political Science and Administrative Studies, Bucharest, Romania. His Master’s thesis was on the impact of African Union on the conflicts of Libya and Somalia. He is currently a PhD student in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. His research interests are International organizations, Human development, Humanitarian aids, United Nations, International security, conflict resolution, peace and security studies, Sustainable Development Goals, African politics. His research is majorly on The Effectiveness of United Nations Humanitarian aids on Human development and International Security in Nigeria from 2011-2021 being supervised by Prof. Jacek Sroka and Prof. Bearta Ziebinska. it also interesting to note that he has co-publication to his name which can be found on this link https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2022.02.06 International Association for the Educational Role of Language; Volume 2022-2{8}, pp. 76-77.

PhD student at the University of the National Education Commission in the field of social sciences in the discipline of psychology. Graduate of psychology at the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow (2024).

Her master’s thesis focused on sense of dignity, self-esteem and self-stigmatization among individuals with mental disorders diagnoses. These topics are closely related to her research interests.

Her doctoral dissertation examines childhood experiences, self-stigmatization, and subjective social status among individuals with mental disorder diagnoses.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia (1992), currently pursuing his Ph.D. studies at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of Cracow. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Arts from The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota and a Master’s in Visual Arts from the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague, Czech Republic.

His artistic journey began with a passion for Fine Arts and Sculpture, which gradually led him to explore objects, applied arts, and the captivating world of toys, the focal point of his career. For him, toys serve as a bridge between multiple disciplines, encompassing not only arts and design but also visual culture and the primordial human instinct to play.

In 2015, Sebastián co-founded Dduoo, a multidisciplinary studio specializing in the creation of objects, notably receiving the Lápiz de Acero Design Award in 2017 for a collection of toys.

Relocating to Poland in 2020, he joined the design team of the renowned toy brand Bajo, contributing to the development of numerous objects now distributed worldwide.

His research centers on the significance of toys in material culture and their role as a
tool for cultural introspection.

Doctoral student in the discipline of literary studies. Graduate of theological and philosophical studies at the Pontifical University of John Paul II and polish philology at the Pedagogical University in Krakow. His Master’s thesis in literary studies examined the autobiographical self in the intimist work of Michał Głowiński. He is interested in contemporary Polish prose, especially the issues of masculinity in literature, autobiography, post-dependence, geopoetics and generally the problem of identity of the subject in the novel. He is preparing a thesis on the novel works of Ignacy Karpowicz.

Piotr Sikora (born 1986 in Krakow, Poland) is a critic and curator of contemporary art. He defended his master’s degree at the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

Márk Sima started his doctoral studies in 2021 at the Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management department. His BA studies were History with the specialization of the History of Visegrad Group countries at the Eötvös Lóránd University of Budapest. He finished MA at the same university on Central Europe studies. The title of his PhD dissertation: Spatial concepts of Poland and Lithuania in the late 19^th and the early 20^th century. His dissertation is an attempt to understand Polish and Lithuanian nationalism as geographical concept. His main interests are: Spatial concepts, critical cartography, Nationalism and geography, Polish history and culture, Lithuanian history and culture.

PhD student at the Doctoral School of the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, in the discipline of history. I graduated studies I and II in the same discipline at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow.

My main research interests focus on 19th-century Polish emigration, especially overseas emigration. I have already written on this theme in my master’s thesis: Poles in the first years of the Australian gold rush. In turn, in my doctoral dissertation, I would like to focus on the analysis of the life and activities of a Polish traveler, emigrant, journalist and writer – Sygurd Wiśniowski.

Apart from that scientific research on 19th-century Polish emigration, I also undertake activities aimed at popularizing this issue by publishing popular science articles on this topic.

Doctoral student at the Pedagogical University of Cracow in the field of linguistics. Graduate of speech therapy at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz and the Pedagogical University in Krakow. Currently a student of neurologopaedics with elements of audiology and phoniatrics at the Jagiellonian University. Speech therapist working with children and adults.

Her interest area is the process of communication of patients struggling with cancerous diseases of the head and neck. Her dissertation will focus on the determinants of the communication process in patients after total laryngectomy.

Zbigniew Słuszkiewicz is a graduate of Philosophy from the Pedagogical University of Cracow (2007). He also completed postgraduate studies in Special Pedagogy at the same institution (2012), Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and Overall Developmental Disorders, Diagnosis, and Therapy (with distinction) at the WSB University of Dąbrowa Górnicza (2015), and Psychology of Crisis and Crisis Intervention at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow (2019). He is an alumnus of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute 2021, supported by a John Templeton Foundation grant and conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2022, he was awarded a PRELUDIUM scientific grant from Narodowe Centrum Nauki for a two-year research program titled “The Pragmatic Turn in Embodied Cognition and Mark Rowlands’ Category of “the Moral Subject.” Zbigniew works as an ethics teacher and behavioral therapist at the Centrum Autyzmu i Całościowych Zaburzeń Rozwojowych in Cracow. His areas of academic interest include moral philosophy, cognitive science (particularly embodied cognition and active inference), animal ethics, comparative psychology, and philosophy of mind.

I am a PhD candidate in the field of social sciences in the discipline of psychology. I graduated from Jagiellonian University with a Master’s degree in psychology. I am a practicing psychologist and a systemic psychotherapist. I work with adults and families as a therapist, as well as with adolescents as a school psychologist. My research interests include preventive psychology and prophylactics of mental health issues. The subject of my doctoral thesis is personal and environmental factors associated with adolescent online violence.

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PhD student at the Doctoral School of the KEN Pedagogical University in Cracow in the field of linguistics. At the same university she also completed a two-degree course of study, which allowed her to obtain a master’s degree in speech therapy in 2022. She is currently working professionally as a speech therapist, taking part in many trainings and courses, which allow her to improve her workshop and open herself up to working with more groups of patients.

Her research interests revolve around the problems of communication difficulties and cognitive disorders of patients in the course of selected neurological diseases – most of all in the course of migraine and epilepsy, so this is what her dissertation will be devoted to.

A Graduate of the Institute of Technology of the Pedagogical University of Krakow, MSc. Eng degree with honours in the field of Computer Science Applied in Technology. The subject of the work was the computational methods in the analysis of the microstructures of cast composite engine pistons. During his studies he represented the Student Scientific Circle of Materials Engineering including international scientific conferences.
Currently, a PhD student at the Doctoral School at the Pedagogical University of Krakow in the discipline of Physical Sciences where he is continuing his research under the supervision of Professor Władimir Mitiuszew and PhD eng. Paweł Kurtyka.
The main research interests concern the field of computational physics and relate to the application of analytical methods in modelling physical properties of composites. These are especially applicable in a precise description of physical phenomenon and assessment of technological processes in the manufacturing of metal composites for branches of modern industry.

Beside of the Doctoral School he is a member of the International Research Group Materialica+ and the Polish Society of Composite Materials.

Artem Susolia – an ethnic Ukrainian who was born in Myrhorod, Ukraine.
In 2017, he arrived in Poland and began studying at the University of Silesia in Katowice. In 2022, he graduated magister at Jagiellonian University in Krakow in the discipline of political science and administration. Currently he is a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Pedagogical University in Cracow. Academic interests: international relations, history of international relations, transformation processes and democratization in the world.

Doctoral Student in the field of literary studies in the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of Crocow (since 2020). Graduated from the theatre studies at Jagiellonian University (2019). His main research interest is 20^th century’s theatre (especially the theatre of the absurd and the Japanese theatre and dramaturgy of that period).

His dissertation is going to be dedicated to theatrical and dramaturgical works of Japanese writer Abe Kōbō (1924-1993). The dissertation will focus on the matters of the changes that occurred in Abe’s dramaturgy throughout his career (both at a theme and formal level) as well as the actor’s training methods Abe introduced within self-founded theatre group – Abe Kōbō Studio.

Krzysztof Szastok – a doctoral student at the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow in the discipline of legal sciences and a trainee judge at the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution.

He graduated from law studies at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow defending his master’s thesis entitled “Death row phenonemon: definition and analysis of case law”.

His scientific interests include issues of substantive criminal law and legal history.

A doctoral student at the Pedagogical University in Cracow in the field of political science and administration. A graduate of master’s studies in political science at the Jagiellonian University and the first and second degree studies in politics and administration at the Cracow University of Economics. In his master’s thesis he explored the issue of communication in the candidate-citizen relationship during parliamentary elections (master’s degree in political science) as well as the issue of economic current of companies-ideas (master’s degree in politics and administration).

His current research interests include social communication, especially political communication. In his dissertation he deals with the issue of political transfers in the Third Republic of Poland, ethics in politics and multimodal transfers. Dissertation is carried out under the scientific supervision of Professor Agnieszka Walecka-Rynduch.

Sadaf Tahir, born in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, has started her doctoral school journey at Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Pedagogical University of Krakow since 2022. Before starting PhD, she was working as Assistant Director (Coordination) at Higher Education Commission (Pakistan). She has also served in a number of national and international development organizations in different capacities.

Sadaf graduated from the department of Public Administration, Fatima Jinnah Women University. Her PhD thesis topic is “University-led SDG Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships as Policy Advisory System: Rethinking the Role of the Government” supervised by prof. dr hab. Jacek Sroka.

Research interests: public sector institutions, higher education, public policy

PhD student in the discipline of biological sciences at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, a graduate of environmental protection at the University of Agriculture in Krakow. She is an editor in the journal Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae.

She conducts monitoring of habitats and species on sites within a Natura 2000 area. He has the qualifications of an environmental advisor and agri-environmental advisor.

Research interests

• protection of endangered ecosystems
• protection of biodiversity against invasive alien species
• plant response to environmental stresses
• the role of allelopathy in the environment and its impact on the morphology and physiology of cultivated and wild species
• anthropogenic changes and dynamics of plant communities
• the impact of habitat and biotic conditions on the occurrence and population traits of plants

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Michał Tokarz jest doktorantem w Szkole Doktorskiej Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, w dyscyplinie sztuki plastyczne i konserwacja dzieł sztuki. Absolwent Grafiki oraz Art&Design  na Uniwersytecie Pedagogicznym im. KEN w Krakowie.

Głównymi zainteresowaniami artystyczno-badawczymi są zagadnienia związane z relacjami ludzi pomiędzy sobą, oraz w sytuacji człowiek – przestrzeń, człowiek – przedmiot.

Działania artystyczne zwykle opiera na osobistych doświadczeniach, pozwalających mocniej zaangażować się w przedstawianą historię. Projekty artystyczne oscylują wokół antropologii wizualnej, kulturowej i socjologii. W swoich realizacjach korzysta często z materii organicznej oraz z obiektów ready-made. Posługuje się szerokim spektrum mediów artystycznych, zarówno tradycyjnych, jak i nowych.

W swojej pracy doktorskiej zajmuje się badaniem figury domu rodzinnego pod kątem zamieszkiwania oraz kształtowania się mieszkańca i domu we wzajemnej relacji.

PhD student in the discipline of biological sciences. A graduate of MA studies in the field of biology with teaching nature and health education at the Pedagogical University in Krakow and postgraduate studies in chemistry with elements of environmental protection at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow.

A teacher of biology, chemistry and nature in a primary school near Krakow. Member of the Polish Association of Natural Science Teachers. OKE matriculation examiner in biology.

Her research interests focus particularly on human biology. The subject of the future doctoral dissertation will be the study of the content of xenobiotics in human fetal tissues and their transfer from the mother’s body to the child’s body during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

PhD student at the Pedagogical University in Krakow in the discipline of Security Sciences. She graduated from master’s studies in the field of state security at the Pedagogical University in Krakow and political science at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Research interests focus on the security policy of countries, in particular: military nuclear programs and military strategies of Asian countries. In addition, the researched areas include NATO policy in the region of Central and Eastern Europe and contemporary military conflicts. The doctoral dissertation will address the topic of strengthening NATO’s eastern flank as an element of Poland’s security policy. I am under the scientific supervision of Dr. hab. Przemysław Wywiał from the Institute of Security Sciences

PhD student at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow in the discipline of legal sciences. She defended her master’s thesis titled: “Forensic expert opinion in a criminal procedure”.

As part of her doctoral studies, she pursues her academic interests in criminal procedure, criminology and medical jurisprudence.

Beside PhD studies she works in a corporation in the legal department, she deals with crimes related to anti bribery & corruption and anti-money laundering (ABC,AML) .

I am a PhD student in the humanities in the discipline of history. I completed my bachelor’s (2021) and master’s (2023) studies at the Pedagogical University of Cracow in the field of history. The topic of my bachelor’s thesis was Family life of saint women of the ruling courts in Poland, Bohemia and Hungary in the 13th century and my master’s thesis was entitled Convents of the Beguines in Silesia and Lesser Poland in the Middle Ages. In addition, I completed my bachelor’s degree in Historical Tourism and Cultural Heritage (2022) on the basis of my thesis Sir Lancelot over the river Bóbr – proposition for a touristic offer for the Ducal Tower in Siedlęcin. During my studies I actively participated in the activities of the Student Research Circle of the Institute of History and Archival Studies.

My research concentrates on medieval history. I am preparing a dissertation on the sociotopography of the town of Kazimierz near Krakow in the Middle Ages (XIV-XV c.) under the supervision of Professor Jerzy Rajman. My research interests revolve around towns and burghers, monastic life, hagiography and courtly culture.

PhD candidate in the discipline of literary studies. A graduate of Spanish philology and literary translation (with Spanish) at the Jagiellonian University. He devoted his master’s thesis to the traductological analysis of his own translations of Spanish fables by the eighteenth century poet Tomás de Iriarte into Polish. Thus, he is the author of the first Polish versions of these fables.

In the research conducted for the needs of his doctoral dissertation, he examines the issues of identity and spirituality of animals in the poetry of Polish and Spanish Romanticism. These are interdisciplinary comparative studies, which the PhD candidate considers from the posthumanistic and zoopoetic perspectives, among others.

Out of the numerous PhD candidate’s interests, it is worth mentioning environmental humanities, zoopoetics, zoosemiotics, animal psychology and ethology, eco-aesthetics, theology, religious studies, fable writing and comparative literature studies.

Izabela Wiśniowska, MA – PhD student in biological sciences. Graduate of biology of the first and second degree at the Pedagogical University named after the Commission of National Education in Krakow.

My scientific interests focus on ecotoxicology and instrumental analysis. My research focuses on assessing the exposure of selected bird species associated with the aquatic environment to metals such as lead and mercury. I want to use species that have a common aquatic environment but differ in their trophic level or lifestyle. I plan to assess how exposure to these elements affects the broadly understood condition of individuals and their populations.

A graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts and the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, currently a doctoral student at the KEN Pedagogical University in Krakow, despite her young age, she clearly marks her presence in Polish art. This has already been recognized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from which she received a scholarship in 2018 for all her artistic work to date and in 2022 for promoting artistic activity in the Oświęcim District.
Since 2022, she has been an academic lecturer at UPH in Siedlce, in the Art Studio. In his artistic work he deals with documentary photography, and painting. In his photographic projects, he takes up the subject of inaccessible places and closed social groups, often isolated from the rest of society. In his research work he focuses on the existence of war veterans, participants of foreign missions in countries of armed conflict. The effects of participation in the mission and the artifacts left behind and their significance.
List of artistic activities:
April 2019. I triennial of student painting, BWA Rzeszow.
September 2019. Oświęcim Art Salon, OCK Oświęcim,
November 29, 2019. 29th National Youth Painting Review Promotions, Art Gallery in Legnica.
December 2019 post-competition exhibition XVI National Salon of Artistic Photography, Zary.
February 21, 2020 group exhibition Simple Gestures, BWA Katowice.
August 27, 2020 Exhibition Without exhibition , Tyle światów Gallery, Oswiecim.
September 27-29, 2020 17th Rybnik Festival of Photography, exhibition, Rybnik.
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15.10.2020 r. Group exhibition on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of artistic cooperation and 5 years of partnership
districts of Dachau and Oświęcim, IYMC, Oświęcim.
30.10.2020 r. International Triennale of Student Drawing, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice.
4.09.2021 IV Oswiecim Salon of Art, OCK Tyle Światów Gallery.
3.10.2021 r. Dachau-Oświęcim 30 Jare Kunstlerfreundschaft, Shafhof Europaisches Kunstlerhaus
Oberbayern, Freising
22.10.2021 r. 15th International Art Salon, BWA Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski
27.07.2022 r. Dachau-Oświęcim 33 Jare Kunstlerfreundschaft, KVD Gallery, Dachau.
2022. r participation in the exhibition 7th National Competition for Young Artists mi. Marian Michalik .
Painting Triennial Czestochowa 2022/2023 Attendance.
Research activity:
2019 r. Documentation of the process of the project Deep listening author: J.Jatrząb,
2022 r. Documentation of the project “with soba and about myself or a meeting with the patient” author : J.Jastrząb, M
Krasoń
2022 documentation of the project New Innovations Artyfikacja author : J.Jastrząb, M Krasoń
Publications:
Art magazine Format no.84, Frames rediscovered, ASP Wrocław. 2020 r.
Deep listening, published by BWA & ASP in Katowice, 2019.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung , Kunst aus Polen und Bayern,[4-08-2022] 2022.

She submitted a doctoral thesis entitled „Powroty”

I am a PhD student in the doctoral school of the National Education Commission University in the discipline of physical science. My doctoral dissertation is on the topic of the influence of magnetic fields on the movement if matter in spiral galaxies, based in the infinitely thin disk model.

I completed my engineering and master’s studies at the Cracow’s University of Technology in the field of applied physics. Both diplomas were devoted to the study of the movement of matter in spiral galaxies under the supervision of dr hab. Joanna Jałocha-Bratek, prof. PK.

I am a PhD student in the field of legal sciences. My passion is criminal law and procedural law. My research focuses on criminal proceedings and forensic science. My academic interests center on current issues in judicial law.

In my doctoral dissertation, under the supervision of Professor Jerzy Kasprzak, I intend to investigate the impact of new technologies on the expert witness practice and evidentiary law in Polish criminal procedure.

I actively participate in academic conferences and publish within my research area.

In my free time, I stay active. I am a coach of Olympic Taekwondo, and the gym is like a second home to me.

I am a PhD student in the discipline of socio-economic geography and spatial management at the Doctoral School of the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in geography with nature and a master’s degree in geography with teaching specialization. My research interests concern the geography of “silence”, the geography of place and the inclusion of migrant students in the Polish educational system. The application element of the dissertation will be the development of an original proposal for a model of school inclusion for Ukrainian students with migration experience in the conditions of the Polish educational system. Privately, I come from Podhale, currently working at a Catholic high school in Skawina as a geography teacher.

I am PhD student in Linguistics. I graduated from Pedagogical University of Kraków. I obtained BA (2016) and MA (2018) in Pre-school and Early School Education, BA (2019) in Speech Therapy (specialisation: Teaching Polish as Foreign/Second Language) and MA (2020) in Speech Therapy. Currently I work as a teacher of Polish as a foreign language (including the Center for Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language at the Institute of Polish Philology at the Pedagogical University). I also take part in various projects promoting Polish as a foreign language and teaching Polish as a foreign / second / language of schooling. My research interests focus on bilingualism, language acquisition, teaching Polish as a second/ foreign language and a language of schooling. The research problems of my doctorate concern the development of language competences of children with migrant background learning Polish as a second language.

I am a doctoral student majoring in Philosophy at the doctoral school of the University of the Commission of National Education in Cracow. I began my adventure with the doctoral school after completing my master’s degree in comparative studies at Jagiellonian University and philosophy at the University of the Commission of National Education in Cracow. My research interests oscillate around the subjects of female mysticism, secularization, as well as suffering and sacrifice occurring in social relations. This is specifically the aspect of female mysticism that I intend to devote my dissertation to. I am also passionate about 19th century Gothic literature and the works of Witold Gombrowicz (especially his dramas).

Żaneta Zając is a PhD student in the discipline of security sciences. A graduate of master’s studies in the field of state security in the specialization of education and prevention of security at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. The master’s thesis concerned separatist movements in the context of protection for national security in Great Britain and Spain. The analysis of the available sources allowed for a holistic examination of the security environment of the countries in question in terms of potential opportunities, challenges, threats and risks resulting from centrifugal movements. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the phenomenon of immigration in Poland after 2004 in context of social security. Research interests include national, internal, social, cultural and personal security, especially in the aspect of separatist movements, autonomy, regionalisms and migration.

Dariusz Zapiór – a Ph.D. student in the field of security sciences, a graduate of the first-degree studies in emergency medical services at the Academy of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sącz, and second-degree studies in internal security with a specialization in “services and formations of internal security protection” at the Academy of Applied Sciences in Nysa. He is a qualified water rescuer, self-defense instructor, certified parachutist, and a confined space rescue-evacuator. He is involved in shaping the structures of one of the Polish Territorial Defense Forces brigades, utilizing his qualifications. With eight years of experience in the cooperation of formations, authorities, and institutions ensuring the safety of Polish citizens, his doctoral research interests focus on internal security, with a primary emphasis on the activities of uniformed services. In his doctoral thesis, he conducts scientific research describing the basic training of the Territorial Defense Forces as a potential development of the formation.

I am a PhD student in the humanities, specializing in history. I graduated from the Pedagogical University of the National Education Commission in Krakow with a degree in Historical Tourism and Cultural Heritage from the Institute of History and Archival Studies. I completed my master’s degree in the same field, defending a thesis titled: “The Emigration of Highlanders from Podhale in the 19th and 20th Centuries Using Gronków as an Example – Concept for a Museum.”

I work at the Center for Documentation of Deportations, Expulsions, and Resettlements at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, where I participate in scientific and educational projects and organize educational workshops. Additionally, I am a licensed guide in various branches of the Krakow Museum.

My research interests include the phenomenon of the Great Emigration, broadly understood resettlements of the Polish population, the culture and folklore of the Highlanders of Podhale, as well as oral history.

I am preparing my doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Professor Hubert Chudzio, PhD hab., from the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. The title of my research is: “A Child of the ‘Trail of Hope’: From the Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic, Through Siberia, to Freedom.”

I am a PhD student at the Doctoral School of the University of the Commission of National Education in the discipline of physical sciences. I completed my engineering studies at the Military University of Technology in the field of chemistry. My engineering thesis was devoted to the construction of an apparatus for gravimetric determination of benzene adsorption isotherms on porous materials and was carried out under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Jerzy Choma. I completed my master’s studies at the Pedagogical University of Krakow in the field of safety engineering. This thesis was devoted to the safety of use of electron beam devices on the example of an electron  beam welding machine and was carried out under the supervision of dr inż. Piotr Migo. My research interests concern the applications of vacuum technology and measurement. Therefore, my doctoral thesis will concern the influence of scandium compounds on the emission of oxide cathodes.

Doctoral candidate in Literary Studies. Graduated from the Pedagogical University with a Master’s degree in Polish Philology. She is a member of the Research-Didactic Centre for Children’s and Youth Literature and Culture at the Institute of Polish Philology at Pedagogical University.

Her research interests focus on Polish children’s literature of the 21st century. In the thesis she will try to identify specific cultural trends and artistic phenomena manifested in children’s literature. The research will combine literary issues with the architecture of the children’s book and its editing.

I am a PhD student in biological sciences, a graduate of the Pedagogical University of Commission of National Education in Krakow in the field of Biology. My scientific interests focus on parasitology, acarology and public health. During my doctoral studies, I would like to deepen and improve my knowledge by carrying out a research project on the occurrence of ticks and the risk of exposure to selected tick-borne diseases among residents, employees and tourists staying in the Magura National Park and its buffer zone.

I am a mathematician who is currently pursuing a PhD in Mathematics under the guidance of Tomasz Szemberg. My research is centered on algebraic geometry and combinatorics, with a specific focus on the study of finite sets of points in projective spaces. To achieve my research objectives, I am utilizing various symbolic algebra programs, including Singular, CoCoA, and Macaulay 2.

I started my doctoral studies immediately after completing my Bachelor’s degree, and I have a broad range of research interests that span Algebraic Curves,
Commutative Algebra, Combinatorics, and Algebraic Geometry. Additionally, I am interested in the fields of Decentralized Finance, Traditional Finance, and actuarial science.