Our PhD Students

Ukończyłam studia magisterskie na kierunku Fashion Culture and Management na Uniwersytecie Bolońskim. Wcześniej uzyskałam tytuł licencjata w dziedzinie architektury wnętrz na Edinburgh Napier University. Obecnie jestem doktorantką w dziedzinie nauk socjologicznych na Uniwersytecie Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie. Moje zainteresowania badawcze obejmują wyzwania społeczne związane z branżami kreatywnymi, w szczególności globalne kwestie związane z przemysłem modowym.

I am a PhD student in the field of history. I completed my master’s studies in Archival Studies at the Institute of History and Archival Science at the National Education Commission University (2024), as well as in Administration at the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University (2025).

My research interests include socio-economic issues and the history of the 19th and 20th centuries. I am preparing a doctoral dissertation entitled “Civilizational and Infrastructural Changes at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries on the Example of Krakow: A Historical and Anthropological Approach.” In this work, I aim to demonstrate that these changes were not limited solely to the technical sphere. The modernization process influenced the daily lives of residents as well as their functioning in domestic and urban spaces.

PhD candidate in the discipline of literary studies. In 2021, she graduated with a degree in Polish Studies and Comparative Literature, and in 2023, with a degree in Polish Studies: Anthropology and Culture, from the Jagiellonian University. In her master’s thesis, she discussed the links between dreams and death in Kornel Filipowicz’s works. Her research interests include 20th- and 21st-century literature, genetic criticism, and anthropology of literature.

Under the supervision of Professor Paweł Próchniak, a PhD candidate is preparing a doctoral dissertation on the poetic aspect of Zygmunt Haupt’s prose.

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.

I am a PhD student in philosophy, I have a master’s degree in philosophy and in law. I am interested in Roman philosophy (especially Cicero) and Roman political thought with its reception in modern and contemporary political philosophy. My PhD thesis – “Rector rei publicae in Cicero’s Philosophy” – concerns Cicero’s ideal of the citizen, referring also to meaning of this ideal for neo-Roman republican thought.

A graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts and the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, currently a graduate of doctoral school at the University of the National Education Commission, 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 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.

PhD candidate in the institute of sociology, cognitive science, and philosophy at the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow (UKEN). He is a graduate of the faculty of Law at University of Warsaw and has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences of Kyambogo University in Uganda, East Africa.

His research interests are in social protection, aging, welfare state, elderly people, rural areas, lived experiences, African studies.

His doctoral dissertation topic revolves around the lived experiences of older persons receiving Senior Citizens Grant (SCG) in rural Uganda, under the supervision of Professor Marius Dzieglewski of Jagiellonian University and assisted by Dr. Łukasz Cywinski of UKEN.

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.

A PhD student in the discipline of literary studies, a graduate of polish philology at the University of Silesia in Katowice and a polish language teacher in high school. Her research interests focus on contemporary literature, particularly in the context of environmental humanities. In her doctoral dissertation, she plans to explore strategies of ecological and social engagement in contemporary polish poetry.

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 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.

She submitted a doctoral thesis entitled “Diagnoza i rozwijanie kompetencji językowych w języku polskim jako drugim u ukraińskich dzieci w wieku wczesnoszkolnym”

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).

Holds a bachelor’s degree in “Journalism and Social Communication” and a master’s degree in “Geography.” A former journalist associated with the Interia portal from 2019 to 2023. A nature enthusiast, sports lover, and wordplay aficionado. Vegetarian and ultramarathon runner.

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.

PhD student at UKEN in the field of law. Attendee of postgraduate studies in Compliance in organization at the Wrocław University of Economics. Graduate of law studies at the University of Economics in Kraków.

As part of the Doctoral School, he is preparing a dissertation on space law. His interests include international law, banking law, and data protection.

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.