Our PhD Students

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

Seymur holds a Master’s degree in International Marketing from the University of Lodz, Poland, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan.

His research interests include conflict management, comparative politics, international relations, transatlantic diplomacy, and the intersection of domestic and foreign policy under political regimes.

Seymur is currently conducting research on Navigating Transatlantic Relations: USA-Turkey Diplomatic Dynamics under the Justice and Development Party Government, supervised by Prof. Jacek Sroka and dr Karol Bieniek.

Doctoral student at the Institute of Physics, University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education with a specialization in Physics teaching from the University of Riau, Indonesia. She gained her professional experience as a high school Physics teacher in Bengkalis, Indonesia, where she successfully integrated theoretical knowledge with practical teaching. Her research focuses on modern technology-supported approaches in education. Her research interests include the integration of digital tools in the educational process, with particular emphasis on augmented reality (AR). In her studies, she employs advanced quantitative methods, including eye-tracking, to analyze cognitive processes, student engagement, and to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching materials and instructional methods. Her research objective is to optimize the teaching and learning of Physics through the analysis of students’ understanding of selected concepts. She is supervised by Professor Roman Rosiek (UKEN).

Soudabe Izadyari is a PhD student in Philosophy at Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie (UKEN). Her research focuses on the phenomenology of mind and consciousness, exploring how subjective experience shapes our understanding of reality. She is also deeply interested in the philosophy of time, examining how temporal structures influence human perception and thought. In her work, she aims to bridge analytical rigor with philosophical reflection, contributing to contemporary debates in phenomenology and the study of consciousness.

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”

A doctoral student at the Doctoral School of the Pedagogical University of the National Education Commission in Krakow in the field of pedagogy. She is a graduate of the Jagiellonian University, where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in social policy and a Master’s degree in care and educational pedagogy and public management.

Her research interests focus on media pedagogy and social pedagogy. She is particularly interested in issues of risky and problematic internet use by children and adolescents. In addition, she is interested in the phenomena of peer violence and aggression, peer exclusion and the specificity of the adolescent period in the psychosocial context.

In her doctoral research, she intends to investigate the impact of digital and socio-emotional competences on the perpetration and experience of cyberbullying from late childhood to early adolescence. Through her research, she also seeks to analyse the coping mechanisms used by victims of cyberbullying and highlight the broad implications of this phenomenon, particularly in the context of peer relationships.

I am a postgraduate student in the field of social sciences, in the discipline of pedagogy, at the Doctoral School of the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow.

I have completed a Master’s degree in Pedagogy (specialization: preschool and early school education) as well as in Psychology (specialization: child and adolescent psychology). In addition, I have completed postgraduate studies, including logopedics, education and support for individuals with ASD, pedagogical therapy, sensory integration, oligophernopedagogy, and organization and management of education.

My research interests focus on teachers’ work, their personal and professional development, as well as the diagnosis and therapy of individuals on the autism spectrum. My doctoral dissertation will address teachers’ experiences of stress along the professional promotion pathway.

I work as a teacher and vice-principal of Primary School and Nursery Unit. I conduct training for teachers and provide diagnosis and therapy for children and adolescents, particularly those with ASD. I am an expert for the Ministry of National Education (MEN) in the field of teachers’ professional advancement, a member of the Disciplinary Committees for Teachers at the Lesser Poland Voivode’s Office, and a member of the Rotary Club Krakow–Zamek Niepolomice.

I am a PhD student in the discipline of history, a post-graduate in ethnology and cultural anthropology and a member of the Association Twoje Korzenie w Polsce. My researches focus on historical demography and genealogy. In my Master’s thesis I analysed the process of reconstruction and the formation of perceptions of the past in the context of genealogical research. Currently, I am analysing the shaping of endogamous communities in the Polish-Hungarian borderland in the 19th century. I am concentrating on the impact of canon law on the matrimonial market: dispensation from the impediments of consanguinity and affinity.

PhD candidate at the Doctoral School of the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow in the discipline of social and economic geography and spatial management. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a master’s degree in spatial management from the same University.

Her research interests focus on urbanity, the restitution of municipal rights to small towns, and heritage protection. As part of her doctoral dissertation, she plans to analyze the development of urban functions in selected Polish towns that have regained their municipal status.

In addition to her academic pursuits, she works for an organization supporting the development of local governance in Poland.

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

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.

PhD student in the humanities in the discipline of history.

A graduated of first and second degree studies in historical tourism and cultural heritage at the Institute of History and Archival Studies, at the Pedagogical University of Commision of National Education in Kraków.

Licensed tour guide for Kraków, the Royal Wawel Castle, branches of the Kraków Museum, and museum educator.

Research interests focus on oral history, the fates of Polish citizens in exile during the 20th century, women’s history, cultural heritage, and museology.

The topic of the doctoral dissertation concerns Polish female citizens deported from the Eastern Borderlands and the roles they assumed in exile and refugee life – in social, military, and family spheres during World War II. The dissertation is being carried out under the supervision of Professor Hubert Chudzio.

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.

PhD student in Biological Sciences at the Institute of Biology and Earth Sciences. She obtained her Master’s degree in Biological Sciences from Jagiellonian University in Kraków and is currently affiliated with Jenderal Soedirman University, Indonesia. Her research focuses on soil ecology, with particular emphasis on belowground biota, soil processes, and their contribution to soil sustainability. Her doctoral research will examine the effects of metals originating from spent gunshot residues on multiple trophic levels of soil biota. Through this work, she aims to improve understanding of the mechanisms by which soil biota respond to and contribute to the restoration of metal-polluted soils.

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.