We are delighted that scholars from GSSR’s constituent institutes have secured prestigious NCN grants! **OPUS**Dariusz BrzezińskiLuisa BrottoDorota HallKazimierz M. Slomczynski **Sonata**Alicja Ewa BielakAnna Magdalena ChrzanowskaCelina Strzelecka These awards recognize innovative research across the social sciences and humanities and further strengthen the research environment available to GSSR doctoral students.
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Our attendance at the 6th International Forest Policy Meeting
The 6th International Forest Policy Meeting took place from May 12 to 15, 2026, organized by the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague and the Technical University in Zvolen. The event was attended by representatives of the Laboratory of Environmental Sociology at IFiS PAN: Prof. Krzysztof Niedziałkowski and Anna Firgolska, who presented their research papers. […]
New Projects Seminar Series – GSSR Workshop: Preparation for the NCN Preludium 25 Grant Competition (Social Sciences)
Date: May 7, 2026Time: 10:00Location: Room 232 The Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR) invites PhD students in the social sciences to a workshop dedicated to the preparation of applications for the NCN Preludium 25 grant competition. The workshop will be run by Dr. hab. Joshua Dubrow, dr. Dorota Woroniecka, and Prof. dr. hab. Kazimierz M. Slomczynski. The […]
Congratulations to Emilia Sieczka on her successful PhD defense!
We are pleased to announce that our former doctoral student, Emilia Sieczka, has successfully defended her PhD thesis, “National hysteresis in post-transition Poland. Social and political (dis)adaptation to time dislocations in Polish cleft national habitus in macro and micro perspectives”, under the supervision of Prof. Marta Bucholc. In her dissertation, enthusiastically received by international reviewers, […]
New Projects Seminar Series: Analyzing Social Sentiment Toward Immigrants via Big Data: Methodological and Theoretical Frontiers
István Kósa (Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania), Rafał Smoczyński (IFiS PAN), Daniel Addy (GSSR) Tuesday–Wednesday, April 7–8, 2026 Staszic Palace, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland, Room 232. or online via ZOOM April 7 https://zoom.us/j/95742175209?pwd=kMIIAuozMr0MiHwibcaLgAU05mw3I8.1 April 8 https://zoom.us/j/94648568392?pwd=mZ0RYjgjeDKjGJAbKu9Hqe6g2Tlsb7.1 Abstract This two-day seminar explores how social sentiment toward immigrants can be analyzed using digital trace data. It is […]
Małgorzata Krawczyk Awarded PhD
We are pleased to announce that Małgorzata Krawczyk (Institute of Psychology, PAN) has been awarded a PhD in Psychology after graduating from GSSR and successfully defending her doctoral dissertation. We warmly congratulate Dr Małgorzata Krawczyk on this achievement. Her dissertation, entitled “Communicative Intentions Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Behavioral and Neural Correlates,” investigated the behavioral […]
GSSR Receives Positive Evaluation from the Science Evaluation Committee
The Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR) has received a positive evaluation of the quality of education from the Science Evaluation Committee (Resolution No. 4/2026 of 14 January 2026). The evaluation covered the period from 1 October 2019 to 11 May 2025 and confirmed that the educational process implemented at GSSR meets the requirements specified […]
The Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR) warmly congratulates Dr. Paulina Bagrowska, Dr. Hubert Plisiecki and Dr. Marcelina Wiśniewska on the successful completion of their doctoral studies in Psychology.
Dr. Paulina Bagrowska Dr. Bagrowska defended her dissertation with distinction on 23 January 2026. Her thesis, “Vulnerability to Harm as a Foundation of Paranoia-like Thoughts in a Non-Clinical Sample,” was supervised by dr hab. Łukasz Gawęda, prof. IP PAN. She currently works at the Experimental Psychopathology Lab at the Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of […]
Two New Doctors at GSSR!
The Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR) warmly congratulates Dr. Hannah Ajewole and Dr. Emilia Kowalewska on the successful completion of their doctoral studies. Dr. Hannah Ajewole (Philosophy) Dr. Ajewole completed her PhD program at GSSR and obtained her PhD degree from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. Her dissertation, “Existence, Difference, and the Nigerian Woman: […]
New Projects Seminar Series: The evolution of the PiS-PO electoral cleavage from a policy perspective
Melis Laebens (CEU and IFiS PAN), Ewelina Nowakowska (postdoc, IFiS PAN), Kamil Sowa (PhD student, Jagiellonian University) Thursday, December 18, 2025, 14:30 – 16:00 Staszic Palace, Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland, Room 268 Abstract The largest parties that dominate Polish electoral politics today, PiS and PO, appeared in 2005. While the major […]