Curriculum Vitae
Sociologist working on the transformations of the military & defense, war & its memory, right-wing & illiberal politics, and gender politics in contemporary Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Research on Social and Institutional Transformations; Member of the HR Excellence in Research Working Group in 2022 & co-author of the IPS PAS Gender Equality Plan
May 2020 - present
RESEARCHER, COUNTRY SPECIALIST
CEDMO, Charles University, Prague
Working on defense attitudes and willingness to defend in V4 societies
April 2023 - present
BOOK SERIES CO-EDITOR
Academic co-editor of Perpetrators of Organized Violence: Eastern, Central and South-Eastern Europe - a new book series with Central European University Press.
April 2022 - present
LECTURER
January 2017 - present
Gender Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences; Courses:
Women and Security. Key Challenges and Debates (2021-2022)
Militarism, War and Gender (2017-2018) (2018-2019) (2019-2020)
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
June 2022 - present
ASSOCIATED FELLOW, ADAPT INSTITUTE
Member of the Adapt Institute Fellow team who works on defence and security policy, with a specific focus on strategic adaptations and changes in security environment from a sociological perspective
August 2021 - December 2021
COLUMNIST, SOCIAL EUROPE
Monthly columnist for Social Europe, a leading European digital media publisher and a forum for debate and innovative thinking; published popular pieces related to gender and security in Central and Eastern Europe
April 2020 - May 2021
RETHINK.CEE FELLOW, GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES
Research Topic: Assessing the Gender Politics of Re-Militarization in Central Europe; Fellows identify and research a specific regional policy issue, which they analyze in depth, develop ideas for commensurate responses by regional and international stakeholders
January 2018 - December 2018
TRAJECTORIES OF CHANGE PHD COMPLETION FELLOW, ZEIT-STIFTUNG
Claussen-Simon Dissertation Completion Scholarship; Research Topic: Citizen-Soldiers in a Post-Security State. Militarism, Memory Politics, and Masculinity in 21st Century Poland
August 2017 - December 2017
JUNIOR RESEARCHER, POLÁNYI CENTRE, INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
Junior researcher working on her project entitled Children of Pax Europaea Training for War? (Para)Militarism in 21st Century Poland
January 2017 - May 2017
KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION VISITING SCHOLAR, CLARK UNIVERSITY
Study visit grant to the Department of Political Science to work on theoretical framework of doctoral dissertation under the supervision of with Prof. Valerie Sperling and Prof. Cynthia Enloe
August 2016 - January 2017
RESEARCHER, INSTITUTE OF POLISH CULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW
Researcher involved in the grant “Mnemonic dimension of the Political Transformation”
February 2015 - May 2015
SHORT TERM SCIENTIFIC MISSION, GENDER STUDIES, CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
Researcher for the short-term scientific mission at the Gender Studies Department within Central European University for COST Action TA120
EDUCATION
2010
MA SOCIOLOGY
INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW
MA Thesis Project: Gender and Nation in the Warsaw Uprising; Prizes and awards: Jan Józef Lipski Master Thesis Competition, 2011, “Otwarta Rzeczpospolita” Prize.
Gender Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences Master Thesis Competition, 2010, First Prize.
2011
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
GENDER STUDIES, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Awarded full scholarship to attend a postgraduate program in Gender Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences
2020
PH.D. IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
GSSR, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Thesis title: Citizen-Soldiers in a Post-Security State. Militarism, Memory Politics, and Masculinity in 21st Century Poland; Supervisor: Prof. Dr hab. Andrea Pető, Central European University, Reviewers: Dr hab. Joanna Wawrzyniak, University of Warsaw, Prof. Cas Mudde, University of Georgia
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
June 2010
February 2019
POLISH-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION STUDENT AWARD
FIRST PRIZE FOR THE GENDER STUDIES, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MASTER THESIS COMPETITION
November 2017
“NEXT GENERATION SCHOLAR” IN WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY SYMPOSIUM
June 2011
JAN JÓZEF LIPSKI MASTER THESIS COMPETITION, “OTWARTA RZECZPOSPOLITA” PRIZE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, PANNON UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW
Gender Studies Program:
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Women and Security. Key Challenges and Debates (2021-2022)
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Militarism, War and Gender (2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2021-2022)
Kőszeg Campus:
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Militarism, War and Society: Grappling With Key Debates (2017)
American Studies Center:
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Militarism, Militarization and War (2020)
Institute of Sociology:
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Men, Women and War (2013-2014)