War refugees from Ukraine – their lives in Poland and plans for the future

Doctor Habilitatus of Social Sciences in the field of sociology. Head of the Department of Social Research Methodology and Director of the Centre for Youth Research at the Pedagogical University of Kraków. Author of seven books and approximately 150 publications in national and international journals. Director of two international research grants awarded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange and the Visegrad Grants devoted to the effects of distance education among students. Founder of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Research in War in Ukraine.

Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Social Policy and Social Problems of the Pedagogical University of Cracow. Education and training: obtaining the academic degree of habilitated doctor in the discipline of politics and administration, habilitation (2016, Jagiellonian University, Poland); obtaining the postdoctoral degree in social sciences in the discipline of public administration, habilitation thesis: “Formation and implementation of public policy in the field of protection of childhood in Ukraine”, Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Associate Professor (2014, Ukraine); obtaining the doctoral degree in social sciences in the discipline of public administration, doctoral thesis: “implementation of the state youth policy on juvenile issues in Ukraine (public administration aspect)”, PhD,  (2004, Ukraine). Specialization scientific: public policy, social policy, public policy of child protection, social work, social services. Author of many publications (monographs, articles) in the field of social policy and social work, and the public policy of protecting children's rights. Organizer and initiator of the International Summer Schools of “Innovation in Social Policy”, many scientific conferences. Expression of scientific awards: Award of the Minister of Finance of Ukraine for scientific achievements (2009),  Laureate of the Award of the Lviv Regional Council and the Lviv County Administration for famous scientists and outstanding specialists (2012).

Assistant professor at the Centre for Polish Language and Culture in the World at the Jagiellonian University, graduate of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University (2002). Doctor of Humanities in the field of linguistics (University of Rzeszów, 2018). For 20 years she has been teaching Polish as a Foreign Language, specializing in East Slavic groups. 

Author of two monographs: „Być nauczycielem polonistą – z przeszłością ku przyszłości. Rozważania pedeutologiczne”(Lwów 2017), „Błędy gramatyczne w polszczyźnie studentów ukraińskojęzycznych”, (Kraków 2021); podręczników dla uczących się ze Wschodu: „Po polsku bez błędu. Zbiór ćwiczeń z gramatyki języka polskiego dla studentów ukraińskojęzycznych (A1–B1)” (Rzeszów 2017), „Polski dla nas 1: Польский для нас 1. Deklinacja i składnia kontrastywnie dla Słowian wschodnich (A2-B2) (Kraków 2021) and numerous articles on teaching Polish to speakers of East Slavic languages as well as articles on sociology of migration. She conducts research into the Polish-Ukrainian interlanguage.

Since 2019 she has been a coordinator of the Network of cooperation and self-teaching at the Specialist Psychological and Pedagogical Counselling Centre for Children with Educational Failures in Kraków, dedicated to teachers working with children with migration and multicultural experience as well as teachers of Polish as a foreign/second language.

Research interests: interference in Slavic languages, comparative studies in teaching Polish to speakers of East Slavic languages, studies into interlanguage.

Member of the “Bristol” Association of Polish and Foreign Teachers of Polish Culture and Language, the Polish Association of Modern Languages, and the Polish Linguistic Society.