We are pleased to announce that the European Commission’s Innovation Radar has identified the University of Warsaw as a Key Innovator in the GuestXR project, funded under Horizon 2020. The project involved a team from the Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies at the University of Warsaw, led by Professor Andrzej Nowak. The recognised innovation is a computer simulation algorithm for turn-taking in extended reality (XR) environments. Based on assessments […]
During the General Assembly of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) (International Social Survey Program), held in late April and early May 2026 in Prague, Dr. Marcin W. Zieliński was re-elected to the project’s Methodological Committee. In a secret ballot, he received the support of a majority of representatives from over 40 countries. This will be his third term on this committee.
Polish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Szanowni Państwo, Serdecznie zapraszamy na ostatnie w tym roku akademickim spotkanie w ramach Seminarium Instytutu Zajonca. Wystąpienie pt. „The Class You Come From: Declared Ancestry and Voting Behavior”, wygłoszą prof. dr hab. Mikołaj Cześnik oraz dr Oliwia Szczupska z Uniwerstetu SWPS. Komentować będzie dr Marcin […]
On behalf of the ISS UW, the Center for Migration Research (OBM UW), and the Center for American Studies (OSA UW), we cordially invite you to an open lecture titled “Cuba: Exit vs. Voice or Exit and Voice?” to be delivered by Prof. Silvia Pedraza from the University of Michigan (https://lsa.umich.edu/soc/people/faculty/spedraza.html ). The lecture will take place as part of the CMR seminar on June 15 (Monday) at 11:00 a.m. […]
Polish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. It is our pleasure to invite you to the upcoming session of the Interdisciplinary Seminar, hosted by the Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies at the University of Warsaw. This time, our guest will be Michael Derrer from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and […]
The opening ceremony for the new UNESCO Chair for Interdisciplinary Studies on Anti-Semitism and Group Hate at the University of Warsaw took place on April 17, 2026, and was attended by the Rector of the University of Warsaw, Prof. Alojzy Nowak, and Deputy Minister of Science Prof. Andrzej Szeptycki. The Department’s goal will be to advance research on prejudice and mechanisms of violence, and it will be headed by Prof. […]
Polish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Serdecznie zapraszamy na kolejne spotkanie w ramach Seminarium Instytutu Zajonca. Wystąpienie pt. „Miłość przekraczająca granice: między kulturą a biologią”, wygłosi prof. Piotr Sorokowski z Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, a komentarz wygłosi prof. Bogdan Wojciszke (Uniwersytet SWPS). Seminarium odbędzie się 30. kwietnia 2026 r. (czwartek) w godz. […]
The Institute for Social Studies warmly invites to attend the international conference “Recombining Representation During the Transformation from Empires to Nation-States, 1905–1923,” taking place on 15–16 June 2026 in Warsaw. Bringing together leading scholars from across Europe, this two-day event—the second iteration of the Parliamentary Junctures in Continental Europe series—will explore the shifting forms of political representation during a pivotal historical era. The programme features keynote lectures by Heidi Hein-Kircher […]
Congratulations to Tomasz Zarycki on being elected to Academia Europaea! Academia Europaea is a non-governmental association acting as a pan-European academy to promote learning, education and research. Membership is by invitation only and includes “leading experts from the physical sciences and technology, biological sciences and medicine, mathematics, the letters and humanities, social and cognitive sciences, economics and the law.”
Polish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Wznawiamy spotkania w ramach Interdyscyplinarnego Seminarium Instytutu Zajonca (Instytut Studiów Społecznych UW)! Serdecznie zapraszamy na wystąpienie pt. „Co kształtuje poparcie polityczne? Psychologiczne mechanizmy ocen polityków i partii”, które wygłosi doktor Anna Potoczek z Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Komentarz wygłosi dr Paulina Górska (Uniwersytet Warszawski). Seminarium odbędzie […]
