Tomasz Zarycki has been awarded a grant from the National Science Center (NCN) for a project entitled “The Polish bourgeoisie and its symbolic heirs: The genealogical roots of the Polish and Jewish economic elite and its ideological heritage in the contemporary social space of the intelligentsia” in the OPUS 20 competition.

CESSDA stands for Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives of which the Polish Social Data Archive (PADS) is applying for membership. The project “Repositories of Open Research Data” (DRODB) implemented by Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling UW (ICM) together with The Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies UW (ISS) and Institute of Philosophy and Sociology PAN (IFiS) since 2018 is an excellent opportunity to intensify work in […]

At the last Scientific Council, the candidates for new heads of three centers in our Institute were presented. As of January 1, 2021, Mikołaj Lewicki, Ph.D., Anna Wnuk, Ph.D., and Aleksandra Goldys, Ph.D., have been appointed new heads of centers at ISS. Mikołaj Lewicki, Ph.D., has been appointed head of the Center for Political Research. Anna Wnuk, Ph.D., has been appointed head of the Center for Psychological Research. Aleksandra Gołdys, […]

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of a long-time ISS employee – Adam Gregorczyk, who we will miss both as a cordial man and a kind colleague and a top-class specialist. We ask his family and loved ones to accept our condolences.

Congratulations to Szymon Talaga (http://iss.uw.edu.pl/szymon-talaga/) from ISS on winning the PRELUDIUM grant for the project entitled “Outline of the network and geometric theory of social structure”.

Congratulation to Wiktor Marzec on the publication of his book „Rising Subjects The 1905 Revolution and the Origins of Modern Polish Politics” which has been just published by the University of Pittsburg Press: https://upittpress.org/books/9780822946120/

We congratulate Mikołaj Biesaga on wining a National Science Center (NCN) of Poland grant entitled “Situational and cognitive determinants of the ability to produce random series”. Read more: http://iss.uw.edu.pl/en/sytuacyjne-i-poznawcze-determinanty-zdolnosci-do-tworzenia-ciagow-losowych/

In connection with the introduction of an epidemic emergency on 13 March 2020, work ar the ISS is carried out remotely. The building at 5/7 Stawki Street is closed until further notice. Detailed information about the work of the University of Warsaw during this period is provided in the Rector’s order: http://en.uw.edu.pl/rectors-statement-regulating-the-functioning-of-uw/