ISS researchers received fellowships from Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana

Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies is pleased to announce that two of the ISS researchers, members of the Patchwork Parliaments team, Wiktor Marzec and Naum Trajanovski, have been selected as fellows for the 2025/2026 Visiting Fellowship program at the Institute of Contemporary History (Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino – INZ) in Ljubljana. The Institute of Contemporary History is a research institution with a sixty-year tradition of uninterrupted research and publishing […]

New book by ISS researchers: “Transnational Working-Class Literatures: Canons and Connections in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries”

The Volume “Transnational Working-Class Literatures: Canons and Connections in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries” focuses on the interplay of the national, international and transnational contexts of working-class literatures from the nineteenth century to the present across 13 countries. Exploring the relationship between a working-class literature and its national ‘canon,’ it features articles by ISS affiliates, Wiktor Marzec (serving also as a co-editor) and Risto Turunen.

Konkurs na stanowisko adiunkta

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. Konkurs na stanowisko adiunkta (ISS-KONKURS-2/2025) Dyrektor Instytutu Studiów Społecznych im. Profesora Roberta Zajonca, za zgodą Rektora Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, ogłasza konkurs na stanowisko adiunkta (w grupie pracowników badawczo-dydaktycznych). Ogłoszenie

Zajonc Institute Seminar, May 30th, Eleonora Montuschi “Scientific knowledge and local knowledge: friends or foes?”

Zajonc Institute Seminar, May 30th, Eleonora Montuschi “Scientific knowledge and local knowledge: friends or foes?” 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 guests will be Professor Eleonora Montuschi from the University of Venice Ca’ Foscari, who will give a presentation titled “Scientific knowledge and local […]

Konkurs na stanowisko adiunkta

The director of Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, with the consent of the Rector of the University of Warsaw, invites applications for a post-doctoral research position in the project “Patchwork Parliaments. Post-Imperial Field of Power in The New Republic Of Poland, Greater Romania and The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after the First World War” funded by the Polish National Science Center.

Prof. Janusz Grzelak has passed away

It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Prof.  Janusz Grzelak, co-founder of the Prof. Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies at Warsaw University, on April 24, 2025. Professor Robert Zajonc Institute of Social Studies at the University of Warsaw, its former director and long-time member of the Scientific Council, an outstanding social psychologist and a distinguished social activist supporting in particular with dedication generations of young […]

Zajonc Institute Seminar, April 25th, V.Charnysh, R.Pique “Razing the Church: The Enduring Effect of Nazi Repression in Poland.”

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 guests will be Prof. Volha Charnysh from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Prof. Ricardo Pique from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, who will give a presentation titled “Razing the Church: The Enduring Effect of […]

Wyniki konkursów na stanowisko adiunkta

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. Ogłoszenie dotyczące dwóch konkursów na stanowisko adiunkta (post-doca) w projekcie badawczym NCN OPUS pt.: “Mozaikowe parlamenty. Poimperialne pole władzy w Drugiej Rzeczpospolitej, wielkiej Rumunii i Królestwie Serbów, Chorwatów i Słoweńców po I Wojnie Światowej.”

Seminarium Inst. Zajonca (28 II 2025): „Egocentryczne zniekształcenia sądów moralnych na temat charakteru i zachowania innych” prof. Konrad Bocian

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 spotkanie w ramach Interdyscyplinarnego Seminarium Instytutu Zajonca (Instytut Studiów Społecznych UW). Wystąpienie pt. „Egocentryczne zniekształcenia sądów moralnych na temat charakteru i zachowania innych” wygłosi dr hab. Konrad Bocian prof. Uniwersytetu SWPS. Komentarz wygłosi dr Wiktor Soral (Uniwersytet Warszawski). Seminarium odbędzie się […]

Innovation “Computer simulation of turn-taking in XR environments” developed by ISS researchers published on the Innovation Radar’s website

Innovation “Computer simulation of turn-taking in XR environments” developed in EU-funded Research & Innovation GuestXR project has been published on the Innovation Radar’s public website. University of Warsaw and ISS in particular was recognised as a ‘key innovator’ in development of this innovation. Among key ISS reserchers involed in the project are Andrzej Nowak, Wojciech Borkowski and Karolina Ziembowicz. Congratulations!