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, […]
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Adam Gregorczyk has passed away
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.
Szymon Talaga awarded NCN PRELUDIUM grant
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”.
Wiktor Marzec’s book „Rising Subjects The 1905 Revolution and the Origins of Modern Polish Politics” just published
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/
Mikołaj Biesaga awarded a Polish National Science Centre (NCN) grant
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/
Messages from the UW authorities during the coronavirus epidemic
https://www.facebook.com/watch/fanpageUW/2959204250806702/
Building closure and remote operation in ISS
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/
ISS coordinated project “”Social Space, Fields and Relationality (SSFR) in Contemporary and Historical Social Analysis” begins
From 1 December 2019 a project financed by the academic exchange agency NAWA, entitled “Social Space, Fields and Relationality (SSFR) in Contemporary and Historical Social Analysis. Research Network” begins. The project is being implemented at ISS UW in cooperation with the Institute of Sociology of UW in partnership with 5 research centres from France, Italy, Norway and Germany. Detailed information is available at the link.
Agata Zysiak otrzymała stypendium MNiSW dla młodych naukowców
Congratulations to Agata Zysiak from ISS on receiving the scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for exceptionally talented young scientists. Find out more at: https://www.gov.pl/web/nauka/40-mln-dla-wybitnie-zdolnych-mlodych-naukowcow
József Böröcz’s talk: “Post-Colonial Sensibility and the Post-State-Socialist Context”
ISS invites you to a lecture by József Böröcz (Professor of Sociology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Fulbright Visiting Professor at ISS, University of Warsaw) “Post-Colonial Sensibility and the Post-State-Socialist Context: Considerations for World-Systems Aynalysts, Global Comparativists, and Other Critical World-Historical Sociologists” Discussants: Anna Sosnowska, American Studies Center, University of Warsaw and ISS UW Tomasz Warczok, Pedagogical University of Cracow and ISS UW. Tomasz Zarycki, ISS UW. […]