WYKSZTAŁCENIE / EDUCATION

• 2011–2016 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies, The Robert B. Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw
  (2016 PhD in Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Thesis: Disengagement in state-society relations in Russia: a regional perspective)
• 2003–2009 College of Inter-faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MISMaP), University of Warsaw
  (2009 BA in Mathematics; 2008 MA in Geography; 2006 BA in Geography)

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 05.2011– Centre of Migration Research (CMR), University of Warsaw, research assistant/assistant professor
• 07.2013–09.2013 Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute (EUI), research assistant
• 04.2009–04.2011 Centre for Eastern Studies (CES), researcher

PROJEKTY BADAWCZE / RESEARCH PROJECTS

• 2023– Recognition and Acknowledgement of Injustice to Strengthen Equality (RAISE), Centre of Migration Research (Horizon Europe, HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions), project leader on the part of the CMR
• 2021– Place Attachment and Openness to Internal Migrants: The Role of National Identification and Trust, research module for the Central European Social Survey (‘Excellence Initiative – Research University’ Programme at the University of Warsaw, Priority Research Area V), project leader
• 2021–2023 Unfulfilled Intentions: Family Narratives of Non-migration and Next Generations’ Migration Intentions and Behaviour, Centre of Migration Research (‘Excellence Initiative – Research University’ Programme at the University of Warsaw, Priority Research Area V, ‘New Ideas’), project leader and main contractor
• 2016–2020 The Economic Integration of Immigrants in a Country in the Intermediate Phase of the Migration Cycle – Poland Versus Selected EU Countries, Centre of Migration Research, (National Science Center, SONATA BIS granted to Paweł Kaczmarczyk), researcher
• 2016–2018 The Impact of Wealth Formation by Economic Migrants on their Mobility and Integration: Polish Migrants in Countries of the European Community and Australia, Centre of Migration Research, (National Science Center, OPUS granted to Stefan Markowski), researcher
• 2014–2016 Disengagement from the State – The Perspective of Russian Regions, Centre of Migration Research, project leader and main contractor
• 2013–2014 Forecasting Migration Between the EU, V4 and Eastern Europe: Impact of Visa Abolition, Centre for Eastern Studies, Centre of Migration Research Foundation, (National Science Center, PRELUDIUM), researcher
• 2011–2013 CARIM-East: An Observatory of Migration East of Europe, European University Institute and Centre of Migration Research, (European Commission, Thematic programme of cooperation with third countries in the areas of migration and asylum), researcher

POBYTY BADAWCZE / RESEARCH STAYS

• 04–06.2022 (3 months) research stay at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK (visiting Artjoms Ivlevs), funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA Bekker Fellowship)
• 11–12.2015 (4 weeks) study visit at the Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, US, (visiting John O’Loughlin), funded by the Foundation for Polish Science
• 10.2015 (2 weeks) research stay at the Centre for Cultural Studies of Postsocialism, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
• 08.2013 (4 weeks): research stay at the Faculty of Economics, People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia, within the IRSES exchange programme (FP7 Marie-Curie) “The comparative analysis of the economic aspects of international migration: EU, Mediterranean, and CIS” (MIGMEDCIS).

PUBLIKACJE / PUBLICATIONS

Artykuły / Papers

Brunarska Z., Ivlevs A. (2022). Family Influences on Migration Intentions: The Role of Past Experience of Involuntary Immobility. Sociology. doi: 10.1177/00380385221136060.Brunarska Z., Toruńczyk-Ruiz S. (2022). With Time We Learn to Trust Others? Long-standing Ethnic Diversity, Recent Immigration, and Outgroup Trust in Russia. International Migration Review. doi: 10.1177/01979183221127296.
Brunarska Z. (2022). Exposure to Immigration and Sense of Socio-Territorial Belonging: Evidence from Russia. Problems of Post-Communism. doi: 10.1080/10758216.2022.2062385.
Brunarska Z., Soral W. (2022). Does Origin Matter? Ethnic Group Position and Attitudes towards Immigrants: The Case of Russia. Nationalities Papers 50(2): 219–236. doi: 10.1017/nps.2021.71.
Brunarska Z., Denisenko M. (2021). Russia: A ‘Hidden’ Migration Transition and a Winding Road towards a Mature Immigration Country? Central and Eastern European Migration Review 10(1): 143–172. doi: 10.17467/ceemr.2021.08.
Toruńczyk-Ruiz S., Brunarska Z. (2020). Through Attachment to Settlement: Social and Psychological Determinants of Migrants’ Intentions to Stay. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 46(15): 3191–3209. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1554429.
Brunarska Z. (2020). Socio-Economic Dependence on the State and Voting Behaviour in Russia. Studia Humanistyczne AGH 19(1): 105–124. doi: 10.7494/human.2020.19.1.105.
Brunarska Z. (2019). Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Russia: The Group Position Model Reconsidered. Europe-Asia Studies 71(9): 1508–1531. doi: 10.1080/09668136.2019.1618791.
Brunarska Z. (2019). A “Good Enough” Choice: Bounded Rationality in Migration Destination Choice. Studia Migracyjne–Przegląd Polonijny 2(172): 43–62. doi: 10.4467/25444972SMPP.19.014.10840.
Brunarska Z. (2018). Economic Disengagement in State-Society Relations in Russia: A Regional Perspective. Moravian Geographical Reports 26(4): 230–243. doi: 10.2478/mgr-2018-0019.
Toruńczyk-Ruiz S., Brunarska Z. (2018). Through Attachment to Settlement: Social and Psychological Determinants of Migrants’ Intentions to Stay. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1554429.
Brunarska Z. (2018). Understanding Sociopolitical Engagement of Society in Russia: A View from Yaroslavl Oblast and Tatarstan. Problems of Post-Communism 65(5): 315–326. doi: 10.1080/10758216.2017.1291309.
Kupiszewski M., Kupiszewska D., Brunarska Z. (2017). The Futures of Ethnic Groups in the Russian Federation. Eurasian Geography and Economics 58(3): 279–296. doi: 10.1080/15387216.2017.1340171.
Brunarska Z. (2015). Economic Disengagement in State-Society Relations in Russia – Analysis of a Household Survey. Eurasian Geography and Economics 56(5): 547–574. doi: 10.1080/15387216.2016.1151369.
Brunarska Z., Nestorowicz J., Markowski S. (2014). Intra- vs. Extra-Regional Migration in the Post- Soviet Space. Eurasian Geography and Economics 55(2): 133–155. doi: 10.1080/15387216.2014.948030.
Markowski S., Brunarska Z., Nestorowicz J. (2014). Migration Management in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood. Journal of Sociology 50(1): 65–77. doi: 10.1177/1440783314522192.
Brunarska Z. (2014). Ukraińscy migranci zarobkowi w Polsce – dlaczego tak trudno ich policzyć? [Ukrainian labour migrants in Poland – why is it so difficult to count them?] Studia BAS 4(40): 155–174.
Brunarska Z. (2013). Współczesne migracje na obszarze poradzieckim przez pryzmat koncepcji migracji poimperialnych. [Contemporary migration on the post-Soviet area from the perspective of the concept of postimperial migration.] Central and Eastern European Migration Review 2(2): 39–54.

Rozdziały /Chapters

Brunarska Z., Kaczmarczyk P., Piekut A. (2020). Postawy wobec imigrantów w „starych” i „nowych” krajach imigracyjnych. Czy historia imigracji ma znaczenie? In: Sztabiński P., Przybysz D., Sztabiński F. (eds.) Wyniki Europejskiego Sondażu Społecznego 2002–2018/19. pp. 92–112. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN.
Brunarska Z. (2020). Post-Soviet Migrants in Poland: A Uniform or Heterogeneous Population? In: Denisenko M., Strozza S., Light M. (eds.) Migration from the Newly Independent States. 25 Years After the Collapse of the USSR. Cham: Springer. pp. 511–532. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-36075-7_23.
Brunarska Z., Kindler M., Szulecka M., Toruńczyk-Ruiz S. (2016). Ukrainian Migration to Poland: A ‘Local’ Mobility? In: Fedyuk O., Kindler M. (eds.) Ukrainian Migration to the European Union. Lessons from Migration Studies. Cham: Springer. pp. 115–131. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-41776-9_7.
Brunarska Z., Lesińska M. (2014). Migration Between the EU, V4 and Eastern Europe: The Present Situation and Possible Future the Perspective of Poland. In: Jaroszewicz M., Lesińska M. (eds.). Forecasting Migration Between the EU, V4 and Eastern Europe. Impact of Visa Abolition. Warsaw: Centre for Eastern Studies. pp. 88–108. 

Inne /Other

Brunarska Z. (2022). The Autocratic Middle Class. How State Dependency Reduces the Demand for Democracy, Bryn Rosenfeld, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020, 296pp., £30.00 p/b. (book review). Europe-Asia Studies 74(1): 166–168. doi: 10.1080/09668136.2021.2011052.
Kaczmarczyk P., Brunarska Z., Brzozowska A., Kardaszewicz K. (2020). Economic Integration of Immigrants – towards a New Conceptualisation of an Old Term. CMR Working Paper 120/178. Warsaw: Centre of Migration Research.
Brunarska Z. (2017). Developmental and Economic Consequences of Expected Population Changes in the Russian Federation. CMR Working Paper 94/152. Warsaw: Centre of Migration Research.
Brunarska Z. (2014). Regional Out-Migration Patterns in Russia. EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2014/56. San Domenico di Fiesole (FI): Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. Migration Policy Centre.
Brunarska Z., Lesińska M. (2014). Poland as a(n) (Un)attractive Destination for Belarusian Labour Migrants. CARIM-East Research Report. CMR Working Paper 70/128. Warsaw: Centre of Migration Research.
Brunarska Z., Weinar A. (2013). Asylum seekers, Refugees and IDPs in the EaP countries: Recognition, Social Protection and integration – An Overview. CARIM-East RR 2013/45. San Domenico di Fiesole (FI): European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.
Brunarska Z., Mananashvili S., Weinar A. (2013). Return, Readmission and Reintegration in the Eastern Partnership Countries: An Overview. CARIM-East RR 2013/17. San Domenico di Fiesole (FI): European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.

PRACA REDAKCYJNA / EDITIORAL WORK

2020– editorial board member at Communist and Post-Communist Studies
2017– editorial board member at Central and Eastern European Migration Review
Bara A., Di Bartolomeo A., Brunarska Z., Makaryan S., Mananashvili S., Weinar A. (eds) (2013). Regional Migration Report: South Caucasus. San Domenico di Fiesole (FI): European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.
Bara A., Di Bartolomeo A., Brunarska Z., Makaryan S., Mananashvili S., Weinar A. (eds) (2013). Regional Migration Report: Eastern Europe. San Domenico di Fiesole (FI): European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.

NAGRODY I STYPENDIA / AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP

2020 – University of Warsaw Award for UW Employees with Outstanding Scientific Achievements, University of Warsaw

2018 – University of Warsaw Award for UW Employees with Outstanding Scientific Achievements, University of Warsaw

2017-  Scholarship for Young Outstanding Scientists, 2018–2020, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education

2015 – START Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists, Foundation for Polish Science

2014 – Scholarship for participation in the ICPSR Summer Program, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan