| The University of Lower Silesia welcomes students who would like to come to Wrocław to pursue independent research or work on a thesis for another university. Following is a list of faculty who can oversee such independent work, along with their research interests and representative publications.
If you are interested in pursuing studies under the supervision of any of our faculty, please contact Jadwiga Dobrowolska-Dyrcz, EU Programmes Coordinator. A printable version of the list is also available.
Department of Education
Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Kochanowicz
Areas of expertise: the history of education, pedagogical doctrine, theology
Selected Publications: "Christian postulates of interreligious dialogue as a contribution to peace-making" (In: Dialog w kulturze, Toruń 2003), The genesis, organization and activities of musical dormitories (Kraków 2002), "The contribution of Jesuits to musical culture in Old Poland" (In: Wkład jezuitów do nauki i kultury w Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów i pod zaborami, Kraków 2004)
Languages: English, German, Italian
Prof. dr hab. Mieczysław Malewski
Areas of expertise: adult education, theories of adult education, educational research methodologies
Selected Publications: Adult education in methodological perspective (Wrocław 1991), Employee adjustments in work situations (Wrocław 1993), "Theories of adult education: Methodology of the theory of a scientific discipline" (In: Metody ilościowe i jakościowe w badaniach nad edukacją, Wrocław 1997)
Language: English Prof. dr hab. Krystyna Szafraniec
Areas of expertise: youth and education in processes of change (places, roles, functions), the individual in society and culture (conditions, situatedness, life strategies), contemporary Polish society (civic consciousness, life orientations), rural areas in systemic transformation (human capital and social resources)
Selected Publications: Individual versus social change: An empirical study from 1981-1982 (Warszawa 1990), Rural youth as the effects of cross-border socialization: Between the local and the totality (Warszawa 1992), Human capital and social resources of the rural areas: People-local community-education (ed., Warszawa 2005)
Language: English
Dr Adrianna Nizińska
Areas of expertise: adult education, education in daily life, methodology, qualitative approaches in the social sciences
Selected Publications: "The educational potential of daily life" (Teraźniejszość-Człowiek-Edukacja, 2003), "The knowing subject in biographical research" (In: Research inspirations in contemporary adult education, Ryki 2004), "Coercion in the work of the adult educator - cultural contexts" (In: Discussions of young adult educators, Uniwersytet Zielonogórski 2003)
Language: English
Dr Piotr Mikiewicz
Areas of expertise: the sociology of education, social science methodology, social psychology
Selected Publications: The Social Worlds of Secondary Schools (Wrocław 2005), Young People in the Reformed School System (Warszawa/Toruń 2004)
Language: English
Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Sekułowicz
Areas of expertise: the family, disabled children and teachers
Selected Publications: Mothers of students with disabilities facing living problems (Wrocław 2000), Burnout of teachers working with students with intellectual disabilities: Causes--Symptoms-Prevention-Coping (Wrocław 2002), Overcoming Great Barriers - Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Disabilities - Conference Proceedings (ed., Sydney 1999)
Language: English
Prof. dr hab. Adam Zych
Areas of expertise: the education of aging and old age
Selected Publications: Psychosocial determinants of diagnostic values of school grades (Kielce 1980), Methodological issues in researching the life outlooks of young academics (Kielce 1983), The individual facing old age: Sketches from social gerontology (Warszawa 1995)
Language: English
Dr Violetta Będkowska-Heine
Areas of expertise: social prophylaxis, pathology and family therapy
Selected Publications: "Determining factors of the attitude of mothers regarding therapy for children with serious deviations in health and development" (In: Następstwa dysfunkcjonalności rodziny, Wrocław 1997), "Training of special-education students in the system of university study with the example of the University of Wrocław" (In: Od szkoły pamięci do szkoły rozwoju, Wrocław 1996), "Social perception of institutions of resocialization as seen through their educators" (In: Od szkoły pamięci do szkoły rozwoju, Wrocław 1996)
Language: English
Institute of Continuing Education and Educational Studies
Prof. dr hab. Bogusława Gołębniak
Areas of expertise: applications of psychological theories of linguistic development of children in the classroom, models of professional teachers, teacher education, socio-economic and cultural contexts, the relation of theory to practice, constructivism, methodological shifts in research on the professional development of teachers (such as case studies, action research, narrative theory, biographical research, etc.)
Selected Publications: School, education, teacher (In: Pedagogika. Podręcznik akademicki, Warszawa 2003), Changes in the education of teachers: Knowledge-skills-reflexivity (Poznań/Toruń 1998), Education through language, or on holistic learning (with Teusz G., Warszawa 1999)
Language: English
dr Sławomir Krzychała
Areas of expertise: Sociology of education, qualitative methodology
Language: German
Rozalia Ligus
Areas of expertise: Teacher education, narrative inquiry
Language: English
dr Lucyna Kania
Areas of expertise: Trends in education, educational evaluation, quality education
Language: English
Department of International Relations
Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Kubiak
Areas of expertise: international political relations, international security
Selected Publications: The first Middle East war 1947-1949 (Wrocław 2006), Contemporary international conflicts (Warszawa 2004), Terrorism in the new enemy at sea (2003)
Language: English
Jarosław Kotas
Areas of expertise: humanitarian law, human-rights law, ecology
Selected Publications: "Introduction to the ideas of Sang-Sang Nin Djiu in the tradition of Jundrung Bon" (Rita Bum 2004), "The teaching of Tapihritsa to Gyerpungpi" (Rita Bum 2004), "Some aspects of the Buddhist path as a method of building ties in the world" (Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowie 2004)
Language: English
Krzysztof Szewior
Areas of expertise: German studies, political and social systems, feminism
Selected Publications: Women in education in the German Federal Republic 1969-1998 (Wrocław 2006), Socio-economic determinants of demographic development in Germany in the second half of the twentieth century (Wrocław 2004), Education in the German Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic in the second half of the twentieth century: An outline of the problem (Wrocław 2005),
Language: German
Department of Journalism and Communications
Wanda Krzemińska
Areas of expertise: linguistic communication, new media and information technology
Selected Publications: The promotion of the Polish language in France in the context of European linguistic policy (Łódź 1998), Changes in natural languages caused by multimedia: Philological reflections (Poznań
1998), Studies on language, information and communication: Language, information and communication studies (Poznań 2003)
Language: French
Michael Fleischer
Areas of expertise: public relations, corporate identity
Selected Publications: The theory of culture and communication (Wrocław 2002), Corporate identity and public relations (Wrocław 2003), Europe, Germany, the USA and Russia in the Polish system of culture (Wrocław 2004)
Language: German
Department of Philosophy
Department of Cultural Studies
Leszek Koczanowicz
Areas of expertise: cultural and political problems of transformation, social theory, cultural theory
Selected Publications: Community and emancipation: Discussions on the post-conventional society (Wrocław 2005), Democracy and Totalitarian Experience (ed., New York 2005), Polish Time: Finding Philosophical Reason in Post-Communist Dilemmas (New York, forthcoming 2006)
Language: English
Dorota Frąckiewicz
Areas of expertise: contemporary art, art theory
Selected Publications: "Art: Between practice and experience" (Teraźniejszość-Człowiek-Edukacja, 2003), "Values and aesthetic experience in the philosophical concepts of John Dewey" (In: Aksjotyczne przestrzenie kultury, Wrocław 2005),
Language: English
Department of Cultural Anthropology
Hana Červinková, Ph.D.
Areas of expertise: gender, memory, Eastern European studies, ethnographic methodology
Selected Publications: Playing Soldiers in Bohemia: An Ethnography of NATO Membership (Prague 2005)
Languages: English, Czech |
