ABOUT ME

POLSKI / ESPANOL

Born on July 25, 1976 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Education and academic degrees/titles:
-postdoc – dr hab. (habilitation) in Political Science, specialization: political communication (University of Wrocław, Faculty of Social Sciences);
-PhD in Political Science (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science);
-MA in Journalism (University of Warsaw);
-Spanish language (diploma from University of Warsaw);
–Certificat internacional de català (La Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona)
and other certificates.

Professional experience:
-Member of the Committee of Media and Communication Science in the Polish Academy of Sciences (2021-2022);
-since October 2019: associate professor and director of the Institute of Communication and Media (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland);
-April 2019-October 2019: associate professor and head of the Department of Journalism, New Media and Communication (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland);
-Nov. 2017-April 2019: assistant professor and head of the Department of Journalism, New Media and Communication (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland);
-Oct. 2011-Nov. 2017: assistant professor in the Department of Journalism, New Media and Communication (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland);
-Oct. 2005 – Oct. 2011: assistant professor in the Department of Political Science (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland);
-visiting professor: Granada University, Spain (April 2008), Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey (November 2012) and Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic (November 2022);
-EU’s Erasmus programme departmental coordinator (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, 2006-2016);
-the European Commission’s independent expert in the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the UE (2013).
Previously, among others:
-journalist;
-interpreter/translator and teacher of Spanish language;
-tourist guide;
-manager of international relations in a company in Warsaw.

Membership in scientific organizations:
–IECA (International Environmental Communication Association – founding member);
-PTKS (Polish Communication Association);
-BTN (Bydgoszcz Scientific Association, between 2008-2012 secretary general).

Scientific/research interests:
-mass, political, international and global communication;
-media systems;
-the Internet and online media;
-media and politics in Iberian and Latin American countries;
-regionalisms, languages and the public sphere in Europe;
-media, conflicts, and global/local environmental problems;
-media, sports and Olympic Games;
-some aspects of marketing, advertisement and non-verbal communication.

Hobbies:
-music (classical music: from the ancient to the contemporary, ethnic/World music, some pop and rock music: selected albums of various groups or solo artists);
-visual arts (painting, sculture, architecture);
-wild nature;
-sports (including jogging in the forest, athletics / track and field, soccer and others).