January 21, 2014 | Seminars
On January 21st Dr. Katarzyna Andrejuk presented a paper: ‘Immigrant entrepreneurship in Poland. Ethnicity as a cultural script, strategy of maximizing profits and as a barrier in the business activities of immigrants.’ Abstract: The aim of this project is...January 14, 2014 | Seminars
On January 14th Dr. Ireneusz Sadowski presented: ‘Changes in attitudes across the life cycle. Preliminary analysis of POLPAN data’. Abstract: In the sociological studies of change we may distinguish three distinct “clocks” measuring societal time – one for...December 10, 2013 | Seminars
On December 10th Dr. Inta Mierina presented a paper: ‘Does national and religious identity facilitate collective action and contribution to public goods? The case of Poland’. Abstract: One of the factors whose potential for collective action and public...November 26, 2013 | Seminars
On November 26th Danuta Życzyńska-Ciołek presented a paper: ‘POLPAN Seminar: Interviews on POLPAN: ‘The history of one survey’ project’. The Polish Panel Survey POLPAN has been conducted for more than 25 years, resulting in unique datasets and valuable...October 22, 2013 | Seminars
On October 22nd Barbara Jancewicz and Dr. Zbigniew Karpinski presented a paper: ‘Testing Measurement of Perception of Income Inequality’. Abstract: Measures of income inequality, such as the Gini coefficient or the quintile ratio, are becoming increasingly...October 8, 2013 | Seminars
On October 8th Anna Baczko-Dombi presented a paper: ‘The Problem of Escaping from Mathematics in a Time-Discounting Perspective.’ Abstract: Mathematics evokes conflicting emotions and contradictory attitudes as no other school subject. On the one hand,...April 30, 2013 | Seminars
On April 30th Ewa Jarosz presented a paper: ‘Operationalization of temporal orientations: presentation of proposed survey questions’. Abstract: Time perspective plays an important role as an underlying dimension of wide range of social phenomena, from...April 23, 2013 | Seminars
On April 23rd Dr. Izabela Grabowska-Lusińska presented: ‘An interplay of structure and agency in migrants’ occupational careers’. Abstract: Migration can be seen as an endeavour marked by hope as well as risk, but primarily it is an individual act...