Graduate School for Social Research

22/10/2026

We are inviting researchers and PhD candidates to submit abstracts for presentations to the international seminar “Political Psychology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.”

This event is organized by GSSR PhD students in the Political Cognition Laboratory, Institute of Psychology.

The deadline is 8 November 2026, and applicants will be notified on 12 November.

The event will take place on 25 November 2026 at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. PhD candidates from PAN and other institutions, in Poland and abroad, are particularly encouraged to apply.

The call for papers, together with the registration form, is available here:

We invite researchers and PhD candidates to submit abstracts for presentations at the international seminar Political Psychology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, which will take place on 25 November, 2026 at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, Poland.

14/10/2026

We congratulate Dr. Wojciech Mamak on his successful PhD defense!

On 6 October 2026, Dr. Mamak successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, "Information-based Explanations in Cognitive Science" at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Marcin Miłkowski.

The dissertation asks what the concept of information actually explains in the sciences of mind and brain. It develops a renewed version of the information-processing paradigm. On this view, information plays an explanatory role only when the system itself causally uses it. The thesis traces how physical signals become structured, contentful representations that guide behaviour. It then tests this account against three processes central to contemporary cognitive science and artificial intelligence: compression, structural matching, and the generation of new information.

Wojciech currently works at NASK – National Research Institute and IFiS PAN's own Section for Logic and Cognitive Science. He plans to use cognitive science research for building evidence-to-policy bridges for AI Safety. Drawing on his research on explanations, with a focus on AI safety and explainability and on the cognitive consequences of using large language models. Academically, he also intends to develop the research threads of his dissertation further and to publish a book on the history of numbers, a project he has been working on for many years.

Congratulations!

06/10/2026

We invite GSSR students, faculty, alumni, staff, and friends to the Inauguration of the 2026/2027 Academic Year.

Wednesday, October 14, 10:30–13:30

Majewski Room, Staszic Palace (3rd floor), 72 Nowy Świat, Warsaw

This year, Anna Domaradzka, Director of the Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies at the University of Warsaw and Head of the Civil City Lab, delivers the keynote lecture:

Smart, green, but for whom? Investigating urban innovations through a Lefebvrian lens

A central part of the inauguration is the Doctoral and Habilitation Diplomas Award Ceremony, when we celebrate the achievements of our colleagues.

The event concludes with coffee and refreshments.

The Program is available here: https://www.gssr.edu.pl/news-events/october-14-1030-inauguration-of-the-2026-2027-academic-year/

We thank the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, for its support of this event.

We invite GSSR students, faculty, alumni, staff, and friends to the Inauguration of the 2026/2027 Academic Year.

06/10/2026

IFiS PAN announces a call for applications for one PhD scholarship in the project “Effects of data quality in the international survey projects on the estimates of political attitudes and behaviors” (grant no. 2025/59/B/HS6/01606), led by Prof. Kazimierz M. Słomczyński, IFiS PAN.

The scholarship is awarded for four years, including 36 months funded from the project budget and 12 months from IFiS PAN. Its amount is determined by the Polish Law on Higher Education and Science, currently PLN 3,571 gross per month before the mid-term evaluation and PLN 5,501 gross per month after it. The successful candidate will be admitted to the Sociology doctoral program at the Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR) through the externally funded doctoral positions track. The project starts on 1 October 2026.

Planned starting date of the scholarship: 14 October 2026.

Applications must be submitted by 7 October 2026. Interviews will take place between 8 and 9 October 2026.

The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN) announces a call for applications for one PhD scholarship in the

06/10/2026

Congratulations to GSSR doctoral students whose teams have received funding under the MOST PAN programme, which supports international scientific events organised by young researchers.

Two successful projects involve GSSR students:

RE:PRO – Resituating Reproduction Across the SemiPeriphery and Global South. Developing International Research Networks with Early Career Researchers

Alex Filipiak and Wiktoria Morawska, doctoral students in Sociology at GSSR, are part of the team behind RE:PRO event, together with dr Barbara Dynda and dr hab. Magdalena Grabowska from IFiS PAN.

The international and interdisciplinary event will bring together early-career researchers and established scholars from Poland and abroad to explore reproduction in its social, economic and political dimensions, from care and reproductive labour to reproductive rights, agency and activism. The project also aims to build new international research networks and opportunities for collaboration.

Political Psychology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Natalia Korczak and Adam Karakula, doctoral students in Psychology at GSSR, are members of the Political Cognition Lab at the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, led by dr hab. Marta Marchlewska.

Their event, Political Psychology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, will explore how AI is changing the psychological and social processes that shape contemporary politics. Topics will include the reception of political information and disinformation, attitudes towards political systems, political decision-making, and polarization.

We congratulate both teams and look forward to seeing these projects develop.

Congratulations to GSSR doctoral students whose teams have received funding under the MOST PAN programme, which supports international scientific events

01/10/2026

We congratulate Dr. Hanna Gelner on successfully defending her doctoral dissertation at the Graduate School for Social Research, Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences!

Her dissertation, "Psychotic-like Experiences and Their Underlying Mechanisms: The Role of Cognitive, Emotional, and Physiological Factors Assessed Using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) in Individuals with ADHD Symptoms", was supervised by Dr Łukasz Gawęda, Professor at the Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences.

On 1 October 2026, Dr. Gelner started her position as an Assistant Professor at VIZJA University, where she combines teaching and research and teach courses in psychology and clinical sexology.

23/09/2026

We invite GSSR students, faculty, alumni, staff, and friends to the Inauguration of the 2026/2027 Academic Year!

Wednesday, October 14, 10:30–13:30

Majewski Room, Staszic Palace (3rd floor), 72 Nowy Świat, Warsaw

This year, Anna Domaradzka, Director of the Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies at the University of Warsaw and Head of the Civil City Lab, delivers the keynote lecture:

"Smart, green, but for whom? Investigating urban innovations through a Lefebvrian lens"

A central part of the inauguration is the Doctoral and Habilitation Diplomas Award Ceremony, when we celebrate the achievements of our colleagues!

The event concludes with coffee and refreshments.

The Program is available at the link provided.

We thank IFiS PAN for support.

We invite GSSR students, faculty, alumni, staff, and friends to the Inauguration of the 2026/2027 Academic Year.