Date and place of birth: 14th September 1968, Kraków, Poland
Education:
- Master of Arts in Political Science (University of Warsaw),1993
- Master of Business Administration (University of Warsaw/University of Illinois),1995 ► Doctor of Philosophy in Social Science (University of Warsaw), 1997
- Professor in Social Science (University of Warsaw),2004
- State Professor in Humanities (presidential title),2012
Academic Employment:
- assistant lecturer, Institute of Sociology University of Warsaw, 1993-1998 ► associate professor, Institute of Sociology University of Warsaw,1998-2006 ► assistant professor, Institute of Political Studies Polish Academy of Science, 2002-2004 ► coordinator of the international programs, Department of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Warsaw,2003
- associate professor, Faculty of Political and International Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 2003-2004
- professor, Faculty of Political and International Science Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 2004-
- Head of Southeast Asian Studies, Institute of Regional Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 2004-2005
- Head of Scientific Council, Institute of Regional Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 2005-2008
- Director of the Institute of the Middle and Far East, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 2005- 2010, 2016-
- Head of Chair of East and South Asian Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 2014- ► Rector’s Representative for Internationalization, Jagiellonian University in Krakow,2017- 2020
Extra Academic Activities:
- Head of Expert Group for the Reform of the Election System, Low and Justice Party, 2005
Scientific interests:
sociology of social change and transformation, world system theory, dependency theories, political systems of South-East Asia, political anthropology of South-East Asia.
Foreign experience
visiting professor and visiting scholar i.a. at Columbia University (US) 1993, Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) 1998, Universiti Utara Malaysia (Malaysia) 2000, University of Hanoi (Vietnam) 2001, Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (Sweden) 2001, Beijing Academy of Social Science (China) 2002, National Chengchi University (Taiwan) 2003, Silipakorn University (Thailand) 2005.
Lectures:
Introduction to Sociology, Urban Sociology, Theories of Social Change, Conflict as the Subject of Social Science, History of Khmer Rouges Revolution, Individualism and Collectivism: the Inter- civilization Approach, Diplomatic Protocol, Cross-cultural Management, International Relations, Global and Local Conflicts in 20th Century, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism, Theory of International Relations, Political Anthropology, Theory of Democracy, Political Systems of the Far East, Theory of Politics.
Publications:
over 100 papers and articles (including 14 books on comparative political systems, international relations, political anthropology and security issues- e.g. Glinka, B., Jelonek, A. W. (Eds.). (2020). Immigrant Entrepreneurship. Cases From Contemporary Poland. New York: Routledge 2020).
Membership of scientific societies:
Polish Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, Polish Society of Social Policy, Polish Society of Asia Pacific (secretary general 2004-2008), International Society of Political Science.
Most important scientific programs:
► Political Conflicts in Contemporary Cambodia, American Fund of Democracy, Head, 1998 ► Consotional Democracy – Political Dilemmas in Malaysia, Malaysian Ministry of Education, University of Northern Malaysia, Head, 2000
► Grassroots Democracy in Indonesia, Ford Foundation Fellowship Program, Fellow,2001