PROFIL PRACOWNIKA: Agnieszka Golczyńska-Grondas

Sociology graduate. From 1988 to 2016, employed in the Department of General Sociology, then in the Department of Applied Sociology and Social Work, she was involved in biographical research, problems of "neglected" childhood and analyses of the functioning of helping institutions. Since 2016, in the Department of the Sociology of Culture, she has continued her interest in issues of social marginalisation, helping professions and social innovation in the biographical dimension. Author of the books: Men from enclaves of poverty. Analysis of fulfilled social roles (2004), Raised by the State. On the identity of adult alumni of care and educational institutions (2014), Wobbly boat. The fate of alumni of care and educational institutions. A sociological analysis (2016), Deinstitutionalisation of total care facilities for children and young people in Łódzkie Voivodeship (2020) - co-author Magdalena Błaszczyk. Co-author and co-editor of several monographs, author and co-author of many thematic texts in journals and collective studies. On the Editorial Board of the Sociological Review and the Scientific Council of the Third Sector.

Professionally: biographical sociology, poverty and social exclusion, helping institutions, helping professions and social innovation, especially the area of child care - all with a biographical and sometimes gender dimension. My interests in practical psychology and helping professions are reflected in a trainer's school completed in the 1990s and certificates in psycho-prevention and sociotherapy (1997) and addiction prevention (1994).

Civil society is a huge value for me, which is reflected in my participation in non-governmental organisations, both professional (such as the Polish Sociological Society and the European Sociological Association) and non-professional ones. I am a member of the Board of Directors of NYATRI - the Foundation for Assistance to Children of Tibet and the Himalayas, as well as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Religious Union Ligmincha Poland.