PROFIL PRACOWNIKA: Wojciech Woźniak
SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Conducting empirical research and teaching students of sociology, social work and foreign students in a frame of Erasmus+ and other exchange programmes.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
My research interests include the Finnish socio-economic model, the relationship between sports and politics, social inequality and public discourse (especially the phenomenon of moral panics). I am the author or co-author of five books and more than 60 peer-reviewed articles in journals and edited volumes.
I am a member of the Polish and Finnish Sociological Society (Westermarck Society). I have delivered a guest lectures at universities in Germany (Free University of Berlin, Justus Liebig University of Giessen and University of Göttingen), Finland (Universities of Turku and Tampere), Estonia (University of Tartu), France (Sophia Antipolis University of Nice) and the Czech Republic (Charles University in Prague).
An updated current list of my publications can be found here: researchgate.net/profile/Wojciech-Wozniak-3
INTERESTS
In my spare time, I jog and read crime fiction novels (often at the same time), and non-stop cheer for Widzew Łódź football club.
ACHIEVEMENTS
My updated CV may be found here: unilodz.academia.edu/WojciechWozniak/CurriculumVitae
Awards
2023 Individual award of the Rector of the University of Łódź from the University's Scientific Development Fund for a scientist with the best scientific achievements in the field of social sciences (for the year 2020)
2021 National award of the Sociology of Sport Section of the Polish Sociological Association for the supervisor of the best master's thesis in the sociology of sport written in Poland in 2021 (winner - P. Chmielewski).
2021 First Degree Team Award of the Rector of the University of Łódź for scientific achievements for co-authoring the book "Politics, Ideology and Football Fandom: The Transformation of Modern Poland". New York, Abingdon: Routledge (jointly with R. Kossakowski and P. Nosal).
2020 First Degree Individual Award of the Rector of the University of Łódź for scientific achievements (for a series of 10 scientific papers entitled: "Political and identity contexts of contemporary sport").
2015 First Degree Team Award of the Rector of the University of Lodz for scientific achievements (for co-authoring a book edited: "Welfare State at Risk. Rising Inequality in Europe'. London, Heidelberg, Dordrecht, New York: Springer International).
CONTACT DETAILS AND OFFICE HOURS
Office hours
tuesday: 16:00-17:30 During exam period my office hours will be held on Tuesdays