Institute of Humanities

The Aesthetics of Populism.
Political struggle and the aesthetic experience in Poland post 1989

NCN Project No.: 2019/35/B/HS2/01187

Assessing the reception and potential of menstrual cycle awareness in the creative process of menstruating people within the cultural and creative sectors

Project funded by the National Science Center, project no. 624102.

DWARC
China Horizons. Dealing with a Resurgent China

The project is carried out as part of the Horizon Europe research program and is funded by the European Commission.

CICERONE
Creative Industries Cultural Economy Production Network

The Cultural and Creative Sector (CCS) in Europe provides societies with goods and services of symbolic, cultural and economic, value, specific not only to each of the 46 European countries, but also their many regions. The various branches of the CCS sector are important contributors to the development of local economies and strengthen local and regional identities.CICERONE is an ambitious, interdisciplinary international research project. Its main goal is to provide an innovative way of understanding how the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) operate and provide a new foundation for effective policies at EU, national and local levels that affect these economic activities.The project is financed by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program, grant no. 822778.

Constructional change in language contact - possessive expressions in Middle Norwegian with Bergen and Voss in focus

Project funded by the National Science Center, project no. 2023/49/N/HS2/01038.

Evaluation of research impact and academic discourse: a comparative approach (Poland, UK, Norway)

The project is funded by the National Science Center, project no. 2022/47/B/HS6/01341.

Following the smartphone:
Ethnography of the emergent urban cultures of networked individuals

According to the Office of Electronic Communication, three out of four Poles use smartphones on daily basis. Although these devices may seem to be just more advanced versions of first mobile phones, their technological capabilities and functionalities place them in a category of microcomputers, which can be customized by dedicated apps that significantly transform user behavior. Thanks to GPS capabilities and transportation services apps, such as Uber, smartphones have changed how people function in urban spaces. They provide new possibilities of telecommuting and consumption of entertainment. Applications such as Facebook or Tinder have reshaped the architecture of social and intimate relationships, by changing interpersonal and social dynamics and extending or intensifying social networks. However, despite the scale and sudden character of these transformations, reflections on the subject remain largely in the journalistic sphere and are often tinted with anecdotal data and didactic narration concerning corrosion of human relations and threats of addiction.

History of Popular Culture in Poland
in the first half of the 20th century from the perspective of transmediality

Papyrus scrolls, movable print, color printing, and electronic readers. A phonograph, a gramophone, a tape recorder, a CD player, and an iPod. The ways of recording written texts and music have been changing throughout the ages. Focusing on the first half of the 20th century, researchers from SWPS University examined how the technology available at the time influenced various platforms and formats of popular culture.

Large-scale Live E-sports Events
in Poland and Hong Kong

Nowadays, electronic sports (also known as e-sports) are one of the fastest growing branches of digital entertainment. Professional e-sport competitions draw large audiences, not only in the case of mass e-sport events, but also in relation to live transmissions of e-sport games available on digital streaming platforms. Although South Korea remains the birthplace of e-sports, a rapid and successful development of this discipline has been noted in many other regions of the world. Currently, Poland and Hong Kong are two leading countries with a rapid proliferation of initiatives related to competitive playing of e-sports. Dr. Mateusz Felczak from SWPS University researches the phenomenon of e-sport culture.

Linguistic Mediation in Practice
Preliminary Research on the English Language Teachers’ Professional Competencies (Primary and Secondary Education in Poland)

The project is funded by the National Science Centre, project no. 27390.

Polish Blake
Translation, critical description and publication of the collected works of William Blake

The project is funded by Poland's Ministry of Science and Higher Education as part of the National Program for the Development of Humanities, project no. NPRH/U22/SN/0059/2024/14.

Public against their will. The formation of subjects in the archives of the "Hiacynt” operation

Project funded by the National Science Center, no. 2021/43/B/HS2/00579.

The Wives of Lot
Female forms of remembering, testifying and looking at the past

Project funded by the National Science Center, no. 2021/41/B/HS2/01437.

MultiSocVal
Wider societal value of research and consequences of its assessment: A multi-country and multi-method study

The project is aligned with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals no. 4 — Quality Education, 8 — Decent Work and Economic Growth, 9 — Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and 10 – Reduced Inequalities.