Poland

Jacek Pyżalski is a Professor of Education at the Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the coordinator of the Polish EU Kids Online team. A leading expert in media education, his research focuses on electronic aggression and cyberbullying, online gambling, and prosocial online behaviours.

He is the author of numerous publications, including the first Polish monograph on electronic aggression, Agresja elektroniczna wśród dzieci i młodzieży (Electronic Aggression Among Children and Adolescents, GWP, Sopot 2011). He has coordinated and contributed to over 50 scientific projects and led more than a dozen national and international initiatives, including ACERISH 2, Adults Mentoring, ROBUSD, and ECIP.

He has represented Poland in multiple European Science Foundation COST Actions, including IS0801 (Cyberbullying: Coping with Negative and Enhancing Positive Uses of New Technologies in Educational Settings), IS1210 (Appearance Matters), and CA16207 (European Network for Problematic Usage of the Internet).

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Contact: pyzalski@amu.edu.pl

Aldona Zdrodowska (M.A.) is a social psychologist specialising in media psychology and human-computer interaction. She is a researcher at the Interactive Technologies Laboratory at the National Information Processing Institute in Warsaw and teaches social psychology, internet psychology, and statistics at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

She has participated in several nationally and internationally funded research projects, including EU Kids Online, where she has been a researcher for the Polish team since 2008.

Łukasz Tomczyk holds a PhD in adult education from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and a PhD in media education and social pedagogy from the Pedagogical University of Cracow. He is also a computer science engineer.

He is the author of four monographs and 80 scientific articles, as well as the editor of 13 collective monographs. A member of the Academic Association of Andragogy, he has lectured at universities in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Germany. His research focuses on media education, the information society, and lifelong learning.

An expert in quantitative analysis and educational research methodology, he has served as a reviewer for textbooks for the Ministry of Education. He is a recipient of a scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for young scientists and a member of the research network COST Action CA16207 European Network for Problematic Usage of the Internet.

Katarzyna Abramczuk holds a PhD in mathematical sociology from the University of Warsaw, Poland. She is a data analyst and statistician at the National Institute of Processing Information in Warsaw. Her research specialises in interdisciplinary approaches to decision-making, trust, reciprocity, and ICT technologies from sociological and cognitive perspectives.

An expert in quantitative research methodology and data analysis, she has authored 40 papers and presented at leading international conferences. She has been a research fellow at the University of the Basque Country, the Free University of Berlin, and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

She has taught a range of courses at the University of Warsaw, Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, and the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology. Her teaching topics include statistics, SPSS, social research methodology, game theory, theories of rationality, formal modelling in social sciences, and experimental design.

Konrad Ciesiołkiewicz is a psychologist and political scientist by education, holding a PhD in social sciences with a specialisation in social communication and media studies. From 2008 to 2024, he served as a board member and the head of the Orange Foundation in Poland, a leading organisation that collaborates with schools and preschools across the country to implement programmes on digital, information, and media literacy.

He is the co-author of the first survey on digital hygiene in Poland, conducted by the Digital Hygiene Institute and the Orange Foundation (Newsline, Rzeszów, 2023). He also initiated and co-authored a survey and report on children's rights and their agency in the information society in Poland (Orange Foundation, Warsaw, 2023).

Iwona Brzózka-Złotnicka is an education practitioner and co-founder of the Digital Dialogue Association (Stowarzyszenie Cyfrowy Dialog), where she serves as president. She leads digital and media education initiatives, including "Center for IT Excellence," "Girls Do Engineering," and "Tech Minds," supporting children and young people from kindergarten to university. The association also operates DobraTu Primary and Secondary Schools and the Digital Dialogue Non-Public Teacher Training Centre.

She was a co-creator of the educational programme at the Central House of Technology in Warsaw and a member of its programme council, as well as the nationwide initiative "Coding Masters."

A Polish philologist, librarian, and cultural animator by education, she specialises in integrating new technologies into education as an expert and adult trainer. Since 2022, she has served as the ambassador of the European Code Week initiative in Poland and actively contributes to the Broad Coalition for Digital Skills.

She has been recognised for her contributions to digital education, being named to the Honorary "List of 100"—highlighting the most influential figures in digital competency promotion in Poland—and receiving the title of "Innovation Creator."

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Dr Magdalena Maziarz is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Translation Studies and Glottodidactics at the Institute of German Studies, University of Wrocław. She is a graduate of qualification studies in educational management and has experience as a teacher of German and media education at a secondary school, as well as a deputy headteacher (2014–2018).

Since 2024, she has served as President of the Polish Association for Media Education (Polskie Towarzystwo Edukacji Medialnej) and is a member of the Association of Polish Germanists. She is also an examiner for the Central Examination Board (German language) and an expert in teacher professional advancement.

She is the author of the monograph Zaangażowani w rzeczywistość. Szkolna edukacja medialna w Niemczech i Polsce (Engaged in Reality: School Media Education in Germany and Poland).

Her research interests include media and digital education across different age groups, comparative education, teaching methodologies, educational innovations, teacher training, key competencies in foreign language learning, AI in glottodidactics, and the intersection of media education with other scientific disciplines.

Dr hab. Magdalena Ślawska, prof. UŚ is a habilitated doctor (Associate Professor) in the field of Linguistics and an Associate Professor at the Institute of Journalism and Media Communication at the University of Silesia in Katowice.

Her main research interests include media genre studies, visualisation of media discourse, genre awareness among media broadcasters and recipients, stylistics, and pragmatics of media text. She is the author of the monographs Formy dialogu w gatunkach prasowych (Forms of Dialogue in Press Genres, Katowice 2014) and Sztuka mediów. O świadomości gatunkowej dziennikarzy prasowych (Art of the Media: On the Genre Awareness of Press Journalists, Katowice 2019).

She is also co-editor-in-chief of the monograph Transdyscyplinarność badań nad komunikacją medialną (Transdisciplinary Research on Media Communication). In recognition of her work, she won the “Doktorat 2012” award from the Polish Communication Association for the best doctoral thesis in communication sciences and media. Her habilitation book was also recognised in the competition for a subsidy for a scientific monograph in media education by the Polish Association for Media Education.

As an educator and tutor, she served for many years as the director of the Lifelong University at the University of Silesia in Katowice.