Education

2014 - 2018 - doctoral studies in history at the Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

• dissertation titled Community archives in Poland - multiple case study (defended in May 2018)

• supervisor: dr hab. Waldemar Chorążyczewski, prof. NCU

• specialization: archival science and records management

2012 - 2014 - master's studies in archival science and records management at the Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

• master thesis titled Problems of archival theory in community archives

• supervisor: dr hab. Waldemar Chorążyczewski, prof. NCU

2009 - 2012 - bachelor's studies in archival science and records management at the Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

• bachelor thesis titled The phenomenon of community archiving in Poland

• supervisor: dr hab. Waldemar Chorążyczewski, prof. NCU

Professional & research experience

Current:

• since October 2020 – assistant professor at the Department of Archival Science and Records Management, Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland (assistant between 2018 and 2020),

• since October 2023 – PI of a research project Impact of independent community archives (funded by the National Science Center in Kraków).

Former:

• March-May 2024 – Visiting Professor at Queens College, City University of New York, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies (research project sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation),

• 2018–2020 – assistant at the Department of Archival Science, Faculty of History, NCU,

• 2016–2019 – PI of a research project Community archives in Poland - multiple case study (funded by the National Science Center in Kraków),

• 2016–2017 – PI of a research project The term community archives - building a definition (funded by the Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University),

• 2015–2016 – PI of a research project Oral history in community archives (funded by the Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University),

• 2014–2016 – participation in a project of co-operation between the Faculty of History, NCU and the National Digital Archives in Warsaw, title of the project: Keeping the digital archival heritage.

Most important scientific conferences 

I have been actively involved in academic life since 2012, participating in both Polish and international academic conferences (to date, approximately 70). Below is a list of 10 that I have considered the most important so far: 

1. 5-6.12.2013; Toruń, Poland; conference title: IV Toruńskie Konfrontacje Archiwalne [4th Toruń Archival Confrontations]; paper title: Archiwum społeczne - nowy rodzaj archiwum [Community archives - a new type of archives];

2. 29–31.07.2015; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; conference title: the Seventh International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA 7); paper title: History of community archiving in Poland; 

3. 21–22.04.2016; Toruń, Poland; conference title: VI Wiosenne Spotkania Archiwalne [6th Spring Archival Meetings]; paper title: Badanie zarządzania dokumentacją z użyciem metod empirycznych badań jakościowych [Studying records management using empirical qualitative research methods]; 

4. 20–21.06.2017; Wrocław, Poland; conference title: VI Transdyscyplinarne Sympozjum Badań Jakościowych, Między poznaniem a zmianą. Postępy, kontrowersje, perspektywy współczesnych badań jakościowych [6th Transdisciplinary Symposium of Qualitative Research; Between cognition and change. Progress, controversies, perspectives in contemporary qualitative research]; paper title: Wielokrotne studium przypadku archiwów społecznych w Polsce – wyzwania i problemy [Multiple case study of community archives in Poland - challenges and problems]; 

5. 6-7.12.2017; Toruń, Poland; conference title: VI Toruńskie Konfrontacje Archiwalne [6th Toruń Archival Confrontation]; paper title: O metodach badawczych stosowanych w archiwistyce [About research methods in archival science] [co-author: Monika Cołbecka];

6. 8-12.07.2019; Liverpool, UK; conference title: Archival Education and Research Institute, AERI 2019;  paper title: Arrangement and description of archival materials in community archives in Poland;

7. 16-20.08.2022; Berlin, Germany; conference title: 6th World Conference of the International Federation for Public History; paper title: Public activity of community archives in Poland - examples from a multiple case study + co-organization (with Andrew Flinn) of the panel Community Archives and Public History;

8. 7-8.12.2023; Toruń, Poland; conference title: IX Toruńskie Konfrontacje Archiwalne [9th Toruń Archival Confrontations]; paper title: Archiwa i afekty [Archives and affects];

9. 2-4.07.2025; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; conference title: A Polyphony of Emotions: Thinking Affect in Heritage, Memory and Material Culture; paper title: ‘I am the generation that was said to turn off the lights.’ The affective impact of a minority-based community archive (presentation);

10. 27-30.10.2025; Barcelona, Spain; conference title: Congress of the International Council on Archives; paper title: 'It's my fourth child.' The affective and personal impact of community archives (presentation).

Additional functions & memberships

• since 2014 – member of the editorial board of the scientific journal „Archiwa – Kancelarie – Zbiory"/"Archives – Chanceries – Collections",

• 2018 – member of the team of WebArchiving working group (a research and education project at the Digital Humanities Laboratory at the Warsaw University, funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education),

• 2019–2024 - Dean's representative for international mobility and academic coordinator of the Erasmus+ program,

• since 2021 - member of the Programming Council of the Center of Community Archives,

• member of the Society of Polish Archivists, local branch in Toruń,

• member of the International Council on Archives (EURBICA regional branch and Section for Archival Education). 

Additional information

• experience in using learning management system Moodle,

• experience in using the integrated system of archival information used by Polish state archives (ZoSIA - Zintegrowany System Informacji Archiwalnej),

• Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE),

• on-line MOOC course Arts and Heritage Management (organized by Bocconi University in Milan, on platform Coursera),

• on-line MOOC course Research Data Management for Researchers - Introduction / Zarządzanie danymi badawczymi dla naukowców - kurs podstawowy (organized by University of Warsaw, on platform Navoica).