Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, cultural sociologist, researcher at the Institute of Intercultural Studies at the Jagiellonian University, co-founder and currently honorary president of the Polish Evaluation Society. He has held academic management positions at universities in Warsaw and Krakow. Author of numerous works in the field of cultural sociology, intercultural studies, theoretical and methodological foundations of evaluation research, particularly developmental evaluation, as well as educational and research projects promoting a humanistic approach to the analysis of contemporary culture, such as Jagiellonian Cultural Studies. He is an animator and organiser of international conferences and symposia in the field of cultural and evaluation studies promoting the socialised and dialogical nature of evaluative, educational and cultural reflection. His main works include: "Creating Meaning. Language – Culture – Communication‘ (Warsaw 1993), co-editing works such as ’Intercultural Communication‘ volumes I and II (Warsaw, 1996, 1996), preparation of the first evaluation textbook in Poland entitled: ’Evaluation in Education" (Warsaw 1997), habilitation thesis: ‘Personality and Communication in a Society in Transition’ (Warsaw 1996), followed by: ‘Cultural Sociology. Continuations and Explorations’ (Krakow 2011), ‘Bridges of Hope. Jagiellonian Inspirations for Intercultural Dialogue’ (Krakow 2016), ‘Jagiellonian Ideas towards Challenges of Modern Times.’ (Krakow 2017).
