Polski 
Scientific Career
| since 2003 | Full Professor of Humanities and Sociology
Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Warsaw |
| 1996-2003 | Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences, Catholic University of Lublin |
| 1993 | Habilitation – in humanities and sociology
Faculty of Social Sciences, Catholic University of Lublin |
| 1986 | PhD – in humanities and sociology
Faculty of Social Sciences, Catholic University of Lublin |
| 1978 | Master Degree – in social philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin |
Scientific Interests
- relational perspective in social theory, relational sociology, classical and new humanistic sociology
- theory of culture, cultural sociology and cultural anthropology
- sociology of symbolic processes, social symbolism, politics of symbolization and collective memory
- symbolic interactionism, social communication and discourse analysis
- microsociology and sociology of the individual
- sociology of religion, sociology of conversion and commitment to social movements
- theoretical sociology, history of ideas and history of sociological thought
Scientific Positions
| 2024-2027 | Member of the Committee of Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
| 2019-2022 | Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
| 2019-2023 | Member of the Council of Scientific Excellence |
| 2020-2023 2008-2011 2004-2007 1996-1999 | Member of the Committee of Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
| 2008-2011 | Member of the Science Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
| 2019-2022 | Member of the Scientific Council of the project „Social Space, Felds and Relationality in Contemporary and Historical Social Analysis. Research Network”. Project financed by National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) – program International Academic Partnership. |
| Since 2017 | Associate Member - The Research Centre for Cultures, Religions and International Affairs – University of Bologna (Italy) |
| Since 2017 | Correspondent abroad PROTI Centre for Relational Sociology Bologna (Italy) |
| 25.I.2021- | Founder and director of the Center of Relational Analyses of Culture and Society (CRACaS), Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw |
| 2019-2020 1.01.2021- 31.12.2024 |
Member of the Scientific Council of the Discipline of Sociology, University of Warsaw |
| Since 2019 | Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
| 2019-2020 | Member of the Council of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Warsaw |
| Since October 1 2008 till 28.02.2021 |
Chair of the Sociology of Culture, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw |
| Since 1993 | Member of the Council Fundacja Naukowa im. Floriana Znanieckiego [Florian Znaniecki Research Foundation] |
| 2017- | Member of the Council of Multi- and Interculturalism of the National Center of Culture |
| 2012-2016 | Vice-President of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Sociology of the University of Warsaw |
| Since 2002-cont. | Initiator and Editor of the Book Series "Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society" (Peter Lang Verlag) – co-editor Risto Heiskala (Finland) |
| 2016- | Member of the Advisory Editors Board of "The Sociological Quarterly" - official journal of the Midwest Sociological Society (USA); |
| 2007-2010 2002-2006 |
Member of Editorial Board "European Societies” – Official Journal of the European Sociological Association |
| Since 2014-cont. | Member of Comitato Scientifico Internazionale of the journal „Sociologia e Politiche Sociali” |
| Since 2013-cont. | Member of the Editorial Board of the “Czech Sociological Review” |
| 2007-2014 2004-2006 2002-2004 1999-2001 |
Member of the Editorial Board of the ”Polish Sociological Review” – Official Journal of the Polish Sociological Association |
| 1986-2011 | International corresponding editor "Symbolic Interaction" Official Journal of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (USA) |
| 2004-2007 2000-2003 1997-2000 |
Member of the Editorial Board ”Studia Socjologiczne”, IFiS PAN, Komitet Socjologii PAN |
| 2002-2006 | Member of the Editorial Board of the Book Series "Studies in European Societies” - European Sociological Association, Routledge. |
| 1997-2000 | Member of the Editorial Board "Roczniki Nauk Społecznych" TN KUL |
| 2013-2014 | National Science Centre expert |
| 2006-2007 | Member of the Organizing Committee XIII Meeting of the Polish Sociological Association (XIII Ogólnopolski Zjazd Socjologiczny PTS) |
| 2000-2004 | Member of the Evaluating Committee – Sociology Section – University Accreditation Committee (Uniwersytecka Komisja Akredytacyjna) |
| 2002 | Export of the State Accreditation Committee (Państwowa Komisja Akredytacyjna) |
| 2001-2003 | Member of the Executive Committee European Sociological Association; Member of the Publication Committee ESA |
| 1999-2001 | Member of the Executive Committee European Sociological Association; Member of the Communication Committee ESA. |
| 1998-2001 | Secretary General of the Learned Society of the Catholic University of Lublin (Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL) |
| 1999-2001 | Member of Jury of the Stanisław Ossowski Award of the Polish Sociological Association (Nagroda im. Stanisława Ossowskiego Polskiego Towarzystwa Socjologicznego) |
| 1997-2000 | Member of the Executive Committee of the Polish Sociological Association (Zarząd Główny Polskiego Towarzystwa Socjologicznego) |
| 1997-1998 | Member of Sociology and Political Science Section, Committee of Scientific Research (Sekcja Socjologii i Nauk Politycznych, Komitet Badań Naukowych) |
| 1997-1998 | Member of the Research Group, Committee Sociology, Polish Academy of Science (Komitet Socjologii PAN) – expertise „Polish Society Facing European Integration” (Społeczeństwo polskie w perspektywie integracji europejskiej) |
| 1997-2005 | Member of the Editorial Committee of Bronisław Malinowski’s Works (Dzieła Wszystkie Bronisława Malinowskiego) (nominated by Social Science Department One of the Polish Academy of Science ( Wydział I Nauk Społecznych PAN) |
| 1994-1996 | Head of the Social Science Section, Faculty of Social Sciences, Catholic University of Lublin, transformed during this term into Institute of Sociology. |
| 1994-2003 | Head of the Chair of Sociology, Catholic University of Lublin |
