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Hosting Offer: University of Warsaw
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| Role | Hosting Offer |
|---|---|
| Organisation | University of Warsaw |
| Organisation type | Public |
| City | Warsaw |
| HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission | yes |
| National evaluation category | A (very good) |
| Faculty / Dept. / Division / Laboratory / Research group | University of Warsaw / Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialisation / Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation / The Center for Criminological Analysis (CAK) |
| Website | https://ipsir.uw.edu.pl/ / http://kryminologia.ipsir.uw.edu.pl/index.php/centrum-analiz-kryminologicznych |
| Thematic area/field | HS – Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / HS5 Norms and governance |
| Key words | criminology, criminal policy, crime, justice system |
| Short summary of activities and expertise | The main goal of establishing the Center for Criminological Analysis (CAK) is the implementation, coordination, support, and promotion of research and analytical works in the field of criminology and criminal policy conducted at the University of Warsaw. An additional goal is to support the Department of Criminology and Criminal Policy in organizational and educational work (e.g. evaluation of courses, organization of conferences). The center is focused on carrying out independent research projects, supporting research in the field of criminology and criminal policy conducted by employees and students of the University of Warsaw, collecting and processing data and research results, and cooperating with other research centers, law enforcement agencies, and justice institutions. The University of Warsaw (UW) is the largest and, according to the Shanghai Ranking, also the best higher education establishment in Poland - among the top 4% of the world’s best universities. The University has 24 faculties and 4 doctoral schools encompassing the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities; now it offers 37 fields of studies. The Warsaw University consists of 1 main campus and 4 additional campuses. It has 164 buildings, laboratories and storehouses included. The scientific profile of the University has been shaped by the structural, financial, and organizational priorities aiming at promoting those research fields that are at the forefront of European and world science. The University promotes interdisciplinary approaches – integrating research methods from diverse fields, and facilitates creation of multidisciplinary research teams able to tackle combined projects, exceeding the competences of individual departments or institutes. |
| Role and profile of key persons (incl. supervisor) | Katarzyna Witkowska-Rozpara, PhD in law, is a Director of the Center for Criminological Analysis of the University of Warsaw and an associate professor at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Policy at the University of Warsaw. Her research subjects include: criminal policy, interactions between the mass media, criminality and the penal policy itself, criminological prognosis, probation, violence against indigenous peoples, victimization of indigenous people, Arctic policy, and law. Paweł Ostaszewski, PhD in criminology, is an associate professor at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Policy at the University of Warsaw and head of the Section of Economic Analysis of the Justice System in Polish Institute of Justice. His research subjects include: crime trends, crime victimisation, evaluation of the justice system, and criminal policy. Beata Gruszczyńska is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Warsaw and the Institute of Justice in Poland. She is the Chairwoman of the Programme Council at the Center for Criminological Analysis (CAK). Her research activity was focused on the monitoring of crime and criminal justice, methodology of crime victimization and self-report survey, comparative crime trends, and evaluation of the justice system. Co-founder and member of European Society of Criminology and member of the Editorial Board of European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. Dagmara Woźniakowska-Fajst is associate professor of law and a criminologist. She’s an assistant professor at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Policy at the University of Warsaw and a member of the Programme Council of Center for Criminological Analysis (CAK). Her research subjects include victimology, stalking, deviant behaviours of minors and women, media coverage of crime, crimes perpetrated by foreigners, and judicial policy. |
| Previous and current involvement in research and training programmes | 2020 – CURRENT Criminological study "Punitive attitudes towards violence" as part of the Central European Social Survey, financed by the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” (IDUB) Programme. Study prepared in cooperation with two universities belonging to the 4EU+ Alliance (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic and Heidelberg University in Germany). Study is a part of the Central European Social Survey. 2020 – CURRENT Criminological study: "Probation service in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic" as part of the research project "Expertise of the Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation - Social assistance and probation service in the age of a pandemic" The nationwide quantitative survey of probation officers conducted by the Center for Criminological Analysis of the University of Warsaw; project coordination. 2021-CURRENT The Center for Criminological Analysis - co-creates the Consortium applying for the grant with Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche (Spain), Center For The Study of Democracy (Bulgaria), Stichting Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten (Netherlands), Victim Support Europe (UE) in the program EU JUST-2021-JACC / Type of Action: JUST-PJG; prepared project: Victims´ Rights Survey: identifying the most promising and effective solution to fulfill victims' needs (application No. 101056666); status: application submitted to the competition procedure, awaits the final evaluation by the European Commission. 1996-CURRENT Center employees (Beata Gruszczyńska, Paweł Ostaszewski) are national correspondents in the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics, https://wp.unil.ch/europeansourcebook/, preparation and validation of data. 2020-2021 Criminological study: "Police vs. protests of Women’s Movement in Poland – criminological and sociological perspective” Qualitative study prepared and written by the graduate researcher; project coordination. |
| Relevant publications and/or research/innovation products | Ostaszewski P., Klimczak J., Włodarczyk-Madejska J. (2021), Przestępczość i wymiar sprawiedliwości w pierwszym roku pandemii COVID-19 (Crime and justice in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic), Wydawnictwo Instytutu Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości, Warszawa. Gruszczyńska B., Marczewski M., Siemaszko A., Ostaszewski P., Włodarczyk-Madejska J., Klimczak J. (2021), Atlas Przestępczości w Polsce 6 (Atlas of Crime in Poland 6), Wydawnictwo Instytutu Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości, Warszawa. Włodarczyk-Madejska J., Ostaszewski P. (2021) Determinants of the judicial response to juvenile delinquency, „International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences”, Vol. 16 (1): 201–216 Włodarczyk-Madejska J., Ostaszewski P., Klimczak J., Siemaszko A. (2021), Nękani, oszukiwani, hakowani. Nowe i tradycyjne wymiary wiktymizacji (Harassed, cheated, hacked. The new and traditional dimensions of victimization), Wydawnictwo Instytutu Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości, Warszawa Witkowska-Rozpara K. (2020), Polish penal policy - twenty years after enactment of the Criminal Code Act 6 June 1997, “Prawo w Działaniu”, vol. 43. Gruszczyńska B., Więcek-Durańska A. (2019), Europejskie badanie przemocy uwarunkowanej płcią (GBV) – zagadnienia metodologiczne badań pilotażowych (European study of gender-based violence (GBV) - methodological issues of pilot studies), “Biuletyn Kryminologiczny” (“The Polish Bulletin of Criminology”), vol. 26. Woźniakowska-Fajst D. (2019), Stalking i inne formy przemocy emocjonalnej. Studium kryminologiczne (Stalking and other forms of emotional abuse. A criminological study), Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa. |
| Key research facilities, infrastructure, and equipment | The main facilities provided by the Center for Criminological Analysis include office spaces, library, conference room, computer lab with SPSS, and other research software. The Fellow will also have the infrastructure to securely store and analyse data and an individual mail account at their disposal. The Center for Criminological Analysis organises regular meetings, seminars, and conferences that will serve as a platform for knowledge exchange. The Warsaw University, the largest university in Poland, consists of 1 main campus and 4 additional campuses located in the center of Warsaw, well connected with each other. It has 164 buildings, laboratories and storehouses included. The state-of-the-art equipment (acquired recently by many departments) significantly facilitates research, expanding the scientific potential of the University. The faculty, as well as the students, enjoy now access to the most recent innovations in terms of research support, such as modern research laboratories, computer networks, multimedia technologies, and advanced computer programming in a broad spectrum of applications. The researchers and students are supported by the Digital Competences Center of the University of Warsaw, which helps them to use digital tools. The most recent databases, including on-line periodicals, are also available now to the entire scholarly community at the University. The university staff and students have access to wireless Internet in the eduroam network – a worldwide system of wireless network access intended for academic and scientific society. |
| Hosting arrangements | The main facilities provided by the Center for Criminological Analysis include office spaces, library, conference room, computer lab with SPSS, and other research software. The Fellow will also have the infrastructure to securely store and analyse data and an individual mail account at their disposal. The Center for Criminological Analysis organises regular meetings, seminars, and conferences that will serve as a platform for knowledge exchange. The Warsaw University, the largest university in Poland, consists of 1 main campus and 4 additional campuses located in the center of Warsaw, well connected with each other. It has 164 buildings, laboratories and storehouses included. The state-of-the-art equipment (acquired recently by many departments) significantly facilitates research, expanding the scientific potential of the University. The faculty, as well as the students, enjoy now access to the most recent innovations in terms of research support, such as modern research laboratories, computer networks, multimedia technologies, and advanced computer programming in a broad spectrum of applications. The researchers and students are supported by the Digital Competences Center of the University of Warsaw, which helps them to use digital tools. The most recent databases, including on-line periodicals, are also available now to the entire scholarly community at the University. The university staff and students have access to wireless Internet in the eduroam network – a worldwide system of wireless network access intended for academic and scientific society. |
| Key research facilities, infrastructure, and equipment | The University has 24 faculties and 4 doctoral schools encompassing the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities; now it offers 37 fields of studies. The Warsaw University consists of 1 main campus and 4 additional campuses. It has 164 buildings, laboratories and storehouses included. The scientific profile of the University has been shaped by the structural, financial, and organizational priorities aiming at promoting those research fields that are at the forefront of European and world science. The University promotes interdisciplinary approaches – integrating research methods from diverse fields, and facilitates creation of multidisciplinary research teams able to tackle combined projects, exceeding the competences of individual departments or institutes. In March 2018 the University of Warsaw became a member of the 4EU+ European University Alliance. At the European level over 300 EU research projects have been implemented in the last two EU Framework Programmes (FP7 and H2020 by now) whether funded or co-funded including hosting 19 prestigious ERC grants so far (of all kinds but ERC SyG yet). The University as a “HR Excellence in Research” award holder makes its best endeavours to assure friendly working conditions to its employees and provide professional administrative support for all international projects conducted by its scientific teams. The University Research Services Office won a nation-wide competition and was granted by the Minister of Science and Higher Education a status of the Regional Contact Point of EU Research Programmes for the period of 2014-2020 to be able to provide complex support to the research teams from the whole Mazovia Region, including SMEs, in submitting successful proposals to the founding institutions. |
| Intersectoral secondments options | No |
| Other benefits | Working at the best university in Poland in a young and dynamic research team. |
| Candidate sought | Researchers interested in criminology at every stage of their career with proven experience in conducting research and publishing its results. |
| Have you hosted POLONEZ Fellows or MSCA IF Fellows before? | no |
| Candidatures deadline | 2021-12-10 |
Contact | |
| First name | Małgorzata |
| Last name | Mieszkowska |
| m.mieszkowska@uw.edu.pl | |
| Phone number | +48225520134 |
