Research

Middle East and Central Asia Unit

Research

Middle East and Central Asia Unit

The projects headed by the MECAU staff include:

2023-2022: EMPATHY: Challenging Discourse about Islam and Muslims in Poland , funded by the European Commission: Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (project no. 101049389); head: prof. SGH dr hab. Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska
2023-2021: How to become a superpower? A strategic game , funded by the Ministry of Science and Education (SONP/SP/514312/2021), head: dr Monika Krukowska
2023-2021: Navigating Social Worlds: Toolbox for Social Inquiry , funded by Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships in Response of the Covid-19 Situation – Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness, nr 2020-1-PL01-KA226-HE-096356, head: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska
2021-2018: Managing spoiled identity: the case of Polish female converts to Islam , National Scinence Centre research grant, OPUS, no 2017/25/B/HS1/00286, head: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska

Moreover, we are involved in the following project:

2024-2022: Digital Islam across Europe: Understanding Muslims’ Participation in Online Islamic Environments ; funded within CHANSE - Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe PL: Prof. Frederic Volpi (university of Edinburgh), PI at SGH: prof. SGH dr hab. Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska (project starts in October 2022)
2021-2019: University administration towards academic excellence , nr 28/2019, MNiSW - Dialog, headed by mgr Anna Mielczarek-Taica (Nicolaus Copernicus University), task coordinator at SGH: prof. SGH dr hab. Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska

Past projects headed by MECAU staff:

2022-2019: Sensiclass: Tackling Sensitive Topics in a Classroom , grant Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships (Key Action 2), nr 2019-1-EE01-KA203-051690, project leader: University of Tartu; project coordinator at SGH: prof. SGH dr hab. Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska
2019-2017: ref:EU | Muslim minorities and the refugee crisis in Europe , project co-funded withing the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Comission, Jean Monnet Project, head: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska.

Project's website http://refeu.eu

Information about other (past) projects carried out by MECAU members is available on the Department of Political Studies website.