Marcjanna Nóżka

Sociologist, ethnologist, PhD in Human Sciences. She is a researcher and lecturer in the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. Her research interests concentrate on the issues of social exclusion, social problems, communicative behaviors and processes – including social cognitive problems and territorial behaviors. Currently she is involved in two research projects:

• from 2013: “The social closing of space. The influence of social exclusion on perception and cognitive schematization of physical space and territorial behavior of the excluded people”. Role in the project: the Principal Investigator. Sources of funding: National Centre of Science” [DEC-2012/05/B/HS6/03876].
• from 2015: “Differences and boundaries in the process of creating neighbourhood communities in large cities. A social-spatial study”. Role in the project: contractor (other team members: M. Smagacz-Poziemska, A. Bukowski, K. Kurnicki). Sources of funding: National Centre of Science [UMO- 2014/15/B/HS6/01949].

Author, editor and co-author of books and articles related to the topic of social problems, exclusion, social cognition. In her teaching and papers she deals additionally with problems of social work, especially methods and rules of assistance process. Within the last 10 years, she participated in several research projects, nationwide and international conferences on the issues of poverty, exclusion and marginalization, social cognition and behavior, social work and social welfare. E-mail: marcjanna.nozka@uj.edu.pl