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Dr Agata Rejowska

position: sssistant professor

Agata Rejowska is an assistant professor at the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. In 2021 she was a visiting assistant in research at Yale University, Center for Cultural Sociology. In 2022 she received the Ministry of Science and Higher Education scholarship for outstanding young scholars. She has authored several peer-reviewed publications, including in the journals Sociology of Religion and Social Compass.

Scientific and research interests

Sociology of religion and unbelief
Sociology of food
Cultural sociology
Cultural anthropology
Qualitative methods in social research

Publications (selected)

2022

In Search of Authenticity: Humanist Weddings in the Polish Context, “Religions”, thematic issue: Nonreligion in Central and Eastern Europe. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/7/631

2021

Humanist Weddings in Poland: The Various Motivations of Couples, “Sociology of Religion”. https://academic.oup.com/socrel/article/82/3/281/6177665
Duchowość jeździectwa? O związkach jeździectwa naturalnego z ideą nowej duchowości, "Zoophilologica: Polish Journal of Animal Studies", vol. 1(7). https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/12318/9613

2020

Between ritual and performance. Humanist marriage ceremonies in Poland, "Polish Sociological Review", vol 2, p. 245-260. https://polish-sociological-review.eu/pdf-125278-53050?filename=Between%20Ritual%20and.pdf
"System of collective representations" in humanist marriage ceremonies in Poland, "Social Compass", vol. 67(3), p. 479–495.

2018

"Nowy tradycjonalizm", czyli praktyki macierzyństwa w dobie późnej nowoczesności, "Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej", vol. 14(4), p. 172-189. https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/socjak/article/view/4812/4566

2017

Dyskurs żalu czy ulgi? Wałbrzych w dwadzieścia lat po zamknięciu kopalń, "Politeja", vol. 47, p. 171-185, co-author: Z. Pasek. https://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/1712/1454

2016

"Lekarze bólu”, czyli oferta świeckich mistrzów pogrzebowych na rynku idei, "Edukacja Etyczna”, vol. 11, p. 6-19.

2015

Wizerunek ojcostwa w polskiej reklamie telewizyjnej, "Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów", M. Olejarz, E. Paprzycka, S. Słowińska (ed.), vol. 16, p. 353-367. http://www.dma.wpps.uz.zgora.pl/index.php?journal=DMA&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=150&path%5B%5D=113

Ongoing scientific and research projects

PLAN’EAT: Food systems transformation towards healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour. Z/HEU/00006.

Completed scientific and research projects

Opór i podporządkowanie. Sprawczość religijna rzymskokatolickich kobiet w Polsce, financed by Narodowe Centrum Nauki, member of the research team (project leader: Dr Anna Szwed). UMO-2017/26/D/HS6/00125
3/2019 – 9/2020: Humanistyczne śluby jako społeczne performanse. Rekonstrukcja znaczeń, financed by Narodowe Centrum Nauki, project leader. DEC-2018/29/N/HS6/01862.

Awards and scholarships

2023: Best Early Career Article Award 2023 gtanted by International Society for the Sociology of Religion for the article: Humanist Wedding in Poland: The Various Motivations of Couples, "Sociology of Religion"
2022: Stypendium Ministra Edukacji i Nauki dla Wybitnych Młodych Naukowców
2020: Anthropological Study of the Year 2020 - Distinction, award granted by the Polish Sociological Association for the article: Between ritual and performance. Humanist marriage ceremonies in Poland, "Polish Sociological Review".