Department of the Sociology of Social Structures
- sociology of rural areas
- sociology of social movements
- sociology of the state
- macro-social processes
- sociology of elites
- sociology of sport and tourism
- sociology of local communities (community studies), with particular emphasis on the issues of development and activation of local communities and cultural mechanisms of socio-political empowerment and good governance
- sociology of change and development (development studies), with particular emphasis on the cultural mechanisms of change and development
- Professor Piotr Nowak - Head of the Department
- Patrick H. Mooney - Professor of Sociology, Department Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
- Dr Grzegorz Foryś - assistant professor at the Institute of Political Science, Pedagogical University in Krakow
- Dr Wioletta Knapik - assistant professor at the Department of Rural Development and Advisory Services at the University of Agriculture in Krakow
- Gospodarstwa Opiekuńcze w Rozwoju Obszarów Wiejskich Wobec Wyzwań Demograficznych (GROWID) / Caring Farms in Rural Development in the Face of Demographic Challenges. Project duration: 2018 - 2021.