Scientific and research interests

• active ageing, population aging and socio-economic consequences
• economic behavior of households (savings, income, expenses)
• the use of statistical methods in the analysis of socio-economic phenomena
• statistical analysis of legacy data

Publications (selected)

• Vidovićová L., Alisch M., Kümpers S., Perek-Białas J. (2021) Ageing and Caring in Rural Environments: Cross-National Insights from Central Europe. In: Walsh K., Scharf T., Van Regenmortel S., Wanka A. (eds) Social Exclusion in Later Life. International Perspectives on Aging, vol 28. Springer, Cham.
• Vanhuysse, P., & Perek-Bialas, J. (2021). Populations and Policies in a Younger but Faster-Aging East Central Europe: The Political Demography of Missed Opportunity. Forthcoming in Achim Goerres and Pieter Vanhuysse, eds., Global Political Demography: The Politics of Population Change, Palgrave Macmillan 

• Abramowska-Kmon, A., Antczak, R., Kubicki, P., Perek-Białas, J., & Szweda-Lewandowska, Z. (2020). Srebrna gospodarka szansą rozwoju krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej 
• VAN HOOF, J. O. O. S. T. (2020). CHAPTER SEVENTEEN URBAN AGEING JOOST VAN HOOF, JAN K. KAZAK, JOLANTA M. PEREK-BIAŁAS AND SEBASTIAAN TM PEEK. Changing Horizons in the 21st Century: Perspectives on Ageing, 291.
• Motel-Klingebiel, A., Perek-Białas, J., Genelyte, I., & Kelfve, S. (2020). Exclusion and Inequality in Late Working Life–On the Gendered Risks for Old-Age Exclusion in Sweden and Poland. Innovation in Aging, 4(Suppl 1), 65. 
• Perek-Bialas, J., Dolberg, P. and Schippers, J. (2020), Editorial: the labour market is not fit for older workers yet. The role of ageism, tradition and institutional factors, International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 41 No. 5, pp. 493-501.

• Ayalon, L., Dolberg, P., Mikulionienė, S., Perek-Białas, J., Rapolienė, G., Stypinska, J., Wilińska, M. & de la Fuente-Núñez, V. (2019). A systematic review of existing ageism scales. Ageing research reviews, 100919.
• Wilińska, M., Grzenda, W., & Perek-Białas, J. (2019). Grandmothers and Non-grandmothers in the Polish Labor Market: The Role of Family Issues. Journal of Family Issues, 0192513X19842243.

• Zaidi, A., Harper, S., Howse, K., Lamura, G., & Perek-Białas, J. (Eds.). (2018). Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies: Active Ageing Index and Its Potential. Springer.
• Abuladze, L., & Perek-Białas, J. (2018). Measures of ageism in the labour market in international social studies. In Contemporary perspectives on ageism (pp. 461-491). Springer, Cham.
• van Hoof, J., Kazak, J., Perek-Białas, J., & Peek, S. (2018). The challenges of urban ageing: Making cities age-friendly in Europe. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(11), 2473.

• Perek-Białas, J. (2017). Zaufanie obywateli do systemu emerytalnego a skłonność do oszczędzania na starość. Ubezpieczenia Społeczne, (2).
• Perek-Białas, J., Sagan, I., Stronkowski, P., & Szukalski, P. (2017). Regional approaches to demographic change in Poland. In Demographic Transition, Labour Markets and Regional Resilience (pp. 29-72). Springer, Cham.

• Perek-Białas, J. (2016). Tradycyjne i uzupełniające podejścia do ewaluacji efektów polityki senioralnej w Polsce. Problemy Polityki Społecznej.
• Perek-Białas, J., & Sagan, A. (2016). Eksploracyjne podejścia w budowie modeli strukturalnych. In A. Grześkowiak, K. Mazurek-Łopacińska, M. Sobocińska, & A. Stanimir (Eds.), Metody badań marketingowych : modelowanie, technologia, wizualizacja (pp. 38–51). Wrocław : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego.

• Turek, K., Perek-Białas, J., & Stypińska, J. (2015). Socioeconomic status in ageing Poland: a question of cumulative advantages and disadvantages. Lifecourse perspective on ageing populations: critical and international approaches. Policy Press, Bristol, 85-107.
• Perek-Białas, J., & Slany, K. (2015). The elderly care regime and migration regime after the EU accession: The case of Poland. In Ageing in contexts of migration (pp. 27-38). Routledge.
• Hoff, A., & Perek-Białas, J. (2015). Introduction: Towards a sociology of ageing in Central and Eastern Europe. Studia Socjologiczne, (2 (217)).

• Stypinska, J., & Perek-Białas, J. (2014). Working carers in Poland-successful strategies of reconciliation of work and care of an older adult. Anthropol Notebooks, 20(1), 87-104.
• Perek-Białas, J., & Racław, M. (2014). Transformation of elderly care in Poland. In The transformation of care in European societies (pp. 256-275). Palgrave Macmillan, London.
• Perek-Białas, J., & Zwierzchowski, J. (2014). Wskaźnik aktywnego starzenia w ujęciu regionalnym–edycja 2014. Ekspertyza dla Departamentu Polityki Senioralnej Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Społecznej, Warszawa.
• Turek, K., & Perek-Białas, J. (2014). Older volunteers in Poland: the heritage of a Socialist regime. ACTIVE AGEING, 173.
• Perek-Białas, J. (2014). Active ageing and material deprivation of older generations in Europe and in Poland: How do they interplay?. Studia Humanistyczne AGH, 13(4).
• Principi, A., & Perek-Białas, J. (2014). Voluntary organisations’ characteristics and practices towards older volunteers. In Active Ageing: Voluntary Work by Older People in Europe (pp. 245-274). Policy Press.

• Rószkiewicz, M., Perek-Białas, J., Węziak-Białowolska, D., & Zięba-Pietrzak, A. (2013). Projektowanie badań społeczno-ekonomicznych: rekomendacje i praktyka badawcza. PWN Warszawa
• Perek-Białas J., Schippers J., "Economic gerontology: Older people as consumers and workers", in Growing old in Europe. A textbook of gerontology, edited by Kathrin Komp & Marja Aartsen, Springer, NL, 2013
• Ruzik-Sierdzińska A., J. Perek-Białas, K. Turek "Did the transition to a market economy and the EU membership have an impact on active ageing policy in Poland?" in ‘The Making of Aging Policy: Theory and Practice in Europe', editors R. Ervik, T. Linden, Edward Elgar Press, 2013
• Drożdżak, Z., Melchiorre, M. G., Perek-Białas, J., Principi, A., & Lamura, G. (2013). Ageing and long-term care in Poland and Italy: A comparative analysis. In The Making of Ageing Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Turek, K., & Perek-Bialas, J. (2013). The role of employers opinions about skills and productivity of older workers: example of Poland. Employee Relations, 35(6), 648-664.
• Perek-Białas, J., & Mysińska, E. (2013). Indeks aktywnego starzenia w ujęciu regionalnym. Ekspertyza dla Departamentu Polityki Senioralnej Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Społecznej, Warszawa.
• Perek-Białas, J. (2013). Starzenie się ludności–wyzwanie dla podmiotów ekonomii społecznej?. ekonomia społeczna, (2), 70-81.
• Perek-Białas, J. (2013). Quality of life in old age in the central and Eastern European countries. Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu, (308), 113-127.

• Perek-Białas, J., Mjelde-Mossey L. A. „Older Women in Central and Eastern Europe: Economic and Health Concerns" in the book: Women and Aging International: Diversity, Challenges and Contributions (the book is a re-publication of a Special Issue of the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity In Social Work), 2012.
• Perek‐Białas, J., & Turek, K. (2012). Organisation‐level policy towards older workers in Poland. International Journal of Social Welfare, 21, S101-S116.
• Principi, A., Lindley, R., Perek-Bialas, J., Turek, K. "Volunteering in older age: an organizational perspective", International Journal of Manpower. 2012
• Perek-Białas, J., Hoff A., (editors), Developing the ‘Sociology of ageing' to tackle the challenge of ageing societies in Central and Eastern Europe', Wyd. Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, 2012