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Research Summary
Sociology of identity, ethnic and political identities, national identity and citizenship, nationalism, political and social theory, sovereignty and Indigenous sovereignty, theory of cultural and minority rights.
Courses & Teaching
Nations and nationalism, Political sociology, Classical social theory, Introduction to sociology, (UBCO)
Biography
Following my Bachelor of Arts studies at Newcastle University, my research interests converged on issues of national and European identity and in the interplay of religion, identity, and politics. I pursued these themes during my MA and PhD studies. My current research focuses on the role of national identity and nationalism in contemporary global politics, with focus on Eastern and Central Europe, esp. Poland, Russia and Ukraine. The results will be published in my upcoming research monograph (under contract with Rowman and Littlefield) entitled The nation strikes back. Nationalism in the 21st century in Eastern Europe and beyond, expected in 2026.
I have published in peer-reviewed journals on diverse topics within global politics and International Relations, including European democracy, the challenges for democracy in Turkey, and the philosophical and historical meaning of the idea of “the nation”. Before coming to UBCO, I taught Sociology and Politics at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. More recently, I have contributed to the development of an emerging subfield within nation studies (digital and online nationalism) Please see my recent publications for more details.
Degrees
PhD, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
MA, University of Lodz, Poland
BA, (Hons) Newcastle University (UK)
Research Interests & Projects
I am currently finishing a research monograph on the resurgence of nationalism in the contemporary world (under contract with Rowman and Littlefield/Lexington Books, expected in 2026)
I am also working on the following manuscripts:
“The political theology of Vladimir Putin. Russia and Ukraine 2022 and beyond”
“Religion and nationalism. An application of Emile Durkheim’s ideas to contemporary nationalism”
Selected Publications & Presentations
Selected peer-reviewed publications:
2022 Digital nationalism as an emergent subfield of nationalism studies. the state of the field and key issues. National Identities, 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2022.2050196
2021 The nation as a sociological and historical reality. Nations and nationalism in the thought of Andrzej Walicki (1930 – 2020). Nations and Nationalism, 27 (4), 1286-1297. DOI: 10.1111/nana.12755
2018 The political philosophy of the nation. Idea, reality, and the constitution. Athenaeum. Polish Political Science Studies, 60 (4), 7-21, http://www.athenaeum.umk.pl/numery/60.pdf
Recent conference presentations and talks:
2024 Religion and nationalism. An application of Emile Durkheim’s ideas to contemporary nationalism, University of Zadar, Zadar, June 11.
2019 Sovereignty and the “nation”. Reflections on Indigenous sovereignty and Inuit sovereignty in the Arctic within the framework of a multinational and polyethnic state, Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vancouver.