Konrad Pedziwiatr

Cracow University of Economics · Department of International Affairs

This report has been prepared as a part of the Horizon 2020 FUME project – Future Migration Scenarios for Europe. Its aim is to analyse the migration profile of the Slovak Republic and to assess the country’s migration potential in order to provide material for fine-tuning ofthe FUME migration projection model. Some ofthe variables considered in th...

This report has been prepared as a part of the Horizon 2020 FUME project – Future Migration Scenarios for Europe. Its aim is to analyse the migration profile of Hungary and to assess the country’s migration potential in order to provide material for fine-tuning the FUME migration projection model. Some of the variables considered in this analysis a...

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Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at: jan.brzozowski@uek.krakow.pl ISBN (pdf) 978-91-8001-055-9

This article investigates links between religion and migration processes through a study of religious communities’ approaches towards migrants. Drawing from the religious economy perspective, the paper explores the under-researched topic of the role of migration in the dynamics of a religious field in the context of Central and Eastern Europe. The...

This article seeks to address the intersection of migration and religion/religious affiliation of migrants in Central Europe. Increase in immigration from Ukraine to Poland observed since around 2015 has been challenging and remodeling religious relations in the relatively homogeneous country. Drawing on the qualitative research conducted in 2020 i...

The scholarship on race and racism has tended to focus mostly on countries in Western Europe. It has thereby overlooked racial dynamics taking place in other regions-including Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This article examines the reverberations of the recent global antiracist mobilisation triggered by the killing of George Floyd in the United...

The brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine from February 24, 2022 onwards has led to one of the biggest humanitarian crises in Europe since the Second World War. Krakow has become a stopping place for hundreds of thousands of war refugees in their escape from their homeland to temporary homes in other parts of Poland and the world. Some refugees also d...

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 opened a new chapter in the history of European migrations. According to the UNHCR, by early October 2022, 7.6 million forced migrants from Ukraine had registered in European countries, including non-EU member countries. Poland has played a critical role: it is hosting the largest number of refug...

The Arab revolts from the turn of 2010 and 2011 led to a radical change in the functioning of diverse Islamist movements in the Middle East and North Africa including Tunisia and Egypt. They also opened up new fields of analysis. It became possible to evaluate not only Islamist plans and ideologies, but also how these plans were implemented and ass...

MIGRATIONS AND COVID-19: TRANSFORMATIONS OF MULTICULTURAL KRAKOW The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused profound changes in al�most every aspect of people’s lives, including the migration processes. Due to vari�ous types of restrictions in movement and the negative impact of the pandemic on some sectors of the economy, (in which th...

Aim. This study contributes to research on new immigrant destinations in Central and Eastern Europe by investigating the neighbourhood concentration of immigrants in Poland. We focus on Kraków-Poland's second largest city-for which we have built a unique, register-based dataset containing geocoded, individual-level data. To our knowledge, it is the...

In the context of the migration transition and emergence of Poland as an immigration country, the issue of integration migrants with a host society appears more and more often in national public debates. At the same time, there are few quantitative studies that would comprehensively assess the state of immigrant integration processes in the country...

This publication analyses changes in the structure of the immigrant population in Krakow in 2021 compared to 2020 and 2019 based on the latest data from various registers (including data from ZUS, registration information, residence cards, or declarations on entrusting work to a foreigner). At the end of 2021, immigrants constituted approx. 10%...

The report shows changes in the structure of the immigrant population in Krakow in 2021 compared to 2020 and 2019 based on the latest data from various registers (including data from ZUS, registration information, residence cards, or declarations on entrusting work to a foreigner). At the end of 2021, immigrants constituted approx. 10% of Krakow’s...

In this brief essay, we look at a contemporary example of "practical theology:" a fragment of the internet production of Adam Szustak, a Polish Dominican monk, combined with interviews with a small sample of subscribers. Searching for clues to his success, we are attentive to the life conduct and aesthetics he conveys in his videos. In presenting h...

Expats in Cracow (2021) The report presents findings of the study on the community of highly qualified migrants in Krakow. Expats comprise an exceptionally mobile and in many ways privileged category of migrating persons, since they are empowered to shape their own mobility process to a larger extent than others. It is the concept of anchoring rath...

Central Europe has not been a traditional foreign destination for Indian migrants. This chapter analyses the origins and growth of Indian communities in Central Europe and provides a detailed overview of the key features of the Indian diaspora in each of the V4 countries. It explores their role in their new ‘homes’, assesses their impact on India-C...

The report discusses the results of qualitative research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of foreigners living in Krakow in 2020. The aim of the study was to identify changes taking place in various dimensions of migrants’ lives, especially economic and social, due to the pandemic. The report shows how the experience of the crisi...

Religious communities in Krakow and migration processes. The aim of the report is to analyse the transformations of religious communities in Krakow resulting from the arrival of an increasing number of foreigners to the city. In recent years, the religious landscape of Krakow has been undergoing significant changes due to influx of immigrants from...

The report describes the population of immigrants in Krakow in 2020. It analyses information about foreigners staying in our city, which can be found in various sources of administrative data. The report shows the size of the immigrant population in Krakow and its important demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Moreover, it identifies the...

This report focuses on integration policies towards beneficiaries of international protection in Poland in the period of 2011-2019. It also sheds light on the experiences of integration of the beneficiaries of such protection. The findings of our research indicate that the case of Poland is characterised by lack of official integration strategy. Se...

In spite of numerous studies exploring the attitudes of Polish society towards followers of Islam including Arabs or studies showing how Polish media shapes the image of Muslims and Islam, there are hardly any analyses assessing how these attitudes and images are perceived by the minority group. The purpose of this text is to fill this gap and anal...

To cite: Pachocka, M., Pędziwiatr, K., Sobczak-Szelc, K., Szałańska, J. (2020). ‘Reception Policies, Practices and Responses. Poland – Country Report’, Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond Project (#770564, Horizon2020) Report Series, Available at: https://www.respondmigration.com/wp-blog/. This country research report, pre...

The report focuses on the presence of foreigners at higher education institutions of Cracow. The most important issues covered are academic migrations as a type of international mobility, dynamics of academic migration to Poland, foreign students in Poland and Cracow according to the newest statistical data, recruitment policies of universities in...

The key objective of this report is to describe the immigrant population in Cracow and to shed light on its size and other demographic and socio-economic features. It presents information on foreigners residing in our city, based mostly on administrative sources (inter alia registers on residence card holders, persons who registered their residence...

Pomimo, że pojawiały się wcześniej w Polsce opracowania dotyczące ruchów i ugrupowań islamistycznych, to nie było do tej pory publikacji, która bazując na materiale zdobytym podczas badań terenowych w sposób kompleksowy analizowałaby rozwój, strategie działania i przemiany islamizmów egipskich i tunezyjskich. Niniejsza książka odchodząc od wąskiego...

Climate change mitigation requires not only technical solutions, but also better insights into the understanding of relevant belief and identity systems, in which religion plays an important role. Human attitudes, convictions and ultimately our consumption patterns will play an important role in climate adaptation and mitigation. Religion is a key...

In spite of the multiplicity of Muslim organisations in the country there are in fact two major providers of Islamic religious instruction in Poland. One is Tatar led Muslim Religious Union in the Republic of Poland (in Polish “Muzułmański Związek Religijny w Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej - hereafter MZR) set up yet before the Second World War in 1925 a...

The politicization of the increased influx of migrants to Europe in recent years, as well as Islamist terrorist attacks carried out in European cities, have led to a situation in which anti-Muslim sentiments have reached unprecedented levels. It is not only those European countries directly affected by the growth of the Muslim population that regis...

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In recent decades, a significant number of Polish citizens have not only left the country but also moved away from the religious traditions in which they were brought up. The article sheds light on the phenomenon of religious conversions and identity reconfigurations within the Polish community in Great Britain. It delves into the intricate process...

Sexual politics play a key role in anti-Muslim narratives. This has been observed by scholarship problematising liberal feminist approaches towards ‘non-Western’ subjects focusing on countries such as France, the USA and the Netherlands. Yet interrogations into how these debates play out in European national contexts that are located outside of the...

Although significant scholarly attention has been devoted to the study of mosque conflicts in Europe, up until now most of it has focussed on Western European countries. This has left a significant gap to be filled in the study of mosque tensions in Central and Eastern Europe, where scholarship is scant yet where tensions over constructions of mosq...

Zdanie „Na zachodzie bez zmian” było typowym niemieckim komunikatem z frontu zachodniego, podczas I wojny światowej, kiedy pozornie nic się nie działo, a jednocześnie każdego dnia wojna przynosiła swe krwawe żniwo w postaci kolejnych zabitych i rannych. Sto lat później na Zachodnim Brzegu Jordanu jest również bez zmian i choć nie ma tu jasno określ...

Due to the fact that immigration in Poland is a relatively new phenomenon, there is relatively little known on the subject of these communities in different regions of our country, or about the real needs of foreigners in terms of assistance with the integration process from players such as government institutions as well as civil society. Therefor...

Z uwagi na fakt, iż imigracja w Polsce jest zjawiskiem stosunkowo nowym, relatywnie niewiele wiadomo na temat sytuacji tych społeczno- ści w poszczególnych regionach naszego kraju, a także realnych potrzeb cudzoziemców w zakresie pomocy w procesie integracji ze strony takich aktorów, jak instytucje państwowe, a także społeczeństwo obywatelskie. Dla...

Ethnic and National Diversity in Poland Contemporary Poland is one of most ethnically and nationally homogenous countries of the European Union. The number of people whose ethnic origins are different from Polish ranges from 2 to 3 per cent of the total population, which means that 1-1.2 million of Polish citizens belong to an ethnic or a national...

The paper sheds light on the processes of immigration to Poland, key features of the growing immigrant population, as well as, on the main integration challenges. It provides information about number, status and socio-economic characteristics of immigrants legally residing in Poland. A particular attention is given to the largest immigrant groups (...

The studies on the individualization processes within European Muslim populations advance two opposing theses. While some argue that religious individualization and the related fragmentation of religious authority are leading to the “liberalization and modernization of Islam” and the emergence of a “progressive Islam” in Europe, others claim that i...

Les changements générationnels au sein de la population musulmane de Grande-Bretagne manifestent une différence fondamentale non pas tellement en matière de statut juridique, mais avant tout en matière d'identité et de participation. Les membres des nouvelles élites musulmanes qui apparaissent dans les villes britanniques possèdent une série de moy...

Nieuwe moslimelites in Europese steden: religie en actief sociaal burgerschap onderjonge georganiseerde moslims in Brussel en Londen. België en Groot-Brittannië, en vooral hun hoofdsteden, huisvesten tegenwoordig een substantieel aantal moslimbevolkingsgroepen. Deze bevolkingsgroepen, die traditioneel een migratieverleden hebben, bestaan niet enkel...

Britain's changing Muslim population is reflecting fundamental differences between generations, not so much in terms of their legal status as citizens, but most clearly in terms of identity and participation. Crucially, members of the new Muslim elites now emerging in British cities have the means to choose between different courses of action and m...

English While the majority of British Muslim organizations established by the first generation of immigrants tend to work within ``ethnic colonies'', the organizations made up by an increasing number of the second generation critically and creatively engage in public debates. One such organization is the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) that strives...

The Muslim populations in Western Europe (circa 15 million) have been undergoing profound transformations, so too their religion. Islam which was brought to Western Europe 50 by immigrants from almost all over the Muslim world, thus contributing to one of the most important religious changes in this part of the conti-nent since the Reformation (Lew...

There will be a time when your religion will be like a hot piece of coal in the palm of your hand; you will not be able to hold it' , the Prophet Mohammad said to those who embraced Islam. It seems that this time has come, especially for Muslims living in the West. Being a Muslim in Europe (or the USA) after the terrorist attacks on 11 September 20...

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