Katarzyna Zielińska is Associate Professor at the Institute of Sociology of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Her academic interests focus on few areas: gender and democracy in Central Eastern European societies, (post)secular European societies as well as transformations of collective identities in CEE in the context of the European Union. She has published numerous articles in Polish and international academic journals (e.g. East European Politics and Societies, Religion, State and Society, Culture, Health & Sexuality). She has authored two monographs and co-edited a few multi-author monographs. She participated in several research projects. Currently she is involved in two EU funded projects EU3D. EU Differentiation, Dominance and Democracy (2018-2023) and SHAPEDEM-EU. Rethinking and Reshaping the EU’s democracy support in its Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood (2022-2025).
