Marta Smagacz-Poziemska is Associate Professor of sociology at the Institute of Sociology of the Jagiellonian University. In research she focuses on urban processes, local development, urban communities and citizen participation. She participated in several research projects and currently she is a PI of the NCN project “Normality under uncertainty. Praxeological approach in research on the (re)production of ‘normal’ urban life”. She was a coordinator of the Research Network 37 (Urban Sociology) of the European Sociology Association and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the JPI Urban Europe.