Professor Jan Garlicki is the Head of the Department of Political Sociology and Political Marketing, and a professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw.
From 2004 to 2019, Professor Garlicki headed the Department of Sociology and Psychology of Politics at the University’s Institute of Political Science.
He is a member of ESOMAR, the Polish Sociological Association (PTS), and the International Sociological Association (ISA). He is also a founding and honorary member of the Polish Society of Market and Opinion Researchers (PTBRiO), serving as its president from 1999 to 2003, and the founder and Director General of CBM INDICATOR.
Professor Garlicki serves on the jury for the Paweł Stępka Award, which recognises doctoral theses and publications on electronic media. The award was established by the National Broadcasting Council and the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of Journalism and Political Science.
Research interests: Political sociology; political culture; political participation; changes in political awareness among Poles; the impact of systemic transformation on young people’s awareness, attitudes, and behaviour; political and electoral marketing.
Professor Garlicki obtained his doctorate in political science in 1988 and his habilitation in 1996. He was appointed as an associate professor at the University of Warsaw in 1999, awarded the title of professor in the humanities, specialising in political science, in 2008, and appointed as a full professor in 2015.