Gagatek Wojciech
dr hab. Wojciech Gagatek prof. ucz. – Holds a habilitation in Political Sciences from the University of Warsaw, a PhD in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence, and an MA in Political Science and an MA in Law (in both cases from the University of Warsaw).
He is currently a University Professor at Department of Research Methods in Politics and Policy at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, and Dean’s Representative for Strategy. Previously he worked at the European University Institute in Florence, the Centre for Europe, University of Warsaw and was a fellow at the Institute of Political Science, University of Zurich.
His research interests focus on the political system of the European Union (with a particular interest on the European Parliament), democracy and political representation in the EU, comparative political parties, European comparative politics and social sciences methodology.
In recent years, he has completed the following grant-funded research projects:
- The Multi-Level Testing of Theories of Party Adaptation – the Polish Case
A grant from the National Science Centre (the Harmonia funding scheme) – Principal Investigator, project’s duration: 2018-2023
- Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU)
A grant from Horizon 2020 Call: H2020-SC6-GOVERNANCE-2018-2019-2020 – Principal Investigator at the University of Warsaw, project’s duration: 2019-2021; a consortium with the participation of EUI, LSE, ETH in Zurich, Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, University of Amsterdam, and others)
He is also a co-PI of the Polish case of the Political Parties Database project (PPDB). https://www.politicalpartydb.org/
Unit
Department of Methodology of Political Science
Recent publications:
Szymański, Adam, Agnieszka Bejma, Izolda Bokszczanin-Gołaś, Wojciech Gagatek, i Agnieszka Stamm-Korecka. 2025. Democratisation and De-Democratisation in Multi-Level Democracy in Poland. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003666882
Gagatek, Wojciech. 2025. ‘Politicizing Europe: Challenges to Domestic Political Competition’. In The Oxford Handbook of Polish Politics, eds. Grzybowska-Walecka, Simona Guerra, and Fernando Casal Bértoa. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 926–43. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192873149.013.0048
Gagatek, Wojciech. 2024. ‘Party Organizational Development in Poland (2001–2021): The Cases of Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO)’. In Political Parties and the Crisis of Democracy. Organization, Resilience and Reform, eds. Thomas Poguntke and Willhem Hofmeister. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 240–60. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198888734.003.0012.
