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Weronika Szpak
Social Research Centre Dortmund (sfs)
Evinger Platz 17, Room Nr. 16
Email: weronika.szpaktu-dortmundde
Tel.: +49 231755 90266
Fax: +49 231 755 90205
Guest doctoral student
Focus of Work
Doctoral research on data-driven tools, AI and social innovation for inclusive participation in welfare services
- Since 10/2025: Doctoral Fellow, Datavysts MSCA Doctoral Network (Horizon Europe grant 101169037), TU Dortmund University.
- 11/2023–09/2025: Research Fellow, “Entrepreneurial orientation of Polish and Czech NGOs during a pandemic” (Reg. 2021/43/I/HS4/00678).
- Datavysts, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network funded by Horizon Europe (grant number 101 169037) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding Guarantee (grant number EP 25 36581/1).
- “Entrepreneurial orientation of Polish and Czech NGOs during a pandemic” (Reg. 2021/43/I/HS4/00678)
- Mikołajczak, P., Szpak, W., & Waligóra, A. (2024). Precarious employment in social enterprises: determinants and challenges through the lens of historical institutionalism. Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Śląskiej. Organizacja i Zarządzanie, (199).
- Szpak, W. (2024). The rainbow prism of business. LGBTQ+ people and their symbols in the marketing activities of businesses in Poland. In: Całek, G. (Ed.). Młoda socjologia – Nowe wyzwania.
- Master’s in Economic Data Analytics (Poznań University of Economics and Business, 2023–2025)
- Bachelor’s in Sociology (Adam Mickiewicz University, 2020–2023)
- Bachelor’s in Economics (Poznań University of Economics and Business, 2019–2023).