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Weronika Szpak

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PhD Student

Focus of work:

  • Doctoral research on data-driven tools, AI and social innovation for inclusive participation in welfare services

Publications

  • 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.

Projects

  • 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)

Education

  • 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).

Contact

Social Research Center Dortmund
(Sozialforschungsstelle, sfs)
Evinger Platz 17, room 16
Email: weronika.szpak@tu-dortmund.de
Tel.: +49 231755 90266
Fax: +49 231 755 90205