FarU Scientific Supervisors

Education

mendel maria

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First name:

MENDEL Maria

Discipline

education

Affiliation

University of Gdańsk

Research expertise ​(up to 100 words)

Maria Mendel, professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of ​Gdańsk. She investigates issues of social cohesion, identity and public ​memory in and thorough education. Mendel’s original perspective - ​pedagogy of shared place - allows for cross-sectional analyses where ​education, art, politics, geography and philosophical investigations on ​democracy, identity and agency are used to analyse concrete ​problems of local communities, city dwellers, families, parents and ​schools, etc.

Keywords (3 to 5)

pedagogy of place, public space, shared place, memoryplace, parents ​in education

Scientific ​achievements:

Science Award of the City of Gdańsk named after Johannes Hevelius ​(2020) "for outstanding achievements in the field of social sciences, ​the concept of pedagogy of place and the theory of common place, ​and contribution to the development of research on spaces of ​subjectivity".

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siemionow Justyna

Family name,

First name:

SIEMIONOW Justyna

Discipline

education

Affiliation

University of Gdańsk

Research expertise ​(up to 100 words)

My research interests lie in the broad areas of residential child care, ​families, education, and the process of supporting pedagogical staff. ​Specifically, my research focuses on the following areas: ​adolescence, upbringing, psycho-social development, and behavioral ​disorders. I am the author of five monographs, twenty-two chapters in ​books, over 95 articles (research journals) as well as several programs ​(therapeutic, educational, preventive, self-empowerment), and ​pedagogical innovations.

Keywords (3 to 5)

residential care, innovation pedagogy, families, adolescents

Scientific ​achievements:

I am a psychologist and an assistant professor in the Social Sciences ​Department at the University of Gdansk in Poland and a Fellow at Turku ​University of Applied Sciences in Finland (2019-2024), the Director of ​the Institute of Pedagogy (2020-2024).

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