Prof. dr hab. Anna Pacześniak

Prof. Dr. hab Pacześniak has been professionally associated with the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Wroclaw since 2005 and throughout the years 2011-2018 she was also employed as a lecturer at the Institute of European Studies at the Free University of Brussels. She has won numerous scholarships, namely: a scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, a scholarship from the French Government, the Scholarship for Excellence Wallonia-Brussels International and a scholarship by the Bekker Bational Agency for Academic Exchange. She obtains and implements grants from the National Science Center. From 2020 to 2023, Prof. Dr. hab. Pacześniak was a permanent advisor to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the European Union of the Senate of the Republic of Poland. She has written almost 150 publications: books, articles and chapters on parties and party systems in Poland and Europe, the process of Europeanisation, the functioning of European parties, and women in politics. She publishes her work in Polish, English, French and one of her articles was even published in Chinese. Regularly, she delivers papers at scientific conferences of the European Consortium for Political Research, the American Political Science Association, the International Political Science Association, the Association Française de Science Politique, and the Polish Society of Political Science.

Research projects

• Head of the NCN Opus 14 project “Porażka wyborcza jako katalizator zmian w europejskich partiach politycznych” (2018-2022)
• Head of the NCN Sonata Bis 5 project “Polskie partie polityczne w relacji z otoczeniem społecznym – analiza strategii organizacyjnych i komunikacyjnych” (2016-2020)

Research internships abroad

• January – March 2024: University of Houston (Texas)
• April-July 2022: Univerzita Karlova (Czechia)
• September 2021-April 2022: Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)

Reviewer of domestic and foreign scientific agencies

• Narodowe Centrum Nauki
• Narodowa Agencji Wymiany Akademickiej
• São Paulo Research Foundation – FAPESP (Brazil)
• Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – FNRS (Belgium)
• De Nederlands – Vlaamse Accreditatieroganisatie – NVAO (Netherlands)

Selected publications (as of 2020)

Books

1. Electoral Defeat and Party Change: From Makeover to Retouching, Palgrave Macmillan 2022 (co-authors: M. Bachryj-Krzywaźnia, M. Kaczorowska)
2. Party organization and communication in Poland, Palgrave Macmillan 2021 (co-authors: M. Jacuński, B. Brodzińska-Mirowska, M. Wincławska)
3. Europejskie partie polityczne. Dyskurs programowy w Unii Europejskiej, Wydawnictwo Sejmowe, Warszawa 2021 (co-author: Bartosz Rydliński)

Articles

1. Migrants’ Political Participation and Representation in Poland: What Do Political Parties Have to Offer? “Politics and Governance”,2024/12 (co-author: M. Wincławska), https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/7498
2. The anti-elitist strategy of political parties as a populist tool to (re)gain electoral support, “Journal of Contemporary European Studies”, 2023, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14782804.2023.2288238
3. “They attack the family and order”: Right-wing media about feminists and the political consequences of the women’s strike in Poland, „Frontiers in Sociology”, 2023/7:1066409 (co-author: P. Żuk), https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.1066409/full
4. Zawłaszczanie państwa przez partię rządzącą jako konsekwencja demontażu demokracji liberalnej w Polsce, „Studia Socjologiczno-Polityczne. Seria Nowa”, 2022/2(17): 41-52.
5. Przywództwo partyjne a porażka wyborcza – interakcje i współzależności, „Politeja” 2022/5(80): 105-121, https://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/4886
6. Is it possible to defeat right-wing populist authorities by winning elections? The erosion of democracy and the system of the triple-masters class in Poland, „Frontiers in Political Science” 2022/4:1040616 (co-author: P. Żuk), https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2022.1040616/full
7. Rising from ashes of electoral defeat: Reversal of Vlaams Belang’s electoral fortune in the light of demand-supply approach, „Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne”, 2021/72(4): 153–167 (co-author: M. Bachryj-Krzywaźnia), https://czasopisma.marszalek.com.pl/images/pliki/apsp/72/apsp7209.pdf
8. Proces selekcji kandydatów a stabilność personalna polskiej delegacji w Parlamencie Europejskim, „Przegląd Europejski”, 2021 (2): 71-86, https://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_31338_1641-2478pe_2_21_5
9. Party Management from the perspective of party members. Evidence from Poland, „Problems of Post-Communism”, 2021/68(4): 315-326 (co-authors: M. Wincławska, B. Brodzińska-Mirowska, M. Jacuński), https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10758216.2020.1757466
10. Electoral Defeat and Party Change: When do Parties Adapt? „Political Preferences”, 2020/27: 63-78 (co-authors: M. Bachryj-Krzywaźnia, M. Kaczorowska), https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/PP/article/view/10301
11. Sustainable Development, Energy Transition, and Climate Challenges in the Context of Gender: The Framework of Gender Determinants of Environmental Orientation in Poland, “Sustainability”, 2020/12,9214 (co-author: P. Żuk), https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/21/9214
12. Ustrojowe uwarunkowania funkcjonowania partii politycznych we Francji i ich konsekwencje dla sceny politycznej, „Politeja” 2020/64: 123-141, https://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/1354

Chapters in monographs

1. Party politics and political polarisation in Poland as the roots of de-democratisation, in: Democratic Backsliding in Poland: Why Has Poland Gone to the Dark Side, A. Szymański,  Ł. Zamęcki, R. Mieńkowska (eds.), Rowman & Littlefield2023, s. 63-86.
2. Selection and Election, In: Zuba K. (ed.), The Polish Delegation in the European Parliament. Stability and cohesion, Palgrave Macmillan 2023, s. 35-54.
3. Impact of Eurosceptics on the Stability and Cohesion, In: Zuba K. (ed.), The Polish Delegation in the European Parliament. Stability and cohesion, Palgrave Macmillan 2023, s. 213-235; (co-author: N. Styczyńska).
4. Do Europarties need direct members? If so, what for? In: A. Skrzypek (ed.), Transforming the Political Union. Reinforcing europarties ahead of the European elections, FEPS, Aspra 2022, s. 109-129
5. Gender of electoral defeat in the narrative of political parties in Poland, Belgium and the United Kingdom, in: P. Barczyszyn-Madziarz, P. Żukiewicz (eds.), Gender and LGBTQ issues in the election processes. Global and local contexts, Routledge, London 2022, s. 19–37.