Malgorzata Grodzińska-jurczak

Biography

She is a biologist by education (master’s degree in environmental biology, 1990). Her academic achievements feature three thematic trends. She started her career in classic ecology, investigating the influence of acidic precipitation on the natural environment during a four-year PhD course (PhD thesis, 1995).She continued research concerning the effects of toxic substances on the environment, focusing throughout the next decade on the topic of limiting the negative impact of municipal waste on the environment (including human health) via educational activities. Achievements from that period formed the basis for her obtaining in 2005 a post-doctoral degree in Natural Sciences and biology, with a specialisation in ecological education. From that moment onwards, her activity in interdisciplinary research began. Since 2006,she had specialised in the social aspects of nature conservation. Since 1994,she had been employed, without interruption, at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University (first as Assistant Professor and later as Adjunct Professor).  In 2014, she was nominated for the professor. Since 1994,she had been employed, without interruption, at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University (first as Assistant Professor, as Adjunct Professor and eventually as Full-Professor). The Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences is where she graduated from, gained her PhD degree and post-doctoral title.She is currently the Head of Nature Protection, Wildlife Management and Environmental Education Research Team at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University. 

Research Interest

Social aspects of biodiversity conservation, human dimension of natural resources, environmental governance, ecosystem services, human-nature conflicts’ management in protected areas