Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska



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Imię i nazwisko

Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska

Stopnie i tytuły naukowe

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Stanowisko

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E-mail

karolina.sztanderska@ifispan.edu.pl

Pokój

266

Filozofia/Socjologia

Socjologia

Zespół badawczy

Zespół Badawczy Socjologii Polityki, Gospodarki i Edukacji

Obszary zainteresowań naukowych

Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska’s research interests include, among others, citizen-state encounters, inequalities in access to public services, transformation of welfare state, digitalisation and datafication of the public policies, values and interests underpinning introduction of algorithms, automated-decision-making systems and digital surveillance in the public sector, consequences of these processes for welfare organizations and their staff as well as for various vulnerable publics (e.g. persons from lower social classes or marginalized groups).

Skrócony biogram

Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska is a sociologist working as assistant professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN). She had previously worked at the Faculty of Sociology of University of Warsaw, in Stockholm School of Economics, University of Oldenburg, Warsaw School of Economics and Polish Sociological Association.  


Her research is situated at the intersection of sociology and anthropology of public policy, sociology of organisation, sociology of quantification and datafication and science and technology studies. She holds a PhD degree in sociology from Sciences Po de Paris and University of Warsaw and a master degree in sociology (University of Warsaw) and in philosophy (University Nancy 2). She has gained vast international research experience within several EU-funded projects (e.g. LOCALISE, WORKABLE, YOUNEX, CAPRIGHT) and within projects based in France (e.g. “Quantifying Europe”). Currently, she leads a research team based at IFiS PAN within the European project investigating automation and algorithmic infrastructures in welfare and municipal institutions (AUTO-WELF). Recently, she has completed an interdisciplinary research project concerning a profiling algorithm, introduced and within the unemployment policy.

Doświadczenie zawodowe
  • 2015-2022 University of Warsaw, Faculty of Sociology (from 2016 Assistant Professor) 

  • 2015 Research Fellow, Stockholm School of Economics

  • 2014-2015 Guest researcher Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research

  • 2010-2011 Guest researcher, Carl von Ossietzky Universität 

  • 2010 Expert for European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Polish Institute of Public Affairs

  • 2008-2009 Research Fellow, Polish Sociological Association

  • 2007-2010 Research Fellow, Warsaw School of Economics

Realizowane projekty badawcze

Selected:

  • 2022 – 2025 AUTO-WELF: Automating Welfare – Algorithmic Infrastructures for Human Flourishing in Europe, Chanse call 2021.

  • 2017-2022 Information technologies in public policies. Critical analysis of the profiling the unemployed, National Science Centre Poland, 283 595 PLN, principal investigator

  • 2015 Profiling the Unemployed in Poland. Social and Political Implications of Algorithmic Decision Making, Panoptykon Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Media Democracy Fund, co-investigaton

  • 2010-2011 Quantifying Europe: genesis, instrumentation and compared appropriations of the process of harmonization of socio-economic classifications, French National RResearch Agency, leader of Polish team and co-investigator.

  • 2011-2014 LOCALISE: local words of social cohesion, 7th European Union Framework Programme (7EU FP), 133 231€ , co-leader of workpackage & co-investigator

  • 2009-2011 WORKABLE: Making capabilities work, 7EU FP, 57 652€, co-investigator

  • 2008-2009 YOUNEX: Youth, unemployment, and exclusion in Europe, 7 EU FP, co-investigator

  • 2007-2010 CAPRIGHT: Resources, rights and capabilities: in search of social foundations for Europe, 6 FP, co-investigator.

Zagraniczne doświadczenia naukowe
  • 2021 Guest researcher at University of Strasbourg, Laboratoire Sociétés, Acteurs, Gouvernement en Europe (SAGE)

  • 2015 Research Fellow, Stockholm School of Economics

  • 2014-2015 Guest researcher Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research

  • 2010-2011 Guest researcher, Carl von Ossietzky Universität

  • 2007-2015 PhD student at Sciences Po de Paris, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales

Stypendia naukowe

 

  • Scholarships for the Outstanding Young Scholars by the Polish Ministry of Science (2015-2018)

  • Distinction for PhD dissertation by the Polish Institute of Labour and Social Studies (2015); 

  • French Government Scholarship for International Dual PhD (fr. cotutelle) (2007-2010),

  • Polish Science Foundation Scholarship for young researchers (2010, 2011)

Nagrody i wyróżnienia
Działalność dydaktyczna

Vast teaching experience gained within Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD programmes at University of Warsaw on topics related to, among others, sociology of work and organisation, information technology in public policy, surveillance society and writing research projects.

Promowane doktoraty

Jako promotorka pomocnicza: Justyna Kościńska (Orchowska) „Obywatele, rywale, konsumenci. Mieszkańcy stolicy wobec ograniczonej dostępności usług publicznych”,

Wystąpienia na konferencjach, sympozjach, lub seminariach

During last years, Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderskahas participated in the following international conferences:

Dorobek popularyzatorski

Due to the great social and political importance of the use of new technologies in public policy, Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska tried to disseminate the results of her research through teaching at the university. For instance, by including the courses on these topics in the curriculum of the MA in Digital Sociology and Sociology of Social Interventions at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw). She also accepted invitations to seminars at other universities (e.g. University of Łódź). Together with Marianna Zieleńska she discussed the risks and pitfalls associated with the use of profiling algorithms in a Tok FM radio programme dedicated to this topic, hosted by T. Stawiszyński.

Zainteresowania pozanaukowe

Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska loves practicing yoga and started teaching it

Information

Short Profile

Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska is a sociologist working as assistant professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN). She had previously worked at the Faculty of Sociology of University of Warsaw, in Stockholm School of Economics, University of Oldenburg, Warsaw School of Economics and Polish Sociological Association.  

Her research is situated at the intersection of sociology and anthropology of public policy, sociology of organisation, sociology of quantification and datafication and science and technology studies. She holds a PhD degree in sociology from Sciences Po de Paris and University of Warsaw and a master degree in sociology (University of Warsaw) and in philosophy (University Nancy 2). She has gained vast international research experience within several EU-funded projects (e.g. LOCALISEWORKABLEYOUNEXCAPRIGHT) and within projects based in France (e.g. “Quantifying Europe”). Currently, she leads a research team based at IFiS PAN within the European project investigating automation and algorithmic infrastructures in welfare and municipal institutions (AUTO-WELF). Recently, she has completed an interdisciplinary research project concerning a profiling algorithm, introduced and within the unemployment policy.

Work Experience
  • 2015-2022 University of Warsaw, Faculty of Sociology (from 2016 Assistant Professor) 

  • 2015 Research Fellow, Stockholm School of Economics

  • 2014-2015 Guest researcher Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research

  • 2010-2011 Guest researcher, Carl von Ossietzky Universität 

  • 2010 Expert for European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Polish Institute of Public Affairs

  • 2008-2009 Research Fellow, Polish Sociological Association

  • 2007-2010 Research Fellow, Warsaw School of Economics

Research projects

Selected:

  • 2022 – 2025 AUTO-WELF: Automating Welfare – Algorithmic Infrastructures for Human Flourishing in Europe, Chanse call 2021.

  • 2017-2022 Information technologies in public policies. Critical analysis of the profiling the unemployed, National Science Centre Poland, 283 595 PLN, principal investigator

  • 2015 Profiling the Unemployed in Poland. Social and Political Implications of Algorithmic Decision Making, Panoptykon Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Media Democracy Fund, co-investigaton

  • 2010-2011 Quantifying Europe: genesis, instrumentation and compared appropriations of the process of harmonization of socio-economic classifications, French National RResearch Agency, leader of Polish team and co-investigator.

  • 2011-2014 LOCALISE: local words of social cohesion, 7th European Union Framework Programme (7EU FP), 133 231€ , co-leader of workpackage & co-investigator

  • 2009-2011 WORKABLE: Making capabilities work, 7EU FP, 57 652€, co-investigator

  • 2008-2009 YOUNEX: Youth, unemployment, and exclusion in Europe, 7 EU FP, co-investigator

  • 2007-2010 CAPRIGHT: Resources, rights and capabilities: in search of social foundations for Europe, 6 FP, co-investigator.

Scientific experience abroad
  • 2021 Guest researcher at University of Strasbourg, Laboratoire Sociétés, Acteurs, Gouvernement en Europe (SAGE)

  • 2015 Research Fellow, Stockholm School of Economics

  • 2014-2015 Guest researcher Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research

  • 2010-2011 Guest researcher, Carl von Ossietzky Universität

  • 2007-2015 PhD student at Sciences Po de Paris, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales

Scientific internships
  • Scholarships for the Outstanding Young Scholars by the Polish Ministry of Science (2015-2018)

  • Distinction for PhD dissertation by the Polish Institute of Labour and Social Studies (2015); 

  • French Government Scholarship for International Dual PhD (fr. cotutelle) (2007-2010),

  • Polish Science Foundation Scholarship for young researchers (2010, 2011)

Awards and distinctions
Teaching activity

Vast teaching experience gained within Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD programmes at University of Warsaw on topics related to, among others, sociology of work and organisation, information technology in public policy, surveillance society and writing research projects.

Supervision of PhD dissertations

Defended:

Justyna Kościńska (Orchowska) „Obywatele, rywale, konsumenci. Mieszkańcy stolicy wobec ograniczonej dostępności usług publicznych”, main supervisor: dr hab. M. Gdula

Ongoing:

Alicja Palęcka (University of Warsaw), main supervisor: dr hab. J. Wawrzyniak

Monika Berdys (University of Warsaw), main supervisor: dr hab. R. Włoch

 

 

Presentations at conferences, symposia, seminars

During last years, Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderskahas participated in the following international conferences:

Promotion of scientific activity

Due to the great social and political importance of the use of new technologies in public policy, Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska tried to disseminate the results of her research through teaching at the university. For instance, by including the courses on these topics in the curriculum of the MA in Digital Sociology and Sociology of Social Interventions at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw). She also accepted invitations to seminars at other universities (e.g. University of Łódź) and associations (e.g. Mouton Numérique in Paris). Together with Marianna Zieleńska she discussed the risks and pitfalls associated with the use of profiling algorithms in a Tok FM radio programme dedicated to this topic, hosted by T. Stawiszyński.

Non-scientific interests

Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska loves practicing yoga and started teaching it a few years ago.

Bibliografia

Bibliografia

BOOKS

  • Sztandar-Sztanderska, K. (2016): Obywatel spotyka państwo: o urzędach pracy jako biurokracji pierwszego kontaktu. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar. Warszawa.
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska, K. (2010) Teoria Praktyki i Praktyka Teorii. Wstęp Do Socjologii Pierre`a Bourdieu. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Warszawa.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

  • Anne Kaun, Stine Lomborg, Christian Pentzold, , Doris Allhutter, Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska, Crosscurrents: Welfare, Media, Culture & Society, Volume 45, Issue 4, 2023.
  • Kristen M. Scott, Sonja Mei Wang, Milagros Miceli, Pieter Delobelle, Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska, Bettina Berendt  Algorithmic Tools in Public Employment Services: Towards a Jobseeker-Centric Perspective, FAccT ’22: Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and TransparencyJune 2022 2138–2148https://doi.org/10.1145/3531146.3534631
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska K., Zieleńska M. (2022) When a Human Says “No” to a Computer: Frontline Oversight of the Profiling Algorithm in Public Employment Services in Poland, Sozialer Fortschritt, 71.
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska K., Kotnarowski M., Zieleńska M. (2021) Czy algorytmy wprowadzają w błąd? Metaanaliza algorytmu profilowania bezrobotnych stosowanego w Polsce. Studia socjologiczne 1 (240)
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska K., Zieleńska M. (2020) What Makes an Ideal Unemployed Person? Values and Norms Encapsulated in a Computerized Profiling Tool. Social Work & Society 18 (1).
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska K., Zieleńska M. (2018) Changing social citizenship through information technology, Social Work & Society. International Online Journal, 16(2), 13 s.
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska K. (2017) Czego nie widać? Literatura o polityce rynku pracy a praktyki urzędników pierwszego kontaktu [What lies underneath? The scientific literature on labour market policy and practices of street-level bureaucrats], Studia z Polityki Publicznej 2 (14), 117-146.
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska K. (2015) Usługi publiczne dla wszystkich i dla nikogo? Krytyczne studium wymogów administracji pracy [Public services for all or for nobody. Critical analysis of administrative requirements of employment administration], Polityka Społeczna 1 (Numer tematyczny), 15-21, 2015.
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska K., Zieleńska M. (2012) The Development of Capabilities of Young People with Low Skills. The Case Study of a Vocational Education Programme in Poland, Social Work & Society. International Online Journal, 10 (1).
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska, K. (2009) Activation of the unemployed in Poland: from policy design to policy implementation, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 29 (11/12), 624-636, 2009.
  • Filhon, A., Deauvieau, J. De Verdalle L., Pelage A., Poullaouec T., Brousse C., Mespoulet M., Sztandar-Sztanderska K. (2013) Un projet de nomenclature socioprofessionnelle européenne: une construction savante face aux variations nationales de représentation du monde social, Sociologie 4 (4), 373-393, 2013.

EDITED SPECIAL ISSUES

  • Sztandar-Sztanderska 2018 (ed.) Państwo na co dzień. Etnografia polityk publicznych wobec grup zmarginalizowanych [Everyday Life of the State: Ethnography of Policies Addressed to Marginalized Groups in France], special issue of Kultura i rozwój 1 (6)
  • Sztandar-Sztanderska, K., Mandes, S. ed. „Lokalna Polityka Społeczna”, Polityka Społeczna,  IPiSS, Warszawa, 2015.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Garsten C., Jacobsson K., Sztandar-Sztanderska K. (2016) Negotiating Social Citizenship at the Street-Level: Local Activation Policies and Individualization in Sweden and Poland in: Heidenreich, M., Rice, D. (ed.), Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe: Active Inclusion and Challenges for Local Welfare Governance, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, Northampton, s. 265-293.
  • Bilfulco L., Egdell V., McQuaid R., Berthet T., Simon V., Monteleone R. Mozzana C., Rosenstein E., Dif-Pradalier M., Bonvin J.-M., Hollywood E., Jensen N. R., Kjeldsen Ch., Sztandar-Sztanderska K. et al. (2015) Capabilities for Voice, Work and Education: Critical Analysis of Programmes for Disadvantaged Young People in Europe in: Otto H.-U. et al. Facing Trajectories from School to Work, s. 201-357.
  • Spieser, C., Sztandar-Sztanderska K. (2011) „The mobilization that was not. Explaining the weak politicization of the issue of unemployment in Poland” w: Chabanet, D., Faniel J. (ed.) The Mobilization of the Unemployed in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, s. 247-275.
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