18 sierpnia, 2020 Are we all fooled? What does it mean to be fooled, especially Fooled By Randomness? Or to put it differently, what are the perils of being fooled? The…
3 lipca, 2020 Nostalgia i jej niebezpieczeństwa Dorobek komunizmu w Polsce jest imponujący. Cieszy się on bowiem nagrodami za całokształt twórczości w dziedzinie destrukcji ekonomii, jaki i wyczynami bardziej specjalistycznymi –…
23 maja, 2020 Is history a science? Is history a science? If yes, what makes it scientific? These kind of fundamental questions are raised by John Lewis Gaddis in his The…
29 lutego, 2020 History jumps Teaching „Religion and Research Methods in Comparative Politics” this semester has given me a chance to assign methodological readings that would otherwise not fit…
2 lutego, 2020 Critical junctures in my academic writing Recently, I published my first solo-article and I am obviously very excited about it (you can read it here). However, this post is not…
23 września, 2019 The Catholic Church as the guardrail of democracy in Poland? For many years, Poland used to be recognized as the post-communist poster child for democratic reform and economic growth. Contemporary observers warn however, that…
16 marca, 2019 Ronald Inglehart on „us” versus „them” Ronald Inglehart is one of the most prolific political scientists ever. On Wednesday afternoon he visited Albion College to talk about “The Authoritarian Personality…
11 stycznia, 2019 Totalitarianism in literature Adam Przeworski is a well known political scientist and a very forceful writer. In one of his articles, Democracy: A Never-Ending Quest, he offers…
13 listopada, 2018 4th Annual Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research The Fourth Annual Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research (SWMMR) is now over. Four exceptional political scientists – Sara Niedzwiecki, Jennifer Cyr, Kendra Koivu,…
30 października, 2018 Gender studies w Polsce Od kiedy rząd Viktora Orbana zakazał nauczania gender studies na węgierskich uczelniach wyższych, w Polsce pojawiły się głosy by takie samo rozwiązanie wprowadzić na…