ERIS Experts – Izabela Kamińska-Jatczak

Dr Izabela Kamińska-Jatczak, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Lodz. She lectures courses for Bachelor’s and Master’s students of various pedagogical specialties in: family social work, institutional system of child protection, methodology of social sciences, social pedagogy. Her research interests concern the qualitative analysis of action in the field of social work – professional, ethical, discursive, and interactive aspects. She is also interested in the history of social pedagogy and social work.

For further information please contact:
E-mail: izabela.kaminska@now.uni.lodz.pl

Selected recent publications

Her book: Izabela Kamińska-Jatczak I. (2021) Aktywność asystentów rodziny. Analiza narracji w ujęciu transwersalnym (eng. Child Protection Workers’ Activity. Transversal Approach to the Narrative Analysis), Łódź, Łódź University Press.

Glumbikova K., Petrucijova J., Kantowicz E., Kamińska-Jatczak I., Slana M., Molnárová Letovancová K., Féher B., Vályi R., Ciczkowska-Giedziun M., Zmysłowska M. (2021) Values Building in Social Work Education in Visegrad Countries: Integrated Approach, Sustainability, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095222

Kamińska-Jatczak I. (2019) Lines of Activity Addressed to Families: Limiting the Participatory Approach as with Casework Practitioners. In: Participatory Social Work: Research, Practice, Education, M. Granosik, A. Gulczyńska, M. Kostrzyńska, B. Littlechild (ed.), Łódź-Kraków, Łódź University Press - Jagiellonian University Press, pp. 211‒233.

All publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9556-0470

Selected research activities

2022-2023 – We create images, we bring out our voices – participatory action research based on art with parents experiencing care and educational problems. Grants for Young Researchers. IDUB (Excellence Initiative - Research University - 2nd edition)

2020-2021 – Values Building in Social Work Education. International Visegrad Fund N 21930161-IVF, https://fss.osu.cz/vbiswe/

2019 – PostDoc Internship/ visiting researcher/ Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava

2017 – defence of doctoral thesis / topic: The professional identity in narratives of family assistants


Updated: 12. 04. 2022