Barbara Pabjan

Dr. Barbara Pabjan is a Professor in the Department of the Sociology of Culture and Civilization at the University of Wrocław. Her research focuses on sociology of knowledge, social memory studies, and sociology of prison, with notable contributions to understanding collective memory in post-migration cities like Wrocław and modeling social systems within prisons. She has published extensively on topics ranging from epidemic forecasting (e.g., COVID-19 ensemble models) to interdisciplinary approaches to frailty and vulnerability in aging populations.

Her work bridges sociology with interdisciplinary methods, including agent-based modeling and socio-physics, to analyze complex social phenomena. Recent projects address vaccine hesitancy and historical memory preservation in urban environments. She is affiliated with the Institute of Sociology and contributes to academic journals such as Age and Ageing and Physica A.

During 2023-2024, she is on academic leave but remains active in research collaborations. Her research on prison riots and inmate social dynamics has been influential in criminology and sociological systems theory.