Piotr Guzowski

Dr. hab. Piotr Guzowski serves as Professor at the Faculty of History, University of Bialystok, specializing in interdisciplinary historical research spanning economic, demographic, and environmental domains. His work focuses on quantitative analysis of pre-modern European societies with particular emphasis on Poland's historical development.

His scientific interests encompass three major interconnected fields:

• Economic History: Development of agriculture, manorial systems, origins of capitalism, state finances, taxation, and nobility's economic influence in Eastern Europe
• Historical Demography: Demographic crises, epidemics, family structures, household organization, and domestic service systems
• Environmental History: Deforestation patterns, historical resource utilization, landscape transformations, and human-environment interactions

His methodological approach integrates statistical analysis, comparative studies, and digital humanities techniques to examine long-term societal trends.

His publication trajectory reveals an evolution from medieval economic studies (2008) toward contemporary demographic and epidemiological research (2022), with increasing focus on Poland's integration into broader European historical patterns. Recent work demonstrates sophisticated cross-disciplinary analysis of Black Death impacts and family structures through quantitative frameworks.

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Professor Guzowski's research methodology emphasizes comparative quantitative analysis across European regions, utilizing digital tools to reconstruct historical economic and demographic patterns. His work connects micro-level household studies with macro-level societal transformations, particularly examining Poland's historical development within Eastern European contexts.

Laboratory and team affiliations:

• Digital Humanities research group at University of Bialystok
• International collaborative projects on historical demography