Stanisław Krawczyk

Stanisław Krawczyk is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Wrocław. His research focuses on sociology of culture, game studies, science fiction, and structural inequalities in academia. He holds a PhD from the University of Warsaw and has held postdoctoral positions at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. His work bridges cultural sociology with analyses of academic systems, emphasizing issues like language politics in scholarship and power dynamics in institutions.

Education: PhD in Sociology (University of Warsaw, 2019), MA in Polish Philology (Adam Mickiewicz University, 2011), MA in Psychology (Adam Mickiewicz University, 2010).

Research interests include higher education studies, game studies, science fiction sociology, and the sociology of literature. Key projects involve studies on Polish digital game heritage, metricization in academia, and the sociocultural role of speculative fiction.

He has published widely in journals like Globalisation, Societies and Education and Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. Recent work critiques the dominance of English in social sciences and explores historical narratives in gaming.

Active in academic governance, he serves on editorial boards for journals like Replay: The Polish Journal of Game Studies and holds leadership roles in networks such as DiGRA Central and Eastern Europe.