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Dorota Rancew-Sikora is a Professor at the University of Gdańsk, affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences and serving as Head of the Department of Sociological Theory and Social Research Methodology. Her work bridges qualitative sociology, social anthropology, and discourse analysis, with a focus on multimodal communication and everyday culture.
Education:
- PhD in Sociology (Faculty of Humanities, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń), dissertation: Conversational Analysis in the Context of Social Structure
- Habilitation in Sociology (University of Warsaw), based on The Meaning of Hunting: Contemporary Meanings of Traditional Practices
- MA in Psychology (University of Gdańsk), thesis: Contradictions as Factors Favoring Intuition
Research Interests center on qualitative methods, human-animal relationships, and environmental sociology. She explores conversational analysis of family rituals, hospitality practices, and social movements, often using video recordings to study multimodal interaction. Her work spans Polish-Icelandic collaborations on leisure practices and nature perception.
Scientific Awards:
- Rector’s Individual Award (University of Gdańsk, 2010) for The Meaning of Hunting
- Rector’s Award (University of Gdańsk, 2022) for Hospitality: Letting Its Ideal Go
Grants and Leadership include a National Science Centre Grant on Cultural Diagnostics (2009) and a Humanities Development Programme Grant (2012-2016) as principal investigator. She chairs the Polish Academy of Sciences Sociology Committee (2024–2027) and co-edits Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej. Her international collaborations with scholars like Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir (Iceland) and Anna Horolets (Poland) highlight cross-border research on community gardens and transnational hospitality.
Labs and Teams: She leads the Discourse.net network and co-founded the Discourse Analysis Consortium. Her team investigates micro-level social practices through conversation analysis, discourse theory, and ethnographic fieldwork, including studies of urban peripheries and Polish-Norwegian intercultural dynamics.
