Karolina Wierel

Dr Karolina Wierel is a Researcher at the University of Białystok's Faculty of Cultural Studies, specializing in contemporary cultural narratives. Her research examines apocalyptic imagination across media, with focus areas including ecological humanities, media discourse analysis, and transformations in post-apocalyptic fiction.

Her publications explore cultural responses to catastrophe, analyzing how literature and film mediate societal anxieties about environmental collapse and technological risks. Recent work investigates affirmative humanities frameworks for addressing ecological crises.

Article analysis reveals concentrated expertise in decoding catastrophe narratives across media, with consistent attention to power dynamics, environmental ethics, and the evolution of apocalyptic genres in contemporary culture.