Katarzyna Majbroda

Katarzyna Majbroda is a Professor at the University of Wrocław's Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences. Her research spans cultural anthropology, education policy, urban studies, and feminist theory, with significant contributions to interpretative methodologies and posthumanism. She holds leadership roles in academic societies including presidency of the Wrocław branch of the Polish Ethnological Society.

Her research interests focus on:

• Theories of social sciences and humanities
• Inclusive education and urban policy analysis
• Affective social poetics and cultural criticism
• Posthumanism and transrelational ethnography
• Environmental justice and climate change anthropology

Majbroda's publications demonstrate consistent focus on educational democratization, anthropological methodologies, and cultural analysis of social movements. Her recent work examines carnivalization of protests, history education policies, and epistemological shifts in anthropology, frequently employing critical discourse analysis and interdisciplinary approaches.

She has led multiple research projects including:

• 'Ethnography transrelational: Cognition and praxis in a more-than-human world' (2020-2021)
• 'Nation at School: History education in Polish textbooks' (2013-2018)
• 'Diversity: Combating homo- and transphobia in European cities' (2015-2017)
• 'Multiculturalism and education in Wrocław' (2011-2012)

Majbroda serves on editorial boards of journals including 'Lud' and 'Tematy z Szewskiej', and coordinates international collaborations through memberships in the European Association of Social Anthropologists and Polish Anthropological Institute Scientific Council. She teaches courses on anthropology of education, Anthropocene studies, and public anthropology.