Michał Bednarczyk

Dr. Michał Bednarczyk is a Specialist at the Academy of Modern Media and Communication and an Assistant in the Department of International Relations and Security at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Social Sciences. His research focuses on post-war Polish political structures, disciplinary systems, and sociological profiles of party members during 1944–1956.

• Role: Assistant (Department of International Relations and Security)
• Key Research: Polish Workers' Party (PPR), Provincial Party Control Commission, post-war governance, disciplinary penalties, activist demographics

His work analyzes the transformation of underground communist organizations into governing parties, emphasizing obedience maintenance and party control mechanisms. Notable publications include peer-reviewed articles in Res Historica (2018) and Rocznik Lubelski (2017), which examine disciplinary decisions and personnel issues in Lublin's PPR structures through statistical methods and historical jurisprudence.