Natalia Letki

Natalia Letki is an Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw specializing in interdisciplinary research spanning sociology, political science, and psychology. Her work focuses on public goods attitudes, tax and pro-environmental behavior, social capital, corruption, and policy preferences with particular emphasis on ethnic minorities and post-Communist electoral strategies.

Her research investigates how social and spatial contexts condition political attitudes and behaviors. Methodologically, she specializes in quantitative survey research including survey experiments and cross-national data analysis.

• Conducted large-scale EU study surveying 18,176 citizens across 10 member states on asylum policy preferences
• Found citizens consistently support allowing asylum seekers to work (17-18% preference over no-work policies)
• Discovered public preferences remain stable despite Ukrainian refugee influx
• Identified cross-national consensus on asylum policy elements despite government divisions

Her research demonstrates remarkable similarity in European citizens' asylum policy preferences regardless of age, gender, or education level, with strong support for work rights and designated residence requirements for asylum seekers.

She has received research funding from Narodowe Centrum Nauki (grant no 2019/33/B/HS6/00841) and the University of Warsaw. Her work has been cited by major media including RFI's "Accents d'Europe" program.

Letki's research methodology includes stratified quota sampling for representative national samples and experimental survey designs comparing policy package preferences. She has conducted follow-up studies in Poland, Hungary, and Germany to assess the impact of the Ukrainian refugee crisis on public opinion.