Olga Czeranowska

Dr. Olga Czeranowska serves as Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw, SWPS University. She is affiliated with the Institute of Social Sciences and the Youth Research Center (Młodzi w Centrum Lab), where she leads research on youth migration and societal dynamics.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Warsaw (2018)

Her research spans the sociology of work, migration and mobility studies, gender studies, and quantitative research methodology. She investigates professional prestige from individual perspectives, youth migration motivations during crises like Brexit, and pandemic-era mobility patterns using ICT technologies. Current work emphasizes how digital tools reshape migrant experiences and gendered labor trajectories.

Honors and Awards:

• Regional Initiative of Excellence Laureate (Ministry of Science and Higher Education) for the research project (IT)MOBILITY: Immobility of the mobile, mobility of the immobile - migrants in times of pandemic and new ICT technologies

Dr. Czeranowska coordinates SWPS University's Human Resources Management program and serves as Principal Investigator for the (IT)MOBILITY project. She has led the CEEYouth comparative study on Polish and Lithuanian migrants since April 2020, securing competitive grants from national funding bodies. Her work bridges academic research with policy-relevant insights on labor markets and youth transitions.

She is a core member of the Youth Research Center (Młodzi w Centrum Lab), collaborating on interdisciplinary projects examining youth agency, migration decision-making, and socio-technical transformations in Central and Eastern Europe.