Dr. Malgorzata Mazurek

Biography

Malgorzata Mazurek specializes in modern history, particularly Poland and East Central Europe. Her research interests include the history of social sciences, international development, social history, labor, and consumption in twentieth-century Poland, as well as Polish-Jewish studies. She published 'Waiting Lines: Experiences of Scarcity in Postwar Poland' (Warsaw, 2010), which deals with social inequalities during state socialism, alongside articles on labor, consumption, and the history of social sciences in twentieth-century East Central Europe. Her current book project is titled 'Economics of Hereness: Polish Origins of Global Developmentalism, 1918-1968', which revises the history of developmental thinking focused on East-Central Europe and investigates the role of Warsaw-based social scientists in shaping debates on population, migration, and capitalism. Mazurek has been part of international research projects, including 'Socialism Goes Global: Cold War Connections between the ‘Second’ and ‘Third Worlds’ from 1945 to 1991', which was funded by the British Arts and Humanities Research Council. She also has a significant publication record, including books and scholarly articles in leading journals. She teaches various courses on topics related to Eastern and Central Europe, social sciences, and the history of labor.

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