Ph.D. Sławomir Rębisz

Informacje

SŁAWOMIR RĘBISZ, PhD (Assist. Prof.) – Dr. Rębisz is a graduate of two full-time M.A. programmes: Political and Social Sciences (1994) and Sociology (1997). In 2000, he was awarded the Senior Manager of Continuing Education Certificate from Kennesaw State University, University System of Georgia, USA. He earned his Ph.D. at the Department of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (2005). Dr. Rębisz is also a Salzburg Global Fellow, having participated as an alumnus in the prestigious Salzburg Seminar – Session 436, Austria (2006). From 1995 to 2011, he worked at the Institute of Sociology, University of Rzeszów, Poland, in the Section of Applied Sociology and Communication. During the academic years 2007–2009, he also served as the Coordinator for International Programmes. Currently, he is employed at the Institute of Education, Department of School and Media Research, University of Rzeszów, Poland. In 2017, he was honoured with the Medal of the Commission of National Education.

AREAS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST

His research interests focus on (1) scientific careers and the range and directions of changes in higher education after 1989 (especially in Central and Eastern Europe), (2) bibliometric analysis, (3) cross-border and Euroregional cooperation within CEE, (4) feelings of loneliness, and (5) the problematic use of new media.

CHOSEN RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

• 2021–2023 – Project manager of the international project entitled MC-VIEW: Media literacy and Critical VIEWing as effective outreach to learning throughout life by people with fewer opportunities, supported by the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE) – the Polish National Agency of the Erasmus+ Programme - Adult Education, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (Project number: 2020-1-PL01-KA204-081921). The MC-VIEW project’s main goal is to foster adult education on media literacy through the development of skills in media, information, and digital competences, as well as to capacitate adult educators. The project is implemented with partners from Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.
• 2014 – Main Research Manager of the micro-project ABC of Studying and Working in Poland, supported by the Cross-border Cooperation Programme Poland–Belarus–Ukraine 2007–2013. The research was carried out in three countries (Poland, Ukraine, Belarus).
• 2014 – Administrative Assistant of the umbrella project The Promotion of the Polish and Ukrainian Common Historical-Cultural Heritage – The Przemyśl Fortress, realized by the Association of Carpathian Euroregion Poland, supported by the Cross-border Cooperation Programme Poland–Belarus–Ukraine 2007–2013.
• 2009–2010 – Member of the research team of the project Between Migration and Grey Market. The Forms of Occupational Adaptation of Upper Secondary School Graduates (BD-CENTER), under the POKL programme (Project No: WND-POKL.06.01.01-18-169/08), supported by European Union Funds.
• 2004–2006 – Expert in the international project Assessing Intercultural Skills in Adult Education, EU-Programme SOCRATES GRUNDTVIG 1, European Cooperation Projects and Training Courses (No.: 114120-CP-1-2004-1-DE-GRUNDTVIG-G11PP).
• 2003 – Participant in the international project Research and Analysis of Community Economic Development in the Carpathians for the Carpathian Foundation, realized by the Association for Innovation and Technology Transfer "Horizons" in Rzeszów. Responsible for the project component EU Enlargement and Future in the Carpathian Euroregion.
• 1999–2001 – Individual Research Grant for the project The Needs and Possibilities for Cross-border Cooperation within the Carpathian Euroregion, awarded by the Research Support Scheme of the Open Society Support Foundation (RSS No.: 66/1999). The research was carried out in five countries (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine).

SCHOLARSHIP EXPERIENCES:

• 2021/2022 – Bilateral State Scholarship for a research stay in Hungary at the Institute of Sociology, Miskolc University, Hungary. Scholarship from the Tempus Public Foundation (Registration number: AK-00203-002/2021).
• 2014 – Scholarship for a study visit at Kennesaw State University, College of Continuing and Professional Education (USA) – UR: Modernity and Future of the Region. Project co-funded by the European Union under the European Social Fund (Improving Human Capital – UDA-POKL.04.01.01-00-068/10-00).
• 2011/2012 – Internship abroad at Central European University, Budapest, Department of Public Policy, Hungary – Building Didactic Potential at the University of Rzeszów on the European Level (Improving Human Capital – Project No.: 1/POKL/4.1.1/2009).
• 2011/2012 – Research stay at the Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia, under the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic.
• 2011/2012 – Research stay at the Institute of Sociology, Miskolc University, Hungary. Scholarship from the Balassi Institute – Hungarian Scholarship Board Office (Reference number: MÖB/164-2/2010).

ACADEMIC SERVICE

• In May 2021, by decision of the Qualification Committee of the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE) – the Polish National Agency of the Erasmus+ Programme, he was included in the Expert Database of the National Agency of Erasmus+ Programme and European Solidarity Corps in the Higher Education sector for 2021–2027.
• Since 2019, he has been an external expert of the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE) – the Polish National Agency of the Erasmus+ Programme, in the Higher Education sector.
• Since 2018, he has been listed in the database of external experts of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA).
• In 2009, he participated in a special working group, managed by Prof. Jerzy Woźnicki, preparing a project for a new Strategy Policy of Higher Education Development in Poland: 2010–2020 – an Academic Project.

CONFERENCES

He has participated in numerous conferences (59), including 28 international (Spain, Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Austria, USA) and 31 domestics.

ADDITIONAL LECTURES

Since 2008, he has delivered lectures at foreign universities within the framework of the LLP-Erasmus Programme, Individual Teaching Programme for Teaching Staff Mobility:

• 2022 - University of J.E. Purkyne in Usti nad Labem (Czech Rep.)
• 2020 – Univesristy of Novi Sad (Serbia)
• 2019 – Kennesaw State University (USA)
• 2017 – Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Rep.)
• 2012 – University of Miskolc (Hungary),
• 2010 – Technical University of Kosice (Slovakia)
• 2010 – West University of Timisoara (Romania)
• 2009 – Universidad de Córdoba (Spain)
• 2008 – University of Oradea (Romania)
• 2008 – Szent István University, Gödöllő (Hungary)

PUBLICATIONS:

He is the author of 57 publications, including 24 in English (some articles indexed in WoS and Scopus database, with 133 citations on WoS and 149 on Scopus; IF = 8.091). According to Google Scholar and Publish or Perish, his h-index is 10, with a total of 581 citations. He has published 33 works in Polish. He is also the co-editor of one book, the author of two monographs, and the co-author of one monograph. He serves as a reviewer for journals indexed in WoS and Scopus.