Krzysztof T. Konecki is a Polish sociologist, and professor at

University of Łódź The University of Łódź (, ) is a public research university founded in 1945 in Łódź, Poland, as a continuation of three higher education institutions functioning in Łódź in the interwar period — the Teacher Training Institute (192 ...

. He is the editor-in-chief of ''Qualitative Sociology Review'', and is on the executive board of the

Polish Sociological Association The Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne (PTS) (Polish Sociological Association) is the main professional organization of sociologists in Poland. The PTS defines its mission as "supporting the development of sociology and popularizing sociological kno ...

Biography

Konecki's main theoretical and methodological inspirations stem from the works of

Anselm Strauss Anselm Leonard Strauss (December 18, 1916 – September 5, 1996) was an American sociologist professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) internationally known as a medical sociologist (especially for his pioneering attention ...

, with whom he collaborated with while on a

Fulbright scholarship The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people ...

at the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university, research university system in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Oakland, California, Oakland, the system is co ...

in the years 1994 – 1995. He is a member of the Sociology Committee of

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences (, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars a ...

. From 2017 to 2023, he served as the president of the

, and from 2023 is on its executive board. His interests lie in qualitative sociology, symbolic interactionism, sociology of body, methodology of social sciences, visual sociology, communication and intercultural management, organizational culture and management, and contemplative sociology. He has twice received the Stefan Nowak Award, in 2020 and 2021, for achievements in the field of methodology of social sciences and for innovative methodological research.

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