- 1995 - Institute of Political Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland,
doctoral studies, thesis: Participation of ethnic minorities in the public sphere: comparative analysis between the Polish and British media,

- 1998 - Columbia University, Center for the Human Rights, Pew fellow, certificate

- 1996 - 1997 - University of Oxford, UK, Refugee Studies Programme and Social Science Faculty Center, diploma

- 1995 – 1995 Course on Journalism and Democracy – FOJO (the Institute for Further Education of Journalists) and University of Kalmar, Sweden, diploma

- 1993 - 1995 Jagiellonian University, 2 years Post-Master Program on Journalism,diploma summa cum laude, thesis: Ethnic Minority Media in Poland,

- 1986 - 1991 Komensky University, Bratislava, Slovakia,
M.A. in Geography,
 

2. Scholarships and awards:

- 1999 OSI Policy Fellowship

- 1998 Pew Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, USA

- 1996 /1997 Soros/Chevening Scholarship for 9 month predoctoral

study and research in the Oxford University, UK
 
 

3. Selected conferences:

- 1997 Globalization and the Mass Media: East-West Dialogues, International conference organized by the University of Central Lancashire, UK,

- 1996 Curricular Changes in the Humanities: from 1945 to the Present, Yale University

- 1995 Nationalism, Stereotypes, Ethnic Conflicts and Intolerance in Journalism, Central-European conference in Auschwitz organised by Znak Foundation and Phare Tacis Program,
 

4. Memberships and Affiliations:

- 1995/1998 Member of the Board of Cracow’s Branch of Polish Journalists Association

- 1995 Member of Polish Journalists Association affiliated with International Federation of Journalists
 

5. Professional experience:

- 1998 - 1994 Polish Public Television (Cracow’s branch), journalist, TV programs focusing on ethnic and national minorities U siebie (At home),

- 1993 - 1995 Zivot - Slovak minority monthly magazine, Kraków, journalist,

- 1992 - 1993 freelance journalist for Polish and Slovak magazines (Polish – Gazeta Krakowska, Slovak - Sme, weekly - Kulturny Zivot, Dotyky)
 

6. Publications in English:

Between Homelessnes and Rootednes: Ethnic Journalism in Poland and Minority Media in Poland in: Conflict or Collaboration: Ethnic Issues and the Media edited by Stefan Wilkanowicz, Fundacja Kultury Chre?cija?skiej Znak , Kraków

Mass Media and the Slovak Minority in Poland in:Slovaks in Poland ‘Matica Slovenska and Slovaks Association in Poland, Kraków, Bratislava
 

7. Teaching:

- Summer term 1999 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the Media, undergraduate course, International School of Journalism, Jagiellonian University, Krakow

- Winter term 1997 Nationalism, Ethnicity and Journalism, undergraduate course, International School of Journalism, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

- 1997 Seminar Coordinator

Seminar on Multicultural Reporting organised within the framework of the First International Ethnic TV Festival ‘At home’ co-sponsored by the Council of Europe and US Consulate in Kraków,

- Summer term 1996 Ethnic journalism graduate course, Journalism Specialization, Institute of Political Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.