Chair of Research on Group Processes |
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Address Jagiellonian University Institute of Sociology 52 Grodzka, rm. 73a 31-044 Kraków, POLAND phone (room 73a) (48)126631795 fax (IS secretary office) (48) 124302099 |
HEAD Marian NIEZGODA, Ph.D. associate professor Chairman of the Institute of Sociology ● Joanna HEIDTMAN, Ph.D. Tadeusz SOZAŃSKI, Ph.D., ● Kinga WYSIEŃSKA, Ph.D. permanent collaborator currently in the U.S.A |
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History Microsociological Laboratory was founded in the academic year 1989/90 by Jacek SZMATKA (Ph.D., since 1992 full professor) who had by then been known, first of all, as the author of the monograph Małe struktury społeczne. Wstęp do mikrosocjologii strukturalnej [Small Social Structures. Introduction to Structural Microsociology, Warsaw 1989]. Following few years of intense activities in the field of experimental research and theory development , his small research unit was promoted, as of February 1, 1996, to the rank of a chair and renamed to Chair of Research on Group Processes In Polish, Zakład Badania Procesów Grupowych. In the English version of the Jagiellonian University website, “zakład” is translated as “department” instead of “chair”. “Zakład” is at the bottom of the JU three level organizational structure with wydział=faculty on top, and instytut=institute, department in the middle. ZBPG is one 10 chairs of the Institute of Sociology, being in turn one of 5 institutes which make up the JU Philosophical Faculty. In 2000, the team then formed by Professor Szmatka and Tadeusz SOZAŃSKI (Ph.D. in sociology from the Jagiellonian, 1982) was joined by Joanna HEIDTMAN (Ph.D. in sociology from the Jagiellonian, 2000). October 20, 2001 the Chair lost its founder and head: after a long disease Professor Szmatka passed away at the age of 51. The chair came under the supervision of Professor Marian NIEZGODA who is also head of the Chair of Social Research Methodology, and Chairman (dyrektor) of the Institute of Sociology . Research profile The team is doing basic research on elementary social interaction processes interaction (exchange, conflict, power, and influence) observed in simple social systems with structure defined as a communication network or status order. Theoretical and empirical investigations include mathematical modeling of these processes and laboratory experiments. Advanced experimental studies of power development in exchange networks became possible when the laboratory was equipped with a local computer network and appropriate software. Recent research, originated by Professor Szmatka and continued by his Ph.D. student Kinga Wysieńska (she received her Ph.D. degree in January 2005, having completed her thesis under advisorship of Professor Niezgoda) focuses on task groups in which status inequality and network structure have a joint effect on power distribution. Experimental tests of status characteristics theory have been replicated by Wysieńska for the first time outside the English-speaking world. Earlier research on conflict networks resulted in a number of papers and conference presentations and the Ph.D. degree for Joanna Heidtman whose current research interests include negotiations and conflict resolution (she's got a M.A degree in psychology). Tadeusz Sozański (M.Sc. in mathematics, 1975) deals with mathematical sociology, mainly applied graph theory and game theory. His monograph The Mathematics of Exchange Networks is going to appear in 2006. The Lab The group processes laboratory is currently equipped with a computer network with 6 PCs connected to the server through a hub. The new equipment was purchased in 2000-01 owing to the investment grant obtained by Professor Szmatka from the Polish counterpart of NSF. The network was configured by a specialist from the University of Iowa. The WinSES program, needed to run standard status characteristics experiments, was made available by the University of Iowa and Lisa Troyer, the program author. The lab has benefited very much from the cooperation with the University of South Carolina, begun in 1989 by Jacek Szmatka whose ambition was to create at his university a similar center for experimental research on group processes. Successive versions of the ExNet program, obtained from the American partner, made it possible to replicate experiments on power in networks for the first time outside the U.S. Currently, Exnet III is used, a program written by D. Girard, available by courtesy of David Willer and Sociology Department at the University of South Carolina. Courses taught The current teaching offer closely related to the Chair's research profile includes the following courses: Microsociology and group processes (T. Sozański, J. Heidtman), Social psychology (J. Heidtman), Game and decision theory (T. Sozański), Theory and Experimental Research on Exchange Networks (T. Sozański), Tactics, negotiations, strategies (J. Heidtman). In addition, T. Sozański has taught for many years courses in methodology of social research and statistics. PUBLICATIONS OF IMPORTANCE SINCE 1992 Edited books 2002 SZMATKA J., M. LOVAGLIA, and K. WYSIEŃSKA. Eds. The Growth of Social Knowledge. Theory, Simulation, and Empirical Research in Group Processes. Westport, CT-London 2002: Praeger. 1998 SKVORETZ J. and J. SZMATKA. Eds. Advances in Group Processes. Vol. 15. Greenwich, CT 1998: JAI Press. 1997 SZMATKA J., J. SKVORETZ, and J. BERGER. Eds. Status, Network, and Structure. Theory Development in Group Processes. Stanford, CA 1997: Stanford University Press. 1993 SOZAŃSKI T., J. SZMATKA, and M. KEMPNY. Eds. Struktura, wymiana, władza. Studia z socjologii teoretycznej [Structure, Exchange, and Power. Studies in Theoretical Sociology]. Warsaw 1993: IFiS PAN Publishers. Articles in refereed journals or edited books 2002 HEIDTMAN J. Strukturalne i indywidualne mechanizmy powstawania i dystrybucji władzy w sieciach konfliktu [Structural and Individual Mechanisms of Power Development and Distribution in Conflict Networks]. Studia Socjologiczne 2002 no. 1 (164): 7-42. WYSIEŃSKA K. and J. SZMATKA. Positivism and Theory Construction in Group Processes. Pp. 77-96 in Szmatka, Lovaglia, Wysieńska, Eds. 2002. SOZAŃSKI T. Sieć społeczna [Social Network]. Pp. 28-36 in Encyklopedia Socjologii [Encyclopedia of Sociology], vol. IV. Warsaw 2002: Oficyna Naukowa. SOZAŃSKI T. Socjologia matematyczna. [Mathematical Sociology]. Pp. 73-79 in Encyklopedia Socjologii, vol. IV. Warsaw 2002: Oficyna Naukowa. SZMATKA J., D. WAGNER, and K. WYSIEŃSKA. Teoria stanów oczekiwań [Expectation States Theory]. Pp. 200-207 in Encyklopedia Socjologii, vol. IV. Warsaw 2002: Oficyna Naukowa. SZMATKA J. Teoria w socjologii [Theory in Sociology]. Pp. 211-218 in Encyklopedia Socjologii, vol. IV. Warsaw 2002: Oficyna Naukowa. SZMATKA J., and M. KEMPNY. Teorie wymiany społecznej [Theories of Social Exchange]. Pp. 223-231 in Encyklopedia Socjologii, vol. IV. Warsaw 2002: Oficyna Naukowa. 2001 WYSIEŃSKA K., P. WOJTCZUK, and Z. KARPIŃSKI. Teoria i eksperyment w socjologii [Theory and Experiment in Sociology]. Studia Socjologiczne 2001 no. 1 (160): 81-114. 2000 HEIDTMAN J., K. WYSIEŃSKA, and J. SZMATKA. Positivism and Types of Theories in Sociology. Sociological Focus 33 (2000): 1-26. SZMATKA J. Rola społeczna [Social Role]. Pp. 321-326 in Encyklopedia Socjologii, vol. III. Warsaw 2000: Oficyna Naukowa. 1998 SZMATKA J., J. SKVORETZ, T. SOZAŃSKI, and J. MAZUR (Heidtman). Conflict in Networks. Sociological Perspectives 41 (1998): 49-66. SZMATKA J. and J. MAZUR. Power Distribution in Conflict Networks: An Extension of Elementary Theory to Conflict Networks. Pp. 187-211 in Advances in Group Processes. Vol. 15. Edited by J. Skvoretz and J. Szmatka. Greenwich, CT 1998: JAI Press. SOZAŃSKI T. Socjologia teoretyczna jako nauka normalna [Theoretical Sociology as a Normal Science]. Studia Socjologiczne 1998 no. 4 (151): 5-38. MAZUR J. Grupa społeczna [Social Group]. Pp. 260-267 in Encyklopedia Socjologii, vol. I. Warsaw 1998: Oficyna Naukowa. 1997 SOZAŃSKI T. Toward a Formal Theory of Equilibrium in Network Exchange Systems. Pp. 303-350 in Szmatka, Skvoretz, and Berger, Eds. 1997. SZMATKA J. Testing Elementary Theory for Universality. Pp. 87-109 in Szmatka, Skvoretz, and Berger, Eds. 1997. WILLER D. and J. SZMATKA. Structural Formulations and Elementary Theory. Pp. 273-292 in Szmatka, Skvoretz, and Berger, Eds. 1997. 1996 SZMATKA J. and M.J. LOVAGLIA. The Significance of Method. Sociological Perspectives 39 (1996): 393-415. SZMATKA J. and J. MAZUR. Orienting Strategies, Working Strategies, and Theoretical Research Programs in Social Exchange Theory. Polish Sociological Review1996 no. 3 (115): 265-288. SZMATKA J., D. WILLER, and Izabela UHL. Strukturalne determinanty władzy w sieciach wymian. Międzykrajowy test uniwersalności teorii [Structural Determinants of Power in Exchange Networks. Cross-national Test of Theory Universality]. Studia Socjologiczne 1996 no. 3 (142): 59-90. WILLER D., B. SIMPSON, J. SZMATKA, and J. MAZUR. Social Theory and Historical Explanation. Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 22 (1996): 63-84. 1995 SOZAŃSKI T. Co to jest nauka? [What is Science?]. Pp. 23-50 in J. Goćkowski, S. Marmuszewski. Eds. Nauka. Tożsamość i tradycja [Science. Identity and Tradition]. Kraków 1995: Universitas. SZMATKA J. and D. WILLER. Exclusion, Inclusion and Compound Connection in Exchange Networks. Social Psychology Quarterly 58 (1995): 123-132. 1994 SOZAŃSKI T. Analiza strukturalna konfliktu interesów w elementarnych systemach społecznych [Structural Analysis of Conflict of Interests in Elementary Social Systems]. Studia Socjologiczne 1994 no. 3-4 (134-135): 123-171. SZMATKA J. and T. SOZAŃSKI. On Four Myths of Sociology and Three Generations of Sociological Theories. Polish Sociological Review 1994 no. 3(107): 219-233. 1993 SOZAŃSKI T. Próba formalizacji sieciowej teorii wymiany [A Tentative Formalization of Network Exchange Theory]. Pp. 149-193 in Sozański, Szmatka, Kempny. Eds. 1993. SOZAŃSKI T. Hierarchiczne systemy wymian. Powtórzenie eksperymentu Davida Willera [Hierarchical Exchange Systems. A Replication of an Experiment Done by David Willer]. Pp. 233-271 in Sozański, Szmatka, Kempny. Eds. 1993. SZMATKA J., D. WILLER. W kierunku teoretycznego programu badawczego dynamiki struktury społecznej [Towards a Theoretical Research Program of the Dynamics of Social Structure]. Pp. 29-71 in Sozański, Szmatka, Kempny. Eds. 1993. UHL I. Co to jest `teoria elementarna'? [What is the `Elementary Theory']. Pp. 73-99 in Sozański, Szmatka, Kempny. Eds. 1993. WILLER D. and J. SZMATKA. Cross-National Experimental Investigations of Elementary Theory: Implications for the Generality of the Theory and the Autonomy of Social Structure. Pp. 37-81 in Advances in Group Processes. vol. 10. Edited by B. Markovsky et. al. Greenwich, CT 1993: JAI Press. 1992 SOZAŃSKI T. A Combinatorial Theory of Minimal Social Situations. Journal of Mathematical Sociology 17 (1992): 105-125. SZMATKA J. Emergentny strukturalizm socjologiczny: w kierunku strukturalistycznej mikrosocjologii [Emergent Sociological Structuralism. Toward Structural Microsociology]. Pp. 7-50 in Elementy mikrosocjologii. Wybór tekstów. Część II [Elements of Microsociology. A Reader. Part Two]. Kraków 1992: Jagiellonian University Publishers. KEMPNY M., J. SZMATKA. Współczesne teorie wymiany społecznej. Wprowadzenie [Contemporary Theories of Social Exchange. Introduction]. Pp. 5-71 in Wspólczesne teorie wymiany społecznej. Zbiór tekstów [Contemporary Theories of Social Exchange. A Reader]. Edited by M. Kempny and J. Szmatka. Warsaw 1992: PWN. Conferences Fourth International Conference on Theory and Research in Group Processes and Social Psychology. Kraków, June 23-25, 2004. Co-organized by ISA RC 42 (Social Psychology). More Third International Conference on Theory and Research in Group Processes. Kraków, June 14-17, 1999. Organizers: Jacek SZMATKA (Jagiellonian University), Murray WEBSTER (University of North Carolina), and Joseph BERGER (Stanford University). Theory Development and Theory Testing in Group Processes (2nd International Conference), Vancouver, August 17-18, 1998. Organizers: Martha FOSCHI (University of British Columbia) and Jacek SZMATKA (Jagiellonian University). Socjologia 1997: stan dyscypliny [Sociology 1997 - State of the Discipline]. Ist Symposium (semiplenary session) at X Ogólnopolski Zjazd Socjologiczny [Xth All Polish Sociological Congress], Katowice, September 22-25, 1997. Symposium organizer: Jacek SZMATKA. First International Conference on Theory and Research in Group Processes. Kraków, June 18-21, 1996. Organizers: Jacek SZMATKA (Jagiellonian University) and John SKVORETZ (University of South Carolina). Theory Use and Theory Development. Conference with 4 work group sessions, organized at the 31st Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Paris, Sorbonne, June 21-25, 1993. Organizers: Jacek SZMATKA (Jagiellonian University) and David WILLER (University of South Carolina). Paper presentations (paper titles omitted, multi-authored papers are listed at first author only) J. SZMATKA: American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 96th, 94th, 92nd 87th (Anaheim, CA 2001, Chicago 1999, Toronto 1997, New York 1996, Washington 1995, Los Angeles 1994, Miami Beach 1993, Pittsburgh 1992) ● Sunbelt Network Conferences XVII, XIV, XIII (San Diego 1997, New Orleans 1994, Tampa 1993) ● World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, 31st, 30th, 29th (Paris 1993, Kobe 1991, Rome 1989) ● XI Ogólnopolski Zjazd Socjologiczny [XIth All-Polish Sociological Congress] (Rzeszów 2000) ● 8th Annual Group Processes Conference (Chicago 1995) ● 3rd International Conference on Theory and Research in Group Processes (Kraków 1999). T. SOZAŃSKI: 13th World Congress of Sociology (Bielefeld 1994) ● 93rd ASA Annual Meetings(San Francisco 1998) ● 31st World Congress of International Institute of Sociology (Paris 1993) ● International Conference on Social Networks(=XV Sunbelt Conference, London 1995) ● XI i X Ogólnopolski Zjazd Socjologiczny [XIth and Xth All-Polish Sociological Congress] (Rzeszów 2000, Katowice 1997) ● 1st, 3rd, and 4th International Conference on Theory and Research in Group Processes (Kraków 1999, 1996, 2004) ● International Conference on Game Theory and Mathematical Economics (Warsaw 2004). J. HEIDTMAN: ASA Annual Meetings, 97th, 96th (Chicago 2002, Anaheim, CA 2001) ● 3rd and 4th International Conference on Theory and Research in Group Processes (Kraków 1999, 2004) ● Theory Development and Theory Testing in Group Processes(Vancouver 1998). K. WYSIEŃSKA: ASA Annual Meetings 95th, 94th (Washington 2000, Chicago 1999) ● 34th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology (Tel Aviv 1999) ● 14th Annual Group Processes Conference (Anaheim, CA 2001) ● 3rd and 4th International Conference on Theory and Research in Group Processes (Kraków 1999, 2004). Research grants 2003-2006, Polish National Committee for Scientific Research (KBN). Research Grant No: 2 H02E 006 25. Project title: “The effects of actors’ cognitive processes on the dynamic of power distribution in mixed relations and conflict networks.” Investigators: J. Heidtman, K, Wysieńska. 2002. Foundation for Polish Science. Supporting grant no. 1/02 for J. Heidtman. 2000-2003, Polish National Committee for Scientific Research (KBN). Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant No: 1 H02E 008 19. Project title: “Power and Influence in Social Structure. New Theoretical Research Program.” PhD. Student Principal Investigator: K. Wysieńska; faculty advisor:J. Szmatka. 2000-01. KBN (Polish National Committee for Scientific Research) infrastructure grant no. IA 1197/2000 aimed at laboratory upgrade for project: "Power and Influence in Social Structure. New Theoretical Research Program." 1998-99. KBN grant no. 1 H02E 001 14. Project title: "Konflikt w sieciach społecznych. Teoria i badania eksperymentalne" [Conflict in Social Networks. Theory and Experimental Research]. Principal investigator: J. Szmatka. Collaborators: J. Heidtman (research for Ph.D. thesis), T. Sozański. 1994-96. KBN grant no. 1P109 034 07. Project title: "Sieciowa teoria interakcji. Nowe badania nad efektami władzy w sieciowych systemach społecznych" [Network Interaction Theory. New Research on Power Effect in Network Social Systems]. Principal investigator: J. Szmatka. Collaborator: T. Sozański. 1991-93. KBN grant no. 1 0112 91 01. Project title: "Toward a Theoretical Research Program of the Dynamics of Social Structure." Principal investigator: J. Szmatka. Collaborator (first editor of `Exchange, Networks, and Power'): T. Sozański. Membership in professional associations J. SZMATKA. International Institute of Sociology, 1985–2001, Councilor, 1991–-98 ● Polish Sociological Association, 1972–2001, President of Kraków Branch, 1987–1990, 1997–1999, member of the Kraków Branch executive committee, 1980–1984, member of the PSA executive committee, 1983–1986, 1988–1991, 1998–2001 ● American Sociological Association, 1991–2001. T. SOZAŃSKI. International Network for Social Network Analysis, 2002– ● International Sociological Association, 1994– , member of RC 42 (Social Psychology), 1994– , member of RC 42 Board, 1994–2002, member of RC 45 (Rational Choice), 2002– ● Polish Sociological Association, 1978– , Kraków Branch vice-president, 1986, 1990, 1995, Kraków Branch secretary, 1979, 1980, member of the PSA Audit Committee, 1993-95, member of the PSA Court of Honor, 1997–2002. J. HEIDTMAN. Polish Sociological Association, 1996– ● American Sociological Association, 2002–. K. WYSIEŃSKA. International Sociological Association, 2002–, member of RC 42 (Social Psychology), 2002–, newsletter editor ● American Sociological Association, 1998– ● Polish Sociological Association, 1999–. Edited by Tad Sozański. Last update: March 2006 |
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