Editorial Team

Editor-in-chief of the journal “Family Upbringing”

prof. dr hab. Stefania Walasek

0000-0002-0236-9325

From 1975 to 2018 employee of the Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wroclaw. Currently retired. Research interests focused on the history of education and teacher training (from the second half of the 19th century to 1939).

Motto: “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value” (Albert Einstein).

Deputy editor-in-chief of the journal “Family Upbringing”

dr hab. prof. UZ Mirosław Kowalski

0000-0003-2960-8258

Head of the Institute of Pedagogy (Faculty of Social Sciences) and Head of the Department of Pedagogy and Speech Therapy at the University of Zielona Góra. Since 2011, a member of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (currently secretary of this committee and chairman of the Health Pedagogy Section of the Polish Academy of Sciences). Member of scientific and editorial boards of many foreign and domestic scientific journals, including: "Review of European Studies" (Canada); "Higher Education Studies" (Canada); "Problems of Education in the 21st Century" (Lithuania); "Studia z Teorii Wychowania" [Studies in Education Theory]. Author, co-author, editor or co-editor of over 200 scientific papers and monographs in the field of, incl.: institutional educational (learning) processes, cooperation between communities for human development; educational innovation, contemporary educational theory, hermeneutics, and phenomenology.

Motto: „Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving” (Albert Einstein).

Editorial Secretary

dr Ewa Musiał

0000-0001-7710-2265

Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wrocław, Poland

Research interests focused on the didactic activities of various educational institutions, with particular attention to the organisation and functioning of the first stage of education, the professional development of teachers, and the dimensions of professionalism of preschool and early childhood education teachers.

Motto: “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence” (Helen Keller).

Subject Editors

dr Aleksandra Aszkiełowicz

0000-0001-5414-6652

Higher School Humanistic-Economic in Brzeg, Poland

Conducts research in the field of familology and gamology, focusing on the study of the quality of marital and family life. In her research, she draws on the achievements of biographical, narrative, and visual research methodologies. Family counsellor and systemic psychotherapist.

Motto: “The place where I would like to live a little: Rome.”

dr Ewa Kowalska

0000-0001-6203-4140

Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Poland

Research interests focused on changes in the education system, educational discourse, as well as issues related to the mental health of children and young people and specialist support in educational institutions. Educator, psychologist and speech therapist.

Motto: “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing your enthusiasm.” (Winston Churrchill)

dr Ernest Magda

0000-0002-6052-3191

Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Zielona Góra

His academic interests focus on topics related to the educational and rehabilitative functions of uniformed services in Poland, with particular emphasis on the police and broadly understood prevention in the area of social rehabilitation. Author and co-author of dozens of scientific publications related to social rehabilitation practices and the activities of uniformed services, drawing on the achievements of pedagogy and other social sciences. Privately, a fan of mountain tourism and close contact with nature.

Motto: “When you're climbing to the top, don't complain that it's uphill.” (Confucius)

dr Aleksandra Rabenda

0000-0001-5281-2703

Faculty of History, Vistula University of Finance and Business in Warsaw

Research interests focused on the history of feminism, specifically the first wave of the women’s rights movement in the USA at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and their views on the institution of the family. She is an American Studies graduate, currently pursuing a doctorate at the Department of History of the Vistula University College of Arts and Sciences. An employee of the British Embassy in Warsaw and a fan of crime podcasts.

Motto: “It always seems impossible until it’s done” (Nelson Mandela)

dr Adam Stankiewicz

0000-0002-3687-1655

Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Poland

Research interests focus on intervention methodology in difficult situations.

dr Elżbieta Turska

0000-0002-8236-7206

Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Poland

Her research interests include the analysis of factors shaping young people's identity, mood disorders in adolescents, and the functioning of contemporary families. In her practical work, she focuses on developing interpersonal skills (working with groups of young people and adults), improving methodological competences in the field of care and education, and working with families.

Motto: “Only those who have hope raise children.” (Józef Tischner)

Statistical Editors

dr Kamil Błaszczyński

0000-0003-4896-8371

Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wroclaw

Research interests include issues of electoral behaviour, the role of religiosity in shaping political attitudes, changes in the understanding and perception of democracy in Poland and around the world, political attitudes of young people in Poland, and the application of statistical analysis to the description of social reality, with particular emphasis on survey research and the creation of research tools.

Motto: “Accept the facts, even when they are inconvenient for you."

dr hab. Piotr Kwiatkowski

0000-0002-4283-0278

Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wrocław

Scientific interests focused on issues of risk behaviour prevention and social maladjustment and social rehabilitation, the phenomenon of resilience and the essence and causal mechanisms of stress and burnout in various social roles, as well as ways of counteracting these phenomena.

Motto: “The mind is like a parachute... It only works if we have it open” (Albert Einstein).

Language Editing and Proofreading

dr Joanna Darda-Gramatyka

0000-0003-1151-1984

Institute of Neophilology, Faculty of Philology, Pedagogical University of Cracow

Research interests oscillated around the modern Russian language in didactics, grammar, and translation. She combines research and teaching with translation and proofreading. Since 2017, she has been a member of the editorial team of “Przeglad Rusycystyczny [The Russian Studies Review]”, and in 2021 she joined the editorial board of the journal “Family Upbringing”.

Motto: “What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean” (Isaac Newton).

David Harrold

0009-0003-3210-5544

Educated in economics and law; BA (Hons), University of Cardiff, UK. Specialises in legal, business, medical, scientific, educational, IT, manufacturing and engineering, specialist language etc. He has a wide range of professional experience including the music industry, hotel management, English language teaching and course development for corporate and classroom use (plus CELTA qualification), journalism (reporting, article writing), insurance and finance (claims handling, fraud investigation), agriculture, security, and warehousing (stock control, employee management). Has been a trade union representative (for Wales, West Midlands, South and South West of England). Trained Specialist Negotiator (negotiating with the management of a multinational company, representing members in disciplinary cases, employment tribunals etc.).

Motto: “Life’s too short to worry about the little things.”

mgr Anna Korycińska

0009-0007-0563-428X

Main Library of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin

Graduated in art history at the Catholic University of Lublin and postgraduate studies in language editing of texts at the University of Warsaw. She is edits and proofreads scientific research papers in the journal “Family Upbringing”. She is interested in the written word understood as a means of interpersonal communication. She is interested in extracting the right meanings from words and discovering their value. Author of books for children and novels for young people.

Motto: “To write is human, to edit is divine” (Stephen King).

dr Anna Lubińska

0000-0002-1109-3324

Institute of Information and Media Sciences, Faculty of Philology, University of Wrocław

Special interests: artistic books of the 19th-20th century, literature and popular culture, book marketing, editing, and science communication.

Motto: “Caring for language is not a luxury, but a duty.”

dr Kamila Wylęgły

0000-0001-9787-5046

Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wrocław

Research interests focused on risk behaviour by university students, supporting individual and social resources of young adults, the period of early adulthood, as well as positive psychology in the field of education and resocialisation pedagogy.

Motto: “When in doubt, go to the library” (J. K. Rowling)

Typessetting and Layout

mgr Olha Skrentovych

A graphic designer with experience in designing printed and digital publications and visual identities. She works with various formats — from magazines and books, through reports and educational materials, to identification systems and publication layouts. She focuses on clear content structure, legible typography and visual consistency, treating design as a tool for organising information and supporting communication.

Motto: “Good typography does not draw attention to itself — it allows you to think.”

Cover Design

mgr inż. Artur Busz

In the design industry since 2006. He gained experience working in creative studios in Wrocław, currently a freelancer, and an acoustician by education. His specialisation can be summed up in two words: branding and publications. In his work, he focuses on designing minimalist yet expressive graphic symbols and developing visual identities for brands that engage the audience. He took a liking to designing publications because of the smell of printing ink and the feel of paper texture under his fingers. His works were presented at the 26th and 29th Wrocław Applied Graphics Exhibition and were also recognised on the industry portal Behance. He is a lover of evening bike rides around the city, an inland sailor and a capoeira practitioner.