• Special issue “Reviewer 2 Must Be Stopped” in the Qualitative Research Journal

    We are pleased to announce that the Qualitative Research Journal (vol. 26, no. 4) has published the special issue “Reviewer 2 Must Be Stopped: peer review, knowledge production and the politics of ‘catching up’ in global academia — toward a tender reviewer perspective,” edited by Joanna MizieliÅ„ska and Agata StasiÅ„ska of the Faculty of Sociology,…

  • From the Field: Split Pride 2026

    On June 27, Petar Odak took part in Split Pride. This was the 15th Pride march in Split, with around 300–400 people attending. This year, the political theme of the march was the kind of schools, pedagogies, and societies we have and the kind we are working toward. As the organizers said in their speech:…

  • From the Field: Budapest Pride 2026

    Balázs Szabó of the research team attended the 31st Budapest Pride march on June 27, 2026, conducting participant observation as part of the ongoing project. Following 16 years of political repression, this year’s event was perceived by many participants as significantly more open and liberating. Although attendance was lower than at the historic 2025 march…

  • QUEERSHIP at Queer: Present! — PoznaÅ„, June 2026

    We were delighted to take part in the international conference Queer: Present! Visibility Through the Body, held at Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznaÅ„ on 25–26 June 2026. The conference brought together scholars from across Europe and beyond to explore queer visibility, embodiment, and resistance — and it was a pleasure to contribute two presentations rooted…

  • Queer parenthood in Central Europe: interview

    We are thrilled to the share latest interview with Zdeněk Sloboda, who is leading the research in Czechia.

  • Kick-Off Meeting Marks the Start of the QUEERSHIP Project

    The QUEERSHIP project has held its first team meeting, bringing together researchers from Poland, Hungary, Czechia, and Croatia at the Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw. The three-day meeting marked the official launch of the project’s research activities.