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Assistant Professor in the Department of Research on Social Change in Europe

dr Maciej Stępka

dr Maciej Stępka

Office: room 531

Dr. Stępka holds master’s degrees in European studies (2009 - Jagiellonian University) and Political science (2011 - University of Amsterdam). He obtained his PhD in security studies, with a specialisation in international relations from University of Warsaw (2019) defending a doctoral dissertation on securitisation of the "migration crisis" in the EU. Has participated in many international academic exchange programmes in such institutions as Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica (2014), École française d'Athènes (2015), Utrecht University (2016) and the University of Amsterdam (2017). He is a laureate of awards for the best doctoral thesis from the Polish Society of International Studies and the Polish Society of European Studies (2022), as well as the PTNP (Polish Political Science Association) award in honor of Prof. Michał Cezary Roztworowski for the best monograph (2023). Since 2012, he has been a part of the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University, conducting lectures and seminars on the EU institutional system, European integration, security theory, and critical security studies.

Dr. Stępka’s research interests focus on a critical approach to security and public policies, migration-security nexus, the internal and external dimension of EU security, crisis response research, resilience and preparedness.

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  • M. Stępka (2023), “Migration und Sicherheit in der Europäischen Union in Krisenzeiten: Die Dynamik der Versicherheitlichung menschlicher Mobilität im politischen Denken von Bronisław Geremek", [in:] B. Gierat-Bieroń, J.J. Węc (eds.) Europa und die Europäer. Perspektiven der polnischen Wissenschaft im 21. Jahrhundert, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 257-274, 10.13173/9783447120241.257
  • M. Stępka (2023), “The New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Another Step in the EU Migration-Security Continuum or Preservation of the Status Quo?”, Białostockie Studia Prawnicze 28(1), pp. 23-37, 10.15290/bsp.2023.28.01.02 
  • M. Stępka (2022), Identyfing Security Logics in the EU Policy Discourse: The “Migration Crisis” and the EU, Springer (IMISCOE Research Series), Cham
  • M. Stępka (2022), “Surveillance and Security in Immigrant Detention Centres in Poland. An Overview of Key Technologies and Practices”, Migration Studies – Polish Diaspora Review 186 (4), pp. 53-71., 10.4467/25444972SMPP.22.035.17208
  • M. Stępka (2022), “In Anticipation of New Migration Crises: Resilience and Anticipatory Governance in the EU’s Migration Management Framework”, Politeja 19 (4 (79), pp. 151-165, https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.19.2022.79.09 
  • M. Stępka (2021), „W poszukiwaniu odpowiedzi na współczesne kryzysy. Ewolucja rezyliencji w polskim dyskursie strategicznym (2007-2020)”, Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej, 19 (1), pp. 25-42, https://doi.org/10.36874/RIESW.2021.1.2 
  • M.Stępka (2021), Rezyliencja jako paradygmat bezpieczeństwa w czasach przewlekłych kryzysów, Przegląd Politologiczny, nr 02/2021, pp. 105–117, https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2021.26.2.7
  • M. Stępka, A. Mazurkiewicz, M. Zubek (2019), Local Spoilers and Pathways to Reconciliation: the Polish Perspective on the Polish-Ukrainian Relations in the Borderlands, Politickie Vedy,  22(4) pp. 8-32, 10.24040/politickevedy.2019.22.4.8-32
  • M. Stępka (2018), „Humanitarian Securitization of the 2015 “Migration Crisis. Investigating Humanitarianism and Security in the EU Policy Frames on Operational Involvement in the Mediterranean”, [in:] I. Sirkeci, E. de Freitas Castro, U. Sezgi Sozen (eds.)  Migration Policy in Crisis, Transnational Press, London, pp. 9-30
  • M. Stępka (2017), “Economic rationality and perceptions of the European integration: local Poland ten years of the accession”, [in:] Z. Mach (red.), Local community, power and European integration, Peter Lang Press, Frankfurt am Main, pp.  29-45

  • Invigorating Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy for a Resilient Europe (InvigoratEU), European Commission (Horizon Europe), 2024-2026. Member of the research team
  • Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in the Postfactual Age (RECLAIM), European Commission (Horizon Europe), 2022-2025. Member of the research team
  • Future Democracy Lab, IDUB UJ, 2022-2023. Task Coordinator, “Building resilient democracies – a security approach”
  • Rezyliencja (resilience) jako paradygmat bezpieczeństwa w czasach pandemii Covid-19. Przypadek Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej”/ Resilience as a security paradigm in the times of COVID-19 pandemic. The case of Poland, SocietyNow! IDUB UJ, 2020. Principle investigator.
  • “Migracja i bezpieczeństwo w Unii Europejskiej. Krytyczna analiza dyskursów i narracji bezpieczeństwa”/ Migration and security in the European Union. A critical analysis of discourses and narratives of security, National Science Centre (Etiuda), Poland, 2016-2017. Principle investigator.
  • “Sekurytyzacja kryzysu imigracyjnego w Unii Europejskiej. Krytyczna analiza interakcji dyskursywnych i narracji bezpieczeństwa”/ Securitization of the “migration crisis” in the European Union. A critical analysis of discursive interactions and narratives of security, National Science Centre (Preludium), Poland, 2015-2018. Principle investigator.