Małgorzata Grodzińska-Jurczak, Assoc. Prof.

Research interests

Human dimension of natural resources, human-nature conflicts’ resolving in protected areas, Natura 2000 implementation (communication, awareness raising), environmental awareness of public, public participation in waste management, environmental education in formal and non-formal system, PR on waste management issues with local authorities and general public, public participation in recycling.

Professional Experience

• 2005- to date - Associate Prof. and Head of Nature Protection, Widlife Management and Environmental Education Research Team, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
• 2000-to date - Institutional Coordinator of EU Students’ Exchange Program – ERASMUS, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
• 2005-to date - Consultant to the Polish boroughs on educational and information campaigns and programmes
• 2009-to date - Certified trainer (4th level of the European Qualitative System)
• 1996-2005 - Senior Lecturer and Vice-Head of Environmental Education Research Team, Institute of Environmental Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
• 2003 - to date Ministerial Expert on school environmental and nature curricula at the Polish Ministry of Education.
• 1996 CH2Mhill Krakow, Poland - Consultant of projects on environmental education.
• 1994-96 US-AID Local Environmental Management Project Krakow, Poland consultant, co-ordinator of School Environmental Exchange Program Trainer (facilitator) of Organization & Management, Water & Wastewater Management, Public Information courses.

Membership of scientific organisations/commitees

• The International Association for Society and Natural Resources,
• Towarzystwo Przyrodników im. M. Kopernika – Head of Biology Didactics Section,
• European Early Childhood Education Research Association,
• NAAEE - North American Association for Environmental Education,
• auDes - Association of University Departments of Environmental Sciences in Europe,
• ESSENCE – Network of Environmental Sciences,
• European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - Polish Division.

Editorial Boards

• Member of Editorial Board International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education (2004-2008),
• Member of Editorial Board Diversity (2009-2011),
• Member of Advisory Board of Advisory Board of International Conference “Integrating Human Dimensions into Fisheries and Wildlife Management”, Colorado, USA, October 2008,
• Member of Socio-Scientific Committee 5th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) 2009, Montreal,
• Member of Advisory Board of "Biologia w Szkole" (2002-to date).

Project experience

• Improvement of the municipal waste management in Jordanów City – Project of Małopolska Fund of Environmental Protection and Water Management in Kraków, 2009.
• Selective selection of municipal waste in Podkapracie boroughs - Project of Podkarpacie Fund of Environmental Protection and Water Management in Rzeszów, 2009.
• SCALES - Securing the Conservation of biodiversity cross Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal and Ecological Scales. 7 EU – co-ordinator of the Polish Research Team, member of Advisory Board and Steering Committee (2009-2013).
• Protection effectiveness of Natura 2000 & social aspects od program implementation in Poland. Polish Ministry of Science grant (N305 094 32/3185), 2007-2010 – co-ordinator.
• NATURA 2000 in Carpathians. Optimization of the use of the resources of the Natura 2000 network for sustainable development in the Carpathians. Norwegian Financial Mechanism (PL0108), 2007-2011 – co-ordinator of workpackage.
• 6 EU Framework – EUMON - EU-wide monitoring methods and systems of surveillance for species and habitats of Community interest – co-ordinatorof Polish research group.
• EU Centre of Excellence – co-ordinator of 2 workpackages ("Promotion of rational waste management" and "Environmental Education") - 2002-2005.
• How to protect the Raba Watershed? – educational programme on rational water management – in the Raba Watershed municipalities - 2003-2004 – co-ordinator of the project.
• ERASMUS Programme - The European Masters Programme in Environmental Education - 2003-2004 – co-worker of the project.
• Environmental awareness of students and teachers in Poland – Polish Committee of Sciences 2002-2004 – co-ordinator of the project.
• Development of the educational materials on the municipal solid waste management for K-12 students – Polish Foundation of Environmental Protection – 2002 – co-ordinator of the project.
• Development of curricula on environment of Malopolska county – Malopolska Foundation of Environmental Protection - 2001 – co-worker of the project.
• Increasing public participation in sustainable municipal solid waste management - promotional and educational campaign in Jaslo City (Poland) - Jaslo City Project - 2000 - 2005 (up date) – co-worker of the project.
• Environmental problems perception by kindergarten children - Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland - 2000-2001 - project co-ordinator.
• Education - teacher training - Socrates Exchange Programme - Higher Education - Bilateral agreement for 2000-2001 - project co-ordinator.
• Environmental Public awareness in various regions of Poland - British Council – 1999-2001 - project co-ordinator.
• Environmental public awareness (mainly toward municipal solid waste) in Malopolska and Podkarpacie regions – Jagiellonian University Project - co-ordinator - 1999-2000.
• Nature Teacher - Postgraduate Studies Programme – Ministry of Education Project – 1999.
• Elaboration and development of educational materials for Nature teachers and University students - Batory Foundation Project 1997-98 -co-ordinator.
• Kraków agglommeration and highways effect on forest ecosystems - Jagiellonian Univerity Project - 1997
• Estimation of conifer damage caused by air pollution (NO2 and SO2) in various regions of Poland.
• Focus on Neighborhood - Co-ordinator of American and Polish school exchange programme, US-AID Local Environmental Management Project - 1993-1994 – project co-ordinator.
• Chemistry of atmospheric precipitation in Polish Tatra Mountains - grant Central European University, Budapeszt, Węgry - 1992-1994 – project co-ordinator.
• Acid rain effect on Tatra Mnts. environment – the Polish Ministry of Sciences - 1992-1994 – project co-ordinator.

University Teaching

• „Ecological Education” – lectures for students of Biology and Environmental Protection faculties.
• Tutoring of B.Sc. and M.Sc. thesis of Polish and Swedish (under SOCRATES Programme) students

Referee to:

• Biologia w Szkole, Biodiversity and Conservation, Journal of Environmental Management, Waste Management, Waste Management Research, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Collegium Antropologicum, International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education; conference presentations at North American Association of Environmental Education.
• Academic and school curricula,
• Research projects at the Polish Ministry of Science,
• Referee to the EOG projects.

Other activities:

• Lectures on ecological and environmental education for elementary and high school students.
• Co-operation with the City Council of Krakow and Jaslo, Poland on ecological education of the citizens.
• Co-operation with the Ministry of Education on elaboration of intersubjects path definition.
• Co-operation with Nature teachers on improvement of educational programs and curricula.

Recent publications

• Grodzińska-Jurczak M. 2000. Management of industrial and municipal solid wastes in Poland. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 32/2, 85-103.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M. and Bartosiewicz A. 2001. The RECAL Foundation Programme, an example of ecological education in Poland. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 34/1, 19-31.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M., Tarabuła M., Read A. 2003. Increasing participation in rational municipal waste management - a case study analysis in Jaslo City (Poland), Resources, Conservation and Recycling 38/1, 67-88.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M. 2003. The relation between education, knowledge and action for better waste management in Poland. Waste Management & Research WMR 21, 2-18.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M, Bartosiewicz A., Twardowska A. and Roy Ballantyne. 2004. Evaluating the impact of a school waste education programme upon students, parents' and teachers' environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 12, 2-15.
• Palmer J.A., Grodzińska-Jurczak M. and Suggate J. 2004. Thinking about Waste: development of English and Polish Children's understanding of concepts related to Waste Management. European Early Childhood Education Research Association Journal 11, 2, 117-139.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M., Żakowska H. and Read A. 2004. The Management of Packaging Waste in Poland - The Development Agenda and Accession to the EU. Waste Management & Research 22-2:108-114.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M. 2004. Environmental Education in Poland - Its Present Status. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 13 (3), 251-257.
• 8.Grodzińska-Jurczak M., A. Szczęśniak, G. Bryda. 2004. Children’s Understanding of Waste Management Concepts and Issues. In: International Perspectives in Environmental Education. W.L. Filho & M. Littledyke (Ed.). Peter Land Europaischer Verlag der Wissenchaften, Frankfurt, 69-83.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M. 2004. Environmental Education in Poland - Its Present Status. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 13 (3), 251-257.
• 1Buchcic E. and Grodzińska-Jurczak M. 2004. Environmental education In Polish primary schools. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 13(3), 264-268.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M. 2006. Cultural issues and environmental protection in the new Poland. 2006. In: Cultural Issues of Our Time. John Lidstone (Ed.). Cambridge University Press, England and Australia.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M., Tomal P., Tarabuła-Fiertak M., Nieszporek K., Read A.D. 2006. Effects of an educational campaign on public environmental attitudes and behaviour in Poland. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 46, 182-197
• Stępska A., Grodzińska-Jurczak M., Nieszporek K. 2006. Perception of environmental problems among kindergarten children in Poland. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 15 (1).
• Cent J., Kobierska H., Grodzińska-Jurczak, Bell. S. 2007. Who is responsible for Natura 2000 in Poland? – a potential role of NGOs in establishing the program. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 6, 4, 422-435.
• Cent J., Kobierska H., Grodzińska-Jurczak. 2007. Rola organizacji pozarządowych (NGO) w realizacji programu NATURA 2000 w Polsce. Człowiek i Środowisko 3,4 (in print).
• Tarabuła-Fiertak M., Grodzińska-Jurczak, Bolanowska M., Śmiłek E. 2007. Program informacyjno-edukacyjny gospodarki wodno-ściekowej, a postawy mieszkańców gmin dorzecza górnej Raby. Problemy Ekologii 5, 243-248.
• Kobierska H., Tarabuła-Fiertak M., Grodzińska-Jurczak M. 2007. Attitudes to environmental education in Poland. Journal of Biological Education 42, 2, 12-18
• Kubala J., Grodzińska-Jurczak M.; Cichoń M. , Nieszporek K. 2008. Motivations for Organic Farming among Farmers from Malopolska Province, Poland. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 7, 3.
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M. 2008. Rethinking of nature conservation policy in Poland - the need of human dimension approach. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 13, 5.
• Bell S., Marzano M., Cent J., Kobierska H., Podjed D., Vandzinskaite D., Reinert H., Armaitiene A., Grodzinska-Jurczak M., Mursic R. 2008. What counts? Volunteers and their organizations in the recording and monitoring of biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation 17 (14), pp. 3443-3454.
• Pietrzyk A., Grodzińska-Jurczak M., Cent J. 2009. Potrzeby edukacyjne społeczności lokalnych w wybranych gminach polskich Krapat w związku z wdrażaniem programu Natura 2000. Educational needs concerning Natura 2000 program among local residents of the Polish Carpathians’ municipalities. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 65 (6), 407-414.
• Nieszporek K., Tarabuła-Fiertak M., Grodzińska-Jurczak M. 2009. E-learning - nowa forma edukacji środowiskowej w Polsce. E-learning – a new form of environmental education in Poland. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą.
• Schweiger O., M. Frenzel, M. Zobel, W. Kunin, J. Biesmeijer, S. G. Potts, S. Roberts, M. Samways, J. Ott, M. Grodzińska-Jurczak, H. Haberl, E. Banzhaf, M. Netzband, M. Mirtl, B. E. Vaissière, J. Baudry and J. Settele. A conceptual framework for European biodiversity monitoring. Conservation Biology (in print).
• Kobierska H., D. Vandzinskaitė, D. S. Schmeller, M. Grodzińska-Jurczak. The transition from “top-down” to “bottom-up” approach to the public involvement in biodiversity monitoring - cases of Lithuania, Poland and Denmark. Diversity (in print).
• Grodzińska-Jurczak M., Gajuś-Lankamer E., Wójcik A., Pietrzyk A. 2010. Potrzeby i warunki edukacji na rzecz zrównoważonego rozwoju w Polsce. Education for sustainable development in Poland – current needs and state. Problemy Ekorozwoju (Problems of Sustainable Development) (in print).