Monika Fratczak

Department of Sociological Studies

PhD student

mefratczak1@sheffield.ac.uk
Elmfield Building

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Monika Fratczak
Department of Sociological Studies
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
Profile

I joined the Department of Sociological Studies as a PhD student in 2018. I hold a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Sociology, all from the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Adam Mickiewicz, one of the top Polish universities.

Qualifications
  • BA;
  • MA.
Research interests

Research interests:

  • Data visualisation;
  • Emotions;
  • Democratic participation;
  • Visual communication;
  • Digital media.

Thesis title: Can data visualisation mobilise people to act?

My PhD research explores emotional responses and (potential) democratic participation through data visualisation about climate change in two different national contexts.

Research group

Supervisors:

Grants
  • 2018 Scholarship award, Economic and Social Research Council White Rose Social Science DTP, United Kingdom.
  • 2012 Rector's best student prize, MA course, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland.
Teaching activities

Previously, I have taught:

  • SCS1012 Exploring Classical Social Thought (BA Hons), 2019/20.

I will be teaching the following modules in the 2020/21 academic year:

  • Semester 1 SCS1002 Sociological Imagination (BA Hons)
Professional activities

Awards:

  • ESRC White Rose DTC +3, Scholarship award, 2018
  • Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, MA course, Rector's best student prize, 2012
Publications

Journal articles

Book chapters