Jagiellonian University, PhD Sociology (1976); Habilitation Sociology (1986);
Professor, Head of the Section of Sociology and Social Anthropology The AGH University, Cracow
Member of Committee on Sociology and on Ethnology (1996-); member of Scientific Council of Institute for Philosophy and Sociology (1999-), Polish Academy of Sciences; editor-in-chief of Studia Socjologiczne Studia Socjologiczne (2001-); member of Editorial Board of Regiony Polski (1999-); member of advisory board of the journals: Polish Sociological Review Polish Sociological Review (2000-) and Mobilization (1996-).