Jagiellonian University, PhD Sociology (1970); habilitation Sociology (1974);
Professor, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Sociology (1987-); president of the International Sociological Association (2002-); head of the Department of Theoretical Sociology, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Sociology; head of the Center for Analysis of Social Change "Europe '89", Jagiellonian University;
visiting professor at: Columbia University; The Johns Hopkins University; School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna; Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico; University of California, Los Angeles; St. Catherines College, Oxford; Social Science Research Center Berlin, Center for Advanced Study; member of Academia Europaea (London), the Polish Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Cambridge, Mass.) and honorary member of the Faculty of Political Sciences at the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino (Buenos Aires); recipient of New Europe Prize (1996).
