Emotions, Interactions, Experiences: Educational Contexts

Author Biographies

• Renata Góralska, University of Lodz, Poland

  Renata Góralska is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theory of Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Lodz. She has authored two monographs and numerous academic articles in the fields of education theory, higher education pedagogy, and pedeutology. She is a former Editor-in-Chief of the journal Studia Dydaktyczne. Her current research interests focus on the role of emotions and affect in education, with a particular emphasis on critical emotional education, emotional competence, emotional capital, and affective injustice in educational institutions.

• Beata Pawłowska, University of Lodz, Poland

  Beata Pawłowska is an Associate Professor of humanities science in the field of sociology. A sociology and psychology graduate (specializing in Human Resources Management [HRM]). She works at the Department of Sociology of Organization and Management, Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz. She is a member of many research teams and a post-graduate Lecturer in coaching, HRM, and Public Relations. A researcher of organizational culture currently focused on emotional behavior(s) within the professional context, including educational environment Her research interests focus on the sociology of emotions, the sociology of work, and the sociology of organization and management. Most of his research is conducted using qualitative methods, including grounded theory, within the interactionist paradigm. She has authored several books, among others, Network marketing. Kulturowe i osobowościowe wyznaczniki uczestnictwa w Amway [Network Marketing. Cultural and Personality Determinants of Participation in Amway] (2011, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Lodz, ISBN: 978-83-7525-600-0); Emocje społeczne w pracy nauczyciela i przedstawiciela handlowego [Social Emotions in the Work of Teachers and Salesmen] (2013, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Lodz, ISBN: 978-83-7525-312-2) and Praca nauczyciela w perspektywie badacza jakościowego. Mity a rzeczywistość [Teacher Work from a Qualitative Researcher’s Perspective: Myths and Reality] (2020, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Lodz, ISBN: 978-83-8220-185-7; e-ISBN 978-83-8220-186-4).