About
Katarzyna is currently Head of the Computational Social Science Group. Her research focuses on computational social science, particularly agent-based modeling and nonlinear dynamics to study complex social and economic systems. She investigates marketing strategies, innovation diffusion, and the adoption of pro-environmental behavior. Recently, she has focused on strategies to reduce social hysteresis, polarization, and the intention-behavior gap, recognizing the urgent need for collective adaptation. She is Rector's Proxy for Academia Iuvenum, and Member of the University Council of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. She is a board member of the European Physical Society (EPS) Statistical And Nonlinear Physics Division, and of the Polish Physical Society (PTF) "Physics in Economics and Social Sciences" Division, Editor of Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. She is the recipient of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Prize (1997, 1999, 2002), the Young Scienist Award for Socio- and Econophysics (2007) and the Medal of the Commission of National Education (2011).
Katarzyna is a theoretical physicist by training, having earned her degrees and professor title in physics. For over 25 years, she has applied analytical and computational methods from nonlinear dynamics and statistical physics to the study of social systems. She is the co-author of the widely acclaimed Sznajd model of opinion formation; the original article (IJMPC, 2000) has been cited over 1200 times (Scopus; w/o auto-citations). She has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles (most notably in top-tier Perspectives on Psychological Science; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews; Chaos; Chaos, Solitons and Fractals; Physical Review E; Physical Review Letters).