
Karolina
Nikielska-Sekuła
Her current scholarly research focuses on migration (Central and Western Europe, and Turkey), visual and sensory sociology, and cultural heritage in the multicultural context. Nikielska-Sekuła received her MA degree in Sociology from AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, and her PhD in interdisciplinary Culture Studies from the University of South-Eastern Norway.
Her previous posts include Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of South-Eastern Norway, and Marie Curie Early Career Researcher jointly at the Migration Research Center (MiReKoc) at Koç University in Istanbul and the Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute at the University of Deusto, Bilbao. Nikielska-Sekuła coedited a book Visual Methodology in Migration: New Possibilities, Theoretical Implications, and Ethical Questions (with A. Desille), awarded by IMISCOE. She is a member of the INTEGRIM Lab, International Sociological Association, International Visual Sociology Association, IMISCOE-DIVCULT standing committee, and the Nordic Migration Research Network.