Academic interests
- sociology of religion;
- contemporary culture of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan;
- Zoroastrianism;
- religious minorities in the Middle East and Central Asia;
- issues of identity.
Selected publications
- 2023, The Contemporary Collective Identity of Zoroastrians in Tehran: Between the Strategies of Dichotomization and Complementarization, in: Ethnic Religious Minorities in Iran, ed. S. B. Hosseini, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 201 – 227.
- 2022, Second-Generation Iranian Zoroastrians in a New American Homeland: A Case Study in California, “Iranian Studies” No. 55(4), p. 1065–1082.
- 2022, Patterns of Nationalism and National Identity Construction in Central Asian Republics, in: Great and Small Games in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, eds. T. Pugacewicz, M. Grabowski, Peter Lang, p. 303-315.
- 2020, Essentialism in Zoroastrian Boundary Construction, “Anthropology Southern Africa” No. 2(43), p. 119-132.
- 2020, Contemporary Zoroastrians: Between Integration and Misunderstandings, “Anthropos” No. 1(115), p. 9-18.
- 2018, Sacred Homeland, Glorious Ancestors and Old-time Language: Ethnic Elements in the Identity of the Zoroastrian Religious Minority in Modern Tehran, in: Minority Religions in Europe and the Middle East: Mapping and Monitoring, ed. G. D. Chryssides, New York, p. 65–77.
- 2016, National Identity Tajik-style: Reworking the Concept of the Nation and its History in the Public Arena of the Republic of Tajikistan [Tożsamość narodowa po tadżycku – odtwarzanie koncepcji narodu i jego historii w przestrzeni publicznej Republiki Tadżykistanu], "Przegląd Orientalistyczny", No. 1-2(257–258), p. 169-182.
- 2013, Zoroastrian Minority in Modern Tehran: On Collective Identity in the Context of Shi'a Domination [Mniejszość zaratusztriańska w Teheranie. O tożsamości zbiorowej w kontekście dominacji szyickiej], Kraków.
- 2011, Iranian Armenians: The Largest Christian Community in the Islamic Republic of Iran [Irańscy Ormianie – najliczniejsza społeczność chrześcijańska w Islamskiej Republice Iranu], "Estetyka i krytyka", No. 23(4), p. 165-181.
- 2009, Shi'i Institution of Temporary Marriage in Tehran. State Ideology and Practise, „Anthropos”, No. 104(1), p. 172-179.
Research projects
- Zoroastrian Collective Identity: A Case Study of the Cyclical World Zoroastrian Congress – a research project conducted from 2022 to 2023 under the POB Heritage mini-grant (3rd edition) with funding from the Strategic Program Excellence Initiative at the Jagiellonian University;
- ‘Lived Religion’ in the Context of Migration: The Case of Zoroastrian Women in the USA – granted by the Kosciuszko Foundation and supported by the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA;
- Identity Formation among Established and Recent Polish Communities around Utica, NY – a joint research project of Jagiellonian University and the Department of Sociology/Anthropology of Utica College, NY, USA, supported by Joseph P. Furgal Fund; carried out since 2016;
- The Cultural Strategies of War and Reconciliation: Analysis on the Example of the Civil War in the Republic of Tajikistan (1992-1997) – granted by the Polish National Science Centre; conducted in the years 2014-2016;
- Research on the collective identity of a Zoroastrian religious minority in contemporary Tehran – granted by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science; internship in the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2008.
Other achievements
- 2023, lectures at SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies in London and at Ancient India & Iran Trust in Cambridge – teaching internship for academics granted from the ZintegrUJ project;
- 2022, a visit to the University of Agder in Norway – a teaching trip for academics, funded by the Education Programme;
- 2015, scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scholars;
- 2014, Utica College, New York, USA – visiting scholar;
- 2012, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe – visiting scholar (field research on identity issues).