She is a member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (she served two terms on the Executive Committee of this association), the Polish Sociological Society (she served as vice-chair of the Board of the Social Anthropology Section of the PTS), the Polish Institute of Anthropology (she is a founding member) and several other scientific societies. She is also involved in NGO work related to oral history projects in Ukraine and Cieszyn Silesia.
She has been honored with the KLIO Prize for a historical book, the Narcyza Żmichowska Prize, the Kazimierz Dobrowolski Prize, the Individual Prize of the Rector of the Jagiellonian University and several team awards.Beata Kowalska - her research interests revolve around the gender dimension of citizenship, activism and grassroots social mobilizations. This topic allows her to combine her academic fascinations with her experience of working in gender equality programs. She was awarded the Jagiellonian University Rector's most important award for teaching - Pro Arte Docendi.
Major scholarships and lectures abroad: Cambridge University, Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, American Centre for Oriental Research in Amman, New School for Social Research in New York, and Rutgers University and Bufflo University.
She serves as UJ's Advocate for Academic Rights and Values for the 2020-2025 term; she is a representative of Jagiellonian University in the Scholars at Risk Network, whose mission is both to advocate for academic freedom and to protect persecuted members of the university community.