Joanna Mizielińska - in 2009, she obtained her postdoctoral degree in the humanities in the field of sociology at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences. She previously completed her doctoral studies at the Graduate School for Social Research at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She was a Fulbright scholar at Princeton University in the USA, where she worked under the supervision of Prof. Judith Butler. She also conducted research in Finland as a CIMO scholar and in Sweden with a grant from the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies. 

 

Between 2013 and 2016, she led the project Families of Choice in Poland, focusing on non-heterosexual families. 

 

She is the author of numerous publications on gender studies and queer theory. In 2022, her book Queer Kinship at the Edge? (open access) was published by Routledge. In 2023, she co-edited the book Queer(y)ing Kinship in the Baltic Region and Beyond (open access) with Ulrika Dahl, Raili Uibo, and Antu Sorainen. This book includes, among other contributions, an article co-written with Antu Sorainen, titled "The Legacy of the Age Gap as a Decisive Difference in Lesbian Relationships – Lesbian age gap – always out there but never quite here?"  

 

Currently, she is co-leading the project Imagining Queer Aging Futures: A Study of LGBTQ Aging in Estonia, Poland, and Sweden with Dr. Agata Stasińska. The project is funded by The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies and is directed by Prof. Linn Sandberg from Södertörn University.  

 

In 2023, she received the Stefan Nowak Award for her research and contributions to the sociology of gender and queer studies in Poland. 

 

Her research interests focus on the sociology of gender, sexuality, intimacy, couples, and families. She also holds a diploma as a cat psychologist and advocates for animal rights. She practices yoga and meditation.