🎓 Meet Your Future Instructors

Get to know the researchers behind your Erasmus+ courses at our Faculty.

Dr hab. Piotr Kozak

Dr hab. Piotr Kozak

Vice-Dean for Research

Philosopher of mind specializing in mental representation and imagistic cognition. Author of Thinking in Images: Imagistic Cognition and Non-propositional Content. His research explores how images, maps, and diagrams function as cognitive tools distinct from language-based reasoning. In his course, you'll examine fundamental questions about the nature of mind and consciousness.

📧 p.kozak@uwb.edu.pl | Office hours: Monday 18:30-20:00 (room 104)
Prof. Zbigniew Kaźmierczak

Prof. Zbigniew Kaźmierczak

Head, Laboratory of Philosophy of Religion

Expert in philosophy of religion, mysticism, and intercultural dialogue. Author of books on Nietzsche and Meister Eckhart, exploring paradoxes in religious thought and the quest for meaning across traditions. His research spans medieval mysticism to contemporary phenomenology. His course examines religion's role in modern society and cross-cultural understanding.

📧 z.kazmierczak@uwb.edu.pl | Office hours: Monday 13:00-14:30 (room 43)
Prof. Bartosz Kuźniarz

Prof. Bartosz Kuźniarz

Dean of the Faculty

Philosopher of capitalism and social theorist. Author of Król liczb. Szkice z metafizyki kapitalizmu and Farewell to Postmodernism (Peter Lang 2015). Award-winning translator of David Graeber's Debt. His courses analyze contemporary economic systems and social structures through philosophical lenses.

📧 b.kuzniarz@uwb.edu.pl | Office hours: Monday 11:30-12:30 (room 44)
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Dr Joanna Smakulska

Erasmus+ Coordinator

Specialist in bioethics, ethics of life, and philosophical anthropology. Author of Bogusława Wolniewicza etyka życia and research on the philosophical roots of evil. Secretary of Archeus, a journal for bioethics and philosophical anthropology. Her course explores ethical dilemmas in medicine, technology, and human life.

📧 j.smakulska@uwb.edu.pl | Office hours: Friday 13:15-14:15 (Liniarskiego 3, room 1A)
Mgr Olgierd Borowiecki

Mgr Olgierd Borowiecki

Erasmus+ Coordinator

Cognitive scientist bridging philosophy, neuroscience, and lived experience. Investigates how we think, perceive, and extend our minds through technology. Your first point of contact for all Erasmus+ matters.

📧 o.borowiecki@uwb.edu.pl | Office hours: Wednesday 11:30-13:00 (room 43)

Faculty Leadership

Name Email Office Hours
Dr hab. Bartosz Kuźniarz, prof. UwB
Dean of the Faculty
b.kuzniarz@uwb.edu.pl Monday 11:30-12:30 (room 44)
Dr hab. Piotr Kozak
Vice-Dean for Research
p.kozak@uwb.edu.pl Monday 18:30-20:00 (room 104)
Dr Maja Kittel
Vice-Dean for Teaching
m.kittel@uwb.edu.pl Thursday 11:30-13:00 (room 43)
Dr hab. Robert Poczobut, prof. UwB
Vice-Dean for Cognitive Science
r.poczobut@uwb.edu.pl Monday 13:15-14:45 (room 43)

Departments

Department of Philosophy and Ethics

Classical philosophy, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of religion.

Department of Logic, Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Science

Logic, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, philosophy of language, AI.

Contact

Dean's Office

Mgr Maria Sidoruk
maria.sidoruk@uwb.edu.pl
Phone: +48 85 745 74 39, Room 106

Hours: Mon 9-12, Wed 9-12, Thu 10:30-14:30, Fri 10-13

Erasmus+ Coordinator

Mgr Olgierd Borowiecki
o.borowiecki@uwb.edu.pl
Office hours: Wed 11:30-13:00 (room 43)

Address: Faculty of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Plac NZS 1, 15-420 Białystok, Poland
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