Maciej Gdula
Maciej Gdula | |
|---|---|
 Gdula in 2019 | |
| Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education | |
| In office 20 December 2023 – 14 January 2025 | |
| Minister | Dariusz Wieczorek |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| In office 12 November 2019 – 12 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | No. 13 (Kraków) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maciej Roman Gdula 20 May 1977 Żywiec, Poland |
| Party | |
| Scientific career | |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Fields | Sociology |
| Thesis | Utopia, Contract and Nature. Love Discourses in Expert Culture (2006) |
Maciej Roman Gdula (born 20 May 1977) is a Polish sociologist, opinion journalist and politician, serving as an assistant professor at the University of Warsaw, his alma mater. He holds a doctorate and habilitation in sociology, and his academic interests are social and political theory, actor–network theory, the study of social classes and lifestyles.[1]
Gdula has also been active in politics and served as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education under Minister Dariusz Wieczorek from 2023 to 2025, during the third cabinet of Donald Tusk. He was previously a member of the Sejm representing the Kraków constituency from 2019 until he failed to win reelection in 2023. Initially, he was affiliated with the Spring party, which merged into the New Left in 2021. Gdula left the party in 2025, following his dismissal from the government.
Early life and education
He is the son of Andrzej Gdula, deputy interior minister of the Polish People's Republic in the 1980s, and later adviser to President Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
Gdula obtained a PhD in sociology in 2006 at the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Warsaw.[2] There, in 2016 he received the postdoctoral degree in social sciences in the field of sociology and became an adjunct at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Warsaw.[3][4]
Professional work
For several years, he has been a member of the Stanisław Brzozowski Association, a non-profit organization coordinating the actions of Krytyka Polityczna. He was a member of the Association's Board (2005–2010), and a member of its Audit Committee (2010–2015). As an opinion journalist, he contributed to Krytyka Polityczna, as well as to Tok FM Radio morning broadcasts, of which he was a frequent guest.[5][6][7]
In 2017, he was the coordinator of a field study in Miastko, an unspecified small, powiat city situated in Mazovia. The report of this study was considered by several sociologists the first authoritative diagnosis of the reasons for the victory of Law and Justice in the 2015 Polish parliamentary election.[8][9][10]
Political career
In 2018, Gdula became involved in the development of a new political project initiated and led by Robert Biedroń to establish the Spring (Wiosna) party.[11] He was one of the experts who co-authored its program and is credited with coining the party's name.[12][13] The party was launched in February 2019 ahead of the European Parliament election in May,[12] in which Gdula led the party list in the Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie constituency. He received 38,534 votes (2.21%) and did not win a seat.[14]
In the October 2019 parliamentary election, Gdula ran for the Sejm on The Left coalition's electoral list, which was officially registered as the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) party list.[15][16] He was the lead candidate in the Kraków constituency and received 35,279 votes (5.43%), winning a seat.[15] In parliament, he belonged to the coalition's parliamentary group and served on the standing committees on Foreign Affairs and Special Services.[17]
Books
- Trzy dyskursy miłosne (2009)
- Style życia i porządek klasowy w Polsce (2012, with Przemysław Sadura)
- Oprogramowanie rzeczywistości społecznej (2014, with Lech Nijakowski)
- Uspołecznienie i kompozycja. Dwie tradycje myśli społecznej a współczesne teorie krytyczne (2015)
- Dobra zmiana w Miastku. Neoautorytaryzm w polskiej polityce z perspektywy małego miasta (2017, with Katarzyna Dębska and Kamil Trepka)
References
- ↑ "Gdula Maciej – Wydział Socjologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego". ws.uw.edu.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Zakład Socjologii Ogólnej IS UW" (in Polish). Instytut Socjologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ↑ "Maciej Roman Gdula" (in Polish). nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ↑ "Maciej Gdula" (in Polish). Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Warsaw. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ↑ "Jarosław Gugała, Michał Szułdrzyński i Maciej Gdula u Piotra Kraśki" (in Polish). TOK FM. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ↑ "Godzina publicystów: Renata Grochal, Michał Szułdrzyński i Maciej Gdula" (in Polish). TOK FM. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ↑ "Joanna Solska, Jarosław Gugała i Maciej Gdula u Dominiki Wielowieyskiej" (in Polish). TOK FM. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ↑ Gdula, Maciej; Dębska, Katarzyna; Trepka, Kamil (2017). Raport z badań – "Dobra zmiana w Miastku. Neoautorytaryzm w polityce z perspektywy małego miasta". Warsaw.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Wyborcy PiS-u wcale nie są tacy, jak myśleliście. To badanie zupełnie zmienia ich postrzeganie". Newsweek Polska. 7 January 2018.
- ↑ Bierzyński, Jakub (3 January 2018). "Poznajcie wyborców PiS: cenią demokrację, mają udane życie, nie znoszą pouczania". Gazeta Wyborcza.
- ↑ Wróblewski, Michał (5 September 2018). "Robert Biedroń i jego drużyna. Kim są eksperci z zaplecza prezydenta Słupska". WP Wiadomości (in Polish). Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- 1 2 Malinowski, Przemysław (3 February 2019). "Ludzie Roberta Biedronia. Kto tworzy partię Wiosna". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Gremi Media. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- ↑ Wilk, Ewa (19 February 2019). "Maciej Gdula o Wiosny czołowym zderzeniu z zimą". Polityka (in Polish). p. 23. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "Wyniki wyborów 2019 do Parlamentu Europejskiego | GDULA Maciej Roman | Okręg wyborczy nr 10 [Kraków]". pe2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish and English). National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Wyniki wyborów 2019 do Sejmu RP | KOMITET WYBORCZY SOJUSZ LEWICY DEMOKRATYCZNEJ | Sejmowy Okręg wyborczy nr 13 [Kraków]". sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish and English). National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ Szczęśniak, Agata (15 August 2019). "Znaleźli rozwiązanie. Wiosna, SLD i Razem jednak wspólnie z listy SLD, ale pod logo 'lewica'". OKO.press (in Polish). Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "Maciej Gdula - Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 July 2026.