Bronislaw Misztal

Dr. Misztal is Ordinary Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology Department. He is an immediate past president of the Research Committee 48 on Social Movements, Social Change and Collective Action of the International Sociological Association (ISA). He has received a habilitated doctorate (Dr.hab.) and a Ph.D. in sociology from the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. He continued his post-graduate education at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales of Paris (Centre d’Etudes des Mouvements Sociaux). He has taught and conducted research at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, The Claremont Colleges, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, University of Bremen, Universita Cattolica de Milano, Cornell University and Jagiellonian University.

Research Interests

Social movements and precipitated social change, economic and political underpinnings of macro-social processes.

On these issues he has conducted studies in Cuba, France, Germany, Italy and Poland. He has directed a project of comparative research on patterns of social concern resulting from systemic and post-communist transformations in Central Europe. Currently he is working on two research projects: on the Concept of Good Society, and on Constructing Civil Society With Minimal Social Capital.

Contact Information

Email address: Misztal[at]cua.edu
Phone: (202) 319-5999
Department: Department of Sociology