Professor Beata Klimkiewicz
IAS Open Programme
Jagiellonian University
Beata Klimkiewicz is Jagiellonian University Professor in the area of media and social communication studies, based at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication. She holds Jean Monnet Chair for 2019 – 2024 (Media Freedom, Trust and Transparency in the European Union) and chairs the Department of Political Communication and the Media.
Her research interests include media pluralism and diversity; media policy and regulation in Europe; media systems in Central Europe. Since 2012, Beata Klimkiewicz has been involved in co-operation with the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom at European University Institute in Florence as a member of Scientific Committee and national expert in Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM).
B. Klimkiewicz has also provided expertise for the UNESCO’s report on World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development. She is an author of books “A Polyvalent Media Policy in the Enlarged European Union” published by the Jagiellonian University Press and “Media Freedom and Pluralism: Media Policy Challenges in the Enlarged Europe” published by the CEU Press”. Recently, she published articles on media ownership transparency in Europe and structural polarization of the public sphere in Poland.
She is also Co-Investigator on the research project Pandemic Communication in Times of Populism (PANCOPOP), led by Professor Sabina Mihelj (Loughborough) and funded by the Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities under the Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in the Post-Pandemic World scheme. She leads Strand 2 of the project, on Media Policy.