Once a month we will be asking our learned guests for an analysis of processes and phenomena in the areas of politics, culture and economics.

In the first instalment our guest was Professor Rafał Chwedoruk of Warsaw University, with whom we talked about the upcoming presidential election, what chance a third candidate might have, the political significance of the division between centre and periphery, and what it would be like if a woman became president. Analysing the conclusions of the CBOS survey ‘What Kind of President Do Poles Want?’, we discussed Polish people’s preferred presidential styles and their political potential.

With our January guest, Professor Michał Wenzel from SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, we discuss the social and economic background of the farmers’ protests, rural movements’ symbolic repertoires and strategies for action, and political scenarios for the future.

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