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Dr Joanna Kossykowska
IPA PhD Researcher Research Area IPA & Acculturation and Acculturation of Migrants.
Dr Joanna Kossykowska’s research focuses on the lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of two generations of Polish migrants in Ireland. In her research, she uses Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to discover her participants' experiences of living in the host country, their connections with Poland, and the emotional aspects of their family relationships. She received a bachelor's honour degree in business and management and a master's degree in international business from the Dublin Institute of Technology. She wrote a master thesis: "The meaning of working among employees from different countries". This dissertation enhanced her interest in first- and second-generation migrants' acculturation process and transnational connections. She is interested in migration patterns, psychological acculturation, migrants' identity and bilingualism.
She is a Polish migrant who has been living in Ireland for the last 18 years. She is working closely with people from different countries to help them overcome the difficulties associated with the language barrier. She is lecturing on Organizational Behaviour occasionally.
She presented at various conferences as follows:
(2022, October 29-30). Who I am? Where I belong to? The lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of two generations of Polish migrants in Ireland [Conference presentation]. 12th Science: Polish Perspectives, Oxford, United Kingdom.
(2022, June 28). The lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of two generation of Polish migrants in Ireland [Committee session presentation]. Senate of the Republic of Poland Committee on Emigration and Connecting with Poles Abroad, Warsaw, Poland.
(2022, May 30). The lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of the first and second generation of Polish migrants in Ireland [Committee session presentation]. Senate of the Republic of Poland Committee on Emigration and Connecting with Poles Abroad, Gdansk, Poland.
(2021, June 7-9). Evaluating the contribution of qualitative research methods [Conference workshops]. IMISCOE 18th Annual Conference, “Crossing borders, connecting cultures”, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
(2021, June 1). IPA as a method in migration studies [Paper presentation]. IMISCOE PhD Workshop Presentation Series, Liège, Belgium.
(2021, April 29). Exploring the lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of the first and second generation of Polish migrants in Ireland using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis [Paper presentation]. IMISCOE PhD Workshop Presentation Series, Liège, Belgium.
(2021, February 18). The phenomenological exploration of lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of two generation of Polish migrants in Ireland [Poster presentation]. Technological University Dublin PhD Mini Conference and Showcase, Dublin, Ireland.
(2020, December 17). Exploring the lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of the first and second generation of Polish migrants’ in Ireland using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis [Poster presentation]. Technological University Dublin 11th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Dublin, Ireland.
(2019, November 9). Quality of IPA studies – evaluating quality of qualitative research [Colloquium Presentation]. Technological University Dublin 2nd Annual Colloquium, Dublin, Ireland.