Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

Paweł Zakrajewski, PhD, Assoc. Prof.

• University Professor in the Institute of Linguistics, University of Silesia in Katowice
• Degree Programme Director: Applied Linguistics | Korean Studies, University of Silesia in Katowice
• Director of Katowice King Sejong Institute
• Investigator in DIGESPEDI: Digital Genres in Specialised Discourses; https://digespedi.us.edu.pl

pawel.zakrajewski@us.edu.pl

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1412-4365

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pawel-Zakrajewski

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-8hfWUMAAAAJ&hl=pl&oi=ao

Address:

Instytut Językoznawstwa

Wydział Humanistyczny

Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

ul. gen. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego 5, p. 4.31/4.32

41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland

tel.: 32 364 09 66; 32 364 08 94

Research interests:

Dr. Paweł Zakrajewski is a linguist specializing in multilingualism in academic settings, scholarly communication, intercultural pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and language policy. His research explores the intersections between multilingualism, knowledge dissemination, and science policy, with particular attention to academic discourse and communication practices in higher education and research environments. His broader research interests include linguistic landscape studies, onomastics, LSP (Language for Specific Purposes), and translation studies.

Methodologically, his work combines mixed-methods approaches with ethnographic inquiry. His current research focuses on multilingualism and multimodality in academia, especially in relation to scholarly communication and the circulation of knowledge across linguistic and cultural contexts.

Dr. Zakrajewski has been involved in several interdisciplinary research projects related to multilingualism, language policy, and science policy. Between 2016 and 2025, he conducted research and delivered lectures at universities in Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, and United Kingdom. He has also conducted several library research visits in Czechia, France, Portugal, and United Kingdom. In 2021, Dr. Zakrajewski completed the Master of Didactics Programme at Ghent University, funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

He is a member of Commettee on  Linguistics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, AEDEAN – Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos, PTLS –  Polish Association of Applied Linguistics, [Polskie Towarzystwo Lingwistyki Stosowanej],  and serves as Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Przestrzenie Przekładu Journal [Spaces of Translation] https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/PP_SoT. He is also an expert for the Polish Ministry of Education in the evaluation of English language textbooks and an expert for European Commission.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Zakrajewski, P. (2026). A Mulitlingual and Multimodal Researcher: Choice and Attitudes towards Knowledge Dissemination. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18501659 [dataset]

Zakrajewski, P. (2025). The Evolving Nature of the Term «Archive». In: M. Mikołajczyk, G. R. Nancka, & L. Sadzikowska (Eds), Rediscovering the Heritage of the Past (T. 18, pp. 137–152). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht unipress. https://doi.org/10.14220/9783737019255.137

Warchał, K., & Zakrajewski, P. (2024). At the Intersection of Disciplinary Practice and Science Policy: Publication Language Choices of Social Sciences and Humanities Scholars in Poland. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 55,. https://doi.org/10.3138/jsp-2023-0036

Dronia, I., & Zakrajewski, P. (2023). Maintaining respectful (?) communication by Generation Z students. The case of written discourse in the academic settings. In: M. Banaś & G. Wlaźlak (Eds), Language, Culture, Identity : Between Ethnolinguistics and Ethnomethodology (pp. 37–57). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht unipress. https://doi.org/10.14220/9783737015745.37

Warchał, K., & Zakrajewski, P. (2023). Multilingual publication practices in the socials ciences and humanities at a Polish university: choices and pressures. International Journal of Multilingualism, 20, 801–824. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2021.1966432

Zakrajewski, P., & Warchał, K. (2021). Języki publikacji w polskiej humanistyce i w naukach społecznych. Socjolingwistyka, 35, 125–143. https://doi.org/10.17651/SOCJOLING.35.8

Exploring business language and culture. (2020). W U. Michalik, P. Zakrajewski, I. Sznicer, & A. M. Stwora (Eds), Second Language Learning and Teaching (s. 289). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58551-8

Michalik, U., Zakrajewski, P., Sznicer, I., & Stwora, A. M. (2020). Preface. Second Language Learning and Teaching, V–IX.

Majer, A. M., Zakrajewski, P., & Mamet, P. (2018). Assistants, consultants and specialists : the persuasive dimension of job titles. Journal of Human Dignity and Wellbeing, Artykuł 1. http://johdaw.com/download/journals/johdaw_1_2018.pdf

Dronia, I., Kijak, A., & Zakrajewski, P. (2018). Różne oblicza dialogu. Oficyna Wydawnicza „Humanitas”.

PROJECTS:

1. Transform4Europe – T4EU: The European University of Knowledge Entrepreneurs

Project id: UE230000300000000

Funding body: European Commission

Time: 2023-2027

Role: Investigator

2. Promocja badań zespołu Geo-Eko-Humanistyka w ramach projektu: Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki II

Project id: PU230140300000000

Funding body: Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Time: 2023-2026

Role: investigator

3. A Multilingual and Multimodal Researcher: Choices and Attitudes towards

Knowledge Dissemination / Wielojęzyczny i multimodalny badacz: wybory i postawy wobec upowszechniania wiedzy

Project id: PW240130300000000

Funding body: NCN National centre of Science

Time: 2024-2026

Role: principal investigator

4. Transform4Europe – T4E: The European University for Knowledge Entrepreneurs

Project id: UE200000400000000

Funding body: European Commission

Time: 2020-2024

Role: Head of Workpackage: Multilingual Campus

5. E-LEARNING PROSPECTS FOR HUMANITIES

Project id: UE200100500000000

Funding body: FUNDACJA ROZWOJU SYSTEMU EDUKACJI

Time: 2020-2023

Role: head of workpackage

6. Intercultural Communication and Diplomacy / Komunikacja międzykulturowa i dyplomacja

Project id: SF220100100000000

Funding body: Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej [NAWA] – The Polish National Agency of Academic Exchange

Time: 2022-2023

Role: principal Investigator

7. ZAWACKA NAWA: „A Multilingual and Multimodal Scholar”: research scholarship abroad

Funding body: Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej [NAWA] – The Polish National Agency of Academic Exchange

Time: 2024-2025

Role: principal Investigator