Professor, social pedagogue, from the Institute of Pedagogy of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Vice-Rector for staff development at the University of Silesia in Katowice, responsible for the development of the University of Silesia’s equality policy, co-author of the University of Silesia Gender Equality Plan. Member of the Committee of Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the 2020-2024 term. In the years 2011-2018, Social Advisor to the Ombudsman for Children. Vice-President of the Association of Socially Engaged Educators. Researcher on children’s rights and the well-being of children and youth.