Dr Justyna Orchowska
Justyna Orchowska - PhD in Social Sciences, sociologist. Since 2025, she serves as Deputy Head of the Urban Studies Programme at the University of Warsaw. Her research interests focus on urban sociology and housing studies, class theory and social inequalities, as well as access to public services and qualitative research methodology.
She is the author and co-author of numerous academic and expert publications, including the book “Białe plamy. Mieszkańcy Warszawy o usługach publicznych” (“Blank Spots. Warsaw Residents on Public Services,” 2022), which received an honourable mention from the Urban Sociology Section of the Polish Sociological Association. Dr Orchowska has led and participated in research projects funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), the University of Warsaw, and the ESPON programme. She has also carried out expert and evaluation studies commissioned by the European Parliament, the City of Warsaw, and various non-governmental organisations. She has been a visiting researcher at Charles University in Prague (2020) and the University of Zagreb (2019), as well as a research fellow at the University of Strasbourg (2022).
Dr Orchowska is a member of the Polish Sociological Association (board member of the Urban Sociology Section since 2025), the European Sociological Association, and the research networks International Network on Urban Research and Action and the European Network for Housing Research. In her work, she combines academic research with social engagement – since 2014, she has been actively involved in Warsaw’s non-governmental and urban movements.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8207-8490
- Orchowska Justyna, Buitelaar Edwin (2025) The politics of middle-class housing: Comparing the Dutch and Polish attempts to support housing for the ‘squeezed middle.’ International Journal of Housing Policy, ss. 1–25.
- Smętkowski Maciej, Wojnar Katarzyna, Czepkiewicz Michał, Olechnicka Agnieszka, Romańczyk Katarzyna, Kupiec Tomasz, Przekop-Wiszniewska Ewelina, Orchowska Justyna, Rok Jakub, Herbst Mikołaj, Płoszaj Adam, Miszczuk Piotr, Zegler-Poleska Ewa, Szul Roman, Majewski Jakub, Chumachenko Artem (2025) ESPON KARPAT Determinants and opportunities for the socio-economic and spatial development of the Carpathian region Final Report. Luxembourg, ESPON EGTC.
- Orchowska Justyna (2024) Radzimy sobie w taki sposób, że po prostu sobie nie radzimy. Klasa średnia na warszawskim rynku mieszkaniowym. W: Lewenstein, B., Bakalarz-Duverger, M., Całek, G. (red.). Warszawa w badaniach socjologów. Kraków: Oficyna Wydawnicza Impuls.
- Orchowska Justyna (2024) STRUGGLING FOR URBAN SPACE: Examining Social Distinctions between Long-Term Residents and Newcomers in Warsaw's Districts. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
- Łukianow Małgorzata, Orchowska Justyna (2023) Czym jest dobry pamiętnik, czyli wyzwania etyczne i metodologiczne w projekcie „Pamiętniki Pandemii”, Studia Socjologiczne, 3 (250), ss. 59–82
- Orchowska Justyna (2023) Theorizing Urban Movements in Pierre Bourdieu’s Terms—the Example of Warsaw, Poland. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 35(4).
- Smętkowski Maciej, Kniazevych Anna, Olechnicka Agnieszka, Orchowska Justyna, Przekop-Wiszniewska Ewelina (2023) Research for REGI Committee: Cooperation between EU cities and regions with their Ukrainian partners. Brussels: Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies Directorate-General for Internal Policies.
- Głowacka Maja, Helak Monika, Łukianow Małgorzata, Mazzini Mateusz, Orchowska Justyna (2022) Pamiętniki pandemii. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, ss. 356.
- Kubisa Julia, Lewicki Mikołaj, Kościńska (Orchowska) Justyna, Rakowska Katarzyna, Tuszko Feliks (2022) (Nie)zgoda na przekraczanie granic. Badania przemocy i dyskryminacji w społeczności Akademii Teatralnej im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza w Warszawie. Warszawa: Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza w Warszawie.
- Orchowska Justyna (2022) „W ogóle autobusu nie widać”. Życie na obszarach wykluczenia transportowego. Studia Regionalne i Lokalne 2(88), ss. 108-121.
- Orchowska Justyna (2022) Białe plamy. Mieszkańcy Warszawy o usługach publicznych. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, ss. 271.
- Determinants and opportunities for the socio-economic and spatial development of the Carpathian region (KARPAT) (2024-2025)
- Housing experiences of doctoral students in Polish cities (2024)
- Post-socialist cities in the era of metropolisation: the transformation of social spaces in 21st-century Warsaw (2023-2026)
- Houses out of reach? Housing strategies of urban middle class in Poland (2023-2024)
- Housing Insecurity and the Urban Middle-Class in Poland - Consultation Visit (2023-2024)
- The mechanisms of (self-)selection to the teacher profession. Evidence and policy solutions (2020-2022)
