Instytut Różnorodności językowej Rzeczpospolitej

Programme Board

About the Programme Board

The Programme Board is the primary advisory and consultative body for the Institute, Board members appointed by the Minister of Culture and Cultural Heritage.

The Board’s membership includes representatives of the academia and culture, as well as individuals appointed by the Minister of National Education, Minister of the Interior and Administration, and Director of the Department of Religious Denominations and National and Ethnic Minorities of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration. The Polish Language Council, Joint Commission of the Government and National and Ethnic Minorities, and Polish Association of the Deaf have their representatives on the Board as well.
Programme Board members are appointed for a four-year term of office.

Rada Tomasz Wicherkiewicz

Tomasz Wicherkiewicz, Ph.D. hab., professor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Chairman)

Linguist specialising in sociolinguistics; language policy and planning…

Rada Adela Kozyczkowska

Adela Kożyczkowska, Ph.D. Hab., University of Gdańsk professor (Deputy Chairperson)

University of Gdańsk (Department of General Pedagogy) academic staff member…

Rada Nicole dolowy Rybinska

Professor Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska, Ph.D. Hab.

Full professor at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, sociolinguist…

Rada Jolanta Tambor

Professor Jolanta Tambor, Ph.D.

Linguist, disseminator of the Polish language globally, and of Silesian – in Poland and internationally…

Rada Monika Witt

Monika Witt, Ph.D., professor of the University of Applied Sciences in Nysa

Germanist, linguist with a focus on pragma- and sociolinguistics and glottodidactics…

Rada Michał Garncarek

Michał Garncarek, Ph.D., Polish Association of the Deaf

Director of the Sign Naturally Educational Centre of the Polish Association of the Deaf…

Rada Tymoteusz Krol

Tymoteusz Król, Ph.D. (Tiöma fum Dökter)

Assistant professor at the Institute of Slavic Languages of the Polish Academy of Sciences…

Rada Grzegorz Kuprianowicz

Grzegorz Kuprianowicz, Ph.D., Joint Commission of the Government and National and Ethnic Minorities

Co-chairman of the Joint Commission of the Government and National and Ethnic Minorities…

Rada Piotr Szatkowski

Piotr Szatkowski, Ph.D.

Sociolinguist, doctor of humanities in the field of linguistics, graduate of Scandinavian studies…

Rada Bozena Skomorowska

Bożena Skomorowska (Ministry of National Education)

Graduate of the Faculty of the Polish Philology at the University of Łódź…

Rada Monika Piszcz Czapla

Monika Piszcz-Czapla

Lawyer, state official of many years, currently Head of the Department of Religious Denominations and National and Ethnic Minorities…