He earned his Ph.D. in 2014 from Jagiellonian University and is actively involved in cognitive experimental psychology, with a special focus on memory-related issues, psychological diagnosis, and cross-cultural psychology. He is the author or co-author of several dozen scientific publications in renowned national and international journals. Additionally, he is the initiator and co-author of the first Polish textbook on psychological diagnosis in the context of multiculturalism and multilingualism, which received a recommendation from the Council of Europe. He has managed and executed numerous projects funded by institutions such as the National Science Centre, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Stefan Batory Foundation, and the European Commission. He is a recipient of numerous prizes, scholarships, and awards, including the Minister of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for outstanding scientific achievements (three times), a doctoral scholarship within the ETIUDA competition organized by NCN, the Mieczysław Bekker Scholarship from the National Agency for Academic Exchange, and a finalist of the international European Roma Spirit Award 2016. In 2020, he was honored with the Andrzej Malewski Award from the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences for his significant contribution to the development of psychological research and social science methodology. Recently, He has been awarded a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship from the European Commission to conduct a research project on involuntary memory and déjà vu at the Université Grenoble Alpes, France (2024-2026).krystian.barzykowski@uj.edu.pl
Institute of Psychology
General Psychology Unit
ul. Ingardena 6
30-060 Krakow, Poland
- Head of the Applied Memory Research Laboratory
- Proxy of the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy for educational quality evaluation, Jagiellonian University
- Member of the Research Ethics Committee
- Member of the Committee for Scientific Integrity at the Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University
- Member of the Faculty Education Quality Commission
- Member of the Institute Quality of Education Committee
- Autobiographical memory
- Episodic memory
- Elementary memory processes for recalling memories
- Multicultural and multilingual issues
- Cognitive processes
- Involuntary and intentional cognitive processes
- Mind-wandering
- Task-unrelated and task-related thoughts
- “SpontaneousPAST: Using déjà vu to better understand spontaneous retrieval in human memory”, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, nr: 101103345)
- The role of working memory in the involuntary autobiographical memory retrieval. An examination of cognitive mechanisms of involuntary autobiographical memories”, National Science Center, 2020–2025 (Principal Investigator)
- „Wandering-mind: Advances in involuntary past and future thinking research”, National Agency for Academic Exchange, 2020
- „The role of cognitive inhibition in the involuntary mental time travel. A comprehensive investigation of involuntary autobiographical memories and involuntary future thoughtsi”, National Science Center, 2016–2019 (Principal Investigator)
- „Cognitive Mechanisms of Involuntary Autobiographical Memories”, Narodowe Centrum Nauki, 2011–2014 (Principal Investigator)
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- Member of the Board of the Krakow Branch of the Polish Psychological Association
Awards, scholarships and prizes for academic activity:
- 2021, 2020, 2019: The French Government Scholarship Program for Researchers.
- 2020: The Andrzej Malewski Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Psychological Research and Social Sciences Methodology from the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2020: The Bekker Programme from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange
- 2020 i 2019: The French Government Scholarship Program for Researchers
- 2018-2020: The Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for Outstanding Young Researchers
- 2014: Prof. Dr. Jerzy Perzanowski Prize for the best doctoral thesis in cognitive science.
- 2013: The Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for outstanding achievement
- 2009: Dr Andrew Beauvale Prize for the best MA thesis in the academic year 2008/2009 Jagiellonian University Faculty of Philosophy Institute of Psychology
- 2008: Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements in science
- 2008: Sapere Auso' scholarship from the Malopolska Scholarship Foundation for exceptional academic achievement.
Organisational awards and prizes:
- 2021: Award from the Pro-rector of the Jagiellonian University to recognise outstanding endeavour and achievement in improving quality of teaching at the Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University.
- 2020: The 2nd Degree Award from the Rector of the Jagiellonian University for outstanding scientific achievements.
- 2017: The 3rd Degree Award from the Rector of the Jagiellonian University for Outstanding Teaching Achievements.
- 2017: Award from the Pro-rector of the Jagiellonian University for outstanding teaching achievements.
- 2016: Internatiinal official recommendation and acknowledgement by the Council of Europe as a good practice granted to book “Selected problems of psychological diagnosis of children and adolescents in the context of multiculturalism and multilingualism”.
- 2016: Individual Nomination to European Roma Spirit Award for book “Selected problems of psychological diagnosis of children and adolescents in the context of multiculturalism and multilingualism”.
- 2016: Association for Culture, Education and Communication (ACEC), Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic, the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for the Roma Communities.