Małgorzata Łukianow, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University of Łódź, specialising in memory studies, sociology of culture, and social change, with prior roles at the Polish Academy of Sciences, TU Chemnitz, and as a Widzinski Senior Fellow at the University of Michigan in 2024. Her research explores dissonant heritage and collective memory, culminating in a forthcoming monograph on Polish post-migration territories. She co-edited the volume “No Neighbours’ Lands in Postwar Europe: Vanishing’ Others‘” (2022) and has written extensively on social protests in Poland, including far-right movements and their societal implications.