University of Warsaw

Dr Grazyna Szymanska-Matusiewicz (PI)

Grażyna Szymańska-Matusiewicz is a sociologist and social anthropologist specializing in the research of Vietnamese diaspora, with particular focus on Polish-Vietnamese community. She gained her PhD from the University of Warsaw, Poland, in the year 2011. In her previous research project she analyzed the legacy of “socialist fraternity” between Poland and Vietnam and its impact on the the transnational links maintained by the Vietnamese community. In addition to her book “Vietnamese in Poland. From Socialist Fraternity to the Global Capitalism Era,” Grażyna has published papers in journals such as Journal of Vietnamese Studies, Space and Culture, Asian Pacific Migration Journal and Qualitative Research.