piotrek.miller@gmail.com

  Piotr Miller

Academic grade:
M.A. in Sociology

Interests:
identity and image constructing, self-presentation, sociology of interaction, communication, social influence, the role of image in political marketing, sociology of organization and management, careers researching

Important publications
Being European Citizen in awareness of Poles (coauthor), in: ‘Poland in the EU – a road to success?’ (2006) A. Nowakowska, P. Szukalski (ed.)
Constructing the McWorker – symbolic violence in the process of reproducting the organizational-behavior patterns, in: 'Modern corporations dillemas” (2009) B. Pawłowska, K. Doktór (ed.)
Constructing the identity of a mountain rescuer. Symbolical-interactionist analysis (2010), in: Qualitative Sociology Review (Polish edition),Vol. VI no. 1/2010
Factors that influence on the process of constructing the identity of a mountain rescuer, in: Identity variations (2010) R. Szwed, L. Dyczewski, J. Szulich-Kałuża (ed.) Self-presentation, entry in: (Polish) Qualitative sociology dictionary (2010, getting prepared) K. Konecki, P. Chomczyński (ed.)

Organizations:
Łódź Management Trainers Club (of Management Consultants and Trainers Association ‘MATRIK’) (since 2009)
Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (since 1993, as a leader since 2002)

Conferences:
"Poland in the EU – a road to succes?" 5th Festival of Science, Technique and Art – Łódź 2005
"Organizations and cultures in the global village". Contemporary problems of sociology of organization and management, 13th Congress of Polish Sociological Association, Zielona Góra 2007
"Identity and communication" (Lublin, 2009)
"Cultures, subcultures and social worlds in qualitative researching" (Szczecin, 2009)
"Audio-Visual Interaction Analysis" (Berlin, 2010)
"Qualitative sociology – innovative methods in qualitative researching" (14th Congress of Polish Sociological Association – Kraków, 2010)

Courses:
Advanced techniques of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis.

Professional interests:
Communication, image and public speaking trainings, personal public relations

Other interests:
Tourism and trekking, first aid and paramedic services, Polish and world public sphere, citizen’s journalism, working with people, rock music

Rewards and distinctions:
Medal 'For Glorious Studies' (2009)