Krakow University of Economics
Team Members
Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz
Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz, the project coordinator, is Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics, and the Deputy Director of the Institute of Informatics, Accounting and Controlling. She has successfully managed the ICAM project (https://icam.uek.krakow.pl/) and has been involved in co-chairing conference minitracks (AMCIS, ICTM). Grażyna has published in Information Systems Management, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Information Technology for Development, and in conference proceedings such as AMCIS, ICEEE. She has experience in teaching and designing ICT related modules (including blended-learning). Her research interests include applications of ICT in education and emerging technologies adoption.
Dariusz Dymek
Dariusz Dymek, the project manager, is Associate Professor at the Department of Computational Systems at the Krakow University of Economics. He has a strong project management background in commerce (for several years serving as vice president of an IT company which was responsible for project management), and educational and research projects. His main areas of interest include project management, risk management, quality management, and the adoption of new technologies.
Mariusz Grabowski
Mariusz Grabowski is Associate Professor at the Department of Computational Systems at the Krakow University of Economics. His research interests include e-business and e-commerce, theoretical aspects of information systems, information systems security, IT governance, enterprise architecture management, and IT/IS behavioral modeling. He currently teaches undergraduate courses such as “Introduction to Information Systems,” “E-Business”, “E-Commerce” and “Information Systems Security,” as well as a postgraduate course on “Management Information Systems” and “IT Governance.”
Paweł Konkol
Paweł Konkol is Assistant Professor at the Department of Computational Systems. His research interests are focused on information systems, IT project management methodologies, e-commerce, and blockchain. His teaching experience is related to ICT related courses. He participated in various international educational and research projects including those implemented in the frame of TEMPUS and Erasmus EU Programme.
Paweł Lula
Paweł Lula is Full Professor at the Department of Computational Systems. He works as a researcher and academic teacher in data analysis, artificial intelligence (mainly natural language processing) and decision support systems (multicriteria analysis, graph-based methods, decision trees). Paweł is experienced in design and implementation of data analysis and decision support systems in Python and R. He worked as a visiting professor at several foreign universities in Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, and Italy. He has also organizational experience in higher education institutions (a vice-dean /2006-2008/, a dean /2008-2016/ and as a vice-rector for research /2020-2024/ at the Kraków University of Economics). Paweł participated in many research and educational international projects. He is a member of: The Section of Classification and Data Analysis of the Polish Statistical Association; Scientific Society of Business Informatics; Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Commission on Economic Sciences, Kraków Branch; Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków Branch, Commission on Economics and Statistics (vice president of the Commission).
Piotr Soja
Piotr Soja is Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics at the Krakow University of Economics (KUE). His research interests include ICT for socioeconomic development, enterprise systems, and ICT for active and healthy ageing. Piotr has published in Enterprise Information Systems, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Information Systems Management, Information Technology for Development, and Journal of Enterprise Information Systems among many other journals, as well as in numerous conference proceedings such as AMCIS, ECIS, HICSS, and ISD. He is member of the Editorial Board of several journals, including Frontiers in Blockchain, Information Technology for Development, and Journal of Enterprise Information Management. Currently, Piotr serves as president of the Polish Chapter of AIS (PLAIS).
Jakub Kanclerz
Jakub Kanclerz is Assistant at the Department of Computational Systems. He is a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, Educator, and Certified AWS DevOps professional. Jakub believes that data, when properly collected and transformed using appropriate tools, is crucial for effective decision-making. Furthermore, he always considers context in his approach, emphasizing practical problem-solving underpinned by a solid foundation in computer science and statistics. Likewise, he is dedicated to fostering innovation, collaboration, and education across diverse technological domains.
Janusz Stal
Janusz Stal is Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics, Krakow University of Economics, Poland. He holds a Ph.D. in economics and a habilitation degree in management and quality studies from the Krakow University of Economics. His research areas include mobile technology, mobile knowledge management, applications of ICT in education, and cloud computing. Janusz has published articles in Information Technology for Development, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, and numerous conference proceedings of AMCIS, EMCIS, ECIME, SIGCSE/SIGCUE, IIS, ICEEE, and ICEL.
Dariusz Put
Dariusz Put is Associate Professor at the Department of Computational Systems at the Krakow University of Economics. He was awarded PhD in the discipline of economics (2001) and post-doctoral degree in the discipline of management (2013). His research interests include: information systems, systems integration, information resource management, databases, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Paweł Cabała
Paweł Cabała is Associate Professor at the Krakow University of Economics, head of the Department of Management Process. He graduated in marketing from the Krakow University of Economics (1994) and in philosophy from the Jagiellonian University (2002). Since 1996, he has been teaching classes on, among others: management basics, strategic management, project management, system analysis in management. He gained practical experience as a credit analyst and then as an expert in the preparation of investment feasibility studies. For many years, he has been involved in organizational and strategic consulting. Research interests: scenario planning, managerial decision-making, early warning systems, risk management, systems analysis in management, praxeology and the use of machine learning in management.
Robert Szydło
Robert Szydło is Assistant Professor at the Department of Labour Resource Management. He is an HR specialist, psychologist, and a scholarship recipient of the Indonesian Government. His research interests are connected with psychology and management, especially in the fields of competences, employability and gamification. He is strongly involved in students’ scientific groups.
Wojciech Szymla
Wojciech Szymla holds PhD in Economic Sciences (Management). Since 2002, he has been a member of the academic and teaching staff at the Krakow University of Economics, currently holding the position of Assistant Professor at the Institute of Informatics, Accounting and Controlling. Since 2007, Head of Postgraduate Studies at the Krakow School of Business. Since 2024, the Rector’s Representative for Micro-credentials, responsible for establishing institutional and legal frameworks and for promoting the micro-credential system within the University. Between 2020 and 2021, he held the positions of Director of the Centre for Education Quality and Rector’s Representative for Education Quality at the Krakow University of Economics. From 2021 to 2024, he chaired the Team for Education Quality of the Krakow School of Business at the same University. He lectures and provides training in subjects related to the use of information technology tools in management, as well as corporate economics, controlling, and finance.
Bartłomiej Balsamski
Bartłomiej Balsamski is Assistant Professor at the Department of Computational Systems.