Agnieszka Sowa-Kofta

Member of the CASE Supervisory Council

Academic background:
• habilitation, Department of Sociology, University of Warsaw
• PhD, European Social Protection Policy programme, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, University of Maastricht (2011),
• MA studies, Social Protection Financing, Department of Economics, University of Maastricht (2003),
• MA studies, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw (2001),
• scholarship holder at Pittsburgh University (1998)
Languages:
Polish (native), English (fluent), German (advanced)

Expertise:
• social policy,
• long-term care
• health care,
• poverty and marginalization,
• labor market,

Experience:
• CASE, member of the Scientific Council, expert (February 2001-present),
• Institute of Labor and Social Affairs, Director (since April 2024, previously employed since 2009 as assistant, assistant professor, Head of the Social Policy Research Division)
• National expert in the field of health care and long-term care, European Social Analysis Policy Network, European Commission (September 2014-present),
• External expert in selected studies of the World Bank, OECD, ILO (2005-present).

Previous positions:
• Scientific and teaching assistant, Institute of Public Health, Collegium Medicum UJ (September 2004 – September 2008),
• Research project assistant, World Bank, Kraków (2000).

Related Works:

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Quality and cost-effectiveness in long-term care and dependency prevention: the Polish policy landscape

With the population ageing the development of sustainable long-term care institutions is of great importance in many European countries. In Poland, currently dominant, traditional and family based care will become insufficient with increasing cohorts of older people. Presented paper discusses recent developments in long-term care policy in the country. Long-term care institutions are separated in … Continued

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Agnieszka Sowa-Kofta

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Quality and cost-effectiveness in long-term care and dependency prevention: the Polish policy landscape

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