Poland-based journalist reporting on political life and social changes in Central and Eastern Europe.

With a particular focus on social movements, labour and human rights. Co-ordinator of Nasze Argumenty online magazine and collaborator of Forward Foundation. Co-founder of Cross-border Talks media project. Former head of Poland news section in Dziennik Trybuna (Tribune Daily). Her texts were also published by Krytyka Polityczna (Poland), Jacobin (USA), Left.it (Italy), Avgi (Greece). 

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat

Basic information

Name
Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Title
Editor-in-Chief
Expertise
Central and Eastern-European politics, social movements, labour issues in Central and Eastern Europe, modern history of Eastern Europe, migrant issues and rights
Country
Poland
City
Katowice

Supported projects

Just Transition: Mission Impossible?

  • Cities
  • Energy
  • Environment

PETROSANI - The Just Transition Mechanism promised Europe's coal regions that their communities would not be left behind as coal-intensive industries close. This team of journalists investigates what's happening in the coal regions of Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria.

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Former Petrila coal mine

The Turów Case: Lost Opportunity for a Just Energy Transition

  • Climate
  • Environment
  • Social affairs

PRAGUE - The series of investigative reports deals with the story of the Czech-Polish conflict about the future of the Turów mine in the border region of both countries, put in a wider historical and social context.

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📷 Petr Vodička