Dr Monika Fratczak
BA, MA, PhD
Department of Sociological Studies
Teaching Associate
• Ethics Lead 2023/2024


Full contact details
Department of Sociological Studies
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Profile
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Monika has been a teaching associate in the Department of Sociological Studies since October 2022. Before starting her current role, she held a variety of research positions at the UoS including two large-scale projects: Patterns in Practice (AHRC-funded) and Living with Data (Nuffield-funded).
Monika's PhD research explored emotional responses and (potential) democratic participation through data visualisation about climate change in two different national contexts.
She has been an Associate Fellow of the HEA since 2021 and completed the Aurora Women in Higher Education Leadership Programme in 2023.
- Qualifications
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- Ph.D. in Sociology (University of Sheffield, England)
- MA Sociology (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland)
- BA Sociology (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland)
- Research interests
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- Digital media
- AI and machine learning
- Data (visualisation)
- Emotions
- Mobilisations and political participation
- Publications
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Journal articles
- How people connect fairness and equity when they talk about data uses. Big Data and Society, 11(4). View this article in WRRO
- What ifs: the role of imagining in people's reflections on data uses. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30(6), 2025-2041. View this article in WRRO
- Beliefs, Values and Emotions in Practitioners’ Engagements with Learning Analytics in Higher Education. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research.
- Can data visualisations mobilise people to act?. Significance, 19(2), 6-7. View this article in WRRO
Chapters
- Environmental Data Power, Dialogues in Data Power (pp. 138-158). Bristol University Press
- Beliefs, Values and Emotions in Education Practitioners’ Engagements with Learning Analytics in Higher Education, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 54-61). Springer Nature Switzerland
Conference proceedings papers
Website content
- How people connect fairness and equity when they talk about data uses. Big Data and Society, 11(4). View this article in WRRO
- Grants
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- Postgraduate Writing Scholarship, University of Sheffield, UK (2022-2023)
- ESRC White Rose DTC PhD Studentship, University of Sheffield, UK (2018-2022)
- Rector’s Award and Grant for the best MA student of the academic year 2011/2012, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland (2012-2013)
- Teaching activities
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2022-2025
Lectures and seminars:
- AI, Algorithms and Society (UG)
- Digital Media in Datafied Society (PGT)
- Researching Society (PGT)
- Academic Skills (PGT)
- Introduction to Digital Methods Research (UG)
2019-2022
Seminars:
- Digital Media in Datafied Society (PGT)
- Social Media, Data and Society (PGT)
- Sociological Imagination (UG)
- Exploring Classical Social Thought (PGT)
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Advance HE, AURORA development programme (2023)
- Advance HE, Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021)
- Conference organisation the 4th International Data Power conference (2022)
- Peer reviewer for journals and international conferences: AoIR Conference, Social Media + Society
- Member of the WG10 Digital Sociology, the International Sociological Association (2022 -)
- Member of European Communication Research and Education Association (2020 -)