• university teacher
• Polish University Abroad (PUNO) in London

Agata Błaszczyk is currently the head of the Polish Emigration Research Unit at the Polish University Abroad (PUNO) in London. She is a university teacher in Modern History and Sociology. Agata’s research examines historical and cultural sources and meanings of exile and forced migration, as well as the significance of encampment, enclosures and forced settlement. The study explores the origins of Polish Displaced People (political refugees) and all aspects of their settlement including the activity of the government agencies brought to life by the British after WW2. Her most recent publications include Polish Resettlement Camps for Political Refugees after the Second World War. Understanding Resettlement to the UK – an article published in Forced Migration Review, by Refugee Studies Centre University of Oxford (2017) and The origins of the Polish Diaspora in the UK after the Second World War: Poles in the UK, an article in the post-conference publication: Brexit and Polonia: Challenges facing the Polish Community during the process of Britain leaving the European Union, by PUNO Press (2018).