IPA PhD Researcher Research Area IPA & Acculturation and Acculturation of Migrants.

Joanna Kossykowska is a final year PhD student at TU Dublin, Ireland. Her doctoral dissertation is on the lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of two generations of Polish migrants in Ireland. In her research, she used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to uncover her participants' experiences of living in the host country, their connections with Poland, and the emotional aspects of their family relationships. She received a bachelor's honour degree in business and management and a master's degree in international business from the Dublin Institute of Technology. Her Master’s thesis was titled "The meaning of working among employees from different countries". This dissertation enhanced her interest in first- and second-generation migrants' acculturation process and transnational connections. She is deeply interested in migration patterns, psychological acculturation, migrants' identity and bilingualism.

Research Presentations

Kossykowska, J. (2022). Who I am? Where I belong to? The lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of two generations of Polish migrants in Ireland [Conference presentation]. 12th Science: Polish Perspectives, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Kossykowska, J. (2022). The lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of two generation of Polish migrants in Ireland [Committee session presentation]. Senate of the Republic of Poland Committee on Emigration and Connecting with Poles Abroad, Warsaw, Poland.

Kossykowska, J. (2021). Evaluating the contribution of qualitative research methods [Conference workshops]. IMISCOE 18th Annual Conference, “Crossing borders, connecting cultures”, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Kossykowska, J. (2021). IPA as a method in migration studies [Paper presentation]. IMISCOE PhD Workshop Presentation Series, Liège, Belgium.

Kossykowska, J. (2021). Exploring the lived experience of acculturation and transnationalism of the first and second generation of Polish migrants in Ireland using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis [Paper presentation]. IMISCOE PhD Workshop Presentation Series, Liège, Belgium.

Kossykowska, J. (2019). Quality of IPA studies – evaluating quality of qualitative research [Colloquium Presentation]. Technological University Dublin 2nd Annual Colloquium, Dublin, Ireland.