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Years with the University:
Since 1st October 2019
Position:
PhD Student
Education:
- 01/10/2024 – current Doctoral School of Social Science, University of Warsaw, specialization in discipline: Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Menagement
- 01/10/2022 – 29/07/2024 Geography (specialization: Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing) Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, M.Sc. Thesis: Empirical evaluation of suggestiveness of selected information manipulation and distortion methods applied on thematic maps by dr. hab. Izabela Gołębiowska prof. UW.
- 01/10/2019 – 21/07/2022 Geography (specialization: Geoinformatics) Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, B.Sc. Thesis: Analysis of manipulations and distortions of information on thematic maps by dr. Izabela Gołębiowska
Projects:
Publication list:
- Sobczak, K., & Gołębiowska, I. (2025). Evaluation of persuasiveness of selected map designs for presenting dominance of phenomena on thematic maps. Polish Cartographical Review, 57(1), 40–57. https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2025-0003
- Sobczak, K., & Gołębiowska, I. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence in thematic cartography – a typology of errors in thematic maps. In M. Baranowski, I. Gołębiowska, J. Ostrowski, & J. Siwek (Eds.), 47th National Cartographic Conference “Cartography without borders” – Abstracts of papers and posters (p. 58). Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Polish Cartographic Society. ISBN 978-83-972744-1-9.
- Sobczak, K., & Gołębiowska, I. (2025). History of information distortion in thematic maps: From early cartography to modern media. In M. Horňák & R. Németh (Eds.), The 14th Slovak-Czech-Polish Seminarium: Making geography matter in Central and Eastern Europe. Book of Abstracts (p. 91). Comenius University Bratislava.
- Sobczak K., Gołębiowska I. (2024). Classification of methods of information distortion on thematic maps published in contemporary media (in Polish). Warsaw Geographical Conference „Geography and Its Challenges – Present, Future, Interdisciplinarity” – Book of Abstracts, p. 33. Warsaw: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw.
Prizes and Scholarships:
- Second place in the Young Scientists’ Competition for the Best Paper presented at the 47th National Cartographic Conference (as part of the Polish Geography Congress) for work “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Thematic Cartography: A Typology of Errors in Thematic Maps”, Lublin, 12.09.2025.
- Winner of conference scholarship for the 32th ICC, ICA Scholarship, Vancouver, Canada 22.08.2025
- Finalist in the 15th National Competition of Diploma Thesis in Cartography, Geomatics, and Geoinformation for the work ,,Empirical evaluation of suggestiveness of selected information manipulation and distortion methods applied on thematic maps” supervised by dr. hab. Izabela Gołębiowska prof. UW. The competition organizers were the Cartography Department of the Polish Geographical Society and the Cartography Department of the Warsaw University of Technology. 06.11.2024.
- Third place in the 13th National Competition of Diploma Theses in Cartography, Geomatics, and Geoinformation for the work „Analysis of manipulations and distortions of information on thematic maps” The competition organizers were the Cartography Department of the Polish Geographical Society and the Cartography Department of the Warsaw University of Technology. 17.11.2022.
- Rector’s scholarship for the best students in the 2019/20, academic years.


