Bogna Halska-Pionka – Plenipotentiary of the Mayor of Krakow for Cooperation with the Scientific and Academic Community. She holds a PhD in social sciences in the discipline of management and quality studies. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership and Management in Education at the Institute of Public Affairs of the Jagiellonian University. She is the author of the monographs “Time and museum: management, reflection and practice” (UJ, 2024) and “Time management in the world of algorithms: A study of interaction with Chat GPT” (UJ, 2025) as well as scientific and popular science articles devoted to, among others, research methodology, temporal phenomena in organizations, management in culture and education, leadership and contemporary public policies.

She has carried out and co-carried out research, training and evaluation projects regarding the development of organizational and leadership competences, implementation of equality policies and design of management processes in public and cultural institutions (including for the Spencer Foundation, EIT Culture & Creativity, the National Centre for Culture, the National Institute of Freedom, NOSPR in Katowice and the Municipal Culture Zone in Łódź). In her work, she tries to combine the academic perspective with a practical (implementation) approach, believing that science should permeate all areas of life. Since 2021, she has been a member of the Krakow Council for Equal Treatment, where co-creates and supports initiatives for equality, diversity and anti-discrimination.