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He began his career in culture as a journalist for the Łódź edition of “Gazeta Wyborcza,” where he wrote about the history and present of “Film Łódź,” publishing reviews, reports, columns, and interviews. Together with Joanna Podolska, he co-authored the guidebook “Łódź. Film Walks.” From 2011 to 2013, he served as the Director of the Culture Department at the City of Łódź. Since July 2015, he has been associated with the Museum of Cinematography in Łódź, serving as the Director of the Media Festival “Człowiek w zagrożeniu” (‘Man in Danger’) and, since April 2019, as the Deputy Director of the Museum. He has carried out many projects here, including “Documents on the Move” and the film club “Man in Danger.” Together with Anna Michalska, he co-authored the book “Filmed in Łódź,” published in 2022. He also served as the Program Director of the Football Film Festival in Łódź (2018) and published articles in “Film Portal,” “The Magazine of the Association of Polish Filmmakers,” “Kaleidoscope,” and “The Chronicle of the City of Łódź.” He has hosted meetings with filmmakers and writers for the Freedom Games, the Łódź Film Center, Wytwórnia, the Łódź Film Commission, and the Museum of Cinematography, and he has also served as a juror for the “Kamera Akcja” Festival.

In 2022, he received the President of Łódź’s Award for achievements in artistic creativity, dissemination, and cultural preservation. He holds a law degree from the University of Łódź and completed postgraduate studies in Public Procurement at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. He teaches Journalism and Social Communication, as well as Film Studies, at the University of Łódź, and is working on a practical doctoral dissertation at the Doctoral School of Humanities at the University of Łódź.

Dr. Dawid Misztal is an assistant professor at the Department of Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Łódź, where he completed his studies in philosophy and the Postgraduate Program for Specialist Translations. His research focuses on issues related to transhumanism and posthumanism, philosophical anthropology, socio-political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. He finds the study of how concepts such as identity, authenticity, agency, and humanity evolve in a technology-saturated world particularly interesting. He has authored numerous works on topics including the relationship between transhumanism and religion, transhumanist conceptions of humanity, and the political philosophy of transhumanism.

Dr. Misztal has explored the thought of Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, and David Hume, whose works he has also translated. He has also translated the works of contemporary Anglo-Saxon philosophers, including Susan Wolf, Samuel Scheffler, Michael P. Lynch, Chad Meister, H.-G. Moeller, and Paul J. D’Ambrosio. Since 2005, he has been a member of the editorial board of the online philosophical magazine HYBRIS, and currently, along with Dr. Marcin Bogusławski, he serves as the editor-in-chief of the journal. This year, as a person who has been disabled for four years, he participated in the DYWERS project, led by Bartek Kałużny from the Communication and PR Center at the University of Łódź, which aimed to raise awareness about social diversity. In collaboration with Gutek Film, he has occasionally moderated Philosophical Film Meetings. Privately, he is a fan of road cycling and cats.

Mainly deals with topics related to the justice system, the rule of law, and politics. In 2019, she won the Grand Press award in the News category for the series of publications “Troll Farm in the Ministry of Justice,” which exposed the so-called hate speech scandal. She also received the Fikus Award for the same series of publications.

For over 30 years, he has been connected to the energy and industrial sectors, with most of his experience gained at ABB. In the Polish branch of this global technology leader, he held positions related to the sale of products and systems in the domestic and export markets. From 2013 to 2019, he served as the country managing director of ABB in Romania. He participated in and was responsible for business sales projects, the integration of business units into ABB’s structures, and the implementation of new technologies in the Polish market. Currently, he combines the role of vice president of ABB Sp. z o.o. with his duties as the sales and marketing director for ABB’s Electrification business in Poland.