Nina Witoszek (Fitzpatrick) is a Polish-Irish-Norwegian writer and cultural historian. She is the former director of the Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and The Environment at the University of Oslo (read more) and currently guest professor at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw. Her latest research includes work on bottom-up democracy (read more), studies of social injustice, and the exploring the role of small groups in overthrowing authoritarian regimes.
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Recent Scholarly Publications and Essays:


Mads Larsen and Nina Witoszek, Evolutionary Perspectives on Enhancing Quality of Life, Cambridge Elements 2024.

Nina Witoszek and Eva Joly, Det blåøyde riket: Norske tillitspatologier, Cappelen Damm 2023.

Nina Witoszek, Korzenie Anty-autorytaryzmu, Scholar 2020.

Nina Witoszek, The Origins of Anti-authoritarianism, Routledge 2018.

Nina Witoszek and Atle Midttun, Sustainable Modernity: the Nordic Model and Beyond, Routledge, 2018.

Recent work of fiction:

Nina FitzPatrick, Tesla’s Curse, MalinaPress 2020.


Recent and Upcoming events:

Democracy Bottom-up: The role of civil society in boosting democratic innovations, rule of law and social well-being

 21-22 October 2024, Collegium Civitas, Warsaw