The sense of national identity of young Poles living in Ireland. Preliminary diagnosis

Autor

  • Ilona Urych University College of Professional Education
  • Cezary Smuniewski Uniwersytet Warszawski
  • Karolina Kochańczyk-Bonińska University of Warsaw
  • Jarosław Płachecki Academy of Applied Sciences in Kielce

Słowa kluczowe:

national identity, education, security, migration, Poles, youth

Abstrakt

The purpose of the article is to present research on the diagnosis of the sense of national identity of young Poles living in Ireland and attending Polish schools (N = 104). The research was carried out according to the diagnostic survey method using the questionnaire technique. A nonparametric chi-square (χ²) test was used to analyse the results. Basing on the research results obtained, it can be concluded that the personal awareness of the identity of surveyed youth is mainly related to the sense of belonging to the Polish nation. All respondents also entertain the sense of belonging to the Irish. The analyses also show that the goals set by the surveyed young people oscillate around the following issues: acquiring professional qualifications, acquiring professional experience, getting a job, purchasing an apartment/house, improving personal or family relations, getting married/having a permanent partner in life.

Biogramy autorów

Ilona Urych - University College of Professional Education

Professor at the University College of Professional Education, habilitated doctor in security studies (2019), deputy dean for students’ affairs at the Faculty of National Security, War Studies University, Poland. Conducts training for civil and military staff on pedagogical improvement as well as leadership and social competences. Expert at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre of the University of Warsaw “Identity – Dialogue – Security” and Centre for Studies and Education for Security at the University of Wrocław. Awarded among others with the Bronze Medal “Armed Forces in Service for the Homeland” (2022  and Medal of the National Education Commission (2020). Her interests include: military education, education for security, societal security, health security, leadership, security psychology, interdisciplinarity of security sciences, e-mail: ilona.urych@wp.pl, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4868-9460

Cezary Smuniewski - Uniwersytet Warszawski

Professor of the University of Warsaw (2023), habilitated doctor in security sciences (2020), habilitated doctor in theology (2014), staff member of the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies of the University of Warsaw, director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Warsaw “Identity – Dialogue – Security”. His scientific interests include: security axiology, migrations, patriotism, societal security, relationship between religion and security, health security, cultural security, security psychology, and interdisciplinarity of security studies, e-mail: c.smuniewski@uw.edu.pl, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8973-3539

Karolina Kochańczyk-Bonińska - University of Warsaw

Habilitated doctor in philosophy (2020). Her scientific interests include: ancient philosophy, with particular emphasis on Greek patristic thought, contemporary ethical problems, as well as the scientific policy of the state, e-mail: k.kochanczyk-b@uw.edu.pl, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4510-6111

Jarosław Płachecki - Academy of Applied Sciences in Kielce

Doctor of humanities in the field of political sciences (2007), director of the Dublin Branch of the Old Polish Academy of Applied Sciences in Kielce. Conducts research in the field of history, organizational activities and identity of the Polish community and Poles in Ireland. Director and honorary treasurer of the Polish House in Dublin, an institute dealing with Polish culture and science in Ireland, president of the Irish-Polish Society. Decorated with the “Pro Memoria” medal ( 2014 ) awarded by the Office for Veterans and Repressed Persons, email: plachecki.dublin@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3566-9068

Pobrania

Opublikowane

2025-12-16

Jak cytować

Urych, I., Smuniewski, C., Kochańczyk-Bonińska, K., & Płachecki, J. (2025). The sense of national identity of young Poles living in Ireland. Preliminary diagnosis. Studia Ad Didacticam Scientiarum Socialium Pertinentia, 424(15). Pobrano z https://scientiarumsocialium.uken.krakow.pl/article/view/12064

Numer

Tom 424 Nr 15 (2025): Studia ad Didacticam Scientiarum Socialium Pertinentia

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