Academic CV

Education

Qualifications
Name	Qualification	Awarded
Academic
Scientific Excellence Council	Full Professor	2023
University of Silesia in Katowice	Associate Professor	2007
University of Silesia in Katowice	D.Litt (Habilitation) in Philosophy	2004
University of Silesia in Katowice	Ph.D. in Philosophy	1998
University of Silesia in Katowice	M.A. in Philosophy	1995
WSB University Poznań	Postgraduate Management Studies: Research and Development Project Management	2013

Qualifications

Membership of Professional Bodies

Board Member of numerous professional organizations and associations; Research and Training Internships:  Nicolaus Copernicus University, Palacký University Olomouc, Kirikkale University, Institute of Philosophy Matej Bel University, University of Ioannina, University of Ostrava, Masaryk University in Brno, University of Bucharest, The University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, University of Jan Evangelista in Ústí nad Labem, The University of Prešov, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Roma Tre University, University of the Aegean.

Current position

Current Employment
Name: University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Current Position: Director of the Institute of Philosophy, University of Silesia in Katowice, Full Professor; Member of the Senate of the University of Silesia; Chair of the Scientific Council for the Discipline of Philosophy, Chair of the Polish Philosophical Society (Katowice Branch).	Post held  The University of Silesia Full Professor of Philosophy;  Formerly – Associate Professor of Philosophy
Description of duties: Directing and administering the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Silesia in Katowice, organization of research of the faculty members, HR, grant supervision and assessment, representing the faculty in the University of Silesia in Katowice Senate, teaching a variety of philosophy modules to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. students; leading and supervising Ph.D. dissertations; doing research, publishing, delivering lectures, keynote speeches, and conference presentations in the areas of Ancient Greek Philosophy * Political Philosophy * History of Ideas * Ontology * Metaphysics * Political Thought * Epistemology * Skepticism * Education * Metaphilosophy * Ethics * environmental philosophy; serving as Editor-in-Chief of the ranking Open Access journal Folia Philosophica; serving as a peer-referee for journals and grant proposals, publishing reviewer and degree committee juror.

Scholarly background

Publications, Conferences, Awards and Research Hub Memberships

A selection of recent authored and edited books: Problem apeiron i peras w filozofii przedsokratejskiej (Problem of apeiron and peras in the Presocratic Philosophy), Katowice 1998. Prawda i mniemania. Studium filozofii Parmenidesa z Elei (Truth and belief. Study of the Philosophy of Parmenides of Elea), Katowice 2004. Prawda i świat człowieka. Studia i szkice filozoficzne, red. D. Kubok (Truth and the Human World. Studies and Philosophical sketches, ed. by D. Kubok), Katowice 2008. Thinking Critically: What Does It Mean? The Tradition of Philosophical Criticism and Its Forms in the European History of Ideas. Ed. by D. Kubok, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2018. Krytycyzm, sceptycyzm i zetetycyzm we wczesnej filozofii greckiej (Criticism, Skepticism and Zeteticism in Early Greek Philosophy), Katowice 2021 Atmospheric Health, Nature and Well-being. Towards a Philosophy of the Garden, by Paweł Jędrzejko, Marcin Fabjański, Dariusz Kubok, Routledge 2025. Articles and chapters in monographs: Several dozen internationally recognized publications. Conference Activity: Over one hundred presentations at academic conferences. Academic Conference Organization (a Selection of Most Relevant Events): Oblicza prawdy w filozofii, etyce i polityce, 2005; IX Polski Zjazd Filozoficzny, Wisła, 2012; Workshop at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany, 2016. International Conference: Tradition and forms of criticism in European philosophy (Deutsch-Polnische Wissenschaftsstiftung), 2017; Wątpienie – zdziwienie – ciekawość. Myślenie krytyczne jako cel kształcenia, 2021. Editorial Activity: Editor-in-Chief Folia Philosophica (Scopus database);  Member of the Editorial Board: Idea. Studia na Strukturą i Rozwojem Pojęć Filozoficznych;  Member of the Advisory Board: Ostium Open-Access Journal for Humanities; Member of the Editorial Committee: Studia i Teksty z Dziejów Recepcji Filozofii Starożytnej. Editor of the Series: “Filozofia,”, “Studia Philosophica Silesiensia” – University of Silesia in Katowice. Academic Awards: Award of the Rector of the University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, 2005, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023;  Nomination to an individual award of The Jan Dlugosz Contest (for the book Prawda i mniemania. Studium filozofii Parmenidesa z Elei), Cracow, 2005;  Nomination to an individual award of The Jan Dlugosz Contest (for the book Krytycyzm, sceptycyzm i zetetycyzm we wczesnej filozofii greckiej), Cracow, 2022; Award of the Faculty of Social Sciences for the habilitazionschrift, Katowice, 2006;  Award of the Faculty of Social Sciences for doctoral dissertation, Katowice, 1998; Gold Badge of Merit for the University of Silesia, 2019. Recent Funding Won – Principle Investigator for: Tradition und Formen der Kritik in der europäischen Philosophie. Sources of funding: Deutsch-Polnische Wissenschaftsstiftung. Role in the project: Project Manager—Principal Investigator, 2016-2017. Pre-Socratic Philosophy. Fragments and Doxography – Translation and Commentary. Part I: The Beginnings of Philosophical Thought – The Ionians. NPRH/U22/SP/0034/2023/12, 2023–2025. Leader of Research Teams: Critical Thinking Research Team (UŚ).