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IBE PIB presents the Graduate Profile for post-primary school students

IBE PIB presents the Graduate Profile for post-primary school students

We invite you to take a look at the Graduate Profile for post-primary school students. It is a modern tool supporting the development of competences and preparing young people for the labour market and further education.
Microcredentials are an opportunity for higher education institutions in Poland

Microcredentials are an opportunity for higher education institutions in Poland

Polish higher education institutions have the opportunity to join the global trend of microcredentials – short, digital forms of confirming acquired knowledge and skills. This solution could change the way of learning, teaching and...

Announcing the winners of the competition for the best diploma or doctoral thesis

Announcing the winners of the competition for the best diploma or doctoral thesis

The jury of the IBE PIB competition for the best thesis or doctoral dissertation in the field of education – 2025 edition has selected the winners.
The international Playing for Success project is coming to Polish schools

The international Playing for Success project is coming to Polish schools

What happens when we move learning from the classroom... to a stadium? When pupils meet with tutors not at a blackboard, but in a sports club, and their progress is monitored by researchers from IBE PIB? This is how “Playing for Success...

maciej jakubowski

Maciej Jakubowski, PhD

Director of the Educational Research Institute and a former Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education. He holds a degree in sociology and a doctorate in economic sciences from the University of Warsaw, where he also serves as a professor. Maciej has also pursued academic work at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. He has worked as a researcher at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence. 

Between 2005 and 2008, he contributed to the Central Examination Commission’s research team, focusing on educational added values, and collaborated with the Center for Social and Economic Analysis (CASE). From 2008 to 2012, he was an analyst with the PISA team at the OECD in Paris. As Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education (2012-2014), Maciej was responsible for strategic development and educational financing. In 2014, he founded the Evidence Institute Foundation, dedicated to promoting the application of research in educational practice and policy-making.

He is deeply committed to educational research and is equally passionate about communicating evidence-based teaching methodologies to educators, students, and parents. He has advised governments and international organisations, including the World Bank, OECD, UNESCO, UNDP, and the European Commission. He is the author of numerous scientific papers, research reports, and works aimed at popularising educational research.