Where Have We Presented Our Research?

Oxford, UK

• Magdalena Hodalska, Someone Still Cares: Loneliness of Seniors and Their Daily Use of Smartphones, online presentation at the 11th International Conference on Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, 27 – 29 March 2026, Oxford (online)
• Łukasz Buksa, Phone Snubbing (Phubbing) as a Social Challenge: Insights from Empirical Research on Smartphone Multitasking in Poland and China, online presentation at the 11th International Conference on Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford, 2026 (online)

Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK

• Magdalena Hodalska, Smartphones at the Table and in the Kitchen: How Devices Shape Eating and Cooking Habits Across Continents – Insights from Empirical Research, 6th World Conference on Media and Communication, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 12 - 14 December 2025.
• Łukasz Buksa, Scrolling is my cardio. Browsing your phone while exercising in Poland and China, 6th World Conference on Media and Communication, Wolfson College, University of  Cambridge, United Kingdom 12 - 14 December 2025.
• Yan Miao, Mateusz Pasek, Exploring the Digital Habits of Generation Z through the Patters of Smaretphone Use : Poalnd, China and Phillipines Comparison, 6th World Conference on Media and Communication, Wolfson College, University of  Cambridge, United Kingdom 12 - 14 December 2025 (online).

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

• Magdalena Hodalska, SMART Senior: Exploring How seniors use Smartphones in everyday life, Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 11-12.09.2025.
• Łukasz Buksa, Phubbing Among Young Adults in Poland and China In-Person, Phone, and Video Call Contexts, Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 11-12.09.2025.
• Yan Miao, Smartphone multitasking from dawn to dusk in the light of empirical research in China, Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, 2025.

• M. Hodalska, Ł. Buksa, Digital Grief - Smartphones Between Digital Religion and Digital Bereavement, paper delivered at the 7th international conference on "Knowledge – Communication – Action", organized by the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 15-16.10.2026.
• Ł. Buksa, Digital Afterlife: Life After Death in the Age of AI. Paper delivered at Categories (Absent) in Education: AI as a Tool for Support and Development conference, UKEN, Kraków, 22 October 2026.
• M. Hodalska, Ł. Buksa, How can smartphones complicate grief? Deadbots, griefbots, and relationships without closure, paper delivered at the “Per Mortem” academic conference, Cordis Hospice, Katowice, 28-30.9.2026
• Ł. Buksa, Relationships in the shadow of the smartphone: research findings and directions for action, paper delivered at the academic conference “Saving the Family from Addiction, Konin, 30.9. 2026 
• Ł. Buksa, DIY religion: more about the digital religion, a presentation at the 10th-anniversary Festival of Catholic Social Teaching, “A Decade of Change”, Warsaw, 24–26.9.2026
• Ł. Buksa, Smartphones and Social Relationships among Young Adults in Poland and China, paper delivered at Japan–Poland Multicultural Co-Learning Program 2026, he Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow, 17.09.2026 
• Ł. Buksa, Przewinięci. Smartphone in Polish Reality, presentation at the Digital Citizenship Forum, organised by the Digital Citizenship Institute Foundation in partnership with the City of Warsaw and the Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, 17-18.03.2026
• Ł. Buksa, Smartphone in the Rhythm of Everyday Life, presentation at the 5th International Scientific Conference "Attention! Smartphone”, 11.06.2026 
• In 2025, Łukasz Buksa took part in the panel “Caught in the Web of Addiction: When Does Digital Addiction Begin? | Attention! Smartphone 2025” at the international “Attention! Smartphone” conference, held in Lublin on 4 June 2025. A recording of the discussion is available on the website TUTAJ
• Magdalena Hodalska, The Smartphone as a Companion Medium and a Tool for the Inclusion of Seniors in Poland, a paper delivered at the international Media–Business–Culture conference, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, 16–17 October 2025.
• Magdalena Hodalska, Smartphone Use in Physical Activity: Insights from the #HumanePhone Project, online workshop “Towards Development of Mediatization Research IX:  Youth, Sports, and Media”, organized in partnership with ECREA TWG Communication 5.12.2025

We organised and chaired the themed panel “Media in Our Everyday Lives” at the 7th Congress of the Polish Communication Association (PTKS), held in Katowice in 2025.

The panel featured presentations on: 

• Łukasz Buksa, Scrolling is my cardio. Phone browsing at the gym, 7th PTKS Congress, Katowice, 22-24.9.2025.
• Magdalena Hodalska, Smartphone Use While Eating and Cooking: The Phone as a Companion at Mealtimes, Based on Empirical Research Across Four Continents, 7th PTKS Congress, Katowice, 22-24.9.2025.
• Mateusz Pasek, Smartphone multitasking. Media in Everyday Life of Gen Z, 7th PTKS Congress, Katowice, 22-24.9.2025.
• Yan Miao, Phubbing in Everyday Life of Young Adults in Poland and China, 7th PTKS Congress, Katowice, 22-24.9.2025.

Keynote speech :

• Łukasz Buksa, Magdalena Hodalska, Phubbing in the Family: Exploring the Smartphone Distraction Among Young Adults in China and Poland, 5th International Scientific Conference „Education in the Family- Family in Education”, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow, 16-17.05.2025.

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• Magdalena Hodalska, Smartphone Zombies and Distracted Drivers, paper delivered at the 19th Conference on Media Ethics, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow, 14-15.05.2025.
• Łukasz Buksa, App features that “help” us scroll endlessly through content on our phones, paper delivered at the 19th Conference on Media Ethics, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow, 14-15.05.2025.
• Łukasz Buksa, Smartphone multitasking in Poland and China: the habits of young adults, paper delivered at the 16the Conference on Contemporary Media, UMCS, Lublin, 2025.
• Magdalena Hodalska, The Smartphone in the Kitchen, Bathroom, and Handbag: Companion Media in Women’s Everyday Lives, paper delivered at „Women in the Media" conference, held at SWPS University in Warsaw, 6.3.2025.
• Łukasz Buksa, Digital Habits of Gen Z in Different Cultural Contexts, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow, 2025 
• Łukasz Buksa, Yan Miao, Digital Habits of iGeneration in Poland and China, paper delivered at the 6th "Knowledge-Communication-Action" Conference, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 17.10.2024 
• Magdalena Hodalska, Multiscreening and Phone Browsing: Polish Digital Habits in Light of Empirical Research, paper delivered at the 6th "Knowledge-Communication-Action" Conference, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 17.10.2024 
• Łukasz Buksa, Spiritual Life in the Smartphone Era, paper delivered at the 7th International Congress of Religious Studies, “Religions: Tradition and Modernity,” held at the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, 2024 
• Łukasz Buksa, Disconnected in a Connected World: The Negative Effects of Technological Dependence on Relationships, paper delivered at the 15th Confrence on Contemporary Media, UMCS, Lublin, 18-19.04.2024
• Magdalena Hodalska, At Meals, in the Bath, at Red Lights and Before Sleep: A Review of Empirical Research on Smartphone Use from Dawn to Dusk, paper delivered at the 15th Confrence on Contemporary Media, UMCS, Lublin, 18-19.04.2024
• Łukasz Buksa, Smartphone and the War, International Interdisciplinary Conference, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow, 2024.
• Łukasz Buksa, The Pitfalls of the Virtual World: Generations and Their Choices, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, 2023.
• Łukasz Buksa, Love in Digital World, Theological Institute, Lviv, 2023.
• Łukasz Buksa, Activity Leading to Deactivation: Scrolling, Scientific Conference, Oświęcim, 2023.
• Łukasz Buksa, Phubbing as a Problem in Relationships, Scientific Conference, Oświęcim, 2023.
• Łukasz Buksa, Smartphone Addiction in Light of Most Recent Research, paper delivered at the 14th Confrence on Contemporary Media, UMCS, Lublin, 2023

• Ł. Buksa, Generational Change in the Smartphone Era: Between Offline and Online Generations — a paper and workshop presented at the 3rd Congress of University Libraries, organized by a partnership of eleven Kraków universities and libraries affiliated with the Kraków Library Consortium, under the leadership of the Jagiellonian Library, in cooperation with the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Cracow, 2026.

• Ł. Buksa, Smartphone never sleeps. A panel with high school studenst. The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, 25 March 2026

• Ł. Buksa, Life Is Worth Living: On the Meaning of Life and Freedom from Addiction, Tarnów, 2025. Organiser: the Małopolska Region Cultural Institution, the Mościce Art Centre, Tarnów.