About the project

„Counting the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in Poland” is a small explorative project looking into the possibilities of obtaining and using mortality data to identify the gaps in the homelessness sector in Poland.

Magdalena Mostowska is a sociologist, lecturer, and researcher at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw. She has completed several research projects on migrant and women’s homelessness in Poland, the EU, and the US.


Ewelina Biczyńska is a sociologist and a geographer, teaching at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw. Her main scientific interests revolve around spatial justice, social and urban transformations, and social problems, especially in Latin America. She has been involved in several scientific projects about changes and development in Latin-American cities and regions. She also has over 12 years of experience in quantitative market research.


This project is supported by the National Science Centre, Poland (grant number 2022/45/B/HS6/00322).

Contact us

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw

Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28

00-927 Warszawa, Poland

homeless.mortality@gmail.com