Department of Political Movements is among the oldest scientific units of the Faculty of Political Science of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. One of the chief research areas of the Department is the study of direct democracy and how the democratic theory and practice is being influenced by the technological changes in the contemporary world. Head of the Department of Political Movements and the project coordinator, professor Maria Marczewska-Rytko is one of the leading Polish experts in the field.
