Monika Tosik (Kopytowska) received her Ph.D. from the University of Lodz, Poland, where she is currently affiliated with the Department of Pragmatics. Her research interests revolve around media discourse and the pragma-rhetorical aspects of the mass-mediated representation of conflict, ethnicity, and religion. She has published internationally in linguistic journals and volumes (e.g. [ed.] Contemporary Discourses of Hate and Radicalism across Space and Genres, Benjamins, 2017, with Yusuf Kalyango [eds.] Why Discourse Matters, Peter Lang, 2014, with Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, John Osborne, Josef Schmied and Konca Yumlu [eds.] Languages, Cultures, Media, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, with Christian Karner [eds.], National Identity and Europe in Times of Crisis, Emerald, 2017, with Paul Chilton [eds.] Religion, Language and Human Mind. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018). She is the Editor-in-Chief of Lodz Papers in Pragmatics (De Gruyter) and editorial board member of The University of Nairobi Journal of Language and Linguistics. She has been visiting scholar at Lancaster University and University of Nairobi. In 2011 she was awarded the U.S. State Department grant within the SUSI program: U.S. Institute on Journalism and Media (University of Ohio, USA, 4th July-16th August, 2011). She conducted workshops on media and conflict within the study abroad program for American students at the University of Zambia (2011) and delivered lectures at the National University of Rwanda and Addis Ababa University. She also did fieldwork in media houses in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia. She is one of the board members of the European Network for Intercultural Education Activities (ENIEDA).

In 2015-2017 she was in charge of the Polish component of the project C.O.N.T.A.C.T. Creating On-line Network, Monitoring Team and Phone App to Counter Hate Crime Tactics 2015-2017 (reportinghate.eu), co-financed by the EU Commission (grant no. JUST/2014/RRAC/AG/HATE/6706. Within the project she conducted research on hate speech in Poland and organized training workshops for media, police, educators and students. She was the coordinator of the project “Otwarta Łódź” [Open Lodz] 2018-2021 (grant no. POWR.03.01.00-IP.08-00-T155/18) aimed at integrating foreigners present on the Polish labour market. The project involved designing and conducting innovative courses and workshops focused on language and intercultural communication skills for both foreign workers in Poland and Polish public institutions’ employees, including the Police.