Jakub Janczura, MSc

Jakub Janczura
Assistant Teaching
Administrative Specialist

Research Areas

My research interests focus on the development of social cognition and emotion understanding in children. I study how philosophical dialogue and educational methods such as Philosophy for Children (P4C) support the growth of cognitive and emotional abilities in early childhood. I am particularly interested in how children conceptualize the mind, thinking, and emotions, and how these processes relate to language development. As part of this work, I co-developed the Interview about the Mind (IaM), a tool designed to assess children’s understanding of the mind. Another important area of my research involves exploring cross-cultural differences in how the mind and emotions are understood, as well as the role of philosophical reflection in fostering children’s social and emotional development.

Key Publications

  1. Białecka-Pikul, M., Gut, A., Stępień-Nycz, M., Hartmann, K. K., & Janczura, J. (2024). Beyond the false belief task: How children develop their knowledge about the mind. Infant and Child Development, 33(5), e2528. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2528
  2. Janczura, J., Karczmarczyk, A., Gut, A., & Mirski, R. (2022). Towards a better understanding of emotions: The impact of philosophizing with children on their emotion comprehension. Roczniki Filozoficzne, 70(3). https://doi.org/10.18290/rf22703.5
  3. Janczura, J. (2021). Empatia u ludzi a empatia u zwierząt. W A. Gut & Z. Wróblewski (red.), Próby kognitywistyczne. Wydawnictwo KUL. ISBN: 978-83-8061-921-0

Full list of publications on: ORCID / Omega

Projects and Grants

  1. Principal Investigator: NCN PRELUDIUM Project No. 2025/57/N/HS1/03302, “Philosophical Inquiry with Children as a Path to Understanding Emotions” (2025–2028).
  2. Principal Investigator in IDUB Grants4NCUStudents (2022–2023): “The impact of emotion socialization on socio-cognitive development”.
  3. Researcher in the project Reading & Mind-reading (“Nauka dla Społeczeństwa”, Ministry of Education and Science, 2024).
  4. Researcher in Emerging Field IDUB Projects (NCU, 2021–2025): PeCoLa (Perception, Cognition, Language) & CD&We (Culture, Development & Wellbeing).
  5. Co-investigator in IDUB Grants4NCUStudents (2023–2024): “Analyzing the influence of age and attitude toward technology on social interaction and mentalization of ChatGPT”.

Academic Activities

  1. Member of the Polish Cognitive Science Society.
  2. Main Organizer of the conference “Perspectives on Child Development: Social Learning and Interaction” (June 19–21, 2025, Toruń).
  3. Main Organizer of the conference series “Time for Mind” (2019–2021, Lublin).
  4. Co-organizer of the conference series “Summer School of Cognitive Science” (2017–2023).
  5. Co-organizer of the conference “Cultural and Environmental Factors in Socio-Cognitive Development” (2018, Lublin).
  6. Co-organizer of the conference “3rd Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies: Understanding Social Cognition” (2017, Lublin).

Contact

Email: janczi0102[@]umk.pl
Office: Room 210, Institute of Psychology
Nicolaus Copernicus University, ul. Gagarina 39, 87-100 Toruń, Poland