Dr hab. Konrad Szocik, prof. WSIiZ

PUBLICATIONS (The updated list of publications is available here: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-3915)

Books

Szocik, K. 2014. Philosophical atheism, Nomos (in Polish).

Szocik, K. 2015. John Paul II’s philosophical ideas, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa Rzeszów (in Polish).

Szocik, K. (ed.). 2019. The Human Factor in a Mission to Mars. An Interdisciplinary Approach, Springer.

Szocik, K. (ed.). 2020. Human Enhancements for Space Missions. Lunar, Martian, and Future

Missions to the Outer Planets, Springer.

Szocik, K., and H. Van Eyghen. 2021. Revising Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion. Religion as an Adaptation, Springer.

Rappaport, B. M., and K. Szocik (eds.). 2021. The Human Factor in the Settlement of the Moon, Springer.

Szocik, K. 2023. The bioethics of space exploration. Human enhancement and gene editing in future space missions, Oxford University Press.

Szocik, K. 2024. Feminist bioethics in space. Gender inequality in space exploration, Oxford University Press.

 

Papers and chapters

Chapters on the philosophy and ethics of space missions:

1. Szocik, K. 2025. Ethical issues in CRISPR for human space missions. In A. M. Gouw & T. Peters (Eds..), The CRISPR Revolution in Science, Religion, and Ethics. Bloomsbury Academic.
2. Szocik, K. 2025. What do we think about when we think about settling space? An inclusive perspective. In M. A. Schmidt & M. J. Legato (Eds.), Building a Space-Faring Civilization: Advancing the Renaissance of Science, Medicine and Human Performance in Civilian Spaceflight (pp. 49–54). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-13850-8.00013-0
3. Szocik, K., & Abylkasymova, R. 2025. Space feminism, exploration, exploitation and ethics. In W. H. U. Anderson (Ed.), Space, philosophy and ethics (pp. 141–151). Vernon Press.
4. Abylkasymova, R., & Szocik, K. 2024. Planning for the future in space—With or without radical biomedical human enhancement? In S. Stelios & K. Theologou (Eds.), The ethics gap in the engineering of the future: Moral challenges for the technology of tomorrow (pp. 201–213). Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83797-635-520241011
5. Szocik K. 2023. Foreword, In G. Munévar, The Dimming of Starlight. The Philosophy of Space Exploration, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, pp. ix-xi.
6. Szocik K. 2023. Ethical issues in CRISPR for human space missions, In T. Peters and A. Gouw (Eds.), The CRISPR Revolution in Science, Religion, and Ethics, 1 volume. Bloomsbury Academic.
7. Szocik K. 2022. Evolutionary Biology as a Source of Reliable Knowledge about Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ETI). Why we Should Reject Militarism in Our Thinking about ETI, In J. Andresen and O. A. Chon Torres (eds.), Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Academic and Societal Implications, Cambridge Scholars, pp. 173-186.
8. Szocik K. 2021. Ethical, Political and Legal Challenges Relating to Colonizing and Terraforming Mars, In M. Beech, J. Seckbach, and R. Gordon. Terraforming Mars. Series: Astrobiology Perspectives on Life of the Universe. Scrivener Publishing – Wiley, pp. 123-134.
9. Rappaport, M. B., and K. Szocik. 2021. Practical Planning Commences: Next Steps in the Settlement of Earth’s Moon, In M. B. Rappaport and K. Szocik (eds), The Human Factor in the Settlement of the Moon. An Interdisciplinary Approach, Cham: Springer, pp. 1-16.
10. Szocik K. 2021. Lunar Settlement, Space Refuge, and Quality of Life: A Prevention Policy for the Future of Humans on Luna, In M. Boone Rappaport and K. Szocik (eds.), The Human Factor in the Settlement of the Moon. An Interdisciplinary Approach. Cham: Springer, pp. 209-220.
11. Szocik, K., M. B. Rappaport, and C. Corbally. 2021. Genetics, Ethics, and Mars Colonization: A Special Case of Gene Editing and Population Forces in Space Settlement, In O. A. Chon-Torres, T. Peters, J. Seckbach, and R. Gordon (eds.). Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy. Wiley-Scrivener Publishing, pp. 157-176.
12. Rappaport, M. B., C. Corbally, and K. Szocik. 2021. Interstellar Ethics and the Goldilocks Evolutionary Sequence: Can We Expect ETI to Be Moral? In A. Chon-Torres, T. Peters, J. Seckbach, and R. Gordon (eds.). Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy. Wiley-Scrivener Publishing, pp. 339-359.
13. Szocik K. 2020. Human enhancement and Mars settlement—Biological necessity or science-fiction? The special case of biomedical moral enhancement for future space missions, In K. Szocik (Ed.), Human enhancements for space missions: Lunar, martian, and future missions to the outer planets, Cham: Springer, pp. 253–264.
14. Szocik K. 2019. Preface, In K. Szocik (ed.), The Human Factor in a Mission to Mars. An Interdisciplinary Approach, Cham: Springer, pp. v-ix.
15. Szocik K. 2019. Human Place in the Outer Space: Skeptical Remarks, In K. Szocik (ed.), The Human Factor in a Mission to Mars. An Interdisciplinary Approach, Cham: Springer, pp. 233-252.
16. Braddock M., Campa R., Szocik K. 2019. Ergonomic constraints for astronauts: challenges and opportunities today and for the future, In R. Charles, D. Golightly (eds.), Contemporary Ergonomics & Human Factors, Birmingham, Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors Publishers, pp. 293-301.

 

Chapters in the evolutionary and cognitive sciences of religion:

1. Szocik K. 2020. Why cognitive, evolutionary and sexual selection theories of religion do not explain the idea of religious transcendence, In M. Fuller, D. Evers, A. Runehov, K.-W. Sæther, B. Michollet, Are We Special? Studies in Science and Theology, vol. 17 (2019-2020), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), 411-422.
2. Szocik K. 2020. What is Right and What is Wrong in the Darwinian Approach to the Study of Religion, In L. E. Grinin and A. V. Korotayev (eds.), Evolution: Evolutionary Aspects: Stars, Primates, and Religion, Volgograd: ‘Uchitel’ Publishing House, pp. 215-237.
3. Szocik K. 2018. Religion as a biological adaptation or why looking for similarities between ants, honey bees and priests can be justified, In H. Grzymała-Moszczyńska, A. Krzysztof-Świderska, K. Skrzypińska (red.), Religion, spirituality, adaptation: post-modern approaches in the psychology of religion, Sacrum Publishing House, Gdańsk‐Katowice, 141-154.
4. Szocik K. 2018. Adaptationist account can tell us more about religion than cognitive account can, In H. van Eyghen, G. van den Brink, R. Peels (eds.), New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion: the Rationality of Religious Belief, Cham: Springer, pp. 93-108.
5. Szocik K. 2018. Ateizm w świetle perspektywy kognitywnej i ewolucyjnej [w:] S. Wróbel, K. Skonieczny (red.), Próba dokończenia projektu, Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa, 65-77.
6. Szocik K. 2018. Does human cooperation make us special? In Studies in Science and Theology. ESSSAT Yearbook, published by European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, 71-84.
7. Szocik K. 2017. Religia i religijność w świetle kognitywnych nauk o religii [w:] P. Grabarczyk, T. Sieczkowski (red.), Granice sacrum. Wymiary religijności w myśli współczesnej, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 117-134.
8. Szocik K. 2017. Księża, mrówki i reprodukcja, czyli dlaczego teoria Darwina ma ograniczone zastosowanie w badaniach nad religią? [w:] M. Szulakiewicz, Ł. Dominiak (red.), Religie w dialogu kultur, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, 247-257.
9. Szocik K. 2016. Cognitive science of religion and religious beliefs as a pragmatic knowledge, In Философское Знание И Вызовы Цивилизационного Развития, Республика Беларусь, г. Минск, 21–22 апреля 2016 года, pp. 470-473.
10. Szocik K. 2015. Wpływ przekonań religijnych na podejmowanie decyzji [w:] A. Dąbrowski, A. Schumann, J. Woleński (red.), Podejmowanie decyzji. Pojęcia, teorie, kontrowersje, Copernicus Center Press, Kraków, 263-289.
11. Szocik K. 2014. Kognitywna teoria religii a naturalność teizmu i ateizmu. Krytyka założenia o intuicyjnej religijności człowieka [w:] J. Woleński, A. Dąbrowski (red.), Metodologiczne i teoretyczne problemy kognitywistyki, Copernicus Center Press, Kraków, 349-387.

 

Chapters on the philosophy of religion and religious studies:

1. Szocik K. 2015. Kierkegaardiańska koncepcja chrześcijaństwa. Między radykalną krytyką a poszukiwaniem ideału [w:] M. Gołębiewska (red.), Studia o filozofii Sørena Kierkegaarda. Koncepcje, polemiki, inspiracje, Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, Warszawa, 112-131.
2. Szocik K. 2014. Kierkegaardowski prymat subiektywności jako uzasadnienie politycznej sekularyzacji i prywatyzacji religii [w:] A. Szwed (red.), W kręgu Kierkegaarda, Warszawa-Kęty, Wydawnictwo Marek Derewiecki, 92-104.
3. Szocik K. 2014. Antyinstytucjonalny model Kierkegaardowskiego chrześcijaństwa. Religijne rozwiązanie problemu kulturowego pluralizmu [w:] E. Kasperski, M. Urbańska-Bożek (red.), Polifoniczny świat Kierkegaarda. Księga Honorowa dedykowana Profesorowi Karolowi Toeplitzowi, Pomorskie Towarzystwo Filozoficzno-Teologiczne, Gdańsk, 146-162.
4. Szocik K. 2014. Neotomistyczna krytyka idealizmu w polskiej filozofii przełomu XIX i XX wieku [w:] M. Karas (red.), Historia filozofii a meandry kultury. Teksty i studia ofiarowane Profesorowi Jackowi Widomskiemu z okazji 65. Urodzin, Zakład Wydawniczy „Nomos”, Kraków, 229-240.

 

Chapters on applying evolutionary, philosophical, history of philosophy and history of ideas perspectives to selected social and cultural issues other than religion:

1. Szocik K. 2022. Authorship of several dozen entries, In A. Dąbrowski, M. Hoły-Łuczaj, A. Schuman, K. Szocik, J. Woleński, Leksykon logików polskich 1900-1939, Kraków: Copernicus Center Press.
2. Szocik K. 2016. Przewrotnie o migracji – stosunek wobec migrantów w świetle ewolucji biologicznej i kulturowej [w:] A. Siewierska-Chmaj (red.), W pułapce wielokulturowości, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 129-167.

 

List of membership in scientific editorial boards of monographs.

Publishing series „New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion”, Springer, editor.

 

List of published papers in scientific journals

 

Papers on the philosophy and ethics of space missions:

2025

1. Szocik, K., & Abylkasymova, R. The bioethics of biomodification for the future of space exploration: Evaluating insights from feminist and non-feminist approaches. Futures, 174, 103694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2025.103694
2. Szocik, K. Future human space missions and the procreative ethics: Between human enhancement and antinatalism. 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ETHICS). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ETHICS65148.2025.11098262

 

2024

1. Szocik K, MacKay M, Mason CE. A case for the moral duty of specific human germline genetic engineering. International Journal of Astrobiology 23:e17. doi:10.1017/S1473550424000120.
2. Zimon, D., Lysenko-Ryba, K., & Szocik, K. SDG 18 for sustainable space exploration. European Journal of Futures Research, 12, 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40309-024-00243-3

 

2023

1. Szocik, K., and M. J. Reiss. Why space exploitation may provide sustainable development: Climate ethics and the human future as a multi-planetary species. Futures 147, 103110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103110.
2. Szocik, K., and R. Abylkasymova. Feminism and gender in thinking about extraterrestrial intelligence. International Journal of Astrobiology 22 (3), 238-246, doi:10.1017/S1473550423000034.
3. Szocik, K., and A. M. Gouw. Moral bioenhancement for space: should we enhance morally future deep-space astronauts and space settlers? Theology and Science 23:4, DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2023.2255958.
4. Szocik, K. Space not for everyone: the problem of social exclusion in the concept of space settlement, Futures 145, 103073, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.103073.
5. Szocik, K. The ethical status of germline gene editing in future space missions. The special case of positive selection on Earth for future space missions. NanoEthics: Studies of New and Emerging Technologies 17 (1), 3, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-023-00438-1.
6. Szocik, K. Why moral bioenhancement in future space missions may not be a good idea: The perspective of feminist bioethics of space exploration. Technology in Society 75, 102365, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102365.

 

2022

7. Chon-Torres, and K. Szocik. A brief epistemological discussion of astrotheology in the light of astrobiology. International Journal of Astrobiology 21 (1), 1-8, DOI:10.1017/S1473550421000367.
8. Szocik, K., and M. Braddock. Bioethical issues in human modification for protection against the effects of space radiation. Space Policy 62, 101505, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2022.101505.
9. Szocik, K., and M. J. Reiss. The final frontier: what is distinctive about the bioethics of space missions? The cases of human enhancement and human reproduction. Monash Bioethics Review, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-022-00164-6.
10. Szocik, K., and M. Braddock. Synthetic biology for human space missions: Ethical issues and practical applications. Astropolitics 20 (2-3), 251-263, https://doi.org/10.1080/14777622.2022.2145192.
11. Szocik, K., and R. Abylkasymova. If ETI exists, it is unable to recognize humans as intelligent beings. International Journal of Astrobiology 21 (6), 462-468, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550422000179.
12. Szocik, K. Why catastrophic events, human enhancement and progress in robotics may limit individual health rights. Monash Bioethics Review 40 (2), 219-230, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-021-00150-4.

 

2021

13. Szocik, K. The biologically optimized spacefarer. Science, 30 April, 372 (6541), 469, 1126/science.abh0098.
14. Szocik, K. Space bioethics: why we need it and why it should be a feminist space bioethics. Bioethics 35 (2): 187-191, https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12803.
15. Wójtowicz, T., K. Szocik. Democracy or what? Political system on the planet Mars after its colonization. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 166, May, 120619: 1-6.
16. Szocik, K. Humanity should colonize space in order to survive but not with Embryo Space Colonization. International Journal of Astrobiology 20 (4): 319-322.
17. Szocik, K., M. Shelhamer, M. Braddock, F. A. Cucinotta, Ch. Impey, P. Worden, T. Peters, M. M. Ćirković, K. C. Smith, K. Tachibana, M. Reiss, Z. Norman, A. M. Gouw, G. Munévar. Future Space Missions and Human Enhancement: Medical and Ethical Challenges. Futures 133: 102819.

   

2020

18. Rappaport M. B., K. Szocik, C. Corbally. Neuroplasticity as a foundation for human enhancements in space. Acta Astronautica 175: 438-446.
19. Szocik, K., T. Wójtowicz, M. Braddock. The Martian – possible scenarios for a future human society on Mars. Space Policy 54, 101388.
20. Mazur, S. K., D. Minich, and K. Szocik. 2020. Legal, Political, and Ethical Challenges of Mars Settlement. Astropolitics 18 (3): 223-237.
21. Szocik K., Abood S., Impey C., Shelhamer M., Haqq-Misra J., Persson E., Oviedo L., Capova K. A., Braddock M., Rappaport M. B., Corbally C. Visions of a Martian Future. Futures 117, 102514.
22. Szocik K., Wójtowicz T., Rappaport M. B., Corbally C. Ethical issues of human enhancements for space missions to Mars and beyond. Futures 115, 102489.
23. Szocik K. Is Human Enhancement in Space a Moral Duty? Missions to Mars, Advanced AI and Genome Editing in Space. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 29 (1): 122-130.
24. Szocik K. Human Future in Space and Gene Editing: Waiting for Feminist Space Ethics and Feminist Space Philosophy. Theology and Science 18 (1): 7-10.
25. Szocik K., Norman Z., Reiss M. J. Ethical challenges in human space missions: a space refuge, scientific value, and human gene editing for space. Science and Engineering Ethics 26: 1209–1227.
26. Braddock M., Wilhelm C. P., Romain A., Bale L., Szocik K. Application of Socio-technical Systems Models to Martian Colonisation and Society Build. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science 21 (2): 131-152.

 

2019

27. Szocik K., Braddock M. Why human enhancement is necessary for successful human deep-space missions. The New Bioethics 25 (4): 295-317.
28. Szocik K. Biomedical moral enhancement for human space missions. Studia Humana 8 (4): 1-9.
29. Szocik K., Tachibana K. Human Enhancement and Artificial Intelligence for Space Missions. Astropolitics 17 (03): 208-219.
30. Szocik K., Wójtowicz T. Human enhancement in space missions: from moral controversy to technological duty. Technology in Society 59: 101156.
31. Szocik K., Campa R., Rappaport M. B., Corbally C. Changing the Paradigm on Human Enhancements: The Special Case of Modifications to Counter Bone Loss for Manned Mars Missions. Space Policy 48: 68-75.
32. Szocik K. Should and could humans go to Mars? Yes, but not now and not in the near future. Futures 105: 54-66.
33. Campa R., Szocik K., Braddock M. Why Space Colonization Will Be Fully Automated. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 143: 162-171.
34. Abylkasymova R., Szocik K. Ethical issues in a human mission to Mars. Space Research Today 206: 44-50.
35. Szocik K. Book review: Life on Mars: What to Know Before We Go, David A. Weintraub, Princeton University Press (2018), ISBN: 978-0-6911-8053-3. Space Policy 47: 119-120.

 

2018

36. Szocik K., Abood S., Shelhamer M. Psychological and Biological Challenges of the Mars Mission viewed through the Construct of the Evolution of Fundamental Human Needs. Acta Astronautica 152: 793-799.
37. Szocik K., Elias Marques R., Abood S., Lysenko-Ryba K., Minich D., Kędzior A. Biological and social challenges of human reproduction in a long-term Mars base. Futures 100: 56-62.
38. Szocik K., Tkacz B. Multi-Level Challenges in a Long-Term Human Space Program. The Case of Manned Mission to Mars. Studia Humana 7 (2): 24-30.

 

2017

39. Szocik K., Wójtowicz T., Baran L. War or peace? The possible scenarios of colonising Mars. Space Policy 42: 31-36.

 

2016

40. Szocik K., Lysenko-Ryba K., Banaś S., Mazur S. Political and legal challenges in a Mars colony. Space Policy 38: 27-29.
41. Szocik K., Lysenko-Ryba K., Banaś S., Mazur S. Etyczne i polityczne uwarunkowania kolonizacji Marsa. Przyszłość. Świat-Europa-Polska 2 (34): 109-125.

 

2015

42. Szocik K. Mars, Human Nature and the Evolution of the Psyche. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 68 (12): 403-405.

 

Papers in the evolutionary and cognitive sciences of religion:

2025

Szocik, K. A Failed Reactivation of Enlightenment Criticism of Religion by Van Leeuwen: Content, Not Cognitive Attitude, Makes the Difference between Factual Beliefs and Religious Credence. Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 59(4), 1130–39. doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/zygon.17244

 

2020

1. Oviedo L., Szocik K. Religious-and other beliefs: How much specificity? Sage Open 10 (1): 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019898849.
2. Szocik K. Critical remarks on Cognitive Science of Religion. Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 55 (1): 157-184.
3. Van Slyke J., Szocik K. Sexual selection and religion: Can the evolution of religion be explained in terms of mating strategies? Archive for the Psychology of Religion 42 (1): 123-141.
4. Szocik K., Messick K. Breaking the Spell: Reconsidering Cognitive and Evolutionary Approaches to Atheism. Method and Theory in the Study of Religion 32 (4-5): 299-327.

 

2019

5. Szocik K. What is right and what is wrong in the Darwinian approach to the study of religion. Social Evolution & History 18 (2), 210-228.

 

2018

6. Szocik K., Wisła-Płonka J. Moral neutrality of religion in the light of conflicts and violence in mediatized world. Social Communication 4 (s1): 76-88.
7. Szocik K., Oviedo L. The Acquisition and Function of Religious Beliefs. A review and synthesis of proximate and ultimate perspectives. Theology and Science 16 (4): 520-538.

 

2017

8. Szocik K. Religion and religious belief as evolutionary adaptations. Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 1 (52): 24-52.
9. Szocik K. The critique of intuitiveness and naturalness of religious beliefs within CSR. Antonianum XCII (2-3): 289-303.

 

2016

10. Szocik K. Reliability and Adaptability of Religious Beliefs in the Light of Cognitive Science of Religion. Studia Humana 5 (4): 64-73.
11. Szocik K. Wars and Conflicts are Only Randomly Connected with Religion and Religious Beliefs. An Outline of Historical, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Approach. Studia Humana 5 (2): 37-46.
12. Szocik K. The impact of religion on the evolution of cooperation and conflicts. Człowiek i społeczeństwo, Z. Drozdowicz and S. Sztajer (red.), vol. XLI, Poznań: 103-114, Adam Mickiewicz University Press.
13. Szocik K. Kognitywne i adaptacjonistyczne podejście do badań nad religią. Krótki przegląd wybranych zagadnień. Humaniora. Czasopismo internetowe 14 (2): 31–41.
14. Szocik K. Krytyka epistemicznej funkcji przekonań religijnych w świetle kognitywnych nauk o religii. Diametros 50: 63-80.
15. Szocik K. Czy kognitywne nauki o religii mogą wyjaśnić religię? Filozofia nauki Rok XXIV, 2 (94): 119-132.
16. Szocik K. Religia jako biologiczna adaptacja. Przegląd religioznawczy 2 (260): 187-202.
17. Szocik K. Intuicyjność ateizmu i pragmatyzm religii w świetle kognitywnych nauk o religii. Humaniora. Czasopismo Internetowe 12 (4): 41-53.

 

2015

18. Szocik K., Walden P. L. Why atheism is more natural than religion. Studia Religiologica 48 (4): 313-326.
19. Szocik K. Functionality of religion in the contemporary culture. Przegląd Religioznawczy 258 (4): 147-155.

 

Papers on philosophy of religion and religious studies:

2023

1. Rabinovitch, A., K. Cantarero, K. Szocik. The Limits of Antiatheist Prejudice. Social Psychology 54 (3): 180-192.
2. Szocik, K., A. Rozmus. Between indispensable epistemic utility and political harm: A Response. Theology and Science.

 

2021

3. Szocik, K. A defense of abortion. The dark side of the right-wing alliance with the Roman Catholic Church in Poland. Dialog 60 (1): 8-10.

 

2017

4. Szocik K., Walden P. L. The Attitude of the Catholic Church toward the Jews: An Outline of a Turbulent History. International Review for the History of Religions 2-3 (64): 209-228.
5. Szocik K. W cieniu Holocaustu – ewolucja postawy Kościoła Katolickiego wobec Żydów i judaizmu. Studia Polityczne 45 (1): 199-223.

 

2016

6. Szocik K. Moralność ateizmu a niemoralność teizmu w świetle poglądów Paula-Henri Holbacha. Internetowy Magazyn Filozoficzny Hybris 33: 18-32.

 

2015

7. Szocik K. Research approaches in the study of religion. Studia Humana 4 (1): 26-35.
8. Szocik K. Czy uzasadnione jest wiązanie wojny z religią? Studia Polityczne 3 (39): 167-181.
9. Szocik K., Szyja A. Poland: A Dark Side of Church Cultural Policy. Studia Humana 4 (4): 13-22.
10. Szocik K. Mariana Morawskiego koncepcja wychowania do życia w państwie. Polska Myśl Pedagogiczna 1 (1): 235-247.
11. Szocik K. Metafizyczne uzasadnienie wolności religijnej w świetle procesów sekularyzacyjnych. Świat i polityka 6-7: 22-27.

 

2014

12. Szocik K. L’Idea della tolleranza nella dottrina della Chiesa Cattolica: un breve schizzo. Orbis Idearum. History of Ideas NetMag, Toleration, and Tolerance 1 (2): 85-95.
13. Szocik K. A critique of moral optimism of Sam Harris. Polemical comments. Studia Religiologica 47 (4): 321-329.

 

Papers on applying evolutionary, philosophical, bioethical, history of philosophy and history of ideas perspectives to selected social and cultural issues other than religion:

2025

1. Szocik, K. On the utility of speculation in medicine and bioethics. The American Journal of Medicine, 138(2), e23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.10.030
2. Szocik, K. Belonging to a community of moral values as a key criterion of society. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 48, e72. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X24001298
3. Szocik, K. Why do we need antinatalist medicine? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54, 19–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03056-4
4. Szocik, K. To never exist is always best: A critique of the metaphysics of pronatalism in contemporary bioethics. Bioethics, 39(1), 145–150. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13376

 

2024

5. Szocik, K. Humean sentimentalism, sentimentalist antinatalism, and the metaphysics of procreation. Topoi. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-024-10141-9
6. Szocik, K. Did antinatalism precede philosophy? Studia Humana, 13(4), 35–37. https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2024-0023
7. Szocik, K. In Defense of a More Antinatalist Bioethics. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(8), 63–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2361911.
8. Esposito, M., Szocik, K., Capasso, E. et al. Respect for bioethical principles and human rights in prisons: a systematic review on the state of the art. BMC Med Ethics 25, 62, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-024-01049-5.
9. Szocik, K., & Häyry, M. Why it is rational to expect the horrible – The future of humanity and climate change. South African Journal of Philosophy, 43(1), 12–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2023.2275232.
10. Szocik, K., & Häyry, M. Climate change and anti-natalism: Between the horrible and the unthinkable. South African Journal of Philosophy, 43(1), 21–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2024.2309770
11. Szocik, K. Bioethics Interested in Environmental Justice Should First and Foremost Criticize Capitalism. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(3), 57–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2303129
12. Szocik, K. Proxy failure in social policies as one of the main causes of persistent sexism and racism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 47, e85. doi:10.1017/S0140525X23002996.

 

2023

13. Szocik, K. The evolution of puritanical morality has not always served to strengthen cooperation, but to reinforce male dominance and exclude women. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 46, E316, doi:10.1017/S0140525X23000523.
14. Szocik, K., and A. Jurkowska-Gomułka. Ethical, Legal and Political Challenges of Artificial Intelligence: Law as a Response to AI-Related Threats and Hopes. World Futures. The Journal of General Evolution 79:5, 557-573, DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2021.2012876.

 

2022

15. Szocik, K. The “staying alive” theory reinforces stereotypes and shows women’s lower quality of life. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 45, E146. doi:10.1017/S0140525X22000395.
16. Szocik, K., and R. Abylkasymova. Ethical Issues in Police Robots. The Case of Crowd Control Robots in a Pandemic. Journal of Applied Security Research 17 (4), 530-545, 10.1080/19361610.2021.1923365.

 

2021

17. Szocik, K., and R. Abylkasymova. Covid-19 pandemic and future global catastrophic risks as a challenge for health-care ethics. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare 15 (4), 340-350, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-12-2020-0107.
18. Chmielnicki, P., D. Minich, R. Rybkowski, M. Stachura, K. Szocik. The Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity for a permanent reduction in civil rights. Studia Iuridica Lublinensia 30 (4), pp. 77–109.
19. Szocik K. Conceptual issues in covid-19 pandemic: covid-19 as an example of global catastrophic risk. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 30 (1), pp. 199-202.

 

2020

20. Szocik, K. Not by culture alone. Current Anthropology 61 (2).
21. Szocik K., Tkacz B., Gulczyński P. The revelation of superintelligence. AI & Society 35, 755-758, DOI: 10.1007/s00146-020-00947-7.
22. Szocik, K. Holocaust memory and racism in the postwar world. Ethnic and Racial Studies 43:13, 2505-2507, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2019.1707844.

 

2019

23. Szocik K., Herian R. Evolutionary roots of property rights; the natural and cultural nature of human cooperation. The Heythrop Journal 60 (6): 821-831.
24. Szocik K. „Spinozasstreit” – polemika Jakobiego z Lessingiem i Mendelssohnem. Starcie irracjonalnej religijności z racjonalizmem i historycznym krytycyzmem. Orbis Idearum 7 (2): 119-131.

 

2018

25. Szocik K., Gemzik-Salwach A., Cywiński Ł, Inglot-Brzęk E. Fashion effects: self-limitations of the free will caused by degeneration of the free market. Economic Research 31 (1): 2100-2115.

 

2017

26. Szocik K., Lindberg S. Selfishness and Cooperation: Challenge for Social Life. Studia Humana 6:3: 38-47.
27. Szocik K., Lysenko-Ryba K., Minich D., Kędzior A., Banaś S., Mazur S. Bezpieczeństwo ludzkości w przyszłości. Studia politologiczne 45: 195-214.

 

2016

28. Szocik K. An Axiological Aspect of Terrorism: Remarks on Scott Atran’s Perspective. Journal of Applied Security Research 11 (2): 1-13.

 

2015

29. Szocik K. Samobójczy terroryzm i wartości święte. Scott Atran o genezie i walce z terroryzmem. Kultura Bezpieczeństwa. Nauka – Praktyka – Refleksje 18: 185-205.

 

2014

30. Szocik K. „Liberum arbitrium” w filozofii średniowiecznej w kontekście teorii deterministycznych. Studia Philosophiae Christianae 50 (2): 105-123.

 

PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

 

2026

Invited lecture: “Standard of Care and Bioethics in Multinational Human Spaceflight Missions,” The Etherdome (Bullfinch Building), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (USA), 29.05.2026; organized by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard Kennedy School) and co-organized by the Space, Ecological, Arctic, and Resource-Limited Medicine Division (SPEARMed), Mass General Brigham Hospital.

 

2025

1. IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology (ETHICS 2025): “Emerging Technologies, Ethics, and Social Justice,” organized by IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) and Northwestern University (Department of Black Studies); Evanston, Illinois, USA, 6–8 June 2025, presentation: “Future human space missions and the procreative ethics: between human enhancement and antinatalism”.

 

2024

2. „Humanities in the Age of Space Exploration”, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, January 2024, presentation: „Can we do more in space than on Earth? A feminist perspective on the bioethics of space exploration”.
3. „The 2024 Global Conference on Women and Gender. Revitalizing Ecofeminism: The Intersection of Gender and Nature,” Christopher Newport University, Newport News, USA, 21-22 March 2024, presentation: „Feminism, Androcentrism, and a Pessimistic Vision of Space Exploration”.
4. “Social and Ethical Frontiers in Space Exploration” organized by European Astrobiology Institute (EAI) and Society for Social and Conceptual Issues in Astrobiology (SSoCIA); Kiruna, Sweden, 23–25 September 2024, Malmfälten Adult Education Centre; presentation: “Between the horrible and the unimaginable: procreative ethics in future space settlement.”

 

2023

5. The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine, Inc., “Building a Space Faring Civilization”, Florence, 13-15 września; „Social global challenges around the idea of space settlement”.
6. Policy Studies Organization (PSO), “Space Education and Strategic Applications Conference: Islands in Space: From Skylab to Gateway”, online, 21-22 września; „Can we do more in space than on Earth? A feminist perspective”.

 

2022

7. Yale Technology and Ethics Working Research Group przy Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, 7 grudnia 2022, online; „The Feminist Bioethics of Space Exploration”. Szkoła letnia „Effective altruism”, https://effectivealtruism.ch/2022-summer-research-program, 12 lipca 2022, Szwajcaria, online; „Space and global risk”.
8. Uniwersytet Toronto, „Interstellar Health: Medicine to New Heights”, „UofT Talks” 2 czerwca 2022, online, „Emerging and Future Trends in Space Medicine”. Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, USA, Space Settlement Seminar Series, 26 maja 2022, online; „Bioethical Challenges in Human Space Exploration”.
9. The Society for Social and Conceptual Issues in Astrobiology (SSoCIA), University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA, 6-9 March 2022; “Anti-natalism and colonies.”

 

2021

10. Spartan Aerospace Medicine (SAM), organizacja studencka działająca przy Michigan State University w East Lansing, online, 7 października; “Astrobioethical issues in future space missions”.
11. International Space Program, Starmex, Mexico, 18-24 July 2021, online; 19 July; “Ethical issues in different kinds of space exploration: scientific, commercial, and space settlement”. The second paper delivered jointly with Martin Braddock, 21 July 2021; “Human enhancements: could we and should we?”

 

2020

12. Webinar “Robot Lawyers & Virtual Law Firms”, Komisje ds. zagranicznych przy OIRP we Wrocławiu i Opolu oraz Komisja Zagraniczna Krajowej Rady Radców Prawnych, 16 czerwca 2020, online.

 

2019

13. The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), ISSR Conference: Religion, Evolution and Social Bonding: 21st-24th July 2019, Eynsham Hall koło Oksfordu, Anglia; “Why sexual selection theory explains religion better than adaptive and cognitive account do.”
14. IRAS – The Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, IRAS Summer Conference on Star Island: June 22‐29, 2019, The CRISPR Apple on the Tree of Knowledge: Bioengineering, Gene Editing, and the Human Future, Star Island, USA; “Biological Human enhancement in space.”

 

2018

15. Transhumanism, Posthumanism and Super-Naturalism, 2018 Ian Ramsey Centre Summer Conference, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford, Oxford, Anglia, 5-7 July 2018, “Manned Mission to Mars, Transhumanism, and Human Enhancement.”
16. Nature and Beyond: Transcendence and Immanence in Science and Religion (17th European Conference on Science and Theology), European Society for Study of Science and Theology, Lyon, Francja, April 17th – 22nd, 2018, “Why naturalistic (cognitive and evolutionary) research programs do not have any idea how to explain religious transcendence.”

 

2017

17. The evolution of religion II. How Biology, Psychology and Culture Interact, Tamaya Hyatt Resort, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, USA, November 12-15, 2017; “Pluralistic approach to the evolution of religion.”
18. Trends in interdisciplinary studies: 3rd Avant Conference 2017. Understanding Social Cognition. 20-22/10/2017, Lublin, Centre for Philosophical Research (organizer of the conference series), Institute of Philosophy Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin (main co-organizer of the third edition), Faculty of Philosophy Catholic University of Lublin (co-organizer of the third edition), Villanova University (USA) (co-organizer of the third edition), The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at The Polish Academy of Sciences (co-organizer of the third edition), Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin, “Acquisition and transmission of religious beliefs”.
19. The International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) Conference “Culture, Context and Existential Challenges”, 21-24 August 2017, Centre for Psychology of Religion, Hamar, Norwegia; “Why adaptationist account to the study of religion works better than cognitive one.”
20. Religion, Society and the Science of Life, The Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford, International Society for Science and Religion, Oksford, Anglia, 19-22 July; “What is Right and What is Wrong in Darwinian Approach to the Study of Religion.”
21. 4th „His Master’s Voice” International Conference “Utopias, Dystopias, and Ecotopias”, Facta Ficta Research Centre, Kraków, 23-25 March 2017; “Mars Colony and Human Place in Space: From Imagination to Catastrophe.”

 

2016

22. Are We Special? Science and Theology Questioning Human Uniqueness, XVI European Conference on Science and Theology, European Society for the Study of Science and Technology, UKSW w Warszawie, Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Łodzi, Łódź, Warszawa, 26.04.2016 – 01.05.2016, “Evolutionary and religious roots of an ability to co-operate.”
23. III International Conference of the Polish Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Psychology – Culture – Biology, Polskie Towarzystwo Psychologii Religii i Duchowności, UJ w Krakowie, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie, Uniwersytet Gdański, KUL, Kraków, 20-22.06.2016, “Religious beliefs, natural selection and human cognition”.
24. 5th International Kraków Study of Religions Symposium. Understanding and explanation in the study of religions. In memory of Walter Burkert (1931-2015), Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Kraków, 7-9 November 2016, “Evolutionary approach to the study of religion: Religion and religious beliefs as an adaptation.”

 

2015

25. Workshop: Explaining Religion. Cognitive Science of Religion and Naturalism, The Abraham Kuyper Center for Science and Religion, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Holandia, 4-5 December 2015, “The critique of intuitiveness and naturalness of religious beliefs within CSR.”
26. International Krakow Study of Religions Symposium, Religions: fields of research, methods and perspectives, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Uniwersytet Jana Pawła II, Kraków, 16-18 November 2015, “Rationality and intuitiveness of religious beliefs in the light of Cognitive Science of Religion.”
27. Situating Cognition: Agency, Affect, and Extension. 2nd International Conference in Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Polska Akademia Nauk, Warszawa, 15-18 November 2015, “Cognition, action and acquisition of religious beliefs in the light of Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR).”
28. The Critical Legal Conference, UWr, Wrocław, 3-5 September 2015, „ Evolutionary roots of the property rights. Trust, conflicts and cooperation”.

 

2014

29. International Krakow Study of Religions Symposium, Religions: fields of research, methods and perspectives, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Uniwersytet Jana Pawła II, Kraków, 27-29 October 2014, “The critique of moral optimism of the New Atheism”.