Łucja Piekarska has a Ph.D. in social sciences (Jagiellonian University). She is a social anthropologist working in European Studies and heritage on identity-related topics. Recently involved in research on populism (H2020 POPREBEL), she also works as an academic teacher and heritage interpreter with cultural routes and museums. Her monograph, The Invisible Hand of Europe, presents a way of approaching museums as agents of Europeanisation.