I research historical and contemporary land use in mountain glades that have been subject to land abandonment in the Silesian, Żywiec-Kysuce, and Żywiec-Orawa Beskids (Western Carpathians, Poland). In particular, I am interested in such issues as: the use of archival maps and aerial photography in the reconstruction of changes in land use, land cover, and landscapes; the use of contemporary cartographic materials in the reconstruction of historical land use and land cover in mid-forest glades; the detection of anthropogenic terrain forms connected to former agricultural activity based on airborne laser scanning and field studies; the reconstruction of historical land use and land cover based on anthropogenic terrain forms; and the factors of land abandonment and secondary forest succession in mid-forest glades.