In 1984, on the basis of Labor Economic Conditions Lifestyle: Urban Families in Poland in the Seventies, written under the direction of Andrzej Siciński, he received a Ph.D. degree in humanities.

He received his habilitation at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology in 1997 with a thesis entitled The Polish Greens: The Social Movement in Transition.

Professionally associated since the late 1970s with the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, he has held various positions.

[2] In 2003, he participated in the creation of the party Greens 2004,[3] but due to its adoption of a leftist agenda, ultimately did not join.

[4] On 1 October 2012, Law and Justice announced Gliński as candidate for Prime Minister with a request for a constructive vote of no confidence against the government of Donald Tusk.

[3] On 16 June 2014, Law and Justice filed a repeat request, again naming Gliński as a candidate for the office.

I emphasize that the Polish state is making great efforts to fulfil this obligation… I say with great conviction that this memory is deeply rooted in the meaning of the nation as a cultural and historical community, not only an ethnic one—a meaning shared by the government of the Republic of Poland, which I represent.