Paweł is a cognitive anthropologist. He conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the Amazonia among the Bolivian Moré people (Chapacuran language family). Based on this research, he defended his doctorate at the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

Originally trained as an ethnologist, he later developed an interest in cognitive anthropology and cognitive studies of religion. In addition to his ethnological research in the Amazonia, he is interested in how ethnography, together with cognitive and evolutionary theoretical frameworks, can enrich our understanding of cultures and societies. He is a staunch advocate of interdisciplinary research and a science populariser.