Scott Simpson’s research interests include religious diversity in Central and Eastern Europe, Ritual Studies, and Food & Drink Studies. He has studied Contemporary Paganisms in the CEE region since 1995, and is series editor (with Chas Clifton) of Equinox publishing’s Contemporary and Historical Paganism series, and is on the board of The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies. He has curated or co-curated temporary exhibitions at the Archaeological Museum in Kraków and the Jagiellonian Library Exhibition Hall. He has also published and lectured on the history of Polish vodka.
- Editorial board of The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies
- Curator, temporary exhibit “Apokryfy Słowiańskie/Slavic Apocrypha” in the Archaeological Museum in Kraków, 2018-2019
- Curator, temporary exhibit “Constructing a Vision of Contemporary Paganism in Poland - Franciszek ‘Słońcesław’ Frączek (1908-2006)” in the Jagiellonian University Library Exhibition Hall, 2011
- Curator, temporary exhibit “Romantic Imagination and Polish Neo-Paganism” in the Jagiellonian University Library Exhibition Hall, 2009