Paulina Wacławik (born in Kraków, Poland) is a composer and researcher. She is affiliated with the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures at the University of Leeds. She graduated from the London College of Music and the Jagiellonian University, and completed postgraduate studies at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Her doctoral research explores the relationships between musical composition and cultural memory.

Her creative output includes orchestral, chamber and solo works, as well as music for theatre and cultural institutions, including productions at Teatr Groteska in Kraków and the National Museum in Kraków. Her compositions have been performed internationally, including in the United Kingdom, Poland (among others at the Audio Art Festival), Germany and Italy.

Her artistic practice is closely connected with her research interests, which encompass composition, soundscapes, the anthropology of memory, cultural memory, and the philosophy of music. She is a member of the Royal Musical Association (UK) and the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music.

Paulina Wacławik is the recipient of the University of Leeds AHC Faculty Research Dissemination Award and a scholarship from the Leucorea Foundation (Germany). She is also the author of academic publications and regularly presents her work at international conferences.