Current position

research fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels (2007-)

Other current affiliations
associate member of board, France-Pologne pour l'Europe, Paris (2008-)
member of advisory board, UNCW Great Decisions, Wilmington, NC (2008-)
member of advisory board, CDC Youth Forum, Riga (2006-)

Previous engagements

• visiting lecturer, University of Gent, Gent (2007)
• political scientist, analyst, researcher in the European Program, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw (2004-2007)
• president of Babel Polska, member of the Steering Committee of Babel International, editor of cafebabel.com, Warsaw and Paris (2004-2007)
• visiting research fellow, Universita di Bologna - Representación en Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (2005)
• expert on the EU Constitutional Treaty, Polish Robert Schuman Foundation, Warsaw (2005)
• independent international electoral observer during the Ukrainian presidential run-off, Kharkiv, Ukraine (2004)
• consultant on Polish foreign policy, Center for International Relations, Warsaw (2004)
• member of the Secretariat, UN Commission on Human Rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Office, Geneva (2002)

Academic background

• ph.d. degree candidate, international relations, Warsaw University, Warsaw (since 2005)
• master's degree, european studies, College of Europe, Warsaw and Bruges (2004)
• master's degree, international relations, Warsaw University, Warsaw (2002)
• certificate, human rights school, Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights, Warsaw (2005)

Speaking engagements

2008
Overview: planned 3 public statements in 2008 in Belgium, Poland and the United States. Details:

Press interviews and media comments in 2007:

Agencies: AP (US), Inter Press Service (Italy), IAR (Poland), DPA (Germany), Slovak Press Agency, AFP (France)

Radio: BBC World Service (UK), Danish Radio (Denmark), Polish Radio 1, Polish Radio 3, TOK FM, Radio PIN (all Poland), Wietrzne Radio (US), RFI (France), RTI (Ireland), Radio Catalunya, Basque Public Radio (all Spain)

Press: The Irish Times (Ireland), NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands), Kommersant (Russia), Warsaw Business Journal, Rzeczpospolita (all Poland), Kyiv Post (Ukraine), EurActiv, Europolitics (all EU), Miami Herald, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Forbes, International Herald Tribune (all US), Le Monde (France), Prager Zeitung (Czech), Guardian (UK), Die Presse (Austria), Jyllends-Posten (Denmark), SME, Magazyn Polonijny (all Slovakia), La Croix (Belgium)

TV: TVP2, TVP3 Info, TV Puls, Superstacja (all Poland), Swedish TV, STV, TV Markiza (all Slovakia), CNBC (US)

Books, reports, book chapters (7)

• The European Commission after Enlargement: Does More Add Up to Less?, EN, co-authored with S.Kurpas and C.Gron, Brussels 2008 available here
• Polish Foreign Policy 2005-2007: What after Consensus?, PL, Warsaw 2008 available here
• Assisting negotiated transition to democracy. Lessons from Poland 1980-1999, EN, co-authored with J.Ćwiek-Karpowicz, Warsaw 2006 available here
• 'European Union Reform', in: European Union Closer, PL, Warsaw 2006 available here
• 'Common Foreign and Security Policy', in: European Union Closer, PL, Warsaw 2006 available here
• 'Nation’s awakening', in: Ukraine 2004, PL, Warsaw 2005 order here
• Bridges Across the Atlantic? Attitudes of Poles, Czechs and Slovaks Towards the United States, EN, PL, co-edited with L.Kolarska-Bobińska, J.Kucharczyk, Warsaw 2005 order here

Articles (25)

• The Power of Transatlantic Relations
  | Sept 2007 | PL, EN| American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, Warsaw
• European Russia or Russian Europe (upcoming)
  | 2007 | EN | Baltic Research Center, St. Petersburg
• Polish Dilemmas on the EU Treaty Reform
  | June 2007 | EN, PL| Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw
  | June 2007 | PL | Portal Spraw Zagranicznych, Warsaw
  | June 2007 | PL | Newropeans Magazine, Paris
• Poland and Voting in the Council
  | June 2007 | EN | Real Instituto Elcano, Madrid
  | June 2007 | EN | Business New Europe, Berlin-Prague
• Poland’s policy agenda for 2007 will still reflect its scratchy EU relationship
  | Feb 2007 | EN | Europe's World, Brussels
  | Feb 2007 | EN | Warsaw Business Journal, Warsaw (as 'Tough choices for Poland in 2007')
• Interaction between political parties and with other actors in the democratic process. Workshop Report
  | Dec 2006 | EN | Council of Europe, Strasbourg
• Political Scenarios for the EU and Its Neighbourhood - Views from Selected Southern Mediterranean and Eastern European Countries
  | Oct 2006 | EN, FR | EuroMeSCo, Lisbon | co-authored with P.Kaźmierkiewicz and A.Tekin
• Poland must generate incentives to entice its emigrants home
  | Jul 2006 | EN | The Irish Times, Dublin
• There was a union in Europe in the 16th century. It collapsed
  | Jul 2006 | EN, PL, FR, DE, IT, ES, CA | cafebabel.com, Paris
  | Jul 2006 | EN | Newropeans Magazine, Paris
• Commentary to 'Saving Europe from tyranny of referendums'
  | Mar 2006 | EN | Europe's World, Brussels
• on Mohammed Cartoons Crisis
  | Feb 2006 | DEN | Jyllands-Posten, Copenhagen
• Polish presence in Iraq raises serious questions
  | Feb 2006 | EN | The Irish Times, Dublin
• on Energy Crisis
  | Jan 2006 | DEN | Jyllands-Posten, Copenhagen
• Poland an important actor on EU stage
  | Jan 2006 | EN | The Irish Times, Dublin
• What will the new Polish Government’s policy be in Europe after the parliamentary and presidential elections?
  | Sep 2005 | EN | Analysis & Opinions, no. 50, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw
  | Sep 2005 | EN | EPIN, Brussels
• European Neighbourhood Policy: Differentiation and Political Benchmarks
  | Sep 2005 | EN | EuroMeSCo, Lisbon | co-authored with P.Kaźmierkiewicz
• The European Crisis as an Opportunity
  | Jul 2005 | PL | Analysis & Opinions, no. 40, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw
• Has Poland well used its first year of EU membership?
  | Jun 2005 | PL | eGazeta, Ministry of Economics, Warsaw
• The European Union in the UN Commission on Human Rights
  | Apr 2005 | EN | Human Rights Features, Geneva
• The Treaty will empower us
  | Mar 2005 | PL | Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw
• Central Europe and the idea of European Federation: for or against?
  | Aug 2004 | EN | visegrad.info, Prague
• Friends of Federalism
  | Aug 2004 | EN | The Prague Post, Prague
• Visegrad’s bright future
  | Jul 2004 | EN | visegrad.info, Prague
• Making Europe Work. A Compromise Proposal on Voting in the Council
  | Feb 2004 | EN | College of Europe, Warsaw and Bruges, Belgium | co-authored with S.Bojsen-Moller, J.Eisenberg, K.Murray, D.Nowak, M.Salo, M.Spernbauer, E.van der Veen, V.Witkowski, P.Zalewski
• Youth and the United Nations: A Partnership for the Future
  | Jul 2001 | EN, FR | UN Office in Geneva, Geneva | co-author

more opinion articles at cafebabel.com 2004-2006

Membership in organisations

• Amnesty International, 2004-2006
• Babel Polska, since 2003, president 2004-2007
• Babel International, member of the Steering Committee, 2004-2007
• College of Europe Alumni Association, since 2006

Volunteer and Internships

• ATD Quart-Monde, Warsaw (2004)
• United Nations, Geneva (2002)
• Office of the Committee for European Integration, Warsaw (2001)
• United Nations Information Centre, Warsaw (2001)
• Camp America, Trail's End Camp, Beach Lake, PA, USA (1998)

Other courses and trainings

• Democracy and Diversity Summer Institute, New School on Social Science and Research, Kraków (2007)
• Writing Effective Public Policy Papers, Open Society Institute, Warsaw (2006)
• Developing World and Polish NGOs, Polish Humanitarian Organisation, Warsaw (2004)
• Council of Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (2004)
• External Relations of the EU: Legal Aspects, College of Europe, Warsaw (2004)
• International Negotiations, College of Europe, Warsaw (2004)
• Corporate Social Responsibility, College of Europe, Warsaw (2003)
• The Surge in Non-State Violence: Roots, Impacts and Countermeasures, ISODARCO, Andalo, Italy (2003) web
• 38th Graduate Study Program, UN Office in Geneva, Geneva (2001) web
• International Negotiations, Warsaw University, Warsaw (2001)