BIO

President of the Center for International Relations and the THINKTANK center. For the past XX years she has headed the CSM, one of the oldest Polish think tanks dealing with international relations and security.

Academic lecturer at Warsaw University and Vistula University. Doctor of Humanities, specializes in international relations issues (with particular emphasis on the European Union) and communication in public institutions. A graduate of the University of Warsaw (Italian studies), the Paris Sorbonne (history and political science) and PWST (history of culture), she completed two doctoral programs – in Poland (PAN) and abroad. She also did specialized studies at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University in New York under a Fulbright scholarship.

From 1995 to 1998 she worked as an editor at TVP, and from 1998 she headed the European Information Center at the Office of the Committee for European Integration. She prepared and implemented the government Program for Informing the Public about Poland’s integration into the EU, and created a network of Regional European Information Centers. From 2001 to 2008 she was an expert of the European Commission and head of the EC Information and Communication Program in Poland and later in Bulgaria.

Since 1997 she has been teaching and researching, being an academic lecturer and government advisor. Author of more than 80 publications and several books, she has promoted more than 100 bachelor’s, master’s and diploma students.