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Detailed CV

Personal

Born 23 February 1955, Czarnowasy, Poland.

Present Position

Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford and Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow at St Antony’s College

Academic Qualification

1977: Graduation, University of Wroclaw, Faculty of Law.
Thesis: "The Role of Private Property in the Polish Legal System".

1981: Ph.D. (Dr. Polit. Science), University of Warsaw
Faculty of Journalism and Political Science
Thesis: "The Political Doctrine of the British Labour Party"

Past Academic Positions

1996-2003: Professor of Political Science, European University Institute in Florence, Italy
1984-1996: Lecturer in Comparative Politics and International Relations at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands
1982-1983: Researcher, Peace Research Institute, University of Groningen
1981-1982: Lecturer in History of Political Ideas, University of Warsaw
1978-1981: Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, University of Warsaw
1977-1978: Junior Lecturer in Civil and Labour Law, University of Wroclaw

Courses Taught

1. At the University of Oxford: MPhil core course on European Integration and European Governance
2. At the European University Institute: Theory of European Integration, European Foreign and Security Policy, Enlargement of the European Union, Democracy and Democratization
3 .At the University of Leiden: Government and Politics of Eastern Europe, Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe, The Foreign Policy of the United States, Theory and Practice of International Relations
4 . At the University of Warsaw: History of Political and Legal Ideas, Political Geography
5 . At the University of Wroclaw: Labour Law

Current editorial functions

Director of the MPhil. Programme in European Politics and Society
Member of the Steering Committee of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Member of the Management and Steering Committee of the European Studies Centre
Member of the Master Panel, Politics

Languagues

Native: Polish
Fluent: English, Dutch, Italian
Working knowledge: French, Russian

Coordination of Research Projects

  • 1987-1991 "East-West Trade and Technology Transfer: Economic Benefits versus Security Requirements". Project sponsored by the Nederlands Organization for Scientific Research. Budget ca $ 260 000.
  • 1988-1990 "Approaching Eastern Europe". Project sponsored by the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. Budget ca $ 180 000
  • 1988-1990 "Human Rights and Security in East-West Relations". Project sponsored by the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation and Leiden University. Budget ca $ 20 000
  • 1990- "Parliaments and the Transition Towards Democracy". Project sponsored by the European Cultural Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Budget ca $ 100 000
  • 1991-1992 "Security in Central Europe". Project sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the United States Institute for Peace. Budget ca $ 50.000.
  • 1991-1992 "The Future of Democracy in Eastern Europe". Project sponsored by the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation. Budget ca $ 30.000.
  • 1994-1995 "Weapons Proliferation and World Order." Project sponsored by the Dutch Atlantic Commission and the Joyce Mertz-Gilomore Foundation. Budget ca $ 50.000
  • 1996-1997 "Paradoxes of European Foreign Policy." Project sponsored by the University of Leiden and the Robert Schuman Centre. Budget ca $ 10.000.
  • 1996-1999 "Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe." Project sponsored by the EUI Research Council. Budget ca $ 100.000.
    1997-2000 "Eastward Enlargement of the European Union," Project sponsored by the Austrian Ministry for Science and Transport, Academy of Finland, the European Commission and the Robert Schuman Centre. Budget ca $ 600.000.
  • 1998-2000 "Long-term Implications of the EU Enlargement: The Nature of the New Border," Project sponsored by the European Commission and the EUI Research Council. Budget ca $ 300.000.
  • 1999-2000 "Europe at the Eve of the 21st Century: Deep Trends and Policy Changes," Project sponsored by the European Commission. Budget ca $ 50.000.
  • 2000-2001 "Diversity and Adaptation in the Enlarged European Union" Project sponsored by the European Commission and the EUI Research Council. Budget ca $ 300.000.
  • 2001-2002 "Rethinking Europe: the European Union after the Eastern Enlargement," Project sponsored by the EUI Research Council. Budget ca $ 20.000.
  • 2002 "Minority Protection in a Multicultural Europe," Project sponsored by the Open Society Institute. Budget ca $ 25.000.
    2002 "Public Attitudes to the EU in Central and Eastern Europe," Project sponsored by the European Commission, Budget ca $ 30.000.
  • 2009-2013 “Media and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: Qualities of media; Qualities of Democracy,” Project sponsored by the European Research Council, Budget ca $ 2.000.000 (under negotiation).

Professional Activities

1981 President of the United Nations Students' Association in Poland

1982-1985 Representative of the Solidarity Office Abroad (in Brussels) to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and within the CSCE Helsinki framework
1988 - 1991: Secretary of the NIAS Fellows Association, Wassenaar
1990 - 1992: Member of the Board of the European Movement in the Netherlands, The Hague
1990 - 1992 : Member of the Steering Committee of the Program in Support of Parliamentary Practice in Central and Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union, The European Cooperation Fund, Brussels

1989 - 1996 : Member of the Board of the Netherlands Association for International Relations, The Hague
1999 – 2000: Co-director of the Masters in Euro-Mediterranean Partneship Studies, University of Catania
1997 - : Member of the Editorial Board of Acta Politica, European Union Politics, Journal of European Integration, The International Spectator
2002 - : Member of the Board of the Cicero Foundation