President of the Management Board

Graduate of PhD studies in Political Science at the University of Wroclaw and Master studies in International Relations at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He gained his professional experience in organisations such as Europaeum, Tertio Millennio Institute, Projekt PL Foundation and Nowa Konfederacja Thinkzine. His research interests include European integration, regional parties and Visegrad cooperation.

Deputy President of the Management Board

Scholarship holder at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security in Washington and an expert in the field of international relations. Graduate of the University of Warsaw and the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. During studies he was a trainee at the Department of International Security Policy of the Ministry of National Defense and the Department of Strategic Analyzes of the National Security Bureau, among others.

Chairman of the Programme Board

Doctor of Economic Sciences at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. Expert in the field of public policy, including state and economic strategies. Expert at the National Centre for Research and Development and the Digital Poland Projects Centre.

Member of the Programme Board

Doctor of Humanities in the field of Political Science specializing in International Relations. Her research interests focus on the issues concerning post-Soviet countries, as well as the security of the Middle East.

Member of the Programme Board

Managing Director at the Cambridge Innovation Center, leader of the Smart City Group within the Coalition for Polish Innovations. Expert on innovative ecosystems.

Ph.D. in economics, associate professor and head of the Department of International Economic Relations, Business and Management at Concordia Ukrainian-American University (Kyiv). She currently teaches at the University of Economics and Humanities in Bielsko-Biala. She conducts research on macroeconomic aspects of security and environmental policy.

International lawyer, Doctor of Social Sciences, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway. She was awarded a scholarship by the Government of New Zealand to study at Victoria University of Wellington, the German Institute of Cultural Diplomacy, the French Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques. She has received certificates from the Russian School of Humanitarian Law, the UN CIMIC Training School and the NATO Stability Policing Centre of Excellence.

Journalist and analyst covering Russia and Eastern Europe. His texts appear in Onet.pl, TVN24 Magazine and New Eastern Europe. He hosts broadcasts on Radio 357 and teaches at the University of Warsaw. He has worked in Russia at a human rights organization and as an analyst on Russia at the Polish Institute of International Affairs. He defended his doctoral thesis on the intersection of political science and film studies on politics in Russian cinema of the Putin era.

He is engaged in the area of International Relations with particular emphasis on the issues of Central and Eastern Europe. Professionally, he is currently affiliated with the University of Opole, and previously with the Military University of Land Forces. Author of several books and dozens of scientific analyses and articles, published at home and abroad. Within the Institute, he is involved in the problematic of the Three Seas Initiative.

Main research focus: international politics, particularly the influence of the US, Russia, and China on the security of Central and Eastern Europe. Graduate of Jagiellonian University (BA in American Studies), University of St Andrews (MLitt in International Security Studies), and Warsaw University (MA in Eastern Studies). She worked for the Sobieski Institute, the Ministry of Economic Development, and the Polish Development Bank. Author of the first detailed study of the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (Collegium Interethnicum, 2021).

Graduated in Law & International Business, studied also in Vienna. Jakub interned for parliamentary (European Parliament, US Congress) and diplomatic (Polish Mission to UN in Vienna, US Consulate in Krakow) institutions. In 2016-2019, he worked as Assistant to Swiss Ambassador in Poland for Political & Economic Affairs. Currently, he is Governmental & Regulatory Affairs Advisor at a Swiss bank. At INE, he researches Western Balkan countries.

He specializes in relationship of sports and politics. Author of analysis, comments and interviews in the field of sports diplomacy and international politics. Former Polsat News and Polish Television’s foreign desk journalist.
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PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw. Sport’s politicization and globalization specialist. Analyzes cases related to the sports diplomacy, “sportswashing” and meaning of sporting “soft power” in contemporary international relations.

B.A. of Far East Philology with a specialisation in Chinese at the University of Wrocław and M.Sc. in China and International Relations at Aalborg University and the University of International Relations (国际 关系 学院) in Beijing. His research interests include political and economic relations between the European Union, China and the countries of Southeast Asia.

Graduate of International Relations at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz. She is a PhD student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Lodz. Author of publications on historical and territorial disputes in East Asia. Her main areas of research interest include Central Europe, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

Photo: The University of Lodz

He is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Political Science and International Relations at Jagiellonian University. A graduate of l’École de Droit de la Sorbonne and Cornell Law School, he is a senior expert at Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment.

Member of the Indo-Pacific Programme at the Institute of New Europe and co-author of the China Monitor programme for the Warsaw Institute. Graduate of International Relations (specialisation in East Asian Studies) from the University of Warsaw and scholarship holder at the University of Kent (UK) and Hainan University (China). PhD candidate at the University of Warsaw and the War Studies University, participant in research projects for the Ministry of National Defence. His research areas include the foreign policy of China and the strategic rivalry between China and the US in the Indo-Pacific.

Expert on migration, economics and politics of Mediterranean countries. In the period of 2018-2020 PISM Analyst on Southern Europe. Author of various articles in Polish and foreign press about Spain, Italy, Greece, Egypt and Maghreb countries. Since September 2020 lives in North Africa (Egypt, Algeria) and writes PhD thesis about the impact of the Catholic Church on lives of South Sudaneese migrants living in Egypt.

M.A. in English Philology and in National and International Security at the University of Silesia. Specialist in international security, her interests include armed conflicts, the phenomenon of contemporary international terrorism, the Middle East and the involvement of Western countries and Russia in the region, as well as transatlantic relations.

President of the World Business Bridge Foundation, publisher and chief-editor of capital24.tv. Director of the Institute of Knowledge and Business of Collegium Humanum at the Warsaw School of Management. Expert in international trade, media, as well as digital and content marketing. Economic journalist and producer of TV programmes.

PhD candidate at the University of Warsaw, Erasmus scholarship holder at Helmut Schmidt Universitat Bundeswehr in Hamburg, also took part in a course at the EGE University Izmir. Previously he worked for the Ministry of National Defence. Organiser of scientific conferences and author of publications focused on international security.

Extremism & OSINT analyst. MA Government Graduate at Reichman University, Israel. InterPol and Intelligence Studies alumni at Aberystwyth University, UK. Former intern at NATO LANDCOM in Izmir. His research interests are counterterrorism, P/CVE, international security, as well as the Middle East.

Head of Office and Editorial Board Secretary

Graduate of BA in European Studies at the European Centre of the University of Warsaw, currently a fifth year law student at the Faculty of Law and Administration and second year student of master’s degree in international relations, specialisation in Regional and Global Studies. Her research interests include socio-political situation in South America and ethical issues related to the development of new technologies.

Event Coordinator

Graduate of political science at the Jagiellonian University and international relations at the University of Warsaw. During his studies, he was involved in student and non-governmental organizations. Research interests are divided between the countries of Eastern Europe, especially the socio-political situation in Russia, Poland’s internal and foreign eastern policy. He currently conducts his research on Russia’s energy sector and its relations with the EU.

Communications and Promotions Coordinator

Graduate of sinology at the University of Wroclaw, currently a master’s student in Contemporary China Studies at Renmin University of China. Author of texts on Chinese society, host of the podcast on East Asian culture and art. Academically interested in Chinese photography and the impact of visual arts on social issues.

Director of the Security Programme

PhD candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the University of Wroclaw, the President of the Polish National Associations of PhD Candidates in 2020. The author of dozen of scientific papers, concerning security studies, political science, administration, international relations. Laureate of the I, II and III International Geopolitical Olympiad.

Graduate of Law at the University of Silesia. His research interests focus on the Three Seas Initiative and politics in Bulgaria. He acquired experience at the European Foundation of Human Rights in Vilnius, the Center for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, and in Polish embassies in Tehran and Tbilisi. Jędrzej completed the Academy of Young Diplomats with a specialization in Polish foreign service.

Student of political science at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. He cooperates with the New Eastern Europe portal. His interests are focused on the domestic and foreign policy of the Nordic countries and Himalayanism.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Advisor in the field of economy, technology and strategic management, working on Polish and International level. Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics.

Member of the Supervisory Board

Graduate of the National Defence Academy in Warsaw in National Security and Internal Security. Project manager in the armaments industry.

Member of the Supervisory Board

Lawyer, member of the Centre for Legislative Process Research at the Lazarski University, graduate of the SGH Warsaw School of Economics with a degree in economics.

Member of the Supervisory Board

Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics. He is involved in implementing innovations in the insurance sector and conducting consulting projects in the field of process and management improvement.

Member of the Supervisory Board

Financier and manager with experience in multinational corporations, state-owned companies and NGOs. Graduate of the London School of Economics and the Warsaw School of Economics. He holds the title of Chartered Financial Analyst.