The Faculty of Political Science and International Studies is one of the largest teaching and research units of its kind, not only in Poland, but also throughout Central and Eastern Europe. The Faculty operate as a part of the best and the largest Polish university – the University of Warsaw. Close to three and a half thousand students gain knowledge within our walls on both a full-time and part-time basis. We offer five full-time english-speaking programmes. Within the structures of the Faculty the Chair for Strategic Studies and International Security is functioning, which is responsible for conducting research on various aspects of international security, including arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament, with particular attention given to the problems of European Security and NATO and European Union activities in this field.
Contact information
Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
Department of Strategic Studies and International Security
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 00-927 Warszawa
The team
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| Agnieszka Bieńczyk-Missala Associate Professor [email protected] |
Associate professor at the Department of Strategic studies and International Security, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw; Chairman of the scientific project Prevention of Massive Violations of Human Rights (2013-2017), financed by Poland’s National Scientific Centre; participant in the European Project “NOHA – Network on Humanitarian Assistance”; Deputy Director for Academic Research and International Cooperation, Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw (2008-2012); Analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (2006-2008). PH.D. title received from University of Warsaw in 2004 (dissertation title: Human Rights in Poland’s Foreign Policy). Participant in Youth Leadership Program at the University in Chengdu (March 2017). Participant in the V4 Task Force on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities in cooperation with Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (2016-2017). |
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Robert Kupiecki Associate professor |
M.A. in History (1991), Ph.D. in Political Sciences (1998), habilitation (2011), professor at the National Defence University of Warsaw (2013–2016), associate professor at the University of Warsaw(since 2016) Faculty of Political Science and International Studies. Career diplomat. Since 1993 member of Foreign Service of the Republic of Poland. Deputy Ambassador to NATO (1999–2004), Director of the Department of Security Policy (2004–2008), Ambassador to Washington (2004–2008), Deputy Minister of Defence (2008–2015). Since 2019, member of the Steering Board of the EU Center of aEccellence of Hybrid Threats in Helsinki. Member of the editorial board of “Sprawy Międzynarodowe” (International Affairs) quarterly (since 1997) and content editor for its security section; one of the co-authors of “Rocznik Strategiczny” (Strategic Yearbook), former member of the scientific boards for the following quarterly magazines: “Security and Defence Quarterly” and “Kwartalnik Historyczno-Wojskowy” (Historical and Military Quarterly). Participant in national and international scientific projects and numerous scientific conferences. Guest lecturer at foreign universities, including in the USA, Canada, France, UK, Romania, Turkey, China, Mongolia and Algeria. Visiting Professor (2020) at the Polish Center for Technology Development (PORT) in Wrocław. |
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| Roman Kuźniar Professor Ordinarius Tel: + 48 22 553 16 35 |
Professor Ordinarius at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw since 1977. The Head of the Department of Strategic Studies and International Security. The Director of the Department of Planning and Analyses of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1992-1994); Minister Plenipotentiary in the Permanent Mission of Poland to the United Nations in Geneva (1994-1998); official (1998-2002) and Director (2000-2002) of the Department of Strategy and Foreign Policy Planning Studies. Director of the Diplomatic Academy (2003-2005). Director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs (2005-February 2007). Former advisor to the Minister of National Defence (2007-2010). Former advisor on foreign and security policy to the President of the Republic of Poland (2010-2015). He has been the editor-in-chief of the Strategic Yearbook (Rocznik Strategiczny) since September 1995. |
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| Marek Madej Associate Professor Tel: + 48 606 92 42 27 [email protected] |
Associate professor at the Department of Strategic Studies and International Security, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw. Formerly also research fellow – senior expert on international security in Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM, 2006-2010), an expert on security in the Chancellery of the President of Poland (2012-2013) and deputy director for research and international cooperation at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw (2016-2019). Chair of the Scientific Council of Political Science and Administration and Security Studies at University of Warsaw (since 2021). He received a scholarships from the governments of the USA (2009) and Japan (2017). Visiting professor at various universities in the UK (Univ. of Nottingham, Univ. of Kent), Ireland (DCU), India (Univ. of Manipal), Kosovo (UBT Pristina) Switzerland (University of Zurich) and in European Security and Defense College. Member of the scientific board and editorial team of Strategic Yearbook (Rocznik Strategiczny) Author of more than 100 scientific publications on various aspects of international security, including (as an author or editor) 10 monographs and collections, as well as several analyses for such institutions as Polish MFA, MOD or Chancellery of the President of Poland. |
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Piotr Śledź Assistant |
Ph.D. in security studies (2021). Research and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies of the University of Warsaw (since 2021). Master’s Degree in international relations from the Insitute of International Relations at the University of Warsaw (2015). Research and technical assistant in the restructuring programme at the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies of the University of Warsaw (2018-19; based on a decision of the Minister of Science and Higher Education No. 223336/E-343/R/2018). |
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