Currently working at the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków and is at present the visiting researcher at the Centre for European Studies, Lund University, Sweden. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the Jagiellonian University, and her doctoral thesis (2007) concerned the issues of relations between Poland and Israel after World War II. Her academic interests include processes of collective identity formation in the context of EU enlargement, the European Union as an actor in international relations, contemporary Polish foreign policy. She participates in several research projects. She also co-edited volumes: "Collective Identity and Democracy in the Enlarging Europe" (with Zdzisław Mach and Katarzyna Zielińska) (2012); "Democracy, State and Society. European integration in Central and Eastern Europe" (Katarzyna Zielińska) (2011).
Experts
Magdalena Góra
Krzysztof Görlich
He holds PhD from the Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza and D.Sc. degree (habilitation) of the Polska Akademia Nauk in the field of geochemistry, mineralogy and sedimentology. In 1990-1991 and 1994-1998 Deputy Mayor of Kraków, responsible for strategic and physical planning, economic development, capital investment projects, debt financing of urban development and culture. In 1998-1999 Director of Villa Decius Association, of which he is still a member of board. 1999-2000 Director and member of the Board of Tishman Speyer Properties Polska, later Senior Advisor for Tishman Speyer Properties. Now a co-owmer and president of board of Aspen.
Hubert Górski
Spokesman for Siemens.
Jakub Groszkowski
Central European analyst at the Warsaw-based Center for Eastern Studies. Author of numerous analyses on foreign and domestic policy of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. His expertise covers political scene in both countries, energy security and regional cooperation in Central Europe. He is also a member of the Polish-Czech/Czech-Polish analytical platform. Graduated in Political Science and Central European Studies from University of Warsaw. Before joining Center for Eastern Studies he worked as a journalist at Polish Radio in Warsaw.
Krzysztof Grüner
Deputy Director of the Department of Promotion and International Co-operation of the City of Kraków.
Wiesław Gumuła
Professor of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. Author of many publications, amongst them The Theory of Social Peculiarities. He specializes in sociology of finance including such particular areas as the social meaning of money, cash and cashless settlements, evolution of the world financial system in the 21th century, financial markets and financial crisis. In his research, he applies a sociological perspective in order to study the role of individuals in the world of finance. At the same time, he works for The National Bank of Poland as the Director of the NBP Regional Branch in Krakow.
Ol’ga Gyárfášová
Senior research fellow and a program director in Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava, Slovakia. Projects on social and political climate, views on integration and relevant social issues. Member of the executive committee of the Slovak Political Science Association, Member of Board of Trustees of the Foundation SPACE (Social Policy Analysis Center) and of the Institute for Public Affairs. Since 1998 - lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University. Since 1999 – lecturer at the Center for European Studies, Comenius University.
Mihaly Györ
Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to Poland. Graduated in economics (international economic relations) from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Since 1975 he has worked in the ministries responsible for foreign trade and economic cooperation. From 1988 to 1994 served as a commercial counsellor at the Hungarian Embassy in Warsaw. Between 1994-2000 Head of Departments in the Ministry of Industry and Trade (later Ministry of Economy) responsible for the economic cooperation with Central and East European countries. In 2000-2002 he continued his career performing the same duties as in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was awarded the “Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland” in 1996.
Iván Gyurcsík
Currently, Ambassador of Hungary to Poland. He also held a position of Head of Department of Bilateral Relations, Central Europe, Regional Cooperation. Previously, worked as diplomat dealing with international politics and press, then as deputy head of mission in the Embassy of Hungary in Prague. He holds PhD from Budapest School of Economics and Public Administration in Budapest. He speaks English, Czech and Slovak.
Hilde Elisabeth Haaland
Representative of the Secretariat of the Nordic Council, Department of Documentation. Graduated in History, literature and Latin studies from the University of Oslo. Historian of medieval history from the University of Oslo 1998. Specialist on Icelandic Sagas and Norse religion and culture. Author of several articles on Norwegian and Icelandic medieval history. Radio journalist and theatre and literature critics 1996-2000. Archivist at The National Archives of Norway 1998-2000. Senior archivist and editor at the Nordic Council Secretariat from 2000.
