Professor and Habilitated Doctor of Humanities in the scope of general contemporary history and international relations at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Jagiellonian University. The Kosciuszko Institute’s expert in the scope of the form of government of the European Union and the reform of its structures. Author of over 200 scientific publications, including 11 monographs and syntheses on the European Union, Polish-German relations as well as the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany.