Team
Prof. Aleksandra Maatsch
She is a Professor of Political Science and the Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław.
Her research focuses on comparative European politics and legislative studies.
Prof. Anna Pacześniak
She is a Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław, where she jointly leads the Jean Monnet Centre’s work package “Digital Resilience in the EU” with Michał Jacuński.
Her research focuses on European and Polish politics, with particular expertise in comparative political party studies.
Dr. Tomasz P. Woźniakowski
iHe is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław, where he leads the Jean Monnet Centre’s work package “Resilience through EU Mechanisms.”
His research focuses on the political economy of the EU, with particular interests in comparative federalism and the parliamentary legitimacy of European economic governance.
Dr. Ewa K. Strzelecka
She is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław, and a partner in the Jean Monnet Centre’s work package “Digital Resilience in the EU.”
Her research focuses on gender justice, peace-building,
and civil society empowerment in the MENA region, combining academic research with development
and policy engagement.
Dr. Kinga Koranyi
She is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław, where she leads the Jean Monnet Centre’s work package “Bottom-up Resilience: Civil Society and Parties in Defending European Democratic Spaces.”
Her research focuses on EU politics and governance, with particular interests in the rule of law in Hungary, EU financial sanctions, and negotiations over fiscal redistribution.
Prof. Michał Jacuński
He is a Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław, where he jointly leads the Jean Monnet Centre’s work package “Digital Resilience in the EU” with Anna Pacześniak.
His research focuses on political communication, e-participation, and the impact of digital transformation on political parties and public institutions.
Dr. Sylwia Romańska
She is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław, and Deputy Director of the Institute of European Studies. She also coordinates the Faculty’s and Jean Monnet Centre’s cooperation with high schools across Lower Silesia.
Her research focuses on youth participation and cross-border youth engagement, European political processes, and European integration, with particular interest in the EU’s security and defence dimension
Dr. Marek Golińczak
He is a specialist at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław, and a manager at the Jean Monnet Centre, where he coordinates its outreach activities.
He holds a PhD in Political Science, and his research focuses on the anti-communist opposition in Poland before 1989. He has contributed to research projects including the Jean Monnet Chair and the Horizon Europe project “Digital Transformation for Building Democratic Resilience.”
Dr. Franciszek Tyszka
He is a researcher at the Jean Monnet Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław, where he contributes to the NCN Weave Unisono project “The Domestic Politics of EU Action against Democratic Backsliding (DEUDEM)”.
His research focuses on the history, culture, and politics of Hungary. From 2019 to 2021, he was an analyst at the Centre for Eastern Studies in Warsaw and has also held an assistant professorship at the University of Warsaw, contributing to research projects on populism and democracy.
fot. Paweł Piotrowski/Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Zofia Brzozowiec
She is a Junior Researcher at the Jean Monnet Centre and a final-year MA student in European Diplomacy at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław.
As part of the DEUDEM project (“The Domestic Politics of EU Action Against Democratic Backsliding”), she analyses parliamentary debates and media discourse on democracy and the rule of law in Poland.
fot. Paweł Piotrowski/Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Jakub Sławiński
He is as a junior researcher at the Jean Monnet Centre and is a graduate of the European Diplomacy programme at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław.
As part of the DEUDEM project (“The Domestic Politics of EU Action Against Democratic Backsliding”), he analyses parliamentary debates and media discourse on democracy and the rule of law in Poland.
fot. Paweł Piotrowski/Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Krzysztof Słocki
He is a junior researcher at the Jean Monnet Centre and a first year MA student of International Security at at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław.
As part of the project “Digital Transformation for Building Democratic Resilience”, he supports the project by editing reporting materials, maintaining and updating the Centre’s website, and preparing English and Polish media content for promotion activities.
Former Researchers
Dr. Bastian Küntzel
He is a former PhD student at the Jean Monnet Centre, who completed his doctorate in a cotutelle arrangement under the supervision of Prof. Aleksandra Maatsch (University of Wrocław) and Prof. Stefan Garsztecki (TU Chemnitz). He holds an MA in Intercultural Education from Chemnitz.
He has worked as a researcher and educational consultant and is co-founder of INCONTRO, collaborating with youth organisations as well as institutions including the Council of Europe, the European Commission, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
His doctoral research examined the effects of pandemic-related border closures on personal identities in the Polish German borderland.
Jan Krotký
He is a former JMC-researcher and a post-doctoral researcher in the InPaCo project at the University of Wrocław.
He received master degrees in sociology and European studies at the Faculty
of Social Studies of Masaryk University in Brno, where he also completed his doctorate in international relations and European studies in 2023.
In 2021-2022 he worked as a researcher at TU Darmstadt in the HEUREC project on Solidarity and Social Cohesion in Europe. His research focuses on the political discourse in the European Parliament and EU legitimacy. His recent work has been published in the European Policy Analysis, Journal of European Contemporary Studies, and European Security.
Currently Jan works as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Studies and Political Science at the Masaryk University in Brno where he is the principal investigator in the project “From depoliticization to emprowering dissensus” funded by the Czech Science Foundation.
Prof. Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka
She is a former core team member of the Jean Monnet Chair. Her research lies at the intersection of comparative European politics, legitimacy, and legislative studies.
She has held positions including Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute (2012 2013), Lecturer at Masaryk University (2013–2015), Head of the EU Programme at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (2016–2018), and Visiting Fellow at CEE Sciences Po (2019–2020).
Since 2026, she has been a professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Her work has appeared in journals including European Political Science Review, Politics and Governance, Journal of European Integration, and The Journal of Legislative Studies.
Edgars Eihmanis (PhD)
He is a former core team member of the Jean Monnet Centre and a political scientist working at the intersection of comparative political economy and public policy. He holds master’s degrees in Sociology and Political Science from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD in Political Science from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.
His research has appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of European Public Policy and Journal of Common Market Studies. Edgars Eihmanis is currently a Research Fellow at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu, where he is Principal Investigator of the Estonian Research Council-funded project “Europeanization of Green Industrial Policy.”