I hold PhD in Cultural Studies. I also graduated from East European Cultural Studies (MA), International Relations (MA & BA) and History (BA). I studied in Warsaw, Poland, and St. Petersburg, Russia. I did my postdoctoral research at Lund University. In 2006, I took part in U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellow Initiative.
I work at DIS Study Abroad. My academic interests include memory politics in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, and the way they translate into politics and security.Among my many analytical activities, I co-authored the 2023 Warsaw Security Forum report and wrote a report about Kaliningrad Oblast for the Danish Institute of International Studies.
Until 2021, I worked as a career diplomat for Poland. My last posting was Vice-Consul at Poland’s Consulate General in Kaliningrad, Russia. Prior to that, I had been posted to Belgium (EU) and Malta (Maltese Presidency in the EU Council). I also spent a fair share of time in the foreign policy planning unit of the Polish MFA.
I am a member of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies and the Polish US Alumni Association.