Specialization: European integration, reform and enlargements of the EU, Europe in the world, Eurozone

A political scientist, he holds a Ph.D. in Economics and teaches at the Vistula University. Dr. Nowak is a member of the Forecast Committee at the Polish Academy of Sciences and of the Team Europe Direct, an expert advisory group to the European Commission. He chairs the Program Council of the United Nations Association Poland and the Council of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange. Formerly, dr. Nowak was the President of the Vistula Group of Universities (2020-22), Chair of International Relations at the Vistula University (2014-2017), and Executive Director of the Centre for International Relations (2010-2013). He was a fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, the School of Transnational Governance (2018), and the Transatlantic Academy in Washington (2013-2014). Dr. Nowak completed his executive studies in managing political and economic reforms at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2005). He also performed executive and advisory functions in the European Parliament (Brussels-Strasbourg, 2004-2009) and at the Convention on the Future of Europe (Brussels, 2002-2003). Before Poland acceded to the EU, Dr. Nowak was a co-founder and member of the Programme Board of the Initiative – “YES in the Referendum” (2002–2003) and the National Council for European Integration (2002–2004).