Doctor habilitated in political sciences, specializing in international relations. Professor at the Jan Kochanowski University in the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, academic lecturer with many years of experience.

Specializations: MILITARY INDUSTRY, NATO, NORDIC MILITARY POLICY, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Doctor habilitated in political sciences, specializing in international relations. Until 2016, he was employed at the Institute of International Studies at the University of Wrocław. Since 2016, he has been associated as a university professor with the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at Jan Kochanowski University. In this unit he was the Vice-Dean for Science and International Cooperation. Academic lecturer with many years of experience. In the years 2016-2020, an expert of the Polish Accreditation Committee, an institution responsible for the quality of education in Polish higher education. Author of numerous scientific publications (including monographs) concerning mainly: the evolution of NATO, European armaments policy, defense policies of Denmark and Norway, expeditionary activities of the Danish armed forces. His research focuses mainly on the military security of Northern Europe and the defense policies of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. It intensively cooperates with universities and research centers in Scandinavian countries. He carried out numerous research and teaching stays at Scandinavian universities, including: University of Oslo, the University of Aalborg, Mid Sweden University, University of Helsinki.

Publications (selected):

• Grzegorz Rdzanek, Denmark as a participant in the multilateral cooperation of the Nordic countries in the field of armaments policy, Difin, Warsaw 2015;
• Aleksandra Kusztal, Grzegorz Rdzanek, Welcome to Africa. The role of the Danish armed forces in activities for the security of Somalia, Elipsa Publishing House, Warsaw 2020;
• Grzegorz Rdzanek, The place of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the military policy of Denmark in the years 1993 – 2000, Oficyna Wydawnicza Arboretum, Wrocław 2003;
• Euro-Atlantic defense at the crossroads, edited by Grzegorz Rdzanek, Oficyna Wydawnicza Arboretum, Wrocław 2004;
• Grzegorz Rdzanek, Europlanes. The Difficult Beginnings of European Arms Cooperation, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2007;
• Grzegorz Rdzanek, Development of operational capabilities of the Western European Union from Maastricht to Amsterdam, including the role of an associate member on the example of Norway, Oficyna Wydawnicza Arboretum, Wrocław 2013;
• Grzegorz Rdzanek, Grzegorz Tokarz (eds.), Special forces. The past and the present, Oficyna Wydawnicza Arboretum, Wrocław 2009;
• Grzegorz Rdzanek, Denmark as a participant in the multilateral cooperation of the Nordic countries in the field of armaments policy, Difin, Warsaw 2015;
• Aleksandra Kusztal, Grzegorz Rdzanek, Welcome to Africa. The role of the Danish armed forces in the security of Somalia, Elipsa Publishing House, Warsaw 2020.

Permanently in : Wroclaw