Universit y of WarsaW

Institute of International Relations

INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, established in 1976, is Poland’s leading academic institution in the field of international relations. It combines high quality research with effective teaching.

University of Warsaw

Institute of International Relations:

• Founded in 1816• In the top 4% of World-Class Universities• Ranked by QS Topuniversities, The Times THEWUR, top

500 in Shanghai Group• Ranked no. 1 in Poland (press ranking)• Public comprehensive university• The largest Polish university

– 54,000 students – 3,500 teaching and research staff

• One of the most modern library buildings in Central Europe

• Worldwide international cooperation: – 240 bilateral agreements with partner universities from 54 countries

– 1000 agreements within European Union LLP Erasmus Programme

– Active member within 15 EU Erasmus Mundus

• Established in 1976

• 60 teaching and research staff

• Bachelor, Master level and PhD degrees in Polish and English

• 1,500 Polish and international students at all degrees (undergraduate, graduate, PhD)

• Worldwide research cooperation

• Visiting Professors from all over the world e.g. Oxford University, Heidelberg University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Calcutta, Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Florence

• Worldwide student exchange programme

• Active in national and international research projects

Research and Academic Profile

Research Areas:

Teaching and research focus on all aspects of international relations:

• International Political Economy

• International Politics

• Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

• International Law and Institutions

• Security and Strategic Studies

• European Integration

• International Relations Theory

• Culture and Multiculturalism in International Relations

• Emerging Markets

• International Business

• Africa and Latin America Studies

• India and China Studies

Selected monographs and articles published in recent years in English:–– Agnieszka–Aleksy-Szucsich, Economic Benefits of Ethnolinguistic Diversity: Implications for International Political Economy, Cambria

Press, Amherst, N.Y. 2008–– Agnieszka–Bieńczyk-Missala, Human Rights in Polish Foreign Policy After 1989, PISM, Warsaw 2006–– Stanisław–Bieleń, Poland’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century, Warsaw 2010–– Alicja–Curanović, The Religious Factor in Russia’s Foreign Policy, Routledge 2012–– Alicja–Curanovic,–The Religious Diplomacy of the Russian Federation, “Russie.Nei.Reports” 2012, no 12, June, Institut français des

relations internationales, Ifri–– Witold.–M.–Góralski (ed.), Polish-German Relations and the Effects of the Second World War, Warsaw 2006–– Edward–Haliżak,–Jakub–Zajączkowski,–Manish–Thapa (eds.), International Relations in Asia: Great Powers and Institutions, Routledge 2013

(forthcoming)–– Roman–Kuźniar, Poland’s Foreign Policy after 1989, Warsaw 2009–– Stanisław–Parzymies (ed.), OSCE and Minorities. Assessment and Prospects, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warsaw 2007–– Kamila–Pronińska, Energy Security: Global and Regional Dimensions, „SIPRI Yearbook 2007: Armaments, Disarmament and International

Security”–– Maciej–Raś, E.U. Support for Russian Democracy, [in:] Global Trends and Implementation of Knowledge: New Europe & New Russia, St.

Petersburg State University Press, St. Petersburg 2006–– Janusz–Symonides, Debates and Controversies Concerning International Legal Aspects of the Struggle against Terrorism, Warsaw 2008,

Żurawia Papers–– Janusz–Symonides (ed.), Human Rights, t. I, New Dimensions and Challenges, t. II Concept and Standards, t. III International Protection,

Monitoring, Enforcement, Aldershot - Brookfield - Singapore - Sydney 1998 – 2003–– Andrzej–Szeptycki, Russian Policy Towards Ukraine: Tools of Influence, „The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs”, Winter 2007, vol.

16, no. 1–– Justyna–Zając „EU-US in the Middle East peace efforts: to What Extent Cooperation?”, [in:] Andrzej Mania, Paweł Laidler, Łukasz

Wordliczek (eds), US Foreign Policy: Theory, Mechanism and Practice, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Cracow 2007–– Jakub–Zajączkowski, Polish Foreign Policy in the Asia-Pacific region in the early 21st Century, (in) Kamil Zajaczkowski, Artur Adamczyk

(eds), Poland in the European Union: Adjustment and Modernisation. Lessons for Ukraine, Warsaw-Lviv 2012 –– Jakub–Zajączkowski Migration Flows in South Asia: Social and Economic Dimensions, (in) Antonio Marquina (ed.), Perspectives on

Migration Flows in Asia and Europe, Singapore, ASEF, 2011–– Jakub–Zajączkowski,–Manish–Thapa,–Jivanta–Schottli (eds), India in the Contemporary World, Routledge 2012–– Jakub–Zajączkowski,–Manish–Thapa,–Jivanta–Schottli (eds), India: Emerging Power, Routledge 2013 (forthcoming)

Research and Academic Profile

Selected projects funded by the University:Non-European Visions and Concepts in the International Relations StudiesHeads – Professor Marcin F. Gawrycki, Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska PhD, Jakub Zajączkowski, PhD

Criminal Responsibility for the Crime of AggressionHead – Patrycja Grzebyk, PhD

Economic PowerHead – Professor Edward Haliżak

International Security – project of the Section of Security and Strategic StudiesHead – Professor Roman Kuźniar

The Crisis of 2008 and the International Position of the WestHead – Professor Roman Kuźniar

Culture in International RelationsHead – Professor Grażyna Michałowska

Alterglobalism in International RelationsHead – Justyna Nakonieczna, PhD

Ukraine Versus Russia: Study of DependenceHead – Andrzej Szeptycki, PhD

Indian Ocean Region in International RelationsHead – Jakub Zajączkowski, PhD

Journals and Periodicals published by the Institute:

• Stosunki Międzynarodowe - International Relations (biannual)

• Rocznik Strategiczny - Strategic Yearbook

• Żurawia Papers - monograph series

Research projects funded by National Science CentreGeoeconomics - project of the Section of International Political EconomyHead – Professor Edward Haliżak

Education as a New Source of the International Power of the StateHead - Anna Wojciuk, PhD

The European Union and Mediterranean: Between Politics and the Common Interests of the Member StatesHead – Professor Justyna Zając

International Research Projects and Networks

EU funded projects•–Centre–for–Contemporary–India–Research–and–Studies

(Programme: EU India Action Plan Suport Facility, ASIE/2009/215-062; Centre for Contemporary India Research and Studies). The value of the grant is 270 000 euro. The Institute is leader and main coordinator of the project

• IIR UW is a part of research consortium won the prestigious EU grant under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7). The implementation of the project (No. 295060) entitled the India-EU–Joint–House–for–Science–and–Innovation began on 1 February 2012. The value of the grant is 519 000 euro

• IIR UW is a part of research consortium which has won the prestigious EU grant under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7 – Marie Curie), entitled (Post-USSR)–Tensions. The aim of the project: an interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral doctoral programme to create the next generation of experts on post-Soviet affairs. Leader of the project is Dublin City University

• The Institute is part of the Network–on–Humanitarian–Assistance–(NOHA),–which–is–supported–by–the–EU. NOHA is the network of universities dealing with the development of Humanitarian Action Education

•–TUNING - Academic staff from the Institute of International Relations were invited to participate in the TUNING Project, supported by the European Commission. The main objective was to contribute to the elaboration of a framework of comparable and compatible qualifications in the signatory countries of the EU Bologna process

• Since July 2012 Institue of International Realtions and Centre for Contemporary India Research and Studies IIR University of Warsaw is a part of Indo-European research consortium which won presigous grant in Programme: Erasmus Mundus (Sub-Programme: Erasmus Mundus Partnerships in Action 2, Strand 1). Project title: Interdisciplinary–Bridgies–in–Indo-European–Studies–(UNIES). Coordinators of the project are: Aarhus University from Denmark and IIT Madras, India

Research Networks:Institute is a part of:•–the European–University–Centre–at–Peking–University, one

of the highest ranked university in China (main coordinator is Lund University)

•–the–EU–Non-Proliferation–Consortium, which is a network supported by the EU bringing together foreign policy institutions and research centres from across the EU.

•–EAISC - European Association of India Study Centres • The Institute is a founder of the Polish–Association–for–International–Studies

Selected international conferences and seminars:In the period 2011–2012, the Institute of International Relations organised and co-organised 20 international conferences, 40 seminars and 30 guest lectures. They included, among others:

– Evolution of India-EU relations: Implications for new world order, joint conference with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven Centre for Global Governance, India Focus, February 2011, Leuven

– Global India, joint conference organized in cooperation with Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford, March 2011, Oxford

– India in International Relations: European and Indian perspectives, joint conference organized in cooperation with Jawaharlal Nehru University and Embassy of the Republic of Poland, April 2011, New Delhi

– Trilateralism & Triangular Dynamics in International Relations. Implications for International Relations Theory, joint conference organized in cooperation with South Asia Institute, Department of Political Science, Heidelberg University, July, 2011, Heidelberg

– Rethinking the European Security Strategy, the conference organized with the Foundation for Strategic Research, October 2011, Warsaw

– Analysing the Rise of India and China: Domestic, Regional and Global Implications, joint seminar organized in cooperation with Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta, Global College International (Kathmandu), Embassy of the Republic of Poland in India, February 2012, Kolkata

– Transition of Polish Economic System and its International Consequences, joint seminar organized with Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) in Chicago, March 2012, Warsaw

– India and the European Union in International Relations – New Challenges, Old Problems?, joint conference organized in cooperation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in New Delhi and Global College International (Kathmandu), June 2012, Warsaw

The Academic Staff of the Institute are members of or are actively engaged in:• Standing Group on International Relations,

European Consortium for Political Research• Central and East European International Studies Association• International Studies Association• Indian Ocean Research Group

8th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, 18-21 September 2013In 2013 the Institute will co-organise with the Standing Group on International Relations and the Polish Association for International Studies an international conference “One International Relations or Many? Multiple Worlds, Multiple Crises”.

International Cooperation

LLP Erasmus Agreement

– The Institute has over 90 LLP Erasmus Agreement in almost all EU countries

– Every year over 10 academic staff from partners’ universities visit the Institute and over 20 academic staff from the Institute teach abroad within the framework of LLP Erasmus

– Every year the Institute sends over 100 students and hosts over 100 international students

Visiting ProfessorsThe Institute of International Relations hosts prominent scholars and young academics teaching and doing research in the field of international affairs.

Last we had the following visitors:

– Prof. Hans Winkler (Director of Diplomatic Academy in Vienna)

– Professor Subrata K. Mitra (South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg)

– Professor Knud Erik Jorgensen (Aarhus University) – Prof. Rajendra K. Jain (Centre for European Studies,

Jawaharlal Nehru University) – Prof. Manish Thapa (Tribhuvan University, Global College

International) – Prof. Jivanta Schottli (South Asia Institute, University of

Heidelberg) – Prof. Thierry de Montbrial (Director General of the French

Institute of International Relations) – Prof. Andrew Hurrell (Oxford University) – Prof. B.B. Bhattacharya (Indian Institute of Management-

Lucknow) – Prof. To- hai Liou (National Chengchi University) – Prof. Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti (University Of Indonesia) – Prof. Mark Rozell (George Mason University) – Prof. T.V. Paul (Director of McGill University – Université

de Montreal Centre) – Scott A. Harris (President of Lockheed Martin Global Inc.

for Continental Europe) – Prof. Zhang Liua (Tsinghua University, Beijing) – Prof. Shantanu Chakrabarti (University of Calcutta)

The Institute of International Relations is keen to establish and consolidate relationships with scholars from Europe and overseas.

Bilateral Research and Academic Cooperation:Institute cooperates with:

• The Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) in Chicago, United States

• Universities in India [New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University, Birla Institute of Management Technology, Institute of Economic Growth, the University of Delhi, Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA), Kolkata: University of Calcutta, Mumbai: TATA Institute of Social Science, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, University of Mumbai, Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad, Trivandrum: Centre for Development Studies, University of Kerala, Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology, Bangalore: Institute for Social and Economic Change, Manipal: Manipal University], Pune: University of Pune

• Universities in China (Tsinghua University, Beijing, Peking University)

• Universities in Nepal (Global College International, Kathmandu, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara University)

• Universities in Russia (Saint Petersburg State University, MGIMO University)

• University in Mexico (Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla)

IIR is running joint Bachelor and Master level degree programmes with Global College International in Kathmandu, Nepal. Students pursue the first year modules in Nepal, and complete the programme in Warsaw. On graduation they obtain their diploma from the University of Warsaw.

Joint Bachelor and Master level degree programmes in International Relations with Global College International, Nepal

Structure of the Institute

The Institute’s several Sections reflect the breadth of its research and academic interest:

• IR Political Economy

• Security and Strategic Studies

• Law and International Institutions

• European Integration

• Non-European Area Studies

• History and Theory of International Relations

Section of IR Political Economy

Section of Non-European Area Studies

Section of Law and International Institutions

Section of History and Theory of International Relations

Section of European Integration

Section of Security and Strategic Studies

Published with financial support from EU Erasmus Programme

Authorities

Professor–Edward–Haliżak–Director of the Institute of International Relations

Professor–Dariusz–PopławskiChairman of the Scientific Board

Agnieszka–Bógdał-Brzezińska,–Ph.D.Vice-Director for Didactic Affairs

Jakub–Zajączkowski,–Ph.D.–Vice-Director for Academic Research and International Cooperation

The Institute also includes the Centre for Contemporary India Research and Studies, an interdisciplinary unit which cooperates in its research with over 12 Indian universities and prestigious think-tanks from India (e.g. Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Hyderabad, Manipal University, University of Calcutta, Birla Institute of Management Technology, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai) and over 15 partners from EU (e.g. Centre for Global Governance Studies, India Focus, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg; Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford).

Professor–Edward–Haliżak–Director–of–the–Institute––of–International–Relations

Anita–Budziszewska,–MA–Head–of–Administrative–Staff

Institute of International RelationsUniversity of Warsawwww.ism.uw.edu.ple-mail: ismn@uw.edu.pl

Ul. Żurawia 400-503 Warszawa, Poland, EUPhone: +48 5531635Fax: +48 22 553 16 36

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