Assoc. Prof. Vadym Zheltovskyy, Habil. is the Head of the Department of European Union Law and Institutions and an associate professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw. He also serves as a Representative of the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs, supervises internships for the practice-oriented bachelor’s degree in European Studies, and acts as academic adviser to the International Institutions Student Society.
Assoc. Prof. Zheltovskyy obtained his habilitation in political science in 2021 and was appointed as an associate professor at the University of Warsaw in 2025.
Assoc. Prof. Zheltovskyy chairs the Warsaw Branch of the Polish European Community Studies Association for the 2022–2026 term and serves as an expert adviser to the Chair of the European Union Affairs Committee of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament.
His research includes leading a National Science Centre (NCN) MINIATURA 6 project examining the influence of political leadership on the revision of the European Union’s eastern policy in the context of the war in Ukraine. He has presented at conferences in Philadelphia, Lisbon, Granada, Córdoba, Florence, Thessaloniki, Greifswald, Klaipėda, and Iași.
Research interests: European integration; the institutional dimensions of the EU’s functioning; political leadership; EU–Russia relations; EU institutions and the Eastern Partnership policy; the role of political communication in shaping EU policy.
