Professor Justyna Zając – Professor at the University of Warsaw (currently on leave) and Professor of Practice at Indiana University (IU). Since 2024, Jean Monnet Chair under a grant awarded by the European Commission (2024–27). Director of the Polish Studies Center at IU (2021–25), member of the Commission for the Strategic Review of National Security appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland (2010–12); Chair of the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2011–12); and member of the Steering Committee of the Permanent Group on International Relations at the European Consortium for Political Research (2004–2010). From 2012 to 2016, she was a member of the Rector’s Commission on Scholarships and Grants (University of Warsaw) and the Advisory Board of the University Library (University of Warsaw). She has received awards and fellowships from the National Science Center, the European Union, the French Embassy in Poland, the Kosciuszko Foundation, Galilee College, the Polish weekly “Polityka,” and the Foundation for Polish Science. She was a fellow at the University of Belgrade, George Washington University, Sciences Po, and Indiana University.
Research interests:
Euro-Atlantic security; politics and security in Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region; the foreign policies of Poland, the European Union, and the United States.