Dr. Kinga Torbicka —Historian, political scientist. Ph.D. in Humanities from the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3. Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategic Studies and International Security at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw. Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Security Studies (OKFiSF), University of Warsaw (2017–2024). Graduate of the Security and Defense Studies program at the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale in Paris (2005) and the Foreign Policy Studies program at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) (2016–2017). Principal investigator of the NCN MINIATURA 8 grant “Redefining France’s Strategic Culture after 1989: Sources and Redefinition” (2024–2025) and the 4EU+ project “Central Europe Facing the Pandemic” (2020–2021). Member of the research team for the Polish-French NAWA PHC Polonium AMIPOL project “Analysis of the Politicization and Mediatization of Migration” (2026–2027). National representative of Poland in the international NewFAV2 project—“New Building Blocks of the Bologna Process: Implementing a Common Understanding of Fundamental Values” (2026–2027). Collaboration with academic and expert centers in France (ENS Paris, Sciences Po Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, IRIS Sup), Romania (European Institute of Romania), Belgium (Université Libre de Bruxelles), and Switzerland (Europa Varietas Institute). Member of the Association Française de Science Politique. Advisor to the Student Research Club on France and the Francophone World at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw; member of France Alumni Pologne; and editor of the “Pluralités européennes” series published by the University of Warsaw Press.
Research interests:
international and European security; the geopolitical and military dimensions of EU and NATO security, the strategic cultures of France and Poland, the security systems of Poland and France; the role of Central and Eastern Europe in the European security architecture.