Bieńczyk-Missala Agnieszka

dr hab. Agnieszka Bieńczyk-Missala, prof. ucz. – full professor DSc in Political Sciences, researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies of the University of Warsaw. Head of the Department of Strategic Studies and International Security (since June 2025). Chair of the Scientific Council for the Discipline of Security Studies (2025-2028). Deputy Director of the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, responsible for research and international cooperation (2008-2012). Chief specialist and analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (2006–2008). Manager of the project entitled Prevention of Mass Human Rights Violations funded by the National Science Centre (2013–2017). Contributor to the joint activities within NOHA, i.e. Network on Humanitarian Action and many other national and international scientific projects. Holder of the Jan Karski Educational Foundation Scholarship at the Georgetown Leadership Seminar in 2016. Chair of the Committee of the Garden of the Righteous Foundation (since 2023). Author of numerous scientific publications and papers presented at scientific conferences.

Research interests:
International relations; Poland’s foreign and security policy; international organisations; humanitarian issues; human rights; human security; international crimes.

Unit:
Department of Strategic Studies and International Security

Recent publications:

• Kurs na Europę: polityka zagraniczna RP po wygranej koalicji 15 października, in: Rocznik Strategiczny 2024/2025, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warsaw 2025, pp. 391–410.
• Russia’s War Crimes in Ukraine as a Tool of War, in: P. Grzebyk, D. Uczkiewicz (eds.), The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and War Crimes: Challenges for Documentation and International Prosecution, Routledge, London–New York 2024, pp. 115–128.
• If Not Now, Then Never. Poland Towards the European Defense Development, in: EU Common Security and Defense Policy. Quo Vadis? How European Capitals Understand CSDP, Cuaderno de Estrategia 228, Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (CESEDEN), Madrid 2024, pp. 157–185.