Former School authorities

Head of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences (2019-2020)

prof. dr hab. Paweł Swianiewicz – head of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences; professor of economics, Head of the Department of Local Development and Policy at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw. Between 2005 and 2010 – President of the European Urban Research Association (EURA). Currently he is a member of the Steering Committee of the Standing Group on Local Government and Politics of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). His teaching and research focus on local politics, local government finance and territorial administrative reforms. His empirical research concentrates on Poland, but also on comparative studies of decentralization and local autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe.  First Head of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences (2019-2020). [LINK opens new tab]