Dr. Małgorzata Bonikowska

MEMBER OF THE PROGRAM COUNCIL OF THE BALTIC CONNECTIONS SUMMIT 2025

President of the Centre for International Relations and the THINKTANK center. For XX years, he has been leading CSM, one of the oldest Polish think tanks focused on international relations and security.

Academic lecturer at the University of Warsaw and Vistula University. Doctor of humanities, specializing in international relations (with a particular focus on the European Union) and communication in public institutions.

Graduate of the University of Warsaw (Italian studies), the Sorbonne in Paris (history and political science), and PWST (history of culture), completed two doctoral study programs – in Poland (PAN) and abroad. She also undertook specialized studies at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University in New York under a Fulbright scholarship. From 1995 to 1998, she worked as an editor at TVP, and from 1998 she headed the European Information Centre at the Office of the Committee for European Integration. She prepared and implemented the government Program for Informing Society about Poland's integration with the EU, creating a network of Regional European Information Centres. From 2001 to 2008, she was an expert for the European Commission and head of the Information and Communication Program of the EC in Poland and later in Bulgaria.

Since 1997, she has been engaged in teaching and research activities, serving as an academic lecturer and government advisor. Author of over 80 publications and several books, she has supervised over 100 bachelor's, master's, and diploma students.