Damian Szacawa is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of International Relations at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. He holds a PhD in Political Science.

I was the project leader of “The Potential of Grounded Theory in the Study of Relations Between International Organisations” (“Miniatura”, 2021–2022) and Co-investigator in the “Science Diplomacy in Northern Europe” project (“Opus”, 2022–2026).

I'm a vice-president of the Northern Europe Research Section of the Polish Association for International Studies, Head of the Department of the Baltics at the Institute of Central Europe, and a member of the European International Studies Association (EISA), Polish Association for European Studies, and the Interdisciplinary Research Group for the Study of Nordic-Baltic Europe and the Arctic.

My research focuses on international cooperation, regional governance systems, international organisations and international security in the Baltic Sea region and Central Europe.

ORCID: 0000-0002-6068-6177

Ongoing scientific research: 

1. D. Szacawa, Project NCN (OPUS 22), pt. Science Diplomacy in Northern Europe, 2022-2026, https://sciencediplomacy.umcs.pl/

• #ScienceDiplomacy #BalticSeaRegion #BSR #CBSS #ArcticCouncil #SCiDiNE #NCM #HELCOM #Sweden #Finland #Denmark #Norway #Baltic #Arctic
  
  

D. Szacawa (together with prof. Kazimierz Musiał, University of Gdańsk/CBSS), Critical junctures and changing identity of the Baltic Sea Region, 2022-

• #CriticalJuncture #PunctuatedEquilibrium #identity #BalticSeaRegion #BSR #CBSS #HELCOM #BSSSC #Sweden #Finland #Denmark #Baltic #Germany #Zeitenwende
  
  

D. Szacawa, Mapping the New Cold War: Economic and Political Fractures within the Southeast Asian and the Baltic Sea Regions, wspólnie z Kyoto Sangyo University (Japan) & Tampere University (Finland), 2023-2024.

• #security #BalticSeaRegion #BSR #CBSS #HELCOM #NATO #Sweden #Finland #Denmark #Baltic #Germany #Zeitenwende #NewColdWar
  

D. Szacawa, Rada Państw Morza Bałtyckiego: geneza, struktura i funkcjonowanie (The Council of the Baltic Sea States: genesis, structure and activity), 2008 -

• #regionalism #evolution #identity #BalticSeaRegion #BSR #CBSS #IGO #cooperation #InternationalOrganisation #Baltic #CriticalJuncture #history
  

Completed scientific research:

• D. Szacawa, The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) – its impact on the security in the Baltic Sea Region after the Cold War;
• D. Szacawa, Znaleźć swoją niszę – współpraca w zakresie ochrony środowiska w regionie Morza Bałtyckiego w ramach organizacji międzyrządowych (To find out a niche - the Baltic Sea Region environmental cooperation in the Inter-governmental Organisations)
• D. Szacawa, Demokratyzacja i integracja państw postkomunistycznych w Regionie Morza Bałtyckiego z państwami Europy Zachodniej (Democratization and Integration of the Postcommunism States in the Baltic Sea Region with Western Europe)

Place and dates of my Office Hours in the summer semester 2024/2025:

Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, ul. Głęboka 45, 20-612 Lublin :

• Mondays, 8:40 - 9:40 (room no. A.5.62)
• Wednesday, 10:00 - 11:00 (online: MS Teams)

Please contact me earlier via e-mail and/or video conferencing - MS Teams.