Liliana Śmiech graduated from International Business in English at the Cracow University of Economics, Power Engineering at the Warsaw School of Economics and Energy Within Environmental Constraints from HarvardX. A scholarship holder of the Japanese government program MIRAI Politics & Security. During Energy Economics and Policy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She gained professional experience in the European Parliament and global corporations. Her main interests are energy transformation and geopolitics. Privately, a sailor, judge and coach of rhythmic gymnastics.

Mr. Pawłowski is a Chairman of the Foundation Council at the Warsaw Institute. He is also Vice-President of the Board in the Cegielski Center for Analysis. Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw and Babson Entrepreneurship Program at Babson College. He was an intern as research assistant at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC. He gained his professional experience in the best banks in Poland. Currently he works as a manager in the leading company in the regional transportation sector

Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse is a sociologist, political scientist and historian. He is a professor at the University of Warsaw. He holds interest in the analysis of economic policies within the EU and its Member States, as well as in public management, geo-economics, Europeanization and theoretical thought on European integration. Professor Grosse also works as an expert at the Warsaw Institute.

Student of political science at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at Warsaw University, specializing in political marketing. She is currently working on her bachelor’s thesis about social media in the context of the war in Ukraine. Her previous experience has been gained in editorial offices, marketing departments and while working with individual clients as a copywriter and contentwriter. Her interests include social media and political communication.

Patrycja Sokołowska – a graduate of BA studies in the field of International Security and Diplomacy at the War Studies University. In June 2021, defended her diploma thesis entitled: “Diplomacy, soft power and new media in creating the image of the state in the 21st century”. Currently a student of the last year of MA studies in the field of National Security with the sspecializoation in Euro-Atlantic Security at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. Her main area of interest are the security of the Euro-Atlantic area, geopolitics and public diplomacy.

Dávid Nagy T. is a second year student of Business Administration and Management at University of Széchenyi István. He is also a member of the School of Economics at Mathias Corvinus Collegium. He has ongoing research on the topic of economic consequences of war putting emphasis on the additional costs of the households, energy crisis and the government interventions.

English and French translator, a graduate from the Institute of Applied Linguistics (University of Warsaw) and the René Descartes University in Paris. Specialist in current affairs, the European Union and the global economy.

Master of Arts in English Philology and Applied Linguistics, attended five European universities where he was a researcher, guest lecturer and a coordinator of multiple projects. He broadened his professional experience at research centers and branches of the administration in Belgium, Greece, Poland, Spain and the USA. His interests include: foreign languages, linguistics, American, EU and Polish political scene, international relations and geopolitics.

Aleksandra Tomaszewska is a translator, instructor, and researcher. She is a PhD candidate in linguistics and a graduate of the University of Warsaw (with distinction). She is a motivated university teacher of political and legal translation, and a passionate traveler (visiting new places whenever she can).