It is with deep sorrow that we received the news that on 30th May 2026, Prof. Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk passed away. She was a distinguished scholar, a highly esteemed academic teacher, and Dean of the UW Faculty of Political Science and International Studies.

Prof. Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk has served as Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw since 3rd July 2025. She was a recognised and highly regarded researcher in the field of international relations, specialising in European integration, and has been associated with the University of Warsaw throughout her professional career. She held a number of managerial positions, including Vice-Dean for Research at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, Head of the Full-time Master’s Programme in International Relations, Head of the National Security Programme, and Secretary of the Scientific Committee on Political Science at the Polish Academy of Sciences. For many years, she also served as a judge in the Olympiad of Knowledge about Poland and the Contemporary World and the Olympiad on the European Union. She was a member of the Polish Society for International Studies.

In 2014, she was awarded the postdoctoral degree at her home Faculty on the basis of the dissertation: Relations between the European Union and the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states: The role and significance of Economic Partnership Agreements in trade and development assistance.

As Dean and a member of the academic staff, Prof. Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk demonstrated excellent organisational skills and a deep commitment to the academic community. She will be remembered as an outstanding researcher, a highly regarded lecturer, and a person of great kindness, openness and dedication to the University of Warsaw community.

To the Son, Family and loved ones,
we extend our deepest condolences.

Rector and the academic community
of the University of Warsaw