Beata Surmacz

Ph.D. (dr hab), is professor at the Institute of International Relations, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin. Her research interests encompass the evolution of contemporary diplomacy, including foreign services, public diplomacy, e-diplomacy, diplomacy of non-state actors, paradiplomacy, and European Union diplomacy (EEAS). Key outputs of her research in this area include the monographs Evolution of Contemporary Diplomacy: Actors – Structures – Functions (Lublin, 2015, in Polish) and New Faces of Diplomacy (in Polish), as well as over 40 articles published in peer-reviewed journals or as chapters in monographs. She is also a specialist in the foreign policy of Central and Eastern European countries, particularly the policy of Ukraine and Polish–Ukrainian relations, with the monograph Contemporary Polish–Ukrainian Relations: A Political Analysis of the Treaty on Good Neighbourliness (in Polish) representing a major research achievement. For six years, she served as Director of the Institute of Central Europe, a public think tank providing analytical support to decision-makers. She was also editor-in-chief of the Yearbook of the Institute of East-Central Europe (2018–2024).