Małgorzata Molęda-Zdziech

Ph.D., is Head of the Department of Political Studies at the Institute of International Studies, College of Economics and Social Sciences, Warsaw School of Economics. She also serves as the Rector’s Representative for cooperation with the European Union. A sociologist and political scientist, she was Director of the Science Promotion Office of PolSCA at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Brussels (2017–2020). She is Vice-President of the international non-governmental organisation EUROPA (Entretiens Universitaires Réguliers pour l’Administration en Europe), which focuses on public policy in Europe. Her research interests include communication, media and the mediatisation of public life, as well as lobbying and interest groups at the national and European levels. She is a member of the Polish Society for Social Communication, the Polish Sociological Association, and the Polish Political Science Association. She was awarded the French Order of Academic Palms (Chevalier des Palmes Académiques).