Piotr Wilczek

Professor Piotr Wilczek

Professor Piotr Wilczek

• Author, academic, and senior Polish diplomat.
• Former Ambassador of Poland to the United Kingdom (2022–2025), the United States (2016–2021), and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (2017–2021).
• Rector of the University of Technology and Arts in Warsaw. Associate Fellow at the Centre for Eastern Studies in Warsaw. Advisor to the Board of the British-Polish Chamber of Commerce. Contributing Writer at The Spectator.
• Professor of Humanities, a title conferred by the President of Poland in 2006. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Cleveland State University, 2017.

Born 26 April 1962, Chorzów, Poland.

I work at the intersection of diplomacy, security, education, and culture. Over nearly a decade in senior diplomatic postings in Washington and London, I worked closely with political, diplomatic, military, academic, and business leaders on defence cooperation, NATO affairs, transatlantic relations, energy security, strategic infrastructure, trade, investment, and public diplomacy. For my contribution to economic diplomacy, I received the Amicus Oeconomiae award in 2020.

Before entering the foreign service, I held senior academic leadership positions, including Head of Collegium Artes Liberales at the University of Warsaw and Dean of the Faculty of Modern Languages at the University of Silesia.

I have held visiting and research appointments at institutions including the University of Oxford, Harvard University, the University of Chicago, Rice University, Boston College, and the Warburg Institute in London. I have spoken at international forums such as the Aspen Security Forum, the US STRATCOM Deterrence Symposium, and the Wrocław Global Forum.

I am the author or editor of more than twenty books and over one hundred scholarly articles. My commentary on international affairs, politics, culture, and public life has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, The National Interest, The Hill, and Monocle. I have served on editorial boards in the United Kingdom, Poland, and the United States, and have reviewed scholarly work for publishers including Routledge, De Gruyter, and Ohio University Press.

My areas of expertise include transatlantic relations and security policy; energy policy and strategic infrastructure; trade and economic affairs; cultural exchange and public diplomacy; higher education, research, and innovation; media, public discourse, and strategic communication; and civil society partnerships.

Previous leadership and governance roles include President of the Kościuszko Foundation Poland, Director of Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” of the University of Warsaw, Deputy Director of the College of Interdepartmental Individual Studies in the Humanities at the University of Warsaw, and coordinator for East-Central Europe of Refo500/RefoRC.

I hold a habilitation, a PhD in Literary Studies, and an MA in Polish Studies from the University of Silesia, as well as a Diploma in Neo-Latin Studies from the University of Łódź. I also completed postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford and the Warburg Institute, University of London.

Languages: Polish, English, Latin, Russian, and German.