Marcin Kilanowski

Biography

Marcin Kilanowski is Professor of law at Nicolas Copernicus University. Previously, he was a postdoc at the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Social Research at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, the Social Science Center in Berlin and the Economics Department at Harvard University. Kilanowski also worked as a law tutor at Harvard College, a docent at the Institute of Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School and as a Visiting Professor at Sciences Po teaching global governance, human rights and constitutional law. Kilanowski advised various Polish government institutions including the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Development, and the Ministry of Economy's Working Group on Corporate Social Responsibility. He also served as a member of the UN Global Compact Scientific Council.

Kilanowski studied philosophy and law at Nicolaus Copernicus University, Utrecht University, Oxford University and Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy and Habilitation in law from Nicolaus Copernicus University as well J.D. from Nicolaus Copernicus University and LLM from Harvard Law School.

During his time at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Kilanowski will work on a project which aims to facilitate the understanding of the deepening crisis of democracies and offer the concept of “solidarity democracy” as a solution.

This information is accurate for the time period that the visiting scholar is affiliated with CES.

Affiliations

• University Professor of Law, Nicolaus Copernicus University
• Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University