Anna Budzanowska, PhD.
Krakow University of Economics
Krakow University of Economics
Since the beginning of her professional career, she has worked in public institutions at the government level. She gained professional experience in the field of higher education system as Director General of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in 2016-2019 and then as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in 2019-2021 during which she was responsible for the strategy of implementation of structural reform in cooperation with higher education institutions, student and doctoral organization in the framework of National Congress of Science 2016-2020. Co-author of the model of doctoral schools and the Research University - Excellence Initiative.
Champion of ESOF 2024 - EuroScience Open Forum and Plenipotentiary for European Science City Katowice 2024.
Research profiles: political doctrines and philosophy of law, public policies, and political systems.
In the field of political doctrines: French political thought with interest on the doctrine of eighteenth-century – French women’s free-thinkers as ancestors of the feminist movement in philosophical, political and social terms.
In the public policymaking: the deliberative processes, climate change and governance in higher education and science, of academic institutions, university systems, with reference to the European University Initiative (EUI), university councils and academic freedom.
Author of books on French political thought and numerous scientific articles published in Polish and international scientific journals.
Member of the Council of the Polish-American Fulbright Commission (2018-2021).
Winner of the Pro Juvenes award of the Parliament of Students of the Republic of Poland in the category - friend of student self-government. Scholarship holder of the French government