Prof. Dr Karolina Wierczyńska

Research unit:

Department of International Public Law

General information

Education:

2001 – MA, University of Gdańsk ;
2008 – Ph.D., doctoral dissertation: „Ewolucja pojęcia zbrodni ludobójstwa w świetle działalności międzynarodowych trybunałów karnych”, under the supervision of professor W. Czapliński;
2017 – Dr. habil., Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences;
2017 – Associate professor, , Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences;
Managing editor of scientific journal Polish Yearbook of International Law, inp.pan.pl/pyil.

International criminal law, responsibility of state and the individual, humanitarian law, human rights

Most important research projects:

international research project “Intellectual History of International Law: Empire and Religion”, funded by the Academy of Finland, participant in a part of the project: The Dawn of a Discipline: International Criminal Justice and Its Early Exponents (2012-2016),
research project “Dopuszczalność sprawy przed Międzynarodowym Trybunałem Karnym“, funded by National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki), project leader (2012-2015),
research project “Prawo międzynarodowe pomiędzy konstytucjonalizacją a fragmentacją: rola prawa w postnarodowej konstelacji“, funded by National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki), participant (2011-2013),
international research project “COST Action IS1003: International law between constitutionalisation and fragmentation: the role of law in the post-national constellation”, funded by European Cooperation in Science and Technology, participant (2010-2015).