Anna Pacześniak is a Professor of political science at the University of Wrocław specializing in European and Polish politics as well as comparative political party analysis. From 2011 to 2018 she worked as a lecturer at the Free University of Brussels, in the period 2016-2017 she was a fellow at Wallonia-Brussels International. She has conducted various research projects in Poland and abroad. At the University of Wrocław, she leads the research group studying European political parties, she is also a Deputy Director of the Discipline of Political Science and Administration. Her most recent publications: “Party organization and communication in Poland” (Palgrave 2021), “Comprendre la Pologne. Société, politique et institutions” (Paris 2016).