Bartosz Rydliński is a chair and co-founder of Ignacy Daszyński Center, member of the board of the “Amicus Europae” Foundation, established by former Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Rydliński holds a doctorate in political science from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW) and teaches at the Institute of Political Science at UKSW. Rydliński is a former EASI-Hurford Next Generation Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Rydliński was a visiting scholar at Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) during 2014 and 2022. Dr. Rydliński is a member of the Polish Teachers’ Union (ZNP).