About me

Piotr Maciej Kaczyński
I am a regular writer and speaker on EU and international matters. Previously I have been a researcher with leading think tanks in Poland and Brussels (see below). Since 2014 I have been training EU and member states civil servants as well as politicians, journalists and business representatives. I have had the pleasure to be a Member of the European Commission Representation in Warsaw Team Europe (2016-22). As a regular contributor you can find my texts published by Euractiv.com (Brussels), as well as Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita and Onet (Warsaw), the Balkan Insight and the Green European Journal. Since 2024 I have been a regular commentator on EU affairs for TVO W

Trainer
During over 10 years of my cooperation with the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) I have trained  over 2,000 people working in the European Parliament, the European Commission, Committee of the Regions or the Government of Bulgaria (in the context of the 2018 EU Council Presidency). With other partners, including the College of Europe in Bruges, I have trained also representatives of the Balkan governments and the Government of Denmark in the context of the 2025 EU Council Presidency. With multiple Polish partners I have trained the officials of the Government of Poland ahead of the 2025 EU Council Presidency.

I offer training sessions on the EU decision making for business and other interested parties in English and Polish. Among my partners are/were Ernst & Young, KPMG and ZPP (Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers). Individual clients include the PGE (energy) and the European Kratom Alliance.

Public Speaker
Throughout my professional career I have spoken at numerous events on the European integration throughout the European Union, as well as in the United States, Mexico, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Canada, Moldova and Turkey.

I cooperate with a number of civil society organisations in Poland and elsewhere in Europe on projects linked to the EU integration history, political developments and institutions. My main affiliation is with the Bronislaw Geremek Foundation in Warsaw.

Writer & Researcher
I have published academically and journalistically with opinion pieces in a various of European media. A list of my publications is available here. On top of that, I have provided three expertise reports in the context of Poland’s preparations for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2011.

As a researcher, 2019-21 I was a Senior Fellow with the Warsaw-based Centre for International Relations (CSM). I am also a non-resident Associate Research Fellow with the Prague-based Europeum Institute for European Policy.

In the past I worked in the Warsaw-based Institute of Public Policy (ISP) and in the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels and published with SIEPS in Stockholm and ELCANO (1), (2) and (3) in Madrid.

Background
Graduated in International Relations, Warsaw University (2002) and European Affairs, College of Europe (2004). Analyst and Project Manager at the Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw (2004-7), Researcher and Head of Programme at the Centre of European Policy Studies (2007-12), Political Advisor, Polish Delegation of the Group of the European People Party in the European Parliament (2012-14), Lecturer and External Lecturer, EIPA (since 2014).