Prof. Katarzyna Pisarska is a Polish civic activist, scholar and an expert in international security. She is the Founder of the European Academy of Diplomacy (2004) and Co-Founder of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation (2005), the Warsaw Security Forum (2014) and the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (2022). Since 2024 she is also the Head of the Advisory Council to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Polish Parliament.

In addition to her social entrepreneur work, Prof. Pisarska pursues a career in academia. She is Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics. Previously, Prof. Pisarska was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow at Harvard University (2007), a Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (2010), at the Australian National University (2015), at the University of Southern California (2019) and at the University of Malaga (2022/2023).

She specializes in EU foreign policy, Eastern Partnership, EU-Russia relations, and public diplomacy, among others having authored the monograph “The Domestic Dimension of Public Diplomacy – Evaluating Success through Civil Engagement” (Palgrave 2016).

In 2025 Prof. Pisarska was a co-screenwriter and main protagonist of the international documentary series “Dancing with the Russian Bear“.

For her leadership accomplishments, Prof. Pisarska has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (2014) and a Munich Young Leader by the Munich Security Conference (2021). She has also received the Order of Merit from the President of Ukraine (2025).