I am Associate Professor in the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. A political scientist and sociologist, I received a PhD in Government from the University of Essex and have previously worked at the Institute for Public Affairs in Bratislava, the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, and the University of Sussex in Brighton, United Kingdom. I am currently conducting research into the politics of populism, illiberalism and authoritarianism in Central and Eastern Europe. My forthcoming monograph “Good Change: The Rise and Fall of Poland’s Illiberal Revolution” (co-authored with Stanley Bill) will be published by Stanford University Press in September 2025.