Biography
Aleksandra Spalińska, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences. Moreover, she is a Research Associate at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, and a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute. Spalińska received her Ph.D. at the University of Warsaw (September 2024). She holds B.A. in European Studies and M.A. in Political Science (also from the University of Warsaw).
Due to her position at the University of Sussex, she coordinates the Societal Multiplicity Research Programme (in International Relations), in collaboration with Prof. Justin Rosenberg. In 2024-2026, she is co-chairing (with Dr. Jochen Kleinschmidt) a Standing Section "Exploring World Politics Beyond the State System: Spaces, Relations, and Struggles" at the European International Studies Association (EISA). This section supports research on non-state actors, non-state-centric theorisations of the international, political development, and the contestation of the state power