Biography

Karolina is Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair of the University of Wroclaw, associate research fellow at the Centre Européen de Sociologie et Science Politique (CESSP) of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and expert of Team Europe Direct Poland.

Her research lies at the intersection of comparative European politics, democracy and parliamentary studies. She is currently a principal investigator in the project "Two sides of the same coin. Unravelling the potential of inter-parliamentary cooperation in the EU" financed by the Polish National Science Centre (€250 thousand). Her latest co-edited book (Routledge) explores synergies and legitimacy clashes among the European Parliament, national parliaments and EU citizens in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe.

In the past Karolina was a lecturer at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and Masaryk University. She was also a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute and a head of EU programme at the Polish Institute of International Affairs. Her works appeared in a.o. European Political Science Review, Journal of European Integration, Politics & Governance and Parliamentary Affairs.

Her fellowship is devoted to exploring and theorising a democratic interface between citizens and their parliamentary representatives in a transnational context of the EU.

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

• BORONSKA-HRYNIEWIECKA, Karolina; SUS, Monika (2024), The German Bundestag in the Conference on the Future of Europe : comfortable guest with strong ownership, Contribution to book
• BORONSKA-HRYNIEWIECKA, Karolina (2013), Democratizing the European multi-level polity? : a (re-)assessment of the early warning system, Contribution to book
• BORONSKA-HRYNIEWIECKA, Karolina (2013), The role of regional and local authorities in EU development policies in the perspective of the Committee of Regions : multi-level governance revisited in the times of crisis, Article
• BORONSKA-HRYNIEWIECKA, Karolina (2013), Legitimacy through subsidiarity?, Article
• BORONSKA-HRYNIEWIECKA, Karolina (2014), The unfolding of Juncker's Commission : challenges for better EU governance, Article
• BORONSKA-HRYNIEWIECKA, Karolina (2013), Subnational parliaments in EU policy control : explaining the variations across Europe, Working Paper