Rector of the University of Vistula in Poland, Professor Wawrzyniec Konarski, visited the University of Malta between 29 April and 3 May, with the aims of exchanging knowledge with Maltese counterparts on a variety of fields and imparting some of his knowledge about political science to UM students.
During his visit, Prof. Konarski met UM Rector, Prof. Alfred J. Vella, whereby they discussed their joint views on university cooperation, cooperation in research and teaching, as well as internationalisation strategies.
Prof. Konarski met with academic staff from the Department of International Relations, and delivered a class to International Relations students titled ‘The Energy Sources Possession as a Potential Tool for Policy of Supremacy or Security’.
Professor Konarski has also been invited to attend a one-day conference to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Malta's EU membership organized by the Institute of European Studies.
Professor Wawrzyniec Konarski is well-known as a political scientist and as a habilitated doctor of humanities at the Vistula University. He deals with issues of political systems, parties and party systems, the history and present of European nationalisms, as well as ethnopolitics and ethnoregional movements in Europe. He specializes in Irish history and the political system. He has authored multiple publications in the field of political science, and his PhD focused on euro-politics, nationalism and nationalistic movements, parties and party systems.