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Professor Adam Krzymowski
Research Fellow (Non-Resident)
Professor Adam Krzymowski is a non-resident fellow at the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government. Professor Krzymowski participated in the most significant strategic processes concerning Poland's foreign and public policies that adapted Poland to EU and NATO membership requirements. He was a member of teams appointed by the Prime Minister of Poland, which developed the national strategy concerning these matters.
From 1999 to 2008, Professor Krzymowski worked in the Office of the Committee for European Integration. In 2008, he represented his country in the first governmental-parliamentary delegation to the European Space Agency in Paris, leading Poland to join that organization. From 2008 to 2011 Professor Krzymowski worked in Poland’s Prime Minister’s Office, as a Counselor to the Prime Minister was responsible for monitoring global processes, managing international dialogue, advising on EU policies and on the Middle East. From February 2011 to August 2015, he was the Ambassador of Poland in the UAE, transforming the relationship from a low level to a strategic level for both countries. Professor Krzymowski represented Poland at the International Renewable Energy Agency. During the second half of 2011, he was the EU Representative in the UAE. In the same year, he participated in the EU-GCC Joint Council, and in the International Contact Group for Libya.
In 2012, he headed the Polish delegation to the first meeting of the international Working Group on Economic Recovery and Development of the Friends of the Syrian People. In the same year, he participated in the International Contact Group on Afghanistan. In 2013, he was the head of the Polish delegation at the meeting of the Proliferation Security Initiative. In 2014, he represented Poland at the International Conference on Countering Piracy. In 2015, he was the head of Polish delegation at the International Contact Group on Afghanistan. After his Ambassador’s mission, he was conducting research at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. In early 2016, Professor Krzymowski assumed the post Senior Advisor to the UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation responsible for Expo 2020 Dubai. Professor Adam Krzymowski is Board of Trustees’ member of Strategic Advisory Center for Economic and Future Studies in Abu Dhabi.
From the start of his career, Professor Krzymowski has combined his academic practice with work in government administration and diplomacy.
As Professor, he has been delivering lectures at various universities including Sorbonne University and New York University in Abu Dhabi. Professor Krzymowski is also a prolific author of scholarly publications on a variety of contemporary topics related to regional and global security policy issues, sustainable development challenges as well as global governance and diplomacy in the new emerging global era.