
Paradiplomacy Lab at the Summer Academy in Bonn
Prof. Tomasz Kamiński and Dr. Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska participated in the Summer Academy "Subnational Diplomacy. Shaping Global Affairs", held from 15 to 18 June, and organized by the Academy of…

New Grant Awarded for Research on the Participation of Cities in Development Cooperation
We are pleased to announce that a research team led by Prof. Tomasz Kamiński has been awarded a prestigious OPUS grant from the National Science Centre for the project “Participation of Cities in…

Paradiplomacy Lab at the 3rd Paradiplomatic Conference in Poznań
On May 27, members of the Paradiplomacy Lab participated in the 3rd Paradiplomatic Conference: International Identity of Regions, held at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.The team presented…

Polish Cities on the Frontline of Solidarity: New Report Highlights Municipal Support for Ukraine
The new report titled "The First Line of Solidarity: How Polish Cities Supported Ukraine" presents the first comprehensive analysis of the scale, and forms of aid provided by Poland’s eleven largest…

Paradiplomacy Lab at ISA’s 66th Annual Convention in Chicago
From March 1–5, 2025, the entire Paradiplomacy Lab team participated in the 66th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) in Chicago. This prestigious event brought together…

New paper: German Multi-Level Relations with Superpowers. A Comparison of Subnational Cooperation with American and Chinese Partners
We are pleased to announce that members of our Paradiplomacy Lab team have published a new paper!This time, Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska, Tomasz Kamiński and Marcin Frenkel have contributed to the…

PhD Defense of Michał Gzik
Today, at the Faculty of International and Political Studies at the University of Łódź, our team member Michał Gzik successfully defended his PhD!

New paper: Fragile ties: exploring city diplomacy in times of crises
Our Lab’s members, Michał Gzik, Tomasz Kamiński, and Natalia Matiaszczyk, have just published an article on how city diplomacy can be fragile in times of crisis. The article highlights the differences…

Members of the Paradiplomacy Lab Presented Their Research in Portugal and Spain
On Friday, December 13, at the invitation of the University of Minho, Professor Tomasz Kamiński delivered a seminar in Braga, Portugal, titled “Cities as Actors in the EU Policy Towards China”. During…

Prof. Tomasz Kamiński Opens REPIT Conference with Keynote Lecture
We are pleased to share that Prof. Tomasz Kamiński, Chair of the Paradiplomacy Lab, delivered the opening keynote lecture at the conference of the Latin American network of paradiplomacy researchers…

Paradiplomacy researchers at the Congress of Polish International Studies Association
The 2nd Congress of Polish International Studies Association was held in Krakow from November 6 to 8, 2024, and brought together nearly 300 researchers from Poland and various other countries. The…

City Diplomacy Practices Towards China and the United States in the Western Balkans
The paper “City Diplomacy Practices Towards China and the United States in the Western Balkans. Examples from Croatian and Slovenian Cities” written by members of our team – Michał Gzik and Marcin…

Routledge Series on Paradiplomacy and City Diplomacy
Professor Tomasz Kamiński, Chair of the Paradiplomacy Lab, has become a co-editor of a new Routledge series dedicated to paradiplomacy and city diplomacy.The Routledge Series on Paradiplomacy and…

Seventh Global Conference of WISC
A group of over 20 paradiplomacy and city diplomacy researchers from around the world participated in the Seventh Global Conference of WISC, which took place in Warsaw from July 23 to 26, 2024. A…

Cities as Actors in the EU Policy Towards China
Our paper „Cities as Actors in the EU Policy Towards China” is now published by the JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. It is in #OpenAccess, so feel free to read and share.

Paradiplomacy Scholars Forum
On March 1, 2024, we organized another Paradiplomacy Scholars Forum meeting (online). Four members of the Forum presented their research projects: Fritz Nganje (University of…

Cities as Actors in the EU Policy towards China
On February 22nd Tomasz Kamiński gave a lecture at the University of Illinois entitled "Cities as Actors in the EU Policy towards China”.

Meeting in National Chamber of Commerce
On December 5, 2023, we talked about the results of our research on EU-China cooperation at the Polish National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw. The meeting was attended by representatives of Polish…