MY EXPERIENCE

Vice-Rector for International and Domestic Cooperation of the University of Silesia in Katowice (September 2016 - present)

Chairman of the Board of the National Agency for Academic Exchange in Poland (May 202o - present)

Chairman of the Polish National Ethics Committee for Animal Research (May 202o - present)

Chairman of the Polish National Ethics Committee for Animal Research (May 202o - present)

Chairman of the Board of the University of Physical Education in Katowice (May 202o - present)

Vice Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Regional Medical Chamber in Katowice (May 202o - present)

President of the Arbitration Court in the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice (May 202o - present)

Vice-Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Silesian Medical University in Katowice (May 202o - present)

Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Silesian Metropolitan Area - GZM (2018-2020)

Special Advisor to the Mayor of Katowice on Reprivatisation Claims (2008-2010)

Head of the Governmental Administration in the Region of Silesia - Silesian Voievod (2005-2007)

Member of the Supervisory Board of the Silesian Water Management Corporation (2008-2009)

Legal advisor (associate, senior, of counsel) at the Studnicki, Pleszka, Cwiakalski, Gorski Law Firm, Branch office in Katowice (1999- present)

Member of the Legal Expert Group of Stefan Batory Foundation (2016-present)

EDUCATION

Master of Law

at University of Silesia in Katowice 1993-1998

ADDITIONAL

Best Habilitation in Legal Sciences Award

Granted by "Państwo i Prawo" Journal for the book "Intuition in Legal Thinking. Towards External Integration of Legal Theory" in 2013

Compassion Award

granted by Gaia Club for the book "A Dispute over Animal Rights" in 2009

Doctor of Law (Specialisation in Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law)

University of Silesia in Katowice 2004, cum laude

The Title of Full Professor of Legal Sciences

Granted by the President of the Republic of Poland in 2022

Habilitation in Legal Sciences

University of Silesia in Katowice 2012

on the basis of the book "Intuition in Legal Thinking. Towards External Integration of Legal Theory"

Diploma in English and European Law

Cambridge University in cooperation with the University of Silesia in Katowice 1997-1999

Green Check Award

granted by Regional Environmental Protection Fund for contributions in animal protection law in 2014

Skill and Competence Award

granted by Regional Chamber of Commerce for contribution to creating legal foundations of the Silesian Metropolitan Area in 2008

The Title of Legal Advisor

granted by the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisors in Katowice in 2005

Contact Information

Tomasz Pietrzykowski

Research Center for Public Policy and Regulatory Governance

Faculty of Law and Administration

University of Silesia in Katowice

Bankowa 11b, 40-006 Katowice

Poland

email: tomasz.pietrzykowski@us.edu.pl