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Ph.D., political scientist, associate professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz. His research activities are concentrated on paradiplomacy and city diplomacy, in particular in the context of the EU’s policy towards China. He has worked in numerous research projects funded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020, Jean Monnet Module) and the Polish National Science Centre. More information: www.tomaszkaminski.eu

In 2020 he graduated with a Master’s degree in international relations on an oriental specialty at the Faculty of International and Political Studies at the University of Lodz. Currently he is a PhD student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences of the University of Lodz. Co-author of monographs about functioning of the European Union and sustainable development in the context of activity of international urban networks. Laureate of the “Debiut Naukowy 2019 - Zrównoważony Rozwój” competition. Author of papers presented at international and national scientific conferences, focusing on the issue of Italian-Chinese regional cooperation. His scientific work concentrates on the study of cooperation between cities in the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe with the cities of the People’s Republic of China.