A Polish-German cultural manager, political scientist, editor, and essayist. Director of the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk. Editor-in-Chief of the bilingual Polish-German Dialogue Magazine. The author and editor of numerous books on historical, political, and literary issues. An expert in international politics, collaborator with institutions such as the American-German Aspen Institute Germany in Berlin and the Bundestag. A member of the Gdańsk Social Council of the Commissioner for Human Rights.