Ph.D., senior research fellow at the Center for Asian Affairs at the University of Lodz, assistant professor at the Department of Asian Studies of the University of Lodz. Areas of research: Japan’s foreign policy in Northeast Asia, energy security and climate cooperation in Northeast Asia, Japan-V4 cooperation, Japan’s diplomatic relations and investment in Central and Eastern Europe. Current research projects focus on Japan’s export strategy of nuclear power generation and other energy-related technologies, Japan-Russia cooperation in the Far East and concentration of executive power in the hands of the prime minister throughout the second Abe administration.