Prof. Katarzyna Pisarska is the Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, one of the four co-founders of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation and the Chairwoman of the Foundation’s Council (since 2005). She is also the Founder and President of the European Academy of Diplomacy (since 2004).
As a serial social entrepreneur, she has also contributed to the creation and growth of such initiatives as the Polish Forum of Young Diplomats (2002), Visegrad School of Political Studies (2013), Women in International Security - Poland (2017), and the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (2022).
In addition to her social entrepreneur work, Prof. Pisarska pursues a career in academia. She is a Tenured Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics. Previously, Prof. Pisarska was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow at Harvard University (2007), a Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (2010), at the Australian National University (2015), at the University of Southern California (2019) and at the University of Malaga (2022/2023).
For her leadership accomplishments, Prof. Pisarska has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (2014) and a Munich Young Leader by the Munich Security Conference (2021). She has also received the Order of Merit from the President of Ukraine (2025).
