Personal details:

Name: Malgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn

Date and place of birth: 20 III 1977, Vilnius, Lithuania

Adress: TIGER, ul Jagiellońska 59, 03-301 Warsaw, Poland

Phone: +48 22 519 21 08
Fax: +48 22 519 22 65

e-mail: mruniewi@tiger.edu.pl

Education:

15.11.2004 Defended Ph.D. dissertation before Examination Committee of World Economy Faculty, Warsaw School of Economics. The title of dissertation: The Impact of foreign direct investments on export competitiveness of the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) in the European Union Single Market in 1992-2002.

2001-2004/2005 Ph.D. study program in International Economics, World Economy Faculty of Warsaw School of Economics. Research assistantship at The Baltic States Studies Center of The World Economy Research Institute, World Economy Faculty, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw.

2002/2003 Post-graduate studies of Pedagogical Excellence in the Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw (GPA 5.0).

2001 Preparatory program for the Ph.D. studies in Applied Economics in the Center of Economic Research and Graduate Studies (CERGE) in the Czech Academy of Science in Prague (Czech Republic).

1995-2000 Graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw. Qualification: International Political and Economic Relations (GPA 4.2).

Work experience:

01.11-30.03.01 Internship in the United Nations Centre for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg and Liaison Office with the institutions of the European Union in Brussels.

30.09-31.12.00 Internship in the United Nations Centre (United Nations Development Programme/ United Nations Information Centre) in Warsaw: UN web page preparation

01.06-30.08.98 Lecturer of Spanish and English languages in the foreign language school - UAB "Sovereina", Upes g.5, Vilnius.

1.06-30.08.00 Internship in the United Nations Centre (UNDP) in Vilnius (Public Administration Training Centre and Public Relations).

Assistant/researcher and translator/interpreter, "MBA Consultants, Ltd"., Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 

Current position:

Assistant Professor in Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research economic think-tank affiliated with The Leon Koźmiński Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, Warsaw. 

Additional training:

01.07 - 30.07.2002 Participated in the summer school: American Economic and Political Systems organized by the Fund of American Studies, Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and Charles University in Prague. Certificate for the satisfactory completion of requirements of the American Institute on Political and Economic Systems (3 credits worth on graduate level).

7.05 - 11.05.2002 Participated in the summer school: Long term strategies for the Central and Eastern European Candidate countries after their entry to the EU, organized by the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe in Eisenstadt (Austria).

8.11 - 11.11.2001 Participated in the 4th Regional Research Workshops: Transformation of Economic and Political Systems in Central and Eastern Europe, Eurofaculty, Tartu University (Estonia).

1999- summer  Received a grant for the participation in the B.E.S.T (Business Experience Sharing for Transition) Program of the UNDP/Rotary International in Minnesota. Diploma of the completed internship in "tourism and communications"(USA).

1995-summer Received a grant for the participation in the summer school: The L.A.B International (Learning About Business International), organized by the Ohio State University in Lublin (Poland).

Participation in the conferences and seminars:

8-9.06.2006 Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2006: Shaping EU Regional Policy, Economic, Social and Political Pressures in Leuven. Paper presented: "The impact of the EU enlargements on cross-border developments and competitive capacity building of North-West CIS regions".

24.11.2005 participated in the Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2005: Sustainable Regions: Making Regions Work in London. The paper presented: "The cross border cooperation between Germany and Poland – the example of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern/Brandenburg and Zachodniopomorskie regions".

25.11.2005 participated in the World Economy Research Faculty of Warsaw School of Economics annual conference on: The Eastern Bordering Regions of Enlarged European Union. Factors and Barriers of Competitive Development. The paper presented: "Competitive ability of the north-eastern bordering region of the enlarged European Union".

5-8.07.2005 participated in the 8th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation: Value Added Partnering in A Changing World in Lodz, Poland. The paper presented: "The Role of Regional Economic Integration in Cluster Development and Innovative Capacity Building".

15.12.2004 participated in the scientific conference: Public Finances and Economic Growth, TIGER Research Institute, Leon Koźmiński Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, Warsaw. The paper presented: "The role of fiscal policy in attracting the foreign direct investments (FDI)"

26.11.2004 participated in the international conference: Enlarged European Union and Its Eastern Neighbors. First Experiences of Co-operation, organized by Baltic States Study Center and German Economy Research Center of Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw. The paper presented: "The role of the investment-trade relations in building the competitive advantages of Baltic states in the EU Single market".

14.11.2004 participated in the international workshops on: The Economic and Technological Dimensions of National Innovation Systems, organized by The German Economy Study Centre in Warsaw School of Economics and TuTech Innovation Institute in Hamburg.

17-19.11.2004 participated in The 65th Anniversary Conference of the Institute of Economics in Zagreb, Croatia. The paper presented: "The impact of FDI on the Export Competitiveness of Companies and Sectors: the case of Baltic States".

30.09-2.10.2004 participated in the international scientific conference: Economic Development: Theory and Practice in Kaunas, Lithuania. The paper presented: "Competitiveness of the Baltic States industries: evidence from the foreign direct investments impact on industrial specialization in the EU Single Market".

5.05 - 9.05.2004 NATO Advanced Research Workshop on R&D priorities in Innovation Policy and Financing in Former Socialist Countries in Blagoevrad (Bulgaria)

23.04-24.04.04 International conference on: Competitiveness of Small Economies - How Will Small Countries Such as Baltic States Compete in the EU Single Market?, organized by Baltic International Center for Economic Policy Studies and Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia.

20.11-21.11.2003 Participated in the national scientific seminar: Trans `03 - Common Europe – Innovations in the Activities of Enterprises, organized by World Economy Research Faculty of Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw.

21-24.06.2003 Moderator and organization committee member of international conference on: Polish Experience on Building Model of Social-Market Economy, organized by Lithuanian Friendship Club of Poland and Vilnius Gedimino Technical University in Wigry (Poland). The presented paper: "Role of investments R&D and innovations for the social-economic development of Poland and Baltic States".

2-5.04.2003 Participated in the Advanced Training Course: Supporting Development of R&D and the Innovation Potential of post-Socialist Countries, organized by NATO and Yerevan State University in Yerevan (Armenia).

27.11.2002 Speaker and organization committee member of international seminar: The Eastern Dimension of the European Union and Problems of "Wider Europe - new neighborhood", organized by the Baltic States Study Center of Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw.

4.03.2002 Participated in the international conference: Reshaping European East: Issues of the EU Eastern Enlargement, organized by the Aleksanteri Institute (Helsinki University) and the Finnish Association for Russian and Eastern European Studies, Helsinki.

6.05.2002 Participated in the international conference: European Political Though Towards Globalization. Tradition and Challenges of Today, organized by University of Nicolas Copernicus in Ciazen (Poland). The paper presented: "Globalization as a result of evolution of the new economic order".

26.11.2002 Co-organized and participated in the international academic-business forum: The impact of the European integration on the cooperation in the South-Eastern Baltic Subregion, organized by the Baltic States Study Center and the Polish-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw.

10.06.2001 Co-organized and lead the discussion sections at the international conference: To the European Union for the Quality of Life, organized by the Polish Friends Club of Lithuania and Polish Ministry of Culture and Science and Vilnius Gedimino Technical University in Wigry (Poland). The paper presented: "Regional Integration versus Globalization".

9.06-11.06.2002 Participated in the scientific conference: The Trans-border Co-operation of Poland with Baltic States, Belarus and Russia – Kaliningrad District. Determinants and Perspectives organized by the Warsaw University, Augustów (Poland). The paper presented: “The role of NGOs in the trans-border co-operation of Poland with its east-north neighbors”.

26.04-5.05. 2002 Participated in the summer school: Long term strategies for the Central and Eastern European Candidate countries after their entry to the EU, organized by the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe in Eisenstadt, Austria. Presented lecture: The inflows of the foreign direct investments into Lithuania: main determinants, trends and developments 1996-2002.

26.11.2001 Participated in the academic session on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Polish-Lithuanian contemporary diplomatic relations: The Influence of the Enlargement of the EU on the Relations of the Countries in the East Baltic Region, in Warsaw.

1997 – Participated in the organization and co-ordination of The first Warsaw 1997 Model of the United Nations, Warsaw.

List of research grants and expertise:

1.01-4.06.2005 co-ordinator of the team work and individual expert in evaluating process of “The ex-ante impact of The Polish National Development Plan for 2007-2013 on the international competitiveness and companies` innovativeness,” Ministry of Economy and Labour, Warsaw.

1.04-30.07.2005 Advantages and disadvantages of the European patent and patent incentives in selected European countries, Ministry of Science and Information Society Technologies, Warsaw

Awards and achievements:

The Master's thesis, with the subject of: Labour migrations from the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) to the EU states from 1990 to 1999, has taken the first place at the III Edition of the Competition for the best Master's/Doctor's Thesis of Poland related to the East and Central Europe.

2001-2003 doctoral scholarship granted by The Polish Ministry of Education.

Languages:

Polish, Lithuanian - fluent

English - fluent (TOEFL 232/300)

French - fluent (Diplôme de français des affaires 2eme degré)

Spanish - fluent (final exam on level of "SUPERIOR")

Russian - fluent (in written and spoken)

Other activities and courses:

French language courses at the Warsaw School of Economics and passed the exam in the "Alliance Francaise de Bruxelles" in Brussels (advanced level).

Completed the Spanish Language and Culture Institute (X semesters) - "Instituto Cervantes" in Warsaw and passed the final exam (level of SUPERIOR).

French Language and Culture Course in the "Centre de Lange Francais" in Paris.

Spanish Language and Culture Course in the school "CEGRI" in Granada.

Ballroom dances courses, gymnastic sections, obtained teacher's degree in aerobics, callanetics, etc., Warsaw.

Attended "The Tumo-Vaizganto School of Fine Arts" and ceramics and Lithuanian folk-art course in Vilnius, Lithuania. 

Interests:

Diplomacy, international political affairs, psychology, music, arts; Argentinean tango, travelling.