Aleksander Surdej (born 1961) is a Polish economist and scientist who served as an Ambassador to

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(2023–2024); and permanent representative to the

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(2016–2023). His research interests focus on the methodology of

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, labour market policies and policies of social regulations.

Life

Aleksander Surdej has graduated from international economics at the Kraków University of Economics as well as sociology at the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...

. He completed an International Studies program at

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, Ph.D. program at the

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(EUI) in

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and a research fellow there, was twice a fellow of

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and

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is an independent research institute in the field of the humanities and social and behavioural sciences founded in 1970. The insti ...

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. He defended his Ph.D. in 1995 at Jagiellonian University and acquired

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in 2006. Since 2007 he worked as a professor of economics at the Kraków University of Economics as the head of the Department of European Studies. He is an author and editor of 14 books and more than 70 articles related to international economics published in Polish and international scientific journals. Aleksander Surdej was collaborating with the

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and the Polish government. He has coordinated and participated in more than dozen international research projects. He has been also cooperating with Adam Smith Centre. He speaks English, French,

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and

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. Aleksander Surdej is married to Irena Surdej with four children.

Works

* ''Small- and medium-sized development in Poland after 1990'', Helsinki: WIDER, 2000. * ''Determinanty regulacji administracyjnoprawnych w oddziaływaniu państwa na gospodarkę'', Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej w Krakowie, Kraków, 2006, . * ''Managing Ownership and Succession in Family Firms'' d. with Krzysztof Wach Warszawa: Difin, 2010, . * ''Exploring the dynamics of entrepreneurship'' d. with Krzysztof Wach Toruń; Kraków: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2010, . * ''Succession Choices in Family Businesses. The Case of Poland'' d. with Krzysztof Wach Toruń; Kraków: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2011. * ''Analiza ekonomiczna w polityce publicznej'' d. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2012, . * ''Wprowadzenie do problematyki globalnych reżimów regulacyjnych'' d. with Jan Brzozowski Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2012, . * ''Ewaluacja w polityce publicznej'' d. Warszawa: Difin, 2013, . * ''Terytorializacja lub funkcjonalizacja: dylematy ugrupowań integracyjnych'' d. with Jan Brzozowski Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2013, . * ''Economic Challenges for Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe'' d. with Marcin Kędzierski Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2015, . * ''Tożsamość i efektywność: w poszukiwaniu mechanizmów zrównoważonego rozwoju'' ith Katarzyna Jarecka-Stępień Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2016, .

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