Jerzy Langer is a physics professor at the Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Elected Fellow and former Foreign Secretary of Academia Europaea, Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Founding Member and Honorary Vice President of EUROSCIENCE.
Was the key advisor to the President of Polish Academy of Sciences and then became a Deputy Minister of Science. Advises Mayor of Wrocław on the academic and pro-innovative transformation strategy of this 3rd largest academic city of Poland. For 4 years (2012-16) he was the President of the Management Board (CEO) of the Wrocław Research Centre EIT (www.eitplus.pl) - the largest new research and innovation infrastructure in Poland – co-funded by the cohesion funds.
In his science policy advisory capacity assisted European Commission (DG Research an Innovation, DG Connect and DG Regio) as a member of major science and innovation advisory bodies to the EC (EURAB, ISTAG and Governing Board of the JRC). Currently chairs the FETAG (DG Connect) and is a member of the HL Smart Specialisation Strategy Platform mirror group (DG REG). Since the ERC creation headed for 6 years the AdG panel in condensed matter. Professor Langer co-authored several key European policy documents related to the ERA, ERC, FET and regional innovation policy. Co-assessed the 6th Framework Program. He also served as a panel member/chair of numerous national science and innovation policy assessments in the EU. In 2011 he formulated a concept of the European Innovation Council, as a twin to the ERC, but focused on the breakthrough technologies.
Authored about 250 highly cited research papers and keynote talks at major condensed-matter physics conferences, 3 patents and well above 200 papers and lectures on European and Polish science policy. Supervised 15 PhD students, of whom 6 became already full professors. Member/chair of numerous program committees of major physics and science policy conferences. Frequent commentator in Research Europe.
Adviser at the economic institute, lecturer of the Faculty of Economic Science at Warsaw University
He specializes in research on enterprises oriented on the economic situation’s diagnosis, including early alert systems against the danger of bankruptcy. The author and co-author of quarter and annual reports on the situation in the non-financial subjects sector. One of the co-authors of information and analysis of non-financial enterprises sectors system, used in the central bank. An active user of the SAS system.
President of Regional Development Department and European Funds in The Office of the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship in Warsaw
Assistant professor at Collegium of Socio-Economics of the Warsaw School of Economics where he was awarded PhD degree of economic sciences. His scientific and research interest focus on the issue of operations of public financial instruments. A lecturer of micro and macroeconomics and public finances. Since 2007, he has worked in the voivodeship government.
Currently, he acts as the President of Regional Development Department and European Funds in the Office of the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship in Warsaw. He is responsible for, among others, managing and implementing Regional Operational Programs. An expert of European Union Regions Committee.
Doctor of Juristic Science, a legal adviser as well as an orientalist, an assistant professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Doctor of Juristic Science, a legal adviser as well as an orientalist, an assistant professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He runs a law firm in Gdynia and Sopot specializing in issues concerning civil law as far as cultural heritage preservation is concerned. For years, he has cooperated with Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as well as museum institutions. He is an author of several dozen thesis on subjects concerning, among others, Islamic culture and art, history of relations of Poland and the Muslim world. A member of Polish International Council of Museums (ICOM).
Deputy Director at Cultural Heritage Department at Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
She graduated with distinctions from studies at Institute of Archeology at University of Warsaw, specializing in archeology of the late Medieval and modern times. Professionally, at first, connected with non-governmental organizations – Stefan Batory Foundation, Foundation for Economic Education – and later with public bodies – National Center of Culture, Center of Archeological Heritage Protection. In 2007, she took up the post of Deputy Director at Krajowy Ośrodek Badań I Dokumentacji Zabytków [Eng. National Center of Research and Documentations of Monuments] and since May 2010, she acted as the CEO of this institution. After transformation of KOBiDZ [Eng. National Center of Research and Documentations of Monuments] into National Heritage Institute in 2011, she became its first CEO, and held this position until August 2013. In 2013-2016, she acted as the CEO proxy for international relations at National Institute for Museums and Public Collections and since March 2016, she has been a Deputy Director at Cultural Heritage Department at Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
A member of numerous expert panels devoted to cultural heritage management as well as policy of heritage protection at European level. She cooperated as an expert on cultural policy with both Council of Europe and European Commission number of times.
An author of many publications on cultural policy, designing and financing cultural ventures, education for heritage and fighting crime in the field of archeology. A member of International Council of Museum Committee for Museum Security (ICMS).
Vice President of the European Parliament in years 2008-2009
Vice – Marshal of the Senate of IX cadency
Member of the Commission of Foreign Affairs and the EU
Member of NATO Parliament Assembly
He was born in September 12, 1974 in Gdańsk. He is a political scientist by his education.
He initiated his social activity in the Independent Students’ Association and was its chairman in years 1996-1998. In years 1999-2000 he held the function of vice-chairman of an international students’ organization called “European Democrat Students”.
In 1997 he was appointed a representative for the Parliament of the Republic of Poland. He worked in the Comission of Foreign Affairs and the Comission of Education, Science and Youth. As a member of Law and Justice in 2001 he was given a representative seat once more. He held his seat in the European Commission and the Commission for Constitution Responsibility. For a decade he was the press officer for Law and Justice since 2001. Since 2003 he held the Parliament’s observer’s office in the EU Parliament. Since May 1, 2004 he was given a seat for the European Parliament.
In June 2004, in the first European election in Poland, he was appointed a representative for the European Parliament. He attended to the Union group for the sake of the European Nations. In years 2007-2009 he was the chairman of Polish delegacy. At the same time, the vice-president of the EU Parliament and the vice-president of the delegation for Common Parliament Assembly of African Countries, the Caribbean and the Pacific region with the European Union. He worked in the Foreign Affairs Commission, Commission of Regional Development and the Commission of Internal Market and Customer Protection. He was the initiator of creating the Polish Circle which united all the Polish Euro-representatives. In the next European election he was successfully reelected. He co-founded the European Conservatives and Reformers group, vice-president of which he eventually became. He continued his work in the Commission of Foreign Affairs, he was made a coordinator of the Internal Market Commission and Customer Protection and a member of the ASEAN delegacy.
He was recognized as the most active Polish Euro-deputy in 2009- 2014 period by www.MEPranking.eu . Since 2014 he is tied with a right-winged organization called “Polska Razem Zjednoczona Prawica” and is its vice-president since 2015.