A Polish philosopher and political scientist, PhD. His research interests include social and political theory, the history of the idea of solidarity, social movements, memory politics, and the crisis of democracy (illiberalism in Central and Eastern Europe). He serves as the director's plenipotentiary for science at the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk. He reads at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and at the Collegium Artes Liberales of the University of Warsaw. An author of numerous books.