Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski is professor for political theory and democracy research at the University of Leipzig. In 2009-2019, he was the chair of political science at the Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies, University of Wroclaw. Karolewski obtained his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Potsdam, where he was assistant professor from 1999 to 2008. Since 2008 he has been visiting professor at the Harvard University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Université de Montréal and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Lille. His main areas of research are collective identity, citizenship and nationalism. His more recent book publications include European Identity Revisited (Routledge, 2016), Civic Resources and the Future of the European Union (Routledge, 2012), The Nation and Nationalism in Europe (Edinburgh University Press, 2011) and Citizenship and collective Identity in Europe (Routledge, 2010).
