Robert Rybski
PhD LL.M. Principal Investigator
Dr. Robert Rybski holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, where he also serves as Director of the "Sustainable Finance – Postgraduate Studies in Law and Finance" program and Supervisor of the Environmental Protection Law Student Research Association. He defended his doctoral thesis in 2018, devoted to nuclear energy in Germany at the intersection of German constitutional law, energy law, and environmental protection. He is a graduate of law at the University of Warsaw, an LL.M. at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Sustainable Finance Executive Programme at the University of Oxford, and the International School in Nuclear Law at the University of Montpellier. Dr. Rybski teaches sustainable finance, constitutional law, and new technologies. With a background in civil society, he has worked at the Office of the Polish Ombudsman for Citizens’ Rights, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, ClientEarth Poland Foundation, and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. For 9 years he served as an Expert in the Infrastructure and Exchange Trading Department of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), where he also served as Poland’s National Delegated Expert in the EU’s Commodity Derivatives Task Force (CDTF) under the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), as well as in International Organization of Securities Commissions' 7th Committee on Derivatives.
Konrad Rydel
PhD
Dr Konrad Rydel holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. He graduated with a law degree and a degree in Modern Greek Philology. In April 2024, he received his PhD in Law with distinction (summa cum laude). His dissertation focused on Greek constitutionalism and the role of the Supreme Special Court of Greece. In 2025, he received the prestigious Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship and, since September, has been a visiting scholar at the University of Zurich in the Department of Law and Finance, Faculty of Law, where he is preparing a project on the institutional changes that may occur in democratic states if digital currencies are introduced. Co-investigator in the research project 'International Sanctions Evasion through Central Bank Digital Currencies' (2023/51/D/HS5/02449) funded by the Polish National Science Centre. Winner of the 1st prize for the scientific text 'Does the introduction of CBDC require an amendment to the Constitution?' in the competition for university graduates with a master's degree for the best text in the field of central banking, implemented as part of the economic education program of the National Bank of Poland. His research interests include the impact of digital currencies on the legal situation of an individual and Greek constitutionalism.
Paweł Maranowski
PhD
Dr Paweł Maranowski is a sociologist, lecturer at Civitas University, Chief Expert for Research and Analysis at the Educational Research Institute – National Research Institute, and a member of the national team conducting the PISA 2025 study in Poland. From 2019 to 2025, he served as Vice-Rector for Student Affairs at Collegium Civitas. Since 2025, he has been affiliated with the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, where, as a research methodology expert, he has been a member of research teams carrying out the following projects: International Sanctions Evasion through Central Bank Digital Currencies Combatting Financial Exclusion of the Elderly in the Digital Age – A Regulatory Roadmap His academic interests focus on political sociology, sociology of law, political psychology, and especially social research methodology, survey research, and both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Selected publications: – Elita sądownictwa w III RP na początku procesu przemiany i destabilizacji (2022) – Polaryzacja światopoglądowa społeczeństwa polskiego a klasy i warstwy społeczne (with A. Przestalski and P. Ruszkowski, 2020) – Społeczne światy rządowej elity administracyjnej (2016) – Rola innowacji społecznych w polskich uczelniach (2016) – Elity administracyjne państwa w procesach stanowienia prawa (2015) In his free time, he enjoys playing the guitar and reading science fiction.
Michał Pietrzkiewicz
M.A.
PhD candidate at the Department of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw. He is preparing a doctoral dissertation entitled “Constitutional Protection of Privacy in the Digital Era.” Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. During his studies, he was involved in student research activities, e.g., as President of the Students Association of the Constitutional Law “Legislator.” Research fellow in the project “International Sanctions Evasion through Central Bank Digital Currencies”(2023/51/D/HS5/02449), funded by the Polish National Science Centre. His research interests focus on constitutional law, human rights, law and new technologies, digital currencies, and the legal status of the individual in the digital world. ORCID: 0000-0003-2983-6613
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