Aleksandra Dzięgielewska

Aleksandra Dziegielewska

  • Visiting Student Researcher at The Europe Center, 2021

Biography

Aleksandra Dzięgielewska is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. She holds a master's degree in law from the University of Warsaw, Poland and is a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute of Social Law and Social Policy in Munich, Germany. Her PhD thesis concerns social rights in Poland analyzed against the backdrop of the currently ongoing rule of law crisis. Her doctoral research aims to redefine the role of social rights in the Polish context and establish their significance for the strong liberal democracy. As part of her Fulbright Junior Research Award, prior to visiting TEC, she conducted research at the University of Chicago Law School. Aleksandra's primary academic interests concern European human rights, with a focus on social rights, as well as the rule of law and constitutional law.