Aleksander Surdej (born 1961) is a Polish economist and scientist who since 2023 serves as an Ambassador to

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

; previously he was permanent representative to the

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries ...

(2016–2023). His research interests focus on the methodology of

policy analysis Policy analysis is a technique used in the public administration sub-field of political science to enable civil servants, nonprofit organizations, and others to examine and evaluate the available options to implement the goals of laws and elected ...

labour market policies Active labour market policies (ALMPs) are government programmes that intervene in the labour market to help the unemployed find work. Many of these programmes grew out of earlier public works projects, in the United States particularly those imple ...

and policies of social regulations.

Life

Aleksander Surdej has graduated from international economics at the

Kraków University of Economics Krakow University of Economics (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie'', UEK) is one of the five Polish public economics universities. CUE came into existence in 1925. It is the biggest university of economic sciences in Poland. Kraków Un ...

as well as sociology at the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

. He completed an International Studies program at

Johns Hopkins University SAIS The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. It is consistently ranked one of the ...

, Ph.D. program at the

European University Institute The European University Institute (EUI) is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute and an independent body of the European Union with juridical personality, established by the member states to contribu ...

(EUI) in

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and a research fellow there, was twice a fellow of

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World Institute for Development Economics Research The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) is part of the United Nations University (UNU). UNU-WIDER, the first research and training centre to be established by the UNU, is an international academ ...

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and

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is an independent research institute in the field of the humanities and social and behavioural sciences founded in 1970. The instit ...

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. He defended his Ph.D. in 1995 at Jagiellonian University and acquired

post-doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

in 2006. Since 2007 he worked as a professor of economics at the

as the head of the Department of European Studies. He is an author and editor of 14 books and more than 70 articles related to international economics published in Polish and international scientific journals. Aleksander Surdej was collaborating with the

Wim Kok Willem "Wim" Kok (; 29 September 1938 – 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002.World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...

and the Polish government. He has coordinated and participated in more than dozen international research projects. He has been also cooperating with

Adam Smith Centre Adam Smith Center ( pl, Centrum im. Adama Smitha) is a neoliberal think-tank based in Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, co ...

. He speaks

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French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

and

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

. Aleksander Surdej is married to Irena Surdej with four children.

Works

* ''Small- and medium-sized development in Poland after 1990'', Helsinki: WIDER, 2000. * ''Determinanty regulacji administracyjnoprawnych w oddziaływaniu państwa na gospodarkę'', Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej w Krakowie, Kraków, 2006, . * ''Managing Ownership and Succession in Family Firms'' d. with Krzysztof Wach Warszawa: Difin, 2010, . * ''Exploring the dynamics of entrepreneurship'' d. with Krzysztof Wach Toruń; Kraków: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2010, . * ''Succession Choices in Family Businesses. The Case of Poland'' d. with Krzysztof Wach Toruń; Kraków: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2011. * ''Analiza ekonomiczna w polityce publicznej'' d. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2012, . * ''Wprowadzenie do problematyki globalnych reżimów regulacyjnych'' d. with Jan Brzozowski Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2012, . * ''Ewaluacja w polityce publicznej'' d. Warszawa: Difin, 2013, . * ''Terytorializacja lub funkcjonalizacja: dylematy ugrupowań integracyjnych'' d. with Jan Brzozowski Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2013, . * ''Economic Challenges for Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe'' d. with Marcin Kędzierski Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2015, . * ''Tożsamość i efektywność: w poszukiwaniu mechanizmów zrównoważonego rozwoju'' ith Katarzyna Jarecka-Stępień Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2016, .

References

External links

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