dr hab. Andrzej Zawistowski, prof. Instytutu - Instytut Pileckiego
Andrzej Zawistowski – Ph.D., Graduate of the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw (1998), Doctor of Economics (SGH, 2007) and Doctor of History (2018). Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH, 2019), Professor at the Pilecki Institute (2021). Since 1998, he has worked in the Department of Economic and Social History at the Warsaw School of Economics, and since 2020 he has been Vice Dean of its Graduate School. In addition to working at his alma mater, he has also gained professional experience outside of academia, including heading the Department of Historical Education of the Institute of National Remembrance (2008–2011), the Office of Public Education of the Institute of National Remembrance (2012–2016) and the Historical Department of the Warsaw Uprising Museum (2017–2020). Since 2020, he has been an employee of the Pilecki Institute’s Center for Totalitarian Studies. He researches the political, economic and social aspects of Polish history in the 20th century with a special focus on the history of the People’s Republic of Poland. He is the author of dozens of academic papers and several hundred popular science works, including the first monograph on rationed trade in Poland, as well as educational publications, including history textbooks for elementary, technical and high school students. He is also the author of factual and didactic studies of historical board games, including the game “Kolejka”, published in more than a dozen languages. In 2012–2016, he was chairman of the Program Council of the popular historical journal “pamięć.pl”. A founding member of the Polish Society of Economic History. Recipient of numerous awards for achievements in academic work, including Klio (2019), Collected History (2019), History Book of the Year (honorable mention in 2018), as well as more than a dozen awards from the Rectors of SGH for scientific, teaching and organizational activities. In 2021, the students of the SGH Undergraduate School awarded him the title Inspiration of the Year.