An undisputable success of Asian research at the University of Lodz is the fact that a doctoral student from the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of International and Political Studies, UL and a junior analyst at the Center for Asian Affairs UL – mgr Przemysław Ciborek has been a winner of the prestigious NAWA programme of Iwanowska. Thanks to it the graduate from the University of Lodz has a chance for a foreign scientific internship in the Elliot School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. At the Center for Asian Affairs, which is five years old this year, Przemysław Ciborek is in charge of analyses of relationships of China with Balkan states. He is also a coordinator of the largest summer school for students from China – Understanding Poland and he initiates international cooperation of the Center.
- Application concerning the issue of China's Multilateralism in the context of Sino-American interactions in Central and South-Eastern Europe has gained support of the National Agency for Academic Exchange. The NAWA grant will enable me to conduct a three-month research internship at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington, says Przemysław Ciborek.
The goal of the studies is to identify basic motivation with respect to active foreign politics of the People's Republic of China towards countries from the region of Central and Eastern Europe within the 17+1 mechanism of cooperation, with particular emphasis on Sino-American interactions.
- The studies may, among others, provide answers to the following questions: firstly, to what extent is the politics of China in Southern Europe part of China politics towards USA?; secondly, how both powers can cooperate in the wider area of South-North transport corridors in Central and Eastern Europe as well as what is the biggest motivation of Central and Eastern Europe countries to start cooperation with China? An analysis of the multilateralism of the People's Republic of China both in theoretical and practical dimensions constitutes a significant part of the research – adds the doctoral student of the Faculty of International and Political Studies, UL.
Dr hab. prof. UL Dominik Mierzejewski, who is the Head of the UL Center for Asian Affairs, is a Supervisor of mgr Przemysław Ciborek.