Profile

Professor Igor Lyubashenko researches principles of effective public policy design. His professional interests include conditions that determine effectiveness of public policies, solutions, and interventions. He is also interested in the theory of complexity and qualitative research methodology (in particular, qualitative comparative analysis and process tracing). His previous research focused on transitional justice policies.

Professor Lyubashenko obtained his doctorate from the Faculty of Political Science, at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (2010) and his post-doctoral degree (habilitacja) from the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) (2018).

He is the Principal Investigator in a research project “Consistency or space for experimentation? Analysis of Poland's policy response to the migration crisis caused by the escalation of Russian aggression against Ukraine”, funded by the National Research Center, and a Project Team Leader in “Food Trails” project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Programme.

At SWPS University, he teaches classes in public management, public policy design, systemic thinking as well as methodological courses.