Professor of constitutional law and human rights at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and Deputy Chair of the Committee of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Positions:
- Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Constitutional Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow (since 2019)
- Deputy President of the Committee of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2024)
- Director of the PhD Interdisciplinary Program “Society of the Future”, Doctoral School in Social Science, Jagiellonian University in Krakow (since 2019)
- Professor at the Department of Constitutional Law, Jagiellonian University in Krakow (since 2021, Assistant Professor from 2005 till 2021)
- Legal expert to the Polish Parliament (since 2024)
- Legal expert to the Polish Constitutional Tribunal (2004-2017)
- Attorney-at-law (2006-2024)
Degrees:
- 2021 – Full Professor, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
- 2015 – Habilitation in Law, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
- 2005 – Ph.D. in Constitutional Law, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
- 2002 – Master’s Degree in Political Science (specialization: International Relations), Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
- 2001 – Master’s Degree in Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Qualifications & education:
- 2006: Entry on the list of attorneys-at-law, Regional Chamber of Attorneys-at-Law in Kraków
- 2002–2005: Judge’s trainee; passed the State Judge Exam
- 2001–2005: Ph.D. studies, Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University; doctoral dissertation title: “Types of Judgments of the Constitutional Tribunal and Their Legal Effects”
- 2019–2020: Post-Graduate Studies for Specialized Translators (Polish – English Translation), Faculty of Philology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow (diploma)
- 2021–2023: Post-Graduate Studies – Czech Language in Administration, Tourism and Business, Faculty of Philology, University of Wrocław (diploma)
- 2011: Certificate Course in Mediation, Polish Centre for Mediation (diploma)
Appointments for international bodies:
- Short-term International Expert for the EU Project Pravo-Justice (since 2025)
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Faculty of Law, University of Latvia (since 2025)
- Member of the International Evaluation Panel of Palacký University Olomouc, the Czech Republic (2025)
- Member of the International Faculty of the European Law & Governance School in Athens, Greece (since 2019)
Academic and professional associations:
- Fellow of the European Law Institute (since 2025)
- Member of the Open Council of Europe Academic Networks (OCEAN) since 2024
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Polish-French Legal Thought Centre at the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2023)
- Co-founder and a member of the Advisory Board of the Central and Eastern European Chapter (CEE Chapter) of the International Society of Public Law (since 2018)
- Co-founder and a member of the “Democracy in Practice” Association (since 2018)
- Member of the European Group of Public Law and the Scientific Council of the European Public Law Organization (since 2009)
- Member of the Stefan Batory Foundation Legal Expert Group (since 2017)
- Member of the Scientific Council of Archiwum Osiatyńskiego (since 2017)
- Member of the Polish Association of Constitutional Law (since 2007, Member of the Board of the Polish Association of Constitutional Law 2017-2021)
- Member of the International Society of Public Law (since 2017)
- Member of the Regional Chamber of Attorneys-at-Law in Kraków (since 2006)
Research projects:
- Principal Investigator of many research projects, including:
- “Participatory Constitutionalism in the European Union” – a research project funded by the European Commission within the CERV program (2026-2027)
- “The Constitution in Action: Participatory Models of Constitutional Education in Comparative Perspective” – a research project funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange under the PHC Polonium Programme for Joint Research Projects conducted by Polish and French research teams (2026-2027)
- “Today for Tomorrow: Constitutionalising the Rights of Future Generations” - a research project funded by the Polish National Science Centre within the OPUS program (2025-2029)
- “Rule of law and independent judiciary: Major challenges for Ukraine and Poland in the context of European Union integration” – a research project funded by the Foundation for Polish Science (2023-2024)
- “Citizen participation as a tool for strengthening democracy” - a research project funded by the Polish National Science Centre within the PRELUDIUM BIS program (2023-2027)
- “Specificity of constitutional interpretation by European constitutional courts” - a research project funded by the Polish National Science Centre within the PRELUDIUM BIS program (2022-2026)
- “Human rights protection in states of emergency. Theory and Practice of the Visegrad Group countries” – a research project funded by the Polish National Science Centre within the OPUS 19 program (2020-2026)
- "Specificity of the law-making activity of constitutional courts and its borders” - a research project funded by the Polish National Science Centre within the SONATA BIS program (2016-2021)
- “The position and scope of application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in the case-law of the constitutional courts of Poland and the Czech Republic” - a research project funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange and carried out in cooperation with researchers from the Palacky University Olomouc (2020-2023)
- "Positive obligations of the State in horizontal relations under the Polish Constitution and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms" - a research project funded by the Polish National Science Centre within the OPUS 6 program (2014-2018)
- "The horizontal dimension of the constitutional rights in a comparative perspective" a research project funded by the Foundation for Polish Science within the POMOST BIS program (2013-2015)
Scholarships, prizes, awards:
- 2010, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025: Award of the Rector of the Jagiellonian University for the high achievements in scientific research
- 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019: Award of the Rector of the Jagiellonian University for the high quality of university teaching in the field of law
- 2024: Silver Badge awarded by the National Bar Council of Attorneys-at-Law "Meritorious for the Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law"
- 2022: Medal "In recognition of distinguished service to the Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law", awarded by the National Bar Council of Attorneys-at-Law
- 2022: Commemorative medal awarded by the Board of the Polish Association of Constitutional Law in recognition of meritorious service to the Association
- 2008: Prize of the Chancellery of the Sejm (Kancelaria Sejmu) and the Editorial Committee of the “Sejm Review” (“Przegląd Sejmowy”) for the best doctoral thesis in constitutional law in Poland
- 2000-2001: Scholarship of Stanisław Estreicher Funds, Jagiellonian University
- 1997: Jan Vetulani Awards for the best 1st Year Law student at the Jagiellonian University
Publications:
Author of over 160 publications, including monographs, book chapters and articles. Editor or co-editor of the following volumes:
- M. Belov, M. Florczak-Wątor (eds.), Constitutional Traditions and Constitutional Transitions, Edward Elgar Publishing 2024
- M. Florczak-Wątor, Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Jan Malíř, Max Steuer (eds.), States of emergency and human rights protection. Theory and practice of the Visegrad countries, Routledge 2024
- M. Florczak-Wątor (ed.), Constitutional Law and Precedent: International Perspectives on Case-Based Reasoning, Routledge 2022
- M. Florczak-Wątor, M. Krzemiński (eds.), Interdyscyplinarny wymiar tożsamości konstytucyjnej [The Interdisciplinary Dimension of Constitutional Identity], Księgarnia Akademicka 2022
- M. Florczak-Wątor, A. Grabowski (eds.), Argumenty i rozumowania prawnicze w konstytucyjnym państwie prawa. Komentarz [Legal Arguments and Reasoning in the Constitutional State governed by the Law. The Commentary], Księgarnia Akademicka 2021
- M. Florczak-Wątor (ed.), Judicial Law-Making in European Constitutional Courts, Routledge 2020
- M. Florczak-Wątor, P. Czarny (eds.), Oddziaływanie sądu konstytucyjnego na porządek prawny Austrii, Niemiec i Polski [The Influence of the Constitutional Court on the Legal Order of Austria, Germany, and Poland], Księgarnia Akademicka 2019
- M. Florczak-Wątor (ed.) Oddziaływanie współczesnych konstytucji na stosunki między podmiotami prywatnymi [The Influence of Contemporary Constitutions on Relations between Individuals], Księgarnia Akademicka 2015
- M. Florczak-Wątor (ed.) Sądy i trybunały wobec problemu horyzontalnego działania praw jednostki [Courts and Tribunals and the Issue of the Horizontal Effect of Individual Rights], Jagiellonian University Publishing House 2015
