Piotr Lewandowski, PhD

A researcher specializing in new technologies, geopolitics, and international security. Founder and director of the Institute for Strategic Studies. Member of national and international bodies and research teams in the field of international security. He has experience in research on technological security, including the analysis of technological sovereignty and innovation processes. Author of numerous academic publications, expert reports, and analyses based on empirical data. He builds and supports the innovation and technological security ecosystem in Poland through collaboration with academic institutions, the public sector, and industry organizations.

Research areas: technological security, geopolitics and international security, strategic foresight

Publications:

1. Lewandowski, P. (2026). Local Government as a Hub of Resilience. Multilevel Transmission of Threats and Resilience in the Regional Security Complex. Political Science Studies, 80. https://www.studiapolitologiczne.pl/Samorzad-jako-wezel-odpornosci-nWielopoziomowa-transmisja-zagrozen-i-odpornosci-nw,222168,0,1.html
2. Lewandowski, P., Pawłuszko, T., Rosik, A. (2026). Barriers to the Development of Dual-Use Technologies in Poland. Łukasiewicz – ITECH, in collaboration with Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. https://lukasiewicz.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2026/04/Bariery-rozwoju-technologii-dual-use-w-Polsce-Raport-Lukasiewicz-ITECH.pdf
3. Lewandowski, P. (2025). Resource Geopolitics and Technological Competition: An Analytical Model. International Security Yearbook, 19. https://doi.org/10.34862/rbm.2025.2.5
4. Lewandowski, P. (2025). The Impact of European Raw Materials Policy on Building the EU’s Technological Sovereignty. Łukasiewicz – ITECH. https://doi.org/10.36735/GBHF3828
5. Lewandowski, P. (2025). Strategic Foresight – A Methodological Proposal. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.32397.24808
6. Lewandowski, P. (2025). SovTechInsight – Technological Sovereignty Insight Model for Critical Domains. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17736.84488
7. Lewandowski, P. (2025). The Role of Technological Sovereignty in Shaping EU Security Policy – A Commentary on the EU White Paper. Łukasiewicz – ITECH, Commentary, No. 2/2025.
8. Lewandowski, P. (2025). From Disinformation to Georivalization: The Russian Information War Against Poland in the Context of Critical Geopolitics. Torun International Studies, 1(21), 43–61. https://doi.org/10.12775/TIS.2025.003
9. Tomaszewski, P., Pawlikowska, E., Lewandowski, P. (2025). A Country Full of Energy? Poland’s Energy Security—Conditions, Challenges, and Prospects for the Development of Nuclear Energy. Łukasiewicz – ITECH. https://doi.org/10.36735/OBDY7507
10. Lewandowski, P. (2025). An Assessment of the EU’s International Cooperation Initiatives and Instruments in the Implementation of Technological Sovereignty Policy. Łukasiewicz – ITECH. ISBN: 978-83-60561-31-7. https://doi.org/10.36735/OHWU3230
11. Lewandowski, P. (2025). Toward Europe’s Technological Sovereignty: ProtectEU as a Framework for Shaping the EU’s Technology Security Governance Model. Łukasiewicz – ITECH. https://doi.org/10.36735/FHTY6993
12. Lewandowski, P. (2025). The Geopolitics of Hydrogen: A Case Study of the Three Seas Initiative Countries. Polish Political Science Yearbook, 54(1), 219–237. https://doi.org/10.15804/ppsy202511
13. Lewandowski, P., Falkowski, R. (2025). EU Technological Security. An Overview of EU Initiatives in the Area of Technological Sovereignty. Łukasiewicz – ITECH. https://lukasiewicz.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2025/05/Ocena-wspolpracy-miedzynarodowej-na-rzecz-realizacji-polityki-wzmacniania-suwerennosci-technologicznej-UE.pdf