Piotr Balcerowicz
a lecturer of Oriental Institute, Warsaw University, Poland PhD in Oriental studies and philosophy (Institute of Culture and History of India and Tibet, Hamburg University, Germany) an independent writer and current issues commentator, contributor to Polish main papers (Polityka, Rzeczpospolita), news TV television (TVN24) and Polish radio stations (Polish Radio, BBC World Service Polish Section, Radio RMF FM, Radio ZET). For more biographical details see:
Dla Onet: Biografia Piotra Balcerowicza

Published a book on Afghan history, ethnicity and politics "Afghanistan: history - people - politics", Academic Publishers DIALOG, Warsaw 2001, for more details see: "Afganistan: historia - ludzie - polityka"
for its review in English: "A Meeting With the Lion"

Published a book on Indian Philosophy "Epistemology in historical and comparative perspective", Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, 600 pages.

Rozmowa Piotra Balcerowicza z Onetem

Co-organiser of international conferences and academic venues, e.g.:
(1) "On the understanding of other cultures":
link to the conference website
(2) International Seminar: "Argument and Reason in Indian Logic":
link to the seminar website
(3) ISS

Member of the board of editors: a philosophical journal DIALOGUE AND UNIVERALISM, Institute of Philosophy of Warsaw University, see:
Dialogue and Universalism website

A photographer. His latest exhibition was shown in Art Gallery "ZACHETA" in Warsaw, Poland. For press comments see:
"The Beauty Hidden Beneath"

A co-founder and president of the Association 'Schools for peace', an organisation to provide education for children and young people from the regions affected by poverty and neglect, including the construction of new school buildings, see:
Szkoły dla Pokoju and http://szkola.orient.uw.edu.pl