Dr Marek Laskiewicz was born and educated in the United Kingdom at Haberdashers’ Aske’s School Elstree, graduating with a degree then doctorate at Queen Mary College, University of London [QMC]. He is a Member of the Political Studies Association [PSA] as well as Reader [adiunkt] at the Polish University Abroad [PUNO], the Secretary General of the Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad [PTNO], Council Member [Radny] of the Polish Social and Cultural Association [POSK], Coordinator of the Institute of National Remembrance [IPN] London History Station, and founder and Leader of PWWB [the Polish Association in GB], which organises inter alia qua PANO [Polish Academy Abroad] political science lectures.