Col. Prof. Dariusz Kozerawski, Ph.D. hab. (habilitatus) – acting Rector-Commandant of National
Defence University in Warsaw (since 2014); vice Rector of NDU for Military Affairs and
International Cooperation (2013-2014); Head of the Chair of Strategy and Geostrategy (2008-2013),
Head of the Chair of European (2007-2008) and title professor of National Defense University. He is a graduate of the Tadeusz Kosciuszko Mechanized Infantry Military Academy (1989), the University of
Wroclaw (1995). He earned doctoral degree at University of Wroclaw (2000); post-doctoral degree
(professorship) in humanities at University of Wroclaw (2006) and title of professor in humanities sciences (2013). His area of expertise is international security, military history, conflict studies and security strategy. He is an author and co-author of over 170 publications in Poland and abroad, including books: International Peace Operations. Planning, Tasks, Conditions, and Techniques
(2003);
The Polish Armed Forces Units’ Participation in the International Peace Operations 1973-
2003 (2004);
The Polish Soldiers’ Preparation for International Exercises, and Peace and Stability
Operations 1953-2004 (2004); Higher Military Education in Poland 1947-1967 (2005); The National
Security and Uniformed Groups (2005); Peace and Counterterrorism Operations in international security assurance process 1948-2004 (2006); The Uniformed Groups of the Polish Society (2006);
The International Combat and Peace Operations in the Mountains – 20 th
and 21 st
Century Lessons
Learned. Conflicts – Security – Perspectives (2007); War, and Peace and Stability Operations
Conducted under Specific Conditions of the Battlefield in 20 th and 21 st Century. Conflicts – Lessons
Learned – Security (2007); The Officers of Uniformed Groups (2008); International Stabilization
Activity in Aspect of X. Rotation Polish Military Contingent’ Experiences in 2008 (2010); Military
Conflicts in the 20 th
Century – Political and Military Aspects (2010); Polish Military Contingents in international peace operations in 1973-1999. Conflicts – Interventions – Safety (2012).
Currently, he works at National Defense University in Warsaw. He is a member of Euro-Atlantic
Conflict Studies Working Group of the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies
Institutes, the Friends of History Society, the Society of Military Historians and Military History
Working Group, Society of Polish Geopolitics.
Conducting his researches on international security, military history, conflict studies and security strategy, professor Dariusz Kozerawski participated in international training, courses, exercises, peace and stability operations in: Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Great Britain,
Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Italy, Kosovo, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Germany, Moldova, Romania, Serbia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the United States, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. He realized fieldworks in zones of war and stabilization activities (Bosnia and Herzegovina 1998-1999; Moldavia - 2006; Iraq
- 2008, 2014; Afghanistan 2009, 2012; Kosovo - 2012).
He took part in seminars, conferences, gave the papers in European Universities and military academies (NDC Rome, BDCol Tartu, Amman, Athens, Brno, Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest,
Hamburg, Helsinki, Kiev, Liptovski Mikulaś, Ljubljana, Sofia, Tashkent, Wien) in Canada (McGill,
Ottawa University) and in the fames polish universities (Jagiellonian, Warsaw, Wrocław and Poznań).
In 2010 and 2012 he led the international seminars in European Parliament in Luxemburg ( EU global security ; The Arabic Spring – interpretations, results and strategic perspectives ). In years 2010-
2012 he participated on the works of the Strategic Review National Security led under the auspices of the President Republic of Poland. In 2014 he was the head of NATO DEEP team in Iraq. He is a member of V-4 Educational Platform and Central European Forum of Military
Education.