Dr. Gosia Gorska is a Policy Officer in the Human Rights Division of the European Union External Action Service, formerly in DG External Relations of the European Commission. She joined the IES as a Senior Research Associate in 2011 focusing her work on the EU’s external policies, in particular human rights and democracy promotion as well as humanitarian aid. She also cooperates as an expert with the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.

Previously, Dr. Gosia Gorska worked as an academic assistant and researcher at the European Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University. She also participated in several research projects in the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, Oxford University. Dr. Gosia Gorska gained professional experience in the EU Delegation to the International Organisations in Geneva, the Polish Embassy in London, and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw.

Dr. Gosia Gorska holds a PhD (2007) and an MA (2005) in Political Science and International Relations from the Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland). During her studies, she completed a graduate research programme in International Relations at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, under the British Council Chevening Scholarship and the Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund. She also conducted research within the OSCE Researcher-in-Residence Programme and the Council of Europe Visiting Researcher Scheme.

• EU external relations
• Human rights and democracy promotion
• Cooperation between international organisations
• Humanitarian aid

• MA in European Studies: Common Foreign and Security Policy
• Wendsday Webinars: Decoding the EU
• EU in Close-up Training: EU External Relations

• "Trade and Human Rights", presented at the European Commission-Civil Society Dialogue, Brussels 2012.
• "Freedom of Expression and Internet - the EU's Policy on Corporate Social Responsibility", presented at the European Parliament's conference "Freedom and Security in EU Foreign Policy: The Role of Business", Brussels 2012.
• "The Development of the EU’s Policy on Human Rights: Internal and External Dimensions", presented at the training course for field officers working on human rights "International Standards for the Protection of Individuals and Groups", Pisa 2011.
• "EU Human Rights Dialogues: Achievements and Challenges", presented at the EU-Cambodia Civil Society Seminar, Phnom Penh 2010.
• "Gender Equality: Cultural Practices and Social Empowerment", presented at the 10th ASEM Human Rights Seminar, Manila, 2010
• "Looking at Children’s Rights from the EU’s Perspective", presented at the European Commission seminar "Children’s Rights in the Enlargement Context", Brussels 2009.
• "Child Rights and Security", presented at the book launch of David Nosworthy (ed.), "Seen, but not Heard: Placing Children and Youth on the Security Governance Agenda", Brussels 2009.
• "EU Policy against Human Trafficking in South Asia", presented at the Terre des Hommes International Seminar on "Anti-trafficking actions and Human Rights based approach in South Asia: Outcomes and Links with Europe", Brussels 2009.

• G. Gorska, "Mutual Influence - the Case of the EU and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights" in: W. Benedek, F. Benoît-Rohmer, W. Karl, M. Nowak (eds.), European Yearbook on Human Rights 2012, forthcoming 2012.
• M. Gorska, "European Convention on Human Rights"; "European system of human rights protection"; "Charter on Fundamental Rights"; "EU enlargements"; "EU Common Foreign and Security Policy", in: W. Stankowski, Handbook of European Studies, Warsaw 2011.
• M. Gorska, "The European Community’s Engagement in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe”, in: International Affairs Bulletin, Vol. 2, Krakow 2010.
• M. Gorska, "The Development of the Legal Bases of EU-UN Cooperation", in: Common Foreign and Security Policy Forum, vol. 5, no. 6, London 2007.
• M. Gorska, "EU Permanent Seat in the UN Security Council. An Analysis from the European Perspective", in: International Political Review, no. 19, Warsaw 2007.
• M. Gorska, "The Fundamental Rights Agency - Prospects and Challenges", in: European Law in Practice, no. 3 (33), Warsaw 2007.
• M. Gorska, "The Evolution of the Polish Negotiations Papers in the Most Controversial Areas during Accession Talks with the European Union", in: European Forum, no. 12, Krakow 2006.
• M. Gorska, "The Legal and Institutional Bases for the Cooperation between the European Union and the Council of Europe in the Field of Human Rights", in: European Forum, no. 11 (2006), Krakow 2006.
• M. Gorska, "Negative Aspects of the Strategy and Tactics of Poland’s Accession Negotiations with the EU before the Parliamentary Election of 2001", in: Marek Czajkowski (ed.), External and Internal Indicators of Poland’s Integration with the EU, Krakow 2002.