Who is Krzysztof Michalski?

Krzysztof Michalski (8 June 1948 – 11 February 2013) was a Polish philosopher and the rector of Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM) founded by him in Vienna in 1982. Krzysztof Michalski was born in Warsaw.

Where does Michalski teach?

Since 1986, Michalski has been teaching philosophy at Boston University, since 1994 also at the University of Warsaw. In 1982, he founded the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, of which he has since been the rector. The Institute is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences.

When did Jan Michalski die?

Michalski died on February 10, 2013, aged 64, in Vienna. He is survived by his daughters Kalina Michalska, a developmental neuroscientist at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, MD, and Julia Michalska, a journalist and editor at The Art Newspaper in London. Heidegger i filozofia współczesna (Heidegger and contemporary philosophy).

What did Michalski do for the EU?

Ahead of the Eastern enlargement of the EU, Michalski advised the European Commission on several occasions, most notably as chairman of the Reflection Group The Spiritual and Cultural Dimension of Europe (2002–04).