Paulina Uznańska

Paulina Uznańska is Deputy Head of the China Department at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), where her work focuses on China’s tech policy and EU–China relations. She also serves as an expert with European Perspectives on Digital China, an EU-funded research project, and is a member of the China Horizons Experts Network. Previously, she worked as a China analyst at the Asia Research Centre, a think tank affiliated with Poland’s Ministry of National Defence. 

She has testified before the European Parliament. Her findings have also been cited in the U.S. Congress. Paulina’s work and commentary have appeared in leading international media outlets, including Bloomberg, Der Spiegel, and Financial Times. 

Alongside her policy work, Paulina is a part-time doctoral researcher pursuing a double-degree PhD in Chinese law at the University of Cologne and the University of Warsaw. Her academic research focuses on China’s AI governance framework and the role of technical standards in shaping it. She has presented her work at academic conferences at the University of Oxford and the University of Helsinki. She has been a visiting scholar at Leiden University, National Taiwan University, and National Chengchi University. Paulina graduated with distinction from Peking University, the University of Warsaw, and the Warsaw School of Economics. She is fluent in Mandarin and English.