Biography of the Professor
Dr Barbara Kowalczyk is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, the Section of Comparative Public Administration. She obtained master’s degree and doctoral degree in law (specialization: administrative law). Her research and teaching interests concern migration/refugee law and European administrative law. She is the author of books and dozens of articles, i.a. the monograph Polski system azylowy (Polish Asylum System, 2014), co-author of the book Prawo administracyjne Unii Europejskiej (Administrative Law of the European Union, 2016), co-editor of the book Kodeks postępowania administracji Unii Europejskiej (Code of Administrative Proceedings for EU Administration, 2017). She teaches subjects as Comparative Law, European Administrative Law, Migration Law and Policy, International Humanitarian Law, Refugee and Minorities Law, Migration and Asylum Law, Administrative Reforms in the European Countries. In spare time she loves reading novels, going to concerts and walking with her pug. She is passionate about flea markets.

Requirements for passing a course
Written exam; three questions from the list below; to pass a student needs 50 % (mark 3), for B – 70 % (mark 4), for A – 90 % (mark 5).

Exam questions
1. European administrative profiles and their basic features 
2. Types of local self-government in Europe 
3. Pubic personnel system in Europe 
4. Administrative systems in selected European countries (e.g. France, Germany, Italy, UK) 
5. The scope of public sector in selected in selected European countries 
6. The structure and tasks of public administration in selected European countries 
7. Administrative reforms – concepts, notions, types, factors 
8. The influence of EU integration on national administrative systems 
9. Decentralization 
10. Regionalization 
11. Federalization 
12. Territorial reforms 
13. Privatization 
14. Remunicipalization 
15. Agentification

Sources
Sabine Kulhmann, Hellmut Wollmann, Introduction to Comparative Public Administration. Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe, Edward Elgar Publishing 2014.
Further reading: see recommended book, p. 287-293.