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Monika Smusz-Kulesza serves as an Assistant Professor at the Department of European, International and Collective Labour Law within the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Lodz. She simultaneously holds a judicial position as a judge at the District Court in Lodz, uniquely combining academic scholarship with practical legal experience.
Her academic credentials include:
- Doctoral dissertation defended in 2011 on "Employees' Collective Right to Information"
- Monograph published in 2012 by Wolters Kluwer Polska on the same subject
Dr. Smusz-Kulesza's research specializes in Council of Europe anti-discrimination frameworks and worker protections under the European Social Charter. Her scholarly work bridges European labor regulations, collective bargaining systems, and human rights jurisprudence with particular emphasis on business law intersections. She has developed significant expertise in how European legal mechanisms safeguard vulnerable workers.
Since 2015, she has served as an international expert for the Council of Europe in social rights matters. Her notable contributions include co-authoring the HELP platform e-learning course "Labour Rights as Human Rights" and producing analytical reports on Ukraine's compliance with European Social Charter standards through the projects "Framing cooperation for social rights development in Ukraine" and "Promoting social human rights as a key factor of sustainable democracy in Ukraine".
Her teaching portfolio encompasses Anti-discrimination Law, European Anti-discrimination Law, and European Anti-discrimination Law in Employment courses, directly reflecting her specialized research domain and judicial experience.
