Maciej Chmieliński

Maciej Chmieliński graduated from law at the University of Łódź. In 2003, he defended there his Ph.D. thesis on Wilhelm von Humboldt and Max Stirner; his doctoral advisor was Zbigniew Rau. In 2007, he received Habilitation postdoctoral degree.^[2]

Since 2001, he has been working at the University of Łódź. He is associate professor at the Department of Political and Legal Doctrines, Law and Administration Faculty.^[3] He was also lecturer at the Łódź Film School, and European School of Law and Administration, among others.^[2]

he was co-founder of the Alexis de Tocqueville Center for Political and Legal Thought. He was member of the Council of the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission.^[4] Editor of the Folia Iuridica journal.^[3]

He runs a notary office in Stryków.^[5]

In May 2023, he was nominated ambassador of Poland to Australia, based in Canberra,^[6] accredited also to Nauru,^[7] Fiji,^[8] Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands.^[1] He began his term on 6 September 2023.^[9] He returned to Poland in July 2024.^[10]

Besides Polish, he speaks fluently English, and German, as well as basic Russian and Latin.^[1] He is married to Małgorzata Jagas-Chmielińska.^[9]

• Atomizm a indywidualizm rozważania nad myśla̜ polityczna̜ i prawna̜ Wilhelma von Humboldta, Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2004, ISBN 83-7171-726-1, OCLC 237085900.
• Max Stirner : jednostka, społeczeństwo, państwo, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, 2006, ISBN 83-7188-857-0, OCLC 500318727.
• Umowa społeczna i jej krytycy w myśli politycznej i prawnej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2010, ISBN 978-83-7383-232-9, OCLC 750593710.
• Doktryna Polaków : klasyczna filozofia polityczna w dyskursie potocznym, Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018, ISBN 978-83-7383-920-5, OCLC 1066102111.
• The philosophy of legal change : theoretical perspectives and practical processes, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020, ISBN 978-1-138-58628-4, OCLC 1089840933.