Power-sharing in the Divided Asian Societies

Krzysztof Trzciński, Ph.D., is a professor of political science and international studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. He is a lecturer in the politics and societies of Indonesia and Sub-Saharan Africa and an author and editor of over 90 academic publications on institutional design for conflict management in multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies, political thought, citizenship theory, separatism, and conceptual analysis. He regularly visits African and Asian countries, where he conducts field research projects, including discussions with academics and public officials.

Prof. Dr. Adam W. Jelonek is director of the Institute of the Middle and Far East at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. He finished MBA at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Between 2007 and 2009, he was Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Regional Studies at the Jagiellonian University. Between 2010 and 2014 he was an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines. Adam Jelonek specializes in: diplomatic protocol, history of Southeast Asia, political systems of East Asia, revolution of Khmer Rouges, multi-ethnic society of Malaysia, cross-cultural management.