Piotr Paradowski received his Doctorate training in Political Science at Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL, US) and additional training in quantitative methods at University of Michigan, University of Oxford, and University of Essex.  He holds B.A. degree in Philosophy from University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL, US).  He taught various courses on comparative politics and international relations at  Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI, US) and Loyola University Chicago.  His research interests include political economy and voting behavior in Europe.  He loves modern and contemporary political thought.  He is very happy to be at LIS since June 2008!