New Technologies as a Factor of International Relations

Monika Szkarłat, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. Her PhD thesis related to genetically modified food as a factor of international relations. Monika’s research covers biotechnology (pharmaceutical biotechnology and agrobiotechnology) and its impact on international relations, as well as international property rights, biopiracy, and the right to adequate food.

Katarzyna Mojska, PhD, is Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. In her PhD dissertation, she examined the environmental responsibility of transnational corporations, and her current interests and publications relate to the impact of transnational corporations on the areas of international relations, global environmental governance, and international relations theory. She is currently researching processes of institutionalisation of environmental governance in transnational space.