Dariusz Bugajski

Dariusz Rafał Bugajski is a Polish Navy officer, scholar and professor of public international maritime law specializing in the law of the sea, law of naval operations, naval warfare, and international security, including climate challenges.

Bugajski earned a Master of Engineering from the Polish Naval Academy and thereafter, a Master of Arts in Law from the University of Gdańsk.

He received a Doctorate of Security from the Polish Naval Academy, and a habilitation in international law at the Faculty of Law at Szczecin University in 2009, and graduated from postgraduate security studies too.

Bugajski served in the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla in Świnoujście and thereafter, as a commanding officer of an Anti-submarine Warfare Naval Ship (fast attack craft) in Kołobrzeg.

While in Gdynia among others, he was a vice dean of the Faculty, and vice-rector of the Polish Naval Academy for education (2016-2019).

He is a member of the Maritime Law Commission of the Polish Academy of Science, the Shipbuilding Council Society, the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War, national expert of the Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea (International Hydrographic Organization) and expert of the Polish Navy Hydrographic Office.

Bugajski authored and co-authored numerous publications regarding various aspects of international law, the law of the sea, international humanitarian law, and international security.

His works have appeared in the “Revista Europea de Derecho de la Navegación Marítima y Aeronáutica” published by the University of Málaga.

He is editor-in-chief of the “International Humanitarian Law” journal published by the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia.

He serves on numerous editorial boards, including the “Maritime Security Yearbook”.

His books were

nominated for the Mountbatten Award for Best Book by the Maritime Foundation.