Piotr Lewandowski is a labour economist, co- founder and president of the board at Institute for Structural Research (IBS), a research institute based in Warsaw, Poland.

In the past affiliated to Warsaw School of Economics’ Department of Economics I, he has also collaborated with the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the Chancellery of President and UNDP in Poland.

His research interests include labour market institutions, minimum wage, temporary contracts and labour market segmentation, influence of technology on employment, pensions and social policy, economic studies of Central and Eastern European post-transition countries, as well as the labour market effects of climate and energy policies.

Piotr joined IZA as a Research Fellow in July 2016.