Arkadiusz Ptak
Mayor of Pleszew
Master of Political Science and Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (1999). Habilitated doctor of political science (2017). Completed postgraduate studies in the field of Executive Master of Business Administration (2021). Mayor of Pleszew Town and Commune (previously Deputy Mayor for 12 years). Professor at the Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. In the years 2007–2012, he was academically affiliated with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
In his research work, he focuses on issues related to local governance, electoral competition, social capital, local and regional development, and the urban peripherality. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Italian National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscapers and Conservationists.
