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Our mission

Coopernicus is an initiative of Our Future Foundation. Its main goal is to spread awareness of the achievements of Poles in Europe and around the world. We create a community of Polish scientists and professionals, support recruitment and new collaborations within the community and with Polish institutions and enterprises.

Our publications

Articles and podcasts published on the platform – developed by our dedicated editorial team – will present the latest discoveries of Polish scientists in the fields of STEM, economics and social sciences.

We create Coopernicus

Networking: opportunity to exchange experience, recruit and cooperate

Exposure to the Polish business and institutional market

Access to project partners’ initiatives and offers

Promotion of research and project results

Our Team
Kamil Tomkowicz
Managing Director

Kamil Tomkowicz is a member of the Management Board at Our Future Foundation, where he is responsible for coordinating strategic projects, including its flagship nationwide conference “Our Future Forum”, and establishing partnerships with renowned media and business. He also serves as a Managing Director of “Coopernicus” – an internet platform, which connects the Polish academic diaspora in Europe and worldwide.

During his educational path, Kamil received an educational scholarship from the Jagiellonian Foundation, which was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was also recognized as a laureate of the Global Peer Mentorship Programme for young changemakers conducted by Moonshot Pirates in Vienna, Austria.

From a young age, Kamil has been a successful chess player, achieving 3rd place at the international Mieczysław Najdorf Chess Memorial in Warsaw and 10th place at the Cracovia International Chess Festival. Currently, Kamil is a student of economics with a focus on foreign markets at Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland.

Maksymilian Mirecki
Project Content Coordinator

Social activist, third-year Law and International Relations student at the University of Warsaw. Journalist and Content Coordinator at Coopernicus. Host of ”Maximum Dose of Knowledge” podcast.

Michał Dziedziniewicz
IT Development Director

Graduate of University of Cambridge (MA in Mathematics, Trinity College) and Rhode Island School of Design (MArch in Architecture). Product / Service / UX Designer operating at the intersection of fields of education and technology since 2012. Co-author and – till 2020 -Creative Director and RnD supervisor for award-winning educational game series Scottie Go!. In a professional setting he applies storytelling and user-centered design to his projects. In off time a musician.

Weronika Szewczuk
Marketing Manager

A finance and accounting as well as management in a virtual environment graduate at Kozminski University. She gained experience in marketing as a Social Media Manager in the ALK Student’s Council, of which she was the President. Weronika has a good understanding of the organization of mass events. She is currently involved in most of Our Future Foundation’s projects, including preparation of Akcja Inspiracja events. At Coopernicus, she is responsible for marketing and communication with users of the Platform.

Zuzanna Pawłowska
Marketing Specialist

Student of Economics at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin with great passion and enthusiasm for social activities. She took her first steps in this field already in high school as the President of the Student Council – exceptionally for two terms. Since the 2023/24 academic year, she has also been the President of the Student Research Group of Management and Marketing of UMCS, of which she was previously an active member. Actively involved in the activities of the Fundacja Media Przyszłości, where she proofreads articles from Gazeta Kongresy daily. She gained professional experience in economics at the Ministry of Finance. In Coopernicus, she is responsible for content and promotion in Social Media.

Jakub Bartoszewski
Academic Advisor

Jakub Bartoszewski graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from New York University. He studied in New York, Washington DC, Abu Dhabi, Florence and Accra. Moreover, Jakub holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Texas A&M University, where he specialized in international economics. Jakub is also a graduate of Cranleigh School in the United Kingdom, which he completed as a scholar of the British Alumni Society Poland program. His hobbies are piano, foreign languages, philosophy and cooking.

Zuzanna Buszman
Academic Advisor

Studied law at the University of Warsaw and UC Berkeley, as well as international human rights relations at Columbia University in New York. She is currently a PhD candidate in international environmental law at the University of Warsaw and works as a specialist in environmental crime at the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).

Coopernicus is an initiative of the OFF Foundation.

The aim of Our Future Foundation is to support the educational and professional development of ambitious young people from all over Poland. The Foundation fulfils its mission by providing its beneficiaries with comprehensive assistance in the process of recruitment to the world’s best universities and choosing their dream career path.

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