gertruda.uscinska@sobieski.org.pl

Expert in international law, social security law, labour law, social security coordination and free movement of persons in the European Union

Professor at the University of Warsaw, lawyer, Head of the Centre for Social Security Studies (at UW), professor at the Institute of Labour and Social Studies.
2016-2024 president of the (Polish) Social Security Institution, the nationwide competent institution in the field of social security management, financing and distribution of benefits. 2024 rector of Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School (SGMK). SGMK stands out as a public educational institution characterized by its international outlook, interdisciplinary approach, and the pinnacle of educational quality. Chair of the Committee for Labour and Social Policy of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Since 2020, chair of the Technical Commission on Old-Age, Invalidity and Survivors’ Insurance of the International Social Security Association, the organisation based in Geneva, created under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO), owning consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Expert and researcher of international law, social security law, labour law, social security coordination and free movement of persons in the European Union
Author of numerous publications in the field of international law, social security law, European law, and comparative social policy. Academic lecturer at the University of Warsaw and other universities home and abroad. Several decades of experience in the application of international social law, European law and comparative social policy. Initiator and participant in the legislative process, as well as implementer of key social and economic reforms of significant importance for the state and citizens (e contribution, e-sick notes, EU Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information). Initiator of IT reforms in the Social Security Institution, which transformed this institution into a modern e-administration, carrying out statutory and non-statutory tasks for the social security of millions of citizens. Co-author of guidelines and legislation for Covid-19 Anti-Crisis shield (2020–2022). Participant in the legislative process of legal solutions addressed to the refugees from Ukraine, as well as implementer of that support (2022–2023).