He completed his Master’s degree in History at the Institute of History, University of Łódź, in 1994. He wrote his Master’s thesis under the supervision of Prof. Waldemar Michowicz. Between 1995 and 1999, he was a doctoral student at the Faculty of Philology and History, University of Łódź. In 1999, he successfully defended his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Hassan A. Jamsheer. From 1999 to 2005, he worked as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Łódź. From 2005 to 2018, he was a member of staff in the Department of the Middle East and North Africa at the University of Łódź. In 2011, he was awarded a postdoctoral degree in the humanities (now social sciences), in the discipline of political science, following a postdoctoral examination conducted at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław. Dr hab. Radosław Bania, Professor at the University of Łódź, is a historian and political scientist. He is currently conducting research in the field of international relations. His research focuses on topics such as: the history of international relations, international conflicts in the Middle East, the policies of major powers towards the Middle East, international security in the Persian Gulf sub-region, EU–GCC relations, and the evolution of the international order in the Middle East.