He received a Doctorate of Security from the Polish Naval Academy, and a habilitation in international law at the Faculty of Law at Szczecin University in 2009, and graduated from postgraduate security studies too.

[3] Bugajski served in the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla in Świnoujście and thereafter, as a commanding officer of an Anti-submarine Warfare Naval Ship (fast attack craft) in Kołobrzeg.

[4] While in Gdynia among others, he was a vice dean of the Faculty, and vice-rector of the Polish Naval Academy for education (2016-2019).

He is editor-in-chief of the “International Humanitarian Law”[7] journal published by the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia.

He serves on numerous editorial boards, including the “Maritime Security Yearbook”.