Emilian Kavalski[1] is a Bulgarian-Australian political scientist and international relations scholar.
He is the inaugural NAWA Chair Professor in the Centre for International Studies and Development at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
[2] Prior to joining the Jagiellonian University, Emilian was the Li Dak-Sum Chair Professor in China-Eurasia Relations and International Studies and the founding Director of the Global Institute of Silk Roads Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (2018-2021).
[5] Kavalski was a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the Western Sydney University (2008-2013), and then a Research Associate Professor of Global Studies in the Institute for Social Justice at the Australian Catholic University (2014-2018).
[6][7][8] Emilian's work explores the interconnections between the simultaneous decentering of International Relations by post-Western perspectives and non-anthropocentric approaches.