Piotr Skowron
Piotr Skowron is a University of Warsaw researcher whose work on computational social choice and committee elections won him the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, a prize for AI researchers under 35. After a computer-science PhD at Warsaw in 2015 and postdoctoral posts at Oxford and TU Berlin, he joins the Warsaw faculty in 2018. In 2019 he and Dominik Peters post a paper that introduces the Method of Equal Shares, a committee rule now used in participatory budgeting in several European cities. He shares the 2024 Social Choice and Welfare Prize with Souvik Roy. As of October 2026, he is an associate professor at the University of Warsaw.
- Now at
- University of Warsaw
- Works
- 140
- Citations
- 2,820
- h-index
- 31
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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2015
A runner-up dissertation prize
He completes a computer science PhD at the University of Warsaw in 2015, and his dissertation takes runner-up honours in the IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award.
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2016–2018
Postdocs at Oxford and Berlin
Postdoctoral posts take him to the University of Oxford in 2016–2017 and to TU Berlin in 2017–2018, supported by an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship.
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2018
A faculty post in Warsaw
In 2018 he joins the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics at the University of Warsaw as a faculty member.
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2019
The Method of Equal Shares
In 2019 he and Dominik Peters post a paper that introduces the Method of Equal Shares, a committee rule now used in participatory budgeting in several European cities.
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2020
A Computers and Thought Award
The IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, which recognizes AI researchers under 35, goes to him in 2020 for his work on computational social choice and committee elections.
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2024
A Social Choice and Welfare Prize
The Society for Social Choice and Welfare awards its twelfth Social Choice and Welfare Prize jointly to him and Souvik Roy in 2024.
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As of October 2026
An associate professor in Warsaw
His current post is associate professor at the University of Warsaw, specializing in computational social choice and algorithmic fairness.
Sources and credits
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