Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński (4 May 1944 – 4 January 2015) was a Polish professor of sociology. He was the founder and first head of the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Political Studies, Rector of Collegium Civitas in Warsaw.
He was a Fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, the University of Notre Dame, and Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin.[1][2] He is a member of the Polish National Council for Civil Service and the National Council for European Integration.
Wnuk-Lipiński was born in Sucha. He was the author of a social fiction dystopia trilogy, Apostezjon (Wir pamieci, Rozpad polowiczny, Mord zalozycielski). He was the winner of Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 1988 for Rozpad polowiczny.[3][4]
Wnuk-Lipiński died in Warsaw, Poland, aged 60.