Biography

Jan Piotrowski is The Economist‘s São Paulo bureau chief. Previously he was the Online Science Editor from 2010, having joined The Economist following a three-month stint as the Richard Casement science intern in 2008. He is a regular contributor to “The World In” annual compilation of forecasts, which examines the critical issues that will shape the year ahead, as well as a number of Economist blogs, including Americas View, Babbage and Game Theory. Mr Piotrowski holds a PhD in linguistics and philosophy from Warsaw University, where he lectured in semantics and translation theory. Before joining The Economist, he also worked as a translator and interpreter.