Jarosław Wołkonowski is a Polish-Lithuanian historian, Doctor of Philosophy with Habilitation affiliated with the University of Białystok (in Białystok, Poland[1], where he holds the title of university professor) and the University of Vilnius (in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he lives). From 1998 until 2011 he was the president of the Association of Polish Scientists in Lithuania (Związek Naukowców Polskich na Litwie[2][verification needed], sometimes Stowarzyszenie Naukowców Polskich na Litwie).
His interests and research are centered on history of Poland and history of Lithuania, particularly the Polish-Lithuanian relations during the World War II; interactions between Polish and Lithuanian ethnic groups in the Vilnius region and issues involving Polish Secret State and Armia Krajowa operations in that region.