
Associate Professor
Department of Media and Social Sciences, University of Stavanger
E-mail: iryna.fyshchuk@uis.no
ABOUT
I have a background as Assistant Professor at the department of parliamentarism of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, at the department of Public Administration and Public Service at the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, at department of international economics at KROK University (Ukraine) in double degree program with IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems (Austria), at the department of the economic theory at the State Economic and Technological University of Transport. I have been working as a National trainer at EU funded U-Lead with Europe Program according to decentralization reform in Ukraine.
I hold a Bachelor and Master’s in international economics from Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman. I hold a PhD from Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.
I am currently working on research devoted to issues of strengthening municipalities’ resilience against digital attacks in Ukraine; and how the EU is involved in strengthening municipalities in digital security support processes in times of war.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Digitalization and information technology, Municipalities development, Public administration, Sustainability education, Change management processes, International economic relations, International finance
WEB-PAGE
https://www.uis.no/nb/profile/iryna-fyshchuk
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON UKRAINE
- Fyshchuk, Iryna. 2025. “Bridging the cyber security gap: Why Ukrainian local authorities need more support for cyber security from the EU“. HROMADA Blog.
- Fyshchuk, I., Noesgaard M. S., Nielsen J. A., 2024. “Managing Cyberattacks in Wartime: The Case of Ukraine”. Public Administration Review, 1–9.
- Fyshchuk, Iryna. 2024. “Stronger together? EU Support for Ukrainian Local Authorities Facing Cyber Attacks (2022-2023)“. Applied Cybersecurity & Internet Governance, 3(1), 204-226.
- Fyshchuk, Iryna. 2024. “How artificial intelligence can help rebuild Ukraine. Blog on the HROMADA – Nordic-Baltic knowledge-based input network to the rebuilding of Ukraine“. HROMADA Blog.
- Fyshchuk, Iryna. 2024. “Strengthening Municipalities’ Resilience against Cyber Attacks in Ukraine“. In Dudzik, Sławomir, Inga Kawka & Renata Śliwa (eds), E-Government. Challenges for Digital Public Services in the EU. Krakow: Księgarnia Akademicka, 171-188.
- Fyshchuk, Iryna. 2023. “Information technology in human resource management in public authorities of European countries in the context of globalization – Information, disinformation, cybersecurity”. Studia Luridica Lublinensia. Torun 2023 – Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 115-123.
- Fyshchuk, Iryna, Oksana Evsyukova & Vainius Smalskys. 2021. “The information and communication support of public authorities in Ukraine in the context of using knowledge management in human resources“, Public Policy and Administration, 20(2), 260-270.
- Fyshchuk, Iryna & Oksana Evsyukova. 2020. “Effective communication in digital transformation of service state during change management processes in Ukraine”. Public Policy and Administration, 19(2), 172-190