Associate Professor
Department of the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv City University
E-mail: v.vdovychenko@kubg.edu.ua
Researcher
E-mail: victoriia.vdovychenko@kuleuven.be, vdovychenkov@gmail.com
ABOUT
Victoria has got MSc and PhD in Foreign Policy and World History, Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine. She is an Associate Professor within Borys Grinchenko Kyiv City University and working on the challenges of the European Union, Euro-Atlantic integration, hybrid warfare, and strategic communication. Victoria has been teaching and researching for 15 years working with various Universities and institutions.
Victoria is one of the key experts on Italy’s foreign policy in Ukraine and Associate Expert for Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”. During COVID-19, she was heading the research team to analyze the pandemic challenges on the political narratives in the Western and Central Europe. She used to be one of the Board Member for Professional Governmental Association (PGA, 2018-2020) which aims to enhance Ukraine’s governance system by providing advisory support to the governmental institutions. Within PGA, Victoria was the Chair for the Project ‘Culture Code: Transforming organizational culture in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Georgia)’.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
EU, foreign policy, European integration, Euro-Atlantic Integration.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON UKRAINE
- Vdovychenko, Victoria, Kraiev Oleksandr, Gerasymchuk, Sergiy, Zosymenko, Tetiana. “Pandenomics of Europe”.
- Vdovychenko, Victoria, Zosymenko, Tetiana. “COVID-19 Pandemics in the EU countries”.
- Vdovychenko, Victoria, Vernygora, Vlad. Ukraine under Zelenskyy: Domestic, Foreign and Security Policy in Flux
PROJECTS
- Assistance Advisory Team, Vice Prime Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, granted by the Government of Canada and implemented by Alinea International.