Dr. Olena Podvorna

Senior Researcher

Dr. Olena Podvorna is a Project Leader and Senior Researcher in the Research Department International Institutions, with a focus on the Arctic. She is currently conducting a research project on the impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the European Arctic. Her research interests include, inter alia, Ukraine’s foreign policy.

Olena Podvorna
podvorna(at)prif.org

CV

| since 2023
Senior Researcher at PRIF

| 2022
“Scholar at Risk” Special fellow, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

| 2022
“Scholar at Risk” Special fellow, Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS, Freie Universität Berlin/Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Germany

| 2014
Visiting Researcher, Jagiellonian University, Queen Jadwiga Fund Scholarship, Cracow, Poland

| 2013
Visiting Researcher, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for Young Researchers from Eastern Neighbouring Countries, Jena, Germany

| 2010
Visiting Researcher, K.U.Leuven University, Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for Young Researchers from Eastern Neighbouring Countries, Leuven, Belgium

| 2009–2022
Associate Professor, National University of Ostroh Academy, Ostroh, Ukraine

| 2007–2008
Senior lecturer, National University of water management and nature resources use, Rivne, Ukraine

| 2007–2008
Individual research grant from the International Visegrad Fund at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland

| 2005–2006
Associate Professor, International University of Economics and Humanities, Rivne, Ukraine

| 2001–2005
PhD degree in Political Science, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland

| 2000–2010
Master’s degree in in International Information, Rivne Institute of Slavonic Studies, Rivne, Ukraine

| 1996–2000
Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Rivne Institute of Slavonic Studies, Rivne, Ukraine

Projects

Highlights

Sweden’s Accession to NATO

A NATO Flag and a Swedish Flag in front of an old building New PRIF Spotlight by Olena Podvorna examines the background to Sweden’s decision to join NATO

Publications

  • Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine: Envisioning the Post-War Security Order
    | 2024
    Podvorna, Olena (2024): Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine: Envisioning the Post-War Security Order, Warsaw East European Review, XIII: 1, 147–162. DOI: www.doi.org/10.61097/22992421/WEER/2024/147-162
  • European and Transatlantic Security, and Russia’s War Against Ukraine
    | 2022
    Podvorna, Olena (2022): European and Transatlantic Security, and Russia’s War Against Ukraine, Reconstructions of History, 5, Ilia State University in Georgia, 101-112.
  • The Russia-Ukraine War as a Factor of Germany Foreign and Security Policies' Transformation
    | 2022
    Podvorna, Olena (2022): The Russia-Ukraine War as a Factor of Germany Foreign and Security Policies' Transformation, Modern Historical and Political Issues: Journal in Historical & Political Sciences, 46: Chernivtsi National University, 22-34. DOI: 10.31861/mhpi2022.46.22-34
  • The Arctic policy of the United States of America under the Presidency of Donald Trump
    | 2020
    Podvorna, Olena (2020): The Arctic policy of the United States of America under the Presidency of Donald Trump, Філософія та політологія в контексті сучасної культури, 12(2), 112-124. DOI: 10.15421/352041
  • NATO Arctic Policy in Statu Nascendi
    | 2019
    Podvorna, Olena (2019): NATO Arctic Policy in Statu Nascendi, Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 19(2), 163-186.
    Publication

  • Arktyczny wymiar polityki zagranicznej oraz polityki bezpieczeństwa Federacji Rosyjskiej
    | 2019
    Podvorna, Olena (2019): Arktyczny wymiar polityki zagranicznej oraz polityki bezpieczeństwa Federacji Rosyjskiej, in: M. Banasik (eds), Polityka Federacji Rosyjskiej i jej konsekwencje dla bezpieczeństwa międzynarodowego, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Difin, 159-184.

  • Sweden’s Accession to NATO: What Is behind the Decision?
    | 2024
    Podvorna, Olena (2024): Sweden’s Accession to NATO: What Is behind the Decision?, PRIF Spotlight, 8, Frankfurt/M.. DOI: 10.48809/prifspot2408
  • How War in Israel Affects Russia's War Against Ukraine
    | 2023
    Podvorna, Olena (2023): How War in Israel Affects Russia's War Against Ukraine, PRIF Blog.
    Publication