Dr. Tetiana Kyselova
Tetiana Kyselova is an Associate Fellow at PRIF, Associate Professor at the International Relations Department, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and Director of the Mediation and Dialogue Research Center. Her research interests include conflict transformation, peacebuilding, mediation, negotiation and dialogue.
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| since 2025
Associate Fellow at PRIF
| since 2025
Marie Curie Action for Ukraine Fellow, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
| 2024
Guest editor of the Special Issue of the “International Negotiation” Journal
| 2022–2023
Senior Research Fellow/Mediation (research and publications in mediation and peace processes) funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation swisspeace, Political Science Department, University of Basel, Switzerland
| 2023
Lecturer and Fellow, URIS Program, Department of History, University of Basel
| since 2020
Guest Lecturer at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, University of Uppsala, Sweden, MA course “Mediation and Negotiation in Practice”
| 2020
Swedish Institute Fellow, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, University of Uppsala, Sweden
| 2018
Visiting Lecturer and Fellow at the Center for East European Studies, University of Giessen, Germany
| 2018
Founder of the Mediation and Dialogue Research Center at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
| 2018
Fellow, Borders in Motion research project, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
| 2016–2018
Visiting Lecturer at the International Trade Law LLM Program, ILO Training Center, Torino, Italy
| 2015
Certified Mediator, IHK Academy, Munich and Upper Bavaria, Germany/Ukraine
| since 2012
Associate Professor/Docent at International Relations Department, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
| 2012
Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK
| 2003–2013
Visiting Teaching Fellow in ADR, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London
| 2003
PhD, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
| 2000
Master/ LLM, Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
| 1998
BSc, Law, Economics and Law Faculty, Donetsk National University, Ukraine
Publications
- Ukrainian Visions of Peace: (Re-)Shaping Peace through Victory
| 2025
Kyselova, Tetiana; Landau, Dana M. (2025): Ukrainian Visions of Peace: (Re-)Shaping Peace through Victory, International Negotiation, 30: 1, 13–42. DOI: 10.1163/15718069-bja10111
Publication - Including Civil Society in Peace Negotiations: The War in the Ukraine Donbas Region (2014–21)
| 2025
Kyselova, Tetiana (2025): Including Civil Society in Peace Negotiations: The War in the Ukraine Donbas Region (2014–21), Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 19: 2, 274–292. DOI: 10.1080/17502977.2024.2364309
Publication - Dialogue for Peace: The Production of Knowledge and Norms between International Practices and Local Ownership in Ukraine
| 2025
Kyselova, Tetiana; Axyonova, Vera (2025): Dialogue for Peace: The Production of Knowledge and Norms between International Practices and Local Ownership in Ukraine, Peacebuilding, 13: 1, 20–38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2024.2306040
Publication
- Beyond High-Level Diplomacy: The OSCE and Intra-Societal Dialogue in Ukraine
| 2024
Axyonova, Vera; Kyselova, Tetiana (2024): Beyond High-Level Diplomacy: The OSCE and Intra-Societal Dialogue in Ukraine, OSCE Insights 2024, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 79–91. DOI: 10.5771/9783748945857-06
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- How Not to End the War in Ukraine: Past Failures Make Clear That an Imposed Peace Won’t Last
| 2025
Kyselova, Tetianaand; Potomkina, Yuna (2025): How Not to End the War in Ukraine: Past Failures Make Clear That an Imposed Peace Won’t Last, Foreign Affairs. DOI: 10.5771/9783748945857-06
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Further Activities
| since 2024
Member, Academic Advisory Board, Research Project “Russian Approaches to Peace Processes”, PRIO, Oslo, Norway
| 2008–2021
External Academic Advisor, Parliamentary Drafting group for the law on mediation, Kyiv, Ukraine
| 2016, 2020
Mediation Professional, ICC International Mediation Competition, Paris, France
| 2016, 2020
Ukrainian Student Competition in Effective Dispute Resolution
How Not to End the War in Ukraine. Past Failures Make Clear That an Imposed Peace Won’t Last, guest article with Yuna Potomkina, Foreign Affairs, March 1, 2025.
Peace for Ukrainians means their own resilience to withstand aggression, interview with Berghof Foundation, August 3, 2022.
| 2025
Advisor to the Governments of Norway
| 2024
Advisor to the Governments of Switzerland
| 2023–2024
Advisor to swisspeace
| 2022–2023
Advisor to Interpeace
| 2021
Advisor to the Ministry of Reintegration and Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine
| 2020–2022
Advisor to CMI Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation
| 2018–2025
Advisor to the OSCE
| 2021
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Award for best academic article in English
| 2016
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Award for best academic article in English
| 2014
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Award for best academic article in English