Ljudmyla Melnyk
Research Associate

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Ljudmyla is senior project manager and research assistant in the project "German-Ukrainian Researchers Network" (GURN). She is also the presenter of the podcast “UkraineMEMO” and responsible for the IEP's Ukraine portfolio.

Experiences

Head of the projects "German-Ukrainian Researchers Network" (2019-2022), "Platform for Analytics and Intercultural Communication" (PAIC, 2017-2018)
Conception and implementation of the Ukraine Breakfast Debates at the IEP (since 2017)
Expert, European Committee of the Regions (CoR, 2017-2018).
Internship at the Parliament of Canada (2014)
Studies in Translation with a focus on consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, Inter- and Transcultural studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2016)
Master's degree in German Studies at the Lessja Ukrainka University Volhynia, Luzk/ Ukraine (2009)

Languages

Ukrainian
German
English
Russian

Ljudmyla.melnyk@iep-berlin.de

+49-30-889134-41

@LjudmylaMelnyk

Downloads

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Projects

GURN – German Ukrainian Researchers Network

Enlargement, Neighbourhood, Central Asia

The cooperation between think tanks and politics are strengthened. GURN focuses on knowledge transfer, capacity building and bilateral dialogue. Current developments and German-Ukrainian relations are discussed in a variety of formats.

ReLoaD – Research on Local Governance and Decentralisation

Enlargement, Neighbourhood, Central Asia

The Ukrainian decentralisation process is being researched in an interdisciplinary manner. Innovative research approaches become the basis for targeted and data-based policy advice intended to sustainably strengthen local democracy in Ukraine.

Publications

#9 UkraineMEMO: “We can learn a lot from Ukraine.”

Resilience of Ukrainian democracy under the conditions of war – 26th Ukraine Breakfast Debate

"Zeitenwende: What place does Ukraine have in German foreign policy?" – 10th Germany Breakfast Debate

#8 UkraineMEMO: Ukrainian Diaspora in Berlin

#7 UkraineMEMO: Ukraine's EU accession – a project for this generation

#6 UkraineMEMO: "If we do not fight, we will not live"

#5 UkraineMEMO: Cultural diplomacy in times of war

#4 UkraineMEMO: Russia's war against Ukraine – What makes it so complex?

#3 UkraineMEMO: War of aggression against Ukraine – Demands to the West

Ukraine Breakfast Debate: What impulses are being set by the land reform?

Ukraine and the European Union - 8th Germany Breakfast Debate

#2 UkraineMEMO: Crimea - occupied but not lost

#1 UkraineMEMO – Independent research and taking a stand