Department of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Sociology,
Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University,
2,Vsevoloda Zmienko, Odesa, Ukraine, 65082.

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ORCID ID: Olga Brusylovska

Scopus ID: 57195100889

Google Scholar: Olga Brusylovska

Web of Science ResearcherID: ACD-8449-2022

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Main Courses: 1). Systemic Transformation of Post-Communist Countries of Europe and Asia. 2). Foreign Policy of the countries of Eastern Europe. 3). Regional Studies. 4). Methodology of Scientific Project Writing. 5). Russian-Ukrainian War.  

Since 2022 – Visiting researcher in Centre for Eastern Europe, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Since 2015 – Chief of the Department of International Relations, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University.

Since 2009 – Professor, Department of IR.

Since 2008 – Doctor of the Political Sciences. Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine. Title of Doctoral Thesis: “Political-Systemic Transformation in the Region of Eastern Europe, 1989-2004”.

1998 – Associate Prof., Department of IR.

Science editor of “International and Political Studies” (ISSN 2707-5206, Odesa, Ukraine). Member of editorial board of the academic journals: “Politology Bulletin” (ISSN 2415-881X, Kyiv, Ukraine),“The Mediaforum” (ISSN 2522-4050, Chernivtsi, Ukraine), electronic academic journal “Rhetoric and Communication” (ISSN 1314-4464, Sofia, Bulgaria); a member of Review’s Board of the academic journals “Strategic Review” (Poznan, Poland) and “Bulletin of Lviv National University. International Relations Series” (Lviv, Ukraine).

Mother tongues: Ukrainian, Russian. Other languages: English, Polish.

Membership in professional associations: Club of Graduates of Eastern Summer School (Warsaw University, 2001), European International Studies Association (EISA, 2013), Ukrainian European Studies Association (UESA, 2019), International Studies Association (ISA, 2019), Political Studies Association (PSA, 2020), DiscourseNet (2020), Eastern and South-Eastern Europe Fanel Network (2021), The Ukrainian Association of Professors and Researchers on European Integration (2022). BASEES (2026), CEEISA (2026).

List of main publications

• Brusylovska, O. “Energy safety of Ukraine: Russian factor”. Modelling the New Europe 22 (2017). http://neweurope.centre.ubbcluj.ro/?page_id=1695 (Scopus)
• Brusylovska, O., & Sinovets, P. “Strategic Culture of Ukraine as the Research Instrument of the Ukrainian Foreign Policy”. In Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy of Ukraine, eds. І. Koval, О. Brusylovska, and V. Dubovyk, 7-19. Odesa: Odessa Mechnikov National University Press, 2017.
• Brusylovska, O., & Glebov, S. “‘Russian World’ in the Black Sea Region: The Case of Ukraine”. In Baltic-Black Sea Regionalisms. Patchworks and Networks at Europe’s Eastern Margins, eds. O. Bogdanova, A. Makarychev, 225-234. Springer International Publishing, 2020. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-24878-9. (Scopus)
• Brusylovska, O., & Koval, I. “Russian Politics toward Ukraine: Was there Ever a Strategic Partnership?” Przegląd Strategiczny 12 (2019): 131–144. DOI: 10.14746/ps.2019.1.9. (Scopus)
• Brusylovska, O. “Consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine”. Lianhe Zaobao, April 2022, Singapore. https://www.zaobao.com/search-result?k=Olga%20Brusylovska
• Brusylovska, O. “Russian invasion to Ukraine: Reasons and challenges”. Ukraine Analytica 1 (27) 2022.
• Brusylovska, O. “The Role of Poland in the Formulation and Implementation of EU Eastern Policy”. The formation and peculiarities of the implementation of the European Union’s Eastern policy: Scientific monograph [science eds. T. Astramovich-Leik, Ya. Turchyn]. Riga, Latvia: “Baltija Publishing”, 2022, 45-59. http://baltijapublishing.lv/omp/index.php/bp/catalog/book/246
• Brusylovska, O. “The Russian invasion to Ukraine 2022: Discussions and Perceptions inside Academia”. Warsaw East European Review 2022, N 12, p. 7-18. DOI 10.61097/22992421/WEERXII/2022/7-17
• Brusylovska, O. “Security and Defense Policy of Ukraine in the Main Provisions and Objectives of its Strategic Documents”. In: Sinovets, P., Alberque, W. (eds.). Arms Control and Europe. Contributions to International Relations, 111-124. Springer, Cham, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03891-4_12 (Scopus)
• Brusylovska, O., & Maksymenko, I. (2023). Analysis of the media discourse on the 2022 war in Ukraine: The case of Russia. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 15(1), 222–235. https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12579 (Scopus Q2).
• Brusylovska, O. “Russia’s Nuclear Blackmail as a Threat to the Global Nuclear Order”. In: Adérito, V., Sinovets, P., Theron, J. (eds.). Russia’s War on Ukraine. The Implications for the Global Nuclear Order. Contributions to Political Science. Springer, Cham, 2023. https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/russia-s-war-on-ukraine/25993986 (Scopus)
• Brusylovska, O. “Scientific Discourse on Ukraine-EU Relations through the Prism of “The European Idea”. Rocznik Centrum Studiów nad Ukrainą, N 1, 2023, ed. by H. Litwin, р. 95-106. Brusylovska, O., & Maistrenko, Iu. “Russia’s regional policy: Unlearned lessons of local conflicts”. European Political and Law Discourse, 2024, Volume 11, Issue 2, p. 5-15. DOI: 10.46340/eppd.2024.11.2 (Scopus).
• Brusylovska, O. “Russian narratives of the war in Ukraine as reflected in the Serbian and Polish press”. European Political Science (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-024-00479-4 (Scopus Q1).
• Brusylovska, O., & Maistrenko, Iu. “Russia in the politics of South Caucasus countries after 2022”. International Relations, 2024. https://doi.org/10.12688/stomiedintrelat.17868.1
• Brusylovska, O. “Relations of Post-Communist Mediterranean Countries with Ukraine in the Conditions of Europeanization”. In Brusylovska, O., Erdoğan, S., & Irrera, D. (eds.), Multidimentional Regionalism in Mediterranean: Actors and Challenges, 175-194. Odesa: Astroprint, 2024.
• Brusylovska, O. “Consequences of the Russia Invasion of Ukraine for the Mediterranean through the Lens of Academic Discourse”. In Brusylovska, O., Erdoğan, S., & Irrera, D. (eds.), Multidimentional Regionalism in Mediterranean: Actors and Challenges, 227-246. Odesa: Astroprint, 2024.
• Brusylovska, O. Russian Narratives of the War in Ukraine 2024. Rocznik Centrum Studiów nad Ukrainą, N 2. Russia-Ukraine. A Confrontation of Narratives, 2025, ed. by H. Litwin, р. 165-187. DOI: 10.61097/29571553/CSU2/165-187. https://studium.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CSU2-z-DOI.pdf
• Brusylovska, O., Maksymenko, I., Glebov, S. et al. GEO-POWER-EU (2025). “Current State of Play: Baseline Study and Conceptual Framework”, https://geo-power.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/D1.1_Current_State_Of_Play.pdf
• Brusylovska, O., Kuzmin, D., Pokas, M. et al. GEO-POWER-EU (2025). Interdependence Database. https://geo-power.eu/research-output/database
• Brusylovska, O., Maksymenko, I., Glebov, S. et al. GEO-POWER-EU (2025). “The continuous relevance of the Eastern Partnership”. https://geo-power.eu/portfolio https://geo-power.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-relevance-of-EaP.pdf
• Brusylovska, O. The Image of Russia in the Bulgarian Mass Media. Rocznik Centrum Studiów nad Ukrainą, N 3, 2026, ed. by H. Litwin, р. 165-187.

International conferences, seminars, schools:

CEEISA-ISA International Conference «IR in the Age of Anxiety» (Belgrade, 2019). 13 EISA Pan-European Conference (Sofia, 2019). International Conference “Europe of 21st century” (Slubice, 2020). 19th Nordic Political Science Association E-Congress NoPSA (Reykjavik, 2021). 25th Annual Conference of Central European Political Science Association “Challenges to Democracy: Political Processes in Central and Eastern Europe” (Olszytyn, 2021). ESEE FANEL Network International Conference “The Other Europe? Resilience and Assertiveness in Our Region” (Bucharest, 2022). Warsaw East European Conference “Still without peace” (Warsaw, 2022). Workshop “War on Ukraine and the Nuclear World Order” (Paris, 2023). 73rd PSA Annual Conference, “Political Futures” (Liverpool, 2023). The congress of the international association DiscourseNet and the Latin-American association ALED “Discourses and their impacts on a world of multiple crises” (Valencia, 2023). The workshop “The Ring of the Mediterranean: Regional Studies” (Rome, 2024). The Panel “Modern Perception of Turkey and Ukraine in the Black Sea-Mediterranean Region” (Rize, 2024). Warsaw East European Conference “How to deter Russia: Resilience of Ukraine and of the Western community” (Warsaw, 2024). CADAAD conference “Borders and boundaries in/across discourses” (Poznan, 2024). The Seventh Global Conference of WISC “International Relations in a World of Flux: Understanding Continuity, Change and Contestation” (Warsaw, 2024). XXVI International Turkish Cooperative Congress (Madrid, 2024). International Conference “Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans: Historical Perspectives, Cultural Bridges, and New Horizons” (Sofia, 2024). International Conference “War in Ukraine. What Does the Future of Central and Eastern Europe Look Like” (Bucharest, 2024). The 16th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (CBSE) (Cambridge, 2025). Second International Virtual Conference on Ukraine KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, 2025). The IVAnnual Conference of the Romanian Centre for Russian Studies “Ukraine and the New World Order. What Comes Next to Us – EU and NATO – When Facing Russian Aggression/Offensive Strategies” (Bucharest, 2025). Ukrainian Central European Forum (Kyiv, 2025). Mackinder Forum “The Geopolitics of War against Ukraine” (2026, online). NucTalks Workshop “Regional Perspectives on Non-Proliferation, Radiological and Nuclear Security” (Vienna, 2026). BASEES 2026 Annual Conference (Birmingham, 2026). The 35th annual ASEN Conference “Nationalism, Democracy, and Freedom” (Edinburgh, 2026). CEEISA Conference 2026 (Sarajevo, 2026).

On-going project:

HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01 «Empowering the Geopolitical EU in the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans» (GEO-POWER-EU). 2024-2027.