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

Telephone (+380 482) 63 32 59; Fax (+380 482) 68 72 84;
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ORCID ID: Iuliia Maystrenko
Google Scholar: Iuliia Maistrenko

Main Courses: Political doctrines of the XX^th - XXI^th centuries.

• Since January2019 - Associated Professor, Department of International Relations.
• 2016 -2018 - Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations.
• Since June 2016 - Ph.D. in Political Sciences
• 2011- 2016 - Leading expert of the Center of International Studies.

Native language: Russian, Ukrainian.
Other languages: English, Turkish.

List of main publications:

1. “The influence of the process of globalization on the Western Balkan ethnic conflicts (in the example of Bosnia and Herzegovina)”. Bulletin of the Odessa National University. 16 (10) (2011): 869 - 875. (in Ukrainian).
2. “Evolution of the political system in Ukraine and the Western Balkans: a comparative analysis.” Bulletin of the Odessa National University.16 (11) (2011):167 - 173. (in Ukrainian).
3. “Evolution of cross-border cooperation between the countries of the Western Balkans: losses and achievements”. Bulletin of the Odessa National University. 17 (2) (2012): 164 - 171. (in Ukrainian).
4. “The process of European integration of the Western Balkans: problems and prospects”. Bulletin of the Odessa National University. 2 (18) (2013): 139 - 146. (in Ukrainian).
5. “The Impact of the World Economic Crisis on the Transformation Processes in the Western Balkans”. Scientific Herald. 4 (224) (2015): 143-153. (in Ukrainian).
6. “Study of political transformations in the Western Balkans region at the beginning of the XXI century”. In International Relations and Politics of States in the Frames of Global Transformations: Analysis of Contemporary Political Thought, edited by І. Koval, О. Brusylovska, 183-200. Оdesa: ОNU, 2016. (in Ukrainian).
7. “South-East and West Balkan directions of Ukraine's foreign policy”. In Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy of Ukraine, edited by І. Koval, О. Brusylovska, V. Dubovyk, 204-226. Оdesa: ONU, 2017. (in Ukrainian) (in co-authorship with I. Maksimenko).
8. “Cyberterrorism as a Modern Security Threat” / Y.I. Maistrenko. In Ukraine in the context of transformation of the international security system. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference, 162-164, 2019. (in Ukrainian)/
9. Contemporary Foreign Policy of Serbia: EU or Russia? / Y.I. Maistrenko // International and Political Studies, 32 (2019): 154-170. (in Ukrainian).
10. “NATO Factor in the Western Balkans States' Foreign Policy in the Beginning of the XXI Century”. European Political and Law Discourse. 2 (4) (2015): 53-58.

International conferences, seminars, schools:

Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "Global and national transformations of modern society" (Kiev, 2011). IX International Scientific and Practical Conference of Students, Postgraduates and Young Scientists "Shevchenko’s Spring" (Kyiv, 2011). Third Annual European Conference on the Functioning of Political Parties: "The Evolution of Democratic Governance in Europe: Past, Present, Future" (Dusseldorf, 2011). V International Scientific Conference "Socio-Cultural and Political Integration: Local, Regional and Global Dimension" (Odessa, 2011). International scientific conference "Revision of Democracy: New Theories, Politics and Social Practices" (Celje, 2012). Third International Scientific Conference devoted to the problems of social sciences (Moscow, 2012). VI International Scientific Conference "Social and Political Transformations in a Crisis Society: Local, Regional and Global Dimension" (Odessa, 2013). Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Communication and Discrimination in the Context of Developing a Modern Information Society" (Chernivtsi, 2015). International scientific and practical conference "Social, psychological and political problems of transborder security" (Odessa, 2016). International scientific conference "Social and political transformations in Central and Eastern Europe (1917-2017)" (Odessa, 2017). European conference on social and behavioral sciences (Odessa, 2017). International Scientific and Practical Conference "Ukraine in the Conditions of Transformation of the International Security System" (Lviv, 2019).