Department of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Sociology, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, 2,Vsevoloda Zmienko, Odesa, Ukraine, 65001.

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Main Courses: 1). Systemic Transformation of Post-Communist Countries of Europe and Asia. 2). Eastern Europe in International Relations after the Second World War. 3). Regional Studies. 4). Methodology of Scientific Project Writing.

• Since 2022 – Visiting researcher in SEW, 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), “Mediaforum” (ISSN 2522-4050, Chernovtsy, Ukraine), “Transformations” (ISSN 1230-0292, Warsaw, Poland), 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).

List of main publications

• “European idea” in Ukraine: Political discussions in Verkhovna Rada on the eve of Vilnius Summit (2013)”. В Constructing “Europe” and Spread of European Values, ред. L. Mazilis. Kaunas, 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:B.03~2014~ISBN_978-609-467-058-9
• “Brusylovska Forum Contribution”. Russian Journal of Communication 6 (2) (2014), 169-173. (Scopus)
• “Critical discourse analysis (CDA) in International Relations”. Реторика и комуникации, София 18 (2015). http://rhetoric.bg/olga-brusylovska-critical-discourse-analysis-cda-in-international-relations
• “Russian-Ukrainian conflict. First stage: propaganda war”. Вісник ОНУ 20 2(23) (2015): 59-64. heraldiss.onu.edu.ua/issue/download/3460/1564
• “The idea of European integration and the cross-border cooperation of Ukraine with the EU”. UA: Ukraine Analytica 4 (6) (2016): 44-50. ukraine-analytica.org
• “Energy safety of Ukraine: Russian factor”. Modelling the New Europe 22 (2017).
• “Strategic Culture of Ukraine as the Research Instrument of the Ukrainian Foreign Policy”. В Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy of Ukraine, ред. І. Koval, О. Brusylovska, V. Dubovyk, 7 – 20. Odesa: Odesa Mechnikov National University Press, 2017. (соавтор Полина Синовец).
• “ ‘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, 2020. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-24878-9 (with Sergii Glebov). (Scopus)
• “Peculiarities of the European Union as International Actor: Contemporary Scientific Discourse”. In Prospect of Development in EU Politics: Global and Regional Dimensions, eds. O. Brusylovska, I. Koval, 7-19. Odesa: Odessa Mechnikov National University Press, 2019.
• “Russian Politics toward Ukraine: Was there Ever a Strategic Partnership?” Przegląd Strategiczny 12 (2019): 131–144. DOI: 10.14746/ps.2019.1.9 (with Igor Koval). (Scopus)
• “Critical Discourse Analysis in International Relations Studies: The cases of Russia and Ukraine”. In Rhetoric and Communications, Issue 43, April 2020. Retrieved from http://journal.rhetoric.bg/?page_id=2688
• “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)
• “Discourse Analysis of Media on the War 2022 in Ukraine: The case of Russia”. Regional Science Policy & Practice. Special Issue: Ukraine: Geopolitical Realities and Regional Development Perspectives, 2022 (Scopus) (з І. Максименко).
• “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 (Scopus)
• “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. “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) (with Iuliia Maistrenko).
• “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)
• “Сучасні російські наративи війни в Україні”. В: Макаренко Є.А., Рижков М.М., Кучмій О.П., Фролова О.М. Міжнародна інформація: терміни і коментарі. Навчальний посібник. Вид. 5-е, доповн. та переробл., 347-353. К.: Вадекс, 2024. 540 с.
• 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
• 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 (with Maksymenko I., Glebov S.).
• 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

Training “Digital tools in teaching and courses” in the frames of the project “Rethinking Regional Studies: The Baltic-Black Sea Connection” (Tartu, 2019). Odesa International Debates “Uniting Ukraine, the Black Sea Region, and the Transatlantic Partners” (Odesa, 2019). Training “Digital tools in teaching and courses” in the frames of the project “Rethinking Regional Studies: The Baltic-Black Sea Connection” (Poznan, 2019). 3 Annual Conference AESC “The Experience of Inter-Regionalism in the Black Sea and Caucasus Regions: Norm Diffusion, Legal Approximation and Contestation” (Odesa, 2019). 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). E-Conference “Polska-Ukraina, Polacy-Ukraińcy. Bilans wzajemnych relacji” (Krakow, 2020). International E-Forum “University in Society 2021: Cross-Border Cooperation and Regional Development” (Minsk, 2021). 2 International E-Conference “The world in the age of pandemic and рost-pandemic period” (Poznan, 2021). E-Round Table “Enhancing EU actorness in Eastern Partnership” (Chisinau, 2021). 19th Nordic Political Science Association E-Congress NoPSA (Reykjavik, 2021). International Workshop “Reflecting on and looking ahead at the changed landscape of higher education in light of rapid digitalization” (Odesa, 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” (University of Bucharest, 2025). Ukrainian Central European Forum (Kyiv, 2025).

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.