Biography
Dr. Ivan Gomza is a Research Professor of Public Policy and Governance at Kyiv School of Economics. Trained as a political scientist, he received his Ph.D. in 2012 after studying at the Joint Franco-Ukrainian PhD Program at the University of Paris X-Nanterre and the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Later, Dr. Gomza was a German fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in 2013 and the Fulbright Faculty Development Program in 2016-2017. Professionally, he used to teach intensively at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, but on July 2019 he joined the Kyiv School of Economics team.
Dr. Gomza’s scholarly interests comprise democratization, authoritarian regimes, contentious politics, and good governance. Dr. Gomza had his articles published at international academic journals (e.g. Communist and Post-Communist Studies and Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity). He also authored two books, and his most recent title, The Decadence Republic: Ideology of French Integral Nationalism under the Third Republic, was subsidized by Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and Fulbright Program in Ukraine. The book is scheduled to appear in February 2020 at Krytyka Publishing House.
Besides, since October 2019, Dr. Gomza is a member of PONARS Eurasia, a scholarly network advancing new approaches to research on security, politics, economics, and society in Eurasia. He also frequently gives public lectures for various NGOs and think-tanks (e.g. Ukrainian School of Political Studies, Vox Ukraine, and Centre-UA). In addition, since September 2019 Dr. Gomza hosts a public education podcast at “Hromadske Radio”.
International peer-reviewed journals
Gomza I., Zajaczkowski J. Black Sun Rising: Political Opportunity Structure Perceptions and Institutionalization of the Azov Movement in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine, Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity, 47(5), 2019. – P. 774-800.
Koval N., Gomza I. The Splendid School Assembled: Studying and Practicing International Relations in Independent Ukraine, Ideology and Politics, 13(2), 2019. – P. 51-91.
Gomza I. Catalytic Mobilization of Radical Ukrainian Nationalists in the Second Polish Republic: the Impact of Political Opportunity Structure, Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 4(2), 2018. – P. 35-75.
Gomza I. The Elusive Proteus: a Study in Ideological Morphology of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 48(2-3), 2015. – P. 195-207.
National peer-reviewed journals
Gomza I. Decentralization, Infrastructural Power, and Separatism: Complex Relation within Authoritarian Regimes, Наукові записки НаУКМА. 173, 2015. – С. 55-61. [In Ukrainian.]
Gomza I. Multi-Sectoral Classification of Authoritarian Regimes, Наукові записки НаУКМА, 160, 2014. – С. 11-21. [In Ukrainian.]
Publications
Political Developments in Kyiv Oblast Prior to 2019 Presidential Elections // Аналітичні записки ЦПД НаУОА. – Research Note No. 4. – 2019.
Noctes Ucrainicae: рецензія на книжку «Beyond the Euromaidan: Comparative Perspectives on Advancing Reform in Ukraine» [Book Review] // Україна Модерна, 25, 2018. – C. 306-319. [In Ukrainian.]
Quenching Fire With Gasoline: Why Flawed Terminology Will Not Help To Resolve The Ukraine Crisis // PONARS Eurasia. – Policy Memo No. 576. – February 2019.
Justice Without a Blindfold: The Complex Politicization of a Notorious Ukrainian Court // PONARS Eurasia. – Policy Memo No. 629. -November 2019.
The Winter of Our Discontent: Emotions and Contentious Politics in Ukraine during Euromaidan
Contentious Politics and Repertoire of Contention in Ukraine: the Case of Euromaidan
Light and Shadow of Populism. What is more from Populists - Threats or Opportunities
Statement of Political Scientist Ivan Gomza, in which he reveals the essence of populism through two metaphors - Doppelgänger and Chiaroscuro