Biography
Nadiia Koval was the Director of the Centre for International Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine (2017-2019). She was a Member of the Board of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (2015-2020). Nadia got an MA Diploma in Political Science (European Studies) of the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2007) as well as a Diploma of a non-degree post-graduate course in Political Science at the Eastern Studies Division at University of Warsaw (2008).
She obtained a French government scholarship for a joint French-Ukrainian PhD program at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Civilizations (INALCO, Paris) and Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Nadia worked as an analyst in foreign policy and security issues at the National Institute for Strategic Studies (2012-2016) and the Ukrainian Institute for the Future (2016-2017).
Her professional interests revolve around international reconciliation and conflict resolution practices; history, culture and politics in Central and Southeastern Europe; a wide range of issues of Ukrainian and European foreign policy in general.
Courses
Peer-reviewed academic publications
Nadiia Koval, Volodymyr Kulyk, Mykola Riabchuk, Kateryna Zarembo & Marianna Fakhurdinova (2022). "Morphological Analysis of Narratives of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict in Western Academia and Think-Tank Community”, Problems of Post-Communism, DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2021.2009348
“The Splendid School Assembled: Studying and Practicing IR in Independent Ukraine” (Co-authored with Ivan Gomza). The Ideology and Politics Journal “Ideology and Education in Post-Soviet Countries”, Issue 2(13), 2019, p. 51-91
“Russia as an Alternative Security Provider: The Greek Perspective on the “Ukraine Crisis” The Ideology and Politics Journal “EU Member States’ National Perspectives on the “Ukraine Crisis”, Issue 1(7), 2017, p. 131-167
“The Winter of Our Discontent: Emotions and Contentious Politics in Ukraine, 2013” Coauthored with Ivan Gomza. Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal № 1, October 2015, p. 39-62
“The Winter of Our Discontent: Emotions and Contentious Politics in Ukraine, 2013” Coauthored with Ivan Gomza. Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal № 1, October 2015, p. 39-62
“The School History Textbook for the Balkans: From Pedagogical Innovation to Political Reality”, in Ukraina Moderna № 19/2012 “How (not) to write History Textbooks”, p. 45-62 (in Ukrainian)
« L’Europe centrale dans la cartographie mentale des intellectuels ukrainiens d’aujourd’hui », in Anatoli, № 2, Septembre 2011, p. 191-209 (in French)
Book chapters
“Three Faces of Federalism in the Foreign Policy: Russian and German Approaches to the Ukraine Crisis”, in Decentralization, Regional Diversity, and Conflict: The Case of Ukraine, ed. by H. Shelest and M. Rabinovych, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, p. 187-210
“Eternal Return to ‘Eternal Russia’: Challenges of the ‘Ukrainian Crisis’ for the French Intellectual Discourse” (In Ukrainian: «Вічне повернення до «вічної Росії»: виклики «української кризи» для французького інтелектуального дискурсу», Інтерпретація російсько-українського конфлікту в західних наукових і експертно- аналітичних працях, за ред. В. Кулика, К.: ІПіЕНД ім. І.Ф. Кураса НАН України, 2020, с. 128-170
Thucydides on the Animal Farm: Greek Approach to the Ukrainian-Russian Conflict (In Ukrainian: «Фукідід у колгоспі тварин: грецький підхід до українсько-російського конфлікту», Інтерпретація російсько-українського конфлікту в західних наукових і експертно-аналітичних працях, за ред. В. Кулика. – К.: ІПіЕНД ім. І.Ф. Кураса НАН України, 2020. – с. 198-229
Policy papers and briefs
Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar Studies in the World: Problems, Needs, Perspectives. Co-authored with Oleksandra Gaidai, Mariia Protsiuk, Mariia Melnyk, Denys Tereshchenko, Maryna Irysova. Ukrainian Institute, 2022.
Rossotrudnichestvo: The Unbearable Harshness of Soft Power. Co-authored with Maryna Irysova, Serhii Tytiuk, Denys Tereshchenko. Ukrainian Institute, 2022.
“The Russian flag will be flown wherever Russian is spoken”: “Russkiy Mir” Foundation. Co-authored with Yulia Masiyenko, Kateryna Zahryvenko, Denys Tereshchenko. Ukrainian Institute, 2022.
First Roubles, Then Guns: The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund. Coauthored with Denys Tereshchenko. Ukrainian Institute, Kyiv, 2022
Geopolitical Consequences of the Russo-Ukrainian War for the Liberal World Order. In The Future of Democracy: Strengthening Liberal Values, Institutions and Procedures at Global, European, Regional and National Levels, ed. by I. Hegedus and E. Uszkiewicz, Hungarian Europe Society, June 2022, pp. 70-75.
Ukraine and the Association Agreement: Monitoring Compliance (2014 – first half of 2021). Co-responsible for the political dialogue and security cooperation part. UCEPS, 2022 (in Ukrainian)
Ukraine-EU: Path to Political Cooperation. Group of authors, Razumkov Centre, Kyiv, 2021.
Poles and Ukrainians in Daily Contacts. Co-authored with Laurynas Vajcunas and Iwona Reichardt. Kyiv-Warsaw, 2021. Available also in Ukrainian and in Polish.
“Protracted Conflicts’ Resolution: Lessons of Greece-Turkey Conflict for the Ukraine- Russia Case”, UA: Ukraine Analytica, “Protracted Conflicts”, Issue 3 (9), 2017
Discussion paper of the Ukrainian-Polish Dialogue Group "Priority Partnership: A Common Vision for Ukrainian-Polish Relations", September 2017 (in Ukrainian)
"Ukraine and the EU: In the Search of the Most Effective Ways of Security Cooperation", Institute for the European Policy and Democratic Initiatives Foundation, December 2016. (in Ukrainian)
“Minsk Agreements” and the Russian Military Implications in the Post-Soviet Area”, in Panorama 2015-2016, Stratpol, Bratislava 2016, pp. 263-272
