Volodymyr Posviatenko is a research assistant at the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He is currently working on the “REDIRECT – The REpresentative DIsconnect: diagnosis and strategies for RECTification” Horizon-Europe research project. He previously worked on the “SHAPEDEM-EU: Rethinking and Reshaping the EU’s democracy support in its Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood” Horizon-Europe research project. He holds a double master’s degree in European studies from the Jagiellonian University and the University of Padua (2022). His research interests focus on issues concerning the regions of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Balkans, EU enlargement, EU foreign policy, democratisation in the EU neighbourhood, as well as cultural and linguistic diversity and the protection of national minorities.

volodymyr.posviatenko@uj.edu.pl