lina Nychyk is Doctor in Politics (University of Manchester, 2022), MSc in International International Economic Relations (Wroclaw University of Economics, 2014), and BSc in International Economics (Kyiv National Economic University, 2012). Nychyk had student exchanges at Gazi University in Ankara, Goethe University in Frankfurt on Main and Maastricht University. In 2022, she was a Ukraine Fellow at RECET, Vienna University and in 2023, a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich. Alina Nychyk gathered diverse experiences in international companies (e.g. Hewlett Packard), NGOs (Polish Forum of Young Diplomats, Ukraine Democracy Initiative, Promote Ukraine, Professional Government of Ukraine, Young Security Conference), and European institutions (European Commission and European Parliament). Apart from her academic work, she is a social activist, dealing with women’s empowerment and democracy.