Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Olena Khylko, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Khylko
I.2 - Name
Olena
I.3 - Degrees
Ph.D. in Political Sciences, 2005
I.4 - Year of birth
1977
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comemius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynske Luhy 4, Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Researcher
I.8 - E-mail address
khylko.olena@fses.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/45728
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Social sciences, European studies, international relations
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0859-0060

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
II.b - Year
2000
II.c - Study field and programme
International Relations
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
II.b - Year
2001
II.c - Study field and programme
International Relations
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Political Science
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Senior Research Fellow title. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
II.b - Year
2015
II.c - Study field and programme
Political Science
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Researcher Institute for European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University 01.09.2022-currently
Associate Professor Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) 2015-2022
Senior Research Fellow Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) 2013-2015
Research Fellow Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) 2007-2013
Junior Research Fellow Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) 2005-2007
Translator Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 2001-2004

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Research stay "Resilience-building in the gray security zone countries affected by war (Ukraine's case-study)" Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica 2022
Academic integrity in high education institutions American Councils on International Education (Kyiv, Ukraine) 2016-2019
A cycle of lectures on Eastern Europe and Temporary Protection during Erasmus Teaching Mobility Osnabruck University May 2024
Basics of cyber security in UK Comenius University in Bratislava 2024
Training "Vstupné školenie pre nových zamestnancov + GDPR" Comenius University 2023

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
International Relations 2 European Studies BA International Relations
International Relations 3 European Studies BA International Relations
Eastern Europe in World Politics European Studies MA International Relations
Regionalism and Global Order European Studies MA International Relations
Introduction to Political Science European Studies BA Political Science
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
9
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
75
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
20
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
135
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
45
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Theoretical foundations of the determination of the threats to national security of Ukraine and the means of its provision. Ph.D. thesis, 2004.

URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=z9T8f8cAAAAJ&citation_for_view=z9T8f8cAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C

2

Khylko, Olena, Manzhola, Volodymyr, Bozhko, Serhiy, Vdovenko Victoria (2012), Ukraine in European Security Environment (Україна в європейському безпековому просторі). Monograph, Kyiv: Kyivski Universitet, 320p.

3

Khylko, O., Myronova, M. (2021). Spoločná zahraničná a bezpečnostná politika Európskej únie. Vývoj vojenskej a politickej integrácie. V Európska únia v medzinárodných vzťahoch : učebnica. / Kopiika, Valerij [Zostavateľ]. Kyjev : Vydavateľstvo Kyjevskej univerzity, s. 39-95. (v Ukrajinčine)

4

Khylko, M., Khylko, О. (2024). Navigating Global South’s Ambivalent Stance on Russia-Ukraine War. Evropský politický a právní diskurz, 11, 3, pp.5-15. https://doi.org/10.46340/eppd.2024.11.4.1

Indexed in Scopus

5

Khylko, O., Khylko M. (2024). Explanatory Potential of the Postcolonial Approach for Understanding the Russia-Ukraine War. Topos, vol.2(53), pp. 18-41, https://doi.org/10.61095/815-0047-2024-2-18-41

Indexed in Scopus

6

Khylko, O. (2024). Eastern Europe Marginalized in Teaching IR: Lessons Learned from Russia's War Against Ukraine. Kapitola v knihe Teaching IR in Wartime: Experiences of University Lecturers during Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine, ed. by Knodt, M., Zarembo, K., Yakovlyev, M. Series Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, Ibidem-Press, Verlag, p.53-84. ISBN (Print): 978-3-8382-1954-7 ; ISBN (E-Book [PDF]): 978-3-8382-7954-1. Hannover, Stuttgart 2025. https://www.ibidem.eu/out/media/vlb_9783838279541_2.pdf  

(Scopus indexed).  

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Khylko, O., Khylko M. (2024). Explanatory Potential of the Postcolonial Approach for Understanding the Russia-Ukraine War. Topos, vol.2(53), pp. 18-41, https://doi.org/10.61095/815-0047-2024-2-18-41

Indexed in Scopus

2

Khylko, O. (2024). Eastern Europe Marginalized in Teaching IR: Lessons Learned from Russia's War Against Ukraine. Kapitola v knihe Teaching IR in Wartime: Experiences of University Lecturers during Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine, ed. by Knodt, M., Zarembo, K., Yakovlyev, M. Series Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, Ibidem-Press, Verlag, p.53-84. ISBN (Print): 978-3-8382-1954-7 ; ISBN (E-Book [PDF]): 978-3-8382-7954-1. Hannover, Stuttgart 2025. https://www.ibidem.eu/out/media/vlb_9783838279541_2.pdf

 (Scopus indexed).  

3

Khylko, M., Khylko, О. (2024). Navigating Global South’s Ambivalent Stance on Russia-Ukraine War. Evropský politický a právní diskurz, 11, 3, 5-15. https://doi.org/10.46340/eppd.2024.11.4.1

Indexed in Scopus

4

Khylko, O., Tkach, O., Batrymenko, O., Tovmash, D., Liashenko, I., Khylko, M. (2023). The system of political education as an institute for the professionalization of politics. Cuestiones Políticas, vol. 41(77), pp. 654-675, https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4177.43, available at: https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/cuestiones/article/view/40209

indexed in Web of Science

5

Khylko, Olena, Shvachych, Gennady, Busygin, Volodymyr, Khylko, Mykola, Moroz, Bohdan: Mathematical modeling of the data processing problems of heat experiments based on multiprocessor computing complexes.

In Networks and Systems, Conference Proceedings, 2021, pp. 1–14.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7345-3_1

URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-7345-3_1

Indexed in Scopus



6

Khylko, Olena, Shvachych, Gennady, Pobochii, Ivan, Sashchuk, Hanna, Dzhus, Oleksandr, Busygin, Volodymyr: Development of a Linear-Scaling Consensus Mechanism of the Distributed Data Ledger Technology.

In Ubiquitous Intelligent Systems. Book Series: Smart Innovation Systems and Technologies, Conference Proceedings, 2022. Vol.302. pp. 1-13.

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-2541-2_1

URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-2541-2_1

index in Web of Science, Scopus

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Rinubha, P., Devi, Y. (2022). Analysis of Russian Losses in Ukraine Russia War. International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and Science, Vol.04. #7. https://www.irjmets.com/uploadedfiles/paper//issue_7_july_2022/28867/final/fin_irjmets1658910328.pdf

2

Vysotskyi, O., Polishchuk, I., Korotkov, D., & Chevychalova, Zh. (2025). Ukrainian Economic Diplomacy during the Full-Scale Russian Aggression. Evropsky Politicky a Pravni Diskurz, 12, 1, 5-12. https://doi.org/10.46340/eppd.2025.12.1.1

3

Jarnicki, D. (2023). Ukraine during the invasion - security challenges and "everyday life". Public Administration and Security Studies 2023. Vol.15 (15), 247-272. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0054.3175

4

Manners, I. (2024). Teaching the Russian War against Ukraine: Ukraine as a Microcosm of the Paradigm Shift from International Relations to Planetary Politics. Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, No.1, pp.1-32.

5

Dogan, F. (2023). European Union as a global security actor: common security and defence policy and its challenges in the 2011 Libya crisis and 2014 Ukraine conflict. Doctoral Thesis. Leiden University. https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3590216

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Project "Understanding and Countering Authoritarian Interference", GLOBSEC 2022-2023, National Endowment for Democracy, Slovakia. Type of participation: project manager.

2

Academic Integrity in higher education institutions, American Councils for International Education, 2016-2019, Ukraine. Type of participation: Coordinator from the Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko University.

3

Project "Human Security and Security Sector Reform in Eastern Europe", implemented by East European Security Research Initiative with the partners from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Bielorus, Lithuania, Slovakia and Ukraine, supported by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Type of participation: researcher fellow. https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ukraine/13420.pdf ; https://eesri.org/2017/06/human-securityand-security-sector-reform-in-eastern-europe/

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Director, Programme for Ukraine and Eastern Europe GLOBSEC 2022
Coordinator for Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv American Councils for International Education 2016-2019
Expert Eastern Europe Security Research Initiative 2015-2022

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica Národná 12, 974 01, Banská Bystrica 2022 Research stay. Research "Resilience-building in the gray security zone countries affected by war (Ukraine's case-study)"
Osnabruck University Heger-Tor-Wall 9, 49069 Osnabuck, Germany May 13-17, 2024 Erasmus Teaching Mobility
International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention in Chicago 362 Fairfield Way, Unit 4013 Storrs, CT 06269-4013, USA February 28 - March 5, 2025 Speaker at the panel SC76 Teaching International Relations: experiences, ideas, and challenges. Topic of the presentation: “Will the Russian war against Ukraine bring changes to teaching IR (theories) courses?” https://www.isanet.org/Conferences/ISA2025/Program/Browse

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Papers

Khylko O. (2024). Will the Russian War against Ukraine Bring Changes to the Teaching of International Relations? Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Poliltics and Society., No 1, pp.33-64.

Khylko O., Talik M. (2024) Navigating Uncertainty: Exit Strategies from the Temporary Protection of Ukrainian Refugees. Institute for the Danube region and Central Europe Papers 1/2024. https://www.idm.at/idm-pps-1-2024/

Khylko, O. (2023). “Resilience-building in grey security zone countries”, in Scientific Collection “InterConf+”, No 34(159), 4th ISPC “Concepts for the Development of Society’s Scientific Potential” (June 19-20, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic), pp. 37–48. https://doi.org/10.51582/interconf.19-20.06.2023.004, https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=3636247

Khylko, O. & Khylko, M. (2023). “A shift in Ukrainians’ Perception of Security Options”, in Scientific Collection “InterConf” (156): 11th International Scientific and Practical Conference “Challenges in Science of Nowadays” (May 26-28, 2023, Washington, USA, online), pp. 22-26, https://archive.interconf.center/index.php/conference-proceeding/article/view/3440

Conferences and events

Khylko O. delivered speech at 7th bilateral forum Slovakia-Ukraine organized by the MFA of the Slovak Republic, MFA of Ukraine, SFPA and FPC “Ukrainian Prism”, 29.11.2022, Bratislava. Presentation “Ukraine’s lessons learnt from countering Russian hybrid threats”.

Khylko O. delivered an open lecture to the students of the Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, the topic “The role of Central European think-tanks in political decision-making”, 12.05.2023 (online).

Khylko O. delivered speech at the conference “European Asylum Policy after Ukraine” organized by the University of Liège and Université Paris Cité and Institute for Central Europe, 13.07.2023 in Bratislava. The talking points: “The perspectives of integration Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia”.

Khylko O. delivered speech at the round table “Russia’s War of Aggression as “Zeiwende”? Implications for European Security” organized by Institut fur den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa and GLOBSEC, 12.08.2023, Bratislava. Topic “Transformation of the global security order: visions of Ukraine and Russia”.

Khylko O. was a speaker at Vilnius European University for Humanities International Conference “Decolonization of Education and Research in Belarus and Ukraine: Theoretical Challenges and Practical Tasks” (28-30.09.2023). Speech topic “How to ensure the long-standing attractiveness of the East European studies after re-centering them?”

Khylko O. performed as a speaker at the International Institute for Peace event in Vienna “On the EU’s Frontline: Outcomes from Poland’s 2023 Parliamentary Elections”. (19.10.2023). Topic of the speech: “The implications of the Polish parliamentary elections of 2023 for the relations of Poland and Ukraine”.

Khylko O. was a speaker at the 2024 Annual Conference of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) (5-7.04.2024). Topic of the speech "Postcolonial and de-colonial approaches to the explanation of Ukraine’s victory aspirations".

Khylko O. was a speaker at the panel discussion "Impact of the U.S. Elections on Ukraine's Security and the EU Enlargement" held in Vienna and organized by the Institute for Danube region and Central Europe (6.11.2024).

Khylko O. was a speaker at International Studies Association Annual Convention (ISA) in Chicago. The panel SC76 Teaching International Relations: experiences, ideas, and challenges. Topic of the presentation: “Will the Russian war against Ukraine bring changes to teaching IR (theories) courses?” (02.03.2025). https://www.isanet.org/Conferences/ISA2025/Program/Browse

Date of last update
2025-06-26