Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher in “FATIGUE”, an international project on populism and illiberalism in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). She is working on the topic of “ESR 12: Escape from liberalism. The right-wing turn in CEE and the problem of ‘otherness’”. A student on the UJ Interdisciplinary PhD Programme: Politics, Culture and Society in the Contemporary World, she previously studied English and Chinese at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In addition to her studies, she was an active member of the European Youth Parliament NGO, being elected to the Board of the Ukrainian branch of the organisation twice and organising international educational conferences for young people. This experience sparked her interest in European affairs, prompting her to study for an MA in European interdisciplinary dtudies at the College of Europe in Natolin.