Sasha Terentyeva

July 2022 – current – University of Innsbruck

Doctoral degree in Political Science

Thesis: Politics of Memory as a Practice of Decolonization

Supervisors: Prof. Julia Mourão Permoser, Prof. Martin Senn, Prof. Kristina Stoeckl

Mar 2022 – July 2022 – University of Vienna

Exchange semester within my Doctoral Degree as Erasmus+ Scholarship holder, Political Science Department

Sep 2020 – Oct 2022 (paused) – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Doctoral degree in Political Science, Institute of International Relations

Thesis: Postcolonialism in the foreign policy of the Kingdom of Belgium

Aug 2018 – May 2020 – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Master`s degree with honors in Regional Studies, Institute of International Relations

Thesis: Asymmetry of Foreign Policy Relations between the Benelux Union Countries: Political and Economic Aspects

Aug 2014 – June 2018 – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Bachelor`s degree with honors in Country Studies, Institute of International Relations

Sep 2023  – Mar 2026 – University of  Innsbruck, Austria

ÖAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences) DOC Fellow. Awarded a 30-month funded fellowship for my Doctoral degree in Political Science. Core research interests: politics of memory, Eastern Europe, decolonization, discourse analysis.

Thesis: Politics of Memory as a Practice of Decolonization

Supervisors: Prof. Mourão Permoser, Prof. Martin Senn, Prof. Kristina Stoeckl. 

Sep 2022 – Aug 2023 – University of  Innsbruck, Austria

Project Junior Research Assistant. Elise Richter Programme Project "Migration as Morality Politics" under the supervision of  Prof. Mourão Permoser in the University of Innsbruck, Department of Political Science. Main focus: power relations & sanctuary campaigns in the EU. Financially supported by the FWF Austrian Science Fund.

Sep 2020 – Oct 2022 – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

Junior Assistant. Department of International Regional Studies, Institute of International Relations. Assistant practice for graduate students, including preparing and conducting seminars in area studies for bachelor and master students.

Sep 2023  – Mar 2026 – University of  Innsbruck, Austria

ÖAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences) DOC Fellow. (EUR 116.757,58)

30-months funded Ph.D. Project at the University of Innsbruck

Supervisor: Prof. Julia Mourão Permoser

Sep 2022 – Aug 2023 – University of Innsbruck (EUR 40.860)

FWF Crisis Support for Researchers from Ukraine Scholarship holder

One-year Project involvement 

Mar 2022 - July 2022 – University of Vienna (EUR 3.800)

Erasmus+ Ph.D. Scholarship holder (Political Science)

Jan 2022 – Mar 2022 – University of Vienna (EUR 2.100)

OeAD Ph.D. Scholarship holder (Political Science)

Supervisor: Dr. Jan Pospisil

Feb 2023 - Jun 2023 — IUFU Program by CEU

• Rethinking Ukrainian Studies in a Global Context: Pass (4 ECTS Credits)

• Public History: Pass (4 ECTS Credits)

• Re-interpreting European Security in the aftermath of Russia’s war in Ukraine: A (4 ECTS Credits)

• Mentoring: Pass (2 ECTS Credits)

1. Ukrainian — mother tongue;

2. Russian — C2 (bilingual)

3. English — C1 (IELTS 2020);

4. German — B2 (Uni Innsbruck Test 2023);

5. French — C1 (DALF 2018).

My current professional interaction is mainly in English.

Nov 2022 – current – Head of “The Nest — Association for Solidarity and Integration” (Innsbruck)

I founded the first Ukrainian cultural center and library in Innsbruck, dealing with integration and solidarity with the Ukrainian community in Tirol (hnizdoinnsbruck.org). Funded through the “European Solidarity Corps” Program by the EU.

Feb 2022 – current – Vienna Crisis Headquarters for Ukraine

Medical Supplies department coordinator. Cooperation with ‘TUMA”, “Barbarakirche,” “YOUkraine,” and “Unlimited Democracy” NGOs.

Core tasks: Full chain of medical supplies from Austria to Ukraine (collecting and sorting donations, negotiations with suppliers, fundraising, logistics).