Nadiia Koval, member of the Board and Head of Central and Western European Studies at the Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism," speaks about the impact of Covid-19 in Ukraine and its political, economic, and social implications. She analyzes the response of the Ukrainian government, the current public health situation, and the most likely consequences of the pandemic, including on ongoing war in eastern Ukraine.
Nadiia Koval holds a MA diploma in Political Science („European Studies“) of the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2007) as well as a diploma of a non-degree post-graduate course in Political Science at the Eastern Studies Division at University of Warsaw (2008). She obtained a French government scholarship for a joint French-Ukrainian PhD program at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Civilizations (INALCO, Paris) and Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. The thesis topic relates to comparative international reconciliation politics, treating the cases of Ukraine-Poland and Greece-Turkey, and the research is currently undergoing. Since 2012, Nadiia works at the Analysis and Information Department at the National Institute for Strategic Studies in Kyiv. She speaks English, French, Polish and Modern Greek.