Olena Yermakova

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Head of Research at KI Insights

Olena Yermakova is the Head of Research at KI Insights. She is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. She has held several prestigious research fellowships, including a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship in a UCL-led international research consortium and a visiting fellowship at IWM Vienna. Beyond academia, Olena has experience in inclusive peacemaking in Donbas with the Geneva-based HD Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, in communications for a post-Maidan government, and has served two terms as a Board Member of the European Youth Parliament Ukraine. Olena holds degrees from the College of Europe and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

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Opinion: Navigating the ‘Zelensky Legitimacy Question’

by Jakub Parusinski, Olena Yermakova May 22, 2024

Volodymyr Zelensky’s five-year term as Ukraine’s president expired on May 20. For most Ukrainian citizens, including the country’s constitutionalists, the path forward is clear: Zelensky should continue as president until martial law in Ukraine ends and new elections can take place. But critics argue that Zelensky and

Olena Yermakova

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Opinion: Navigating the ‘Zelensky Legitimacy Question’

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