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Political scientist
Olga Onuch
(born 1982) is professor of comparative and Ukrainian politics at the
University of Manchester
. In 2023, she became the first person to be appointed a
full professor
of
Ukrainian politics
at a university in the English-speaking world.
Life
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Onuch was born in 1982.
[1]
She studied for an undergraduate degree in political science and international development studies at
Queen's University
, Canada,
[2]
and undertook graduate study at the
London School of Economics
, planning to focus on Latin America, but as a result of the
Orange Revolution
and her Ukrainian ancestry, she opted to study protest movements.
[3]
In 2010 she gained a DPhil at the
University of Oxford
, with a thesis comparing processes of mass mobilisation in Argentina (2001?2002), and Ukraine (2004).
[4]
After working in research roles at the
University of Toronto
, the University of Oxford and
Harvard University
, Onuch began working in Manchester in 2014.
[5]
Onuch's publications include the books
Mapping Mass Mobilization: Understanding Revolutionary Moments in Argentina and Ukraine
and
The Zelensky Effect
, co-authored with
Henry E. Hale
, which considers the role of
civic national Ukrainian identity
and its influence on president
Volodymyr Zelensky
,
[6]
[7]
[8]
drawing extensively on Onuch's multi-year research on mass political mobilisation.
[9]
Onuch is involved in the Data for Ukraine project, which uses public data from Twitter to provide
geolocated
event data on human displacement, humanitarian needs, civilian resistance, and human rights abuses.
[3]
[10]
Onuch has said that her study is depressing but she has found the multi-cultural city of Manchester to be welcoming. She has identified the value of people who have mass-protested and she sees this behaviour as reinforcing pro-democracy views and a willingness to stay in Ukraine. She photographed the displays of Ukrainian flags in Manchester and her photos were shown on Ukrainian television.
[3]
In 2023, Onuch became the first person to be appointed a full professor of
Ukrainian politics
at a university in the English-speaking world.
[7]
[11]
References
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"Onuch, Olga, 1982?"
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Library of Congress Name Authority File
. Retrieved
30 August
2023
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Onuch, Olga (2014).
Mapping Mass Mobilization: Understanding Revolutionary Moments in Argentina and Ukraine
. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. xiii.
ISBN
9781137409775
.
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b
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Wootton-Cane, Nicole (22 May 2022).
"I'm doing the most depressing work of my life ? but Manchester keeps me going"
.
Manchester Evening News
. Retrieved
27 August
2023
.
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Onuch, Olga (2010).
Revolutionary moments and movements: Comparing the processes of mass-mobilisation in Argentina (2001?2002), and Ukraine (2004)
(DPhil). University of Oxford.
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"Olga Onuch"
. University of Manchester
. Retrieved
27 August
2023
.
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Hale, Henry E.; Onuch, Olga (4 July 2023).
"Zelensky's Fight After the War"
.
Foreign Affairs
. Retrieved
28 August
2023
.
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a
b
"University appoints UK's first professor of Ukrainian politics"
. BBC News. 26 August 2023
. Retrieved
27 August
2023
.
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Plokhy, Serhii (9 March 2023).
"Zelensky's heroic wartime leadership has deep historical roots"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
27 August
2023
.
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Couch, Emily (26 June 2023).
"Olga Onuch and Henry E. Hale Investigate 'The Zelensky Effect'
"
.
The Moscow Times
. Retrieved
27 August
2023
.
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Stafford, Joe (29 June 2023).
"Ukraine data project is recognised for its innovation by OECD"
. University of Manchester
. Retrieved
28 August
2023
.
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"Olga Onuch"
.
Research Explorer The University of Manchester
. Retrieved
5 September
2023
.
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