Director of the Institute, Doctor of Historical Sciences (1995), Professor (1997), Honored Science and Technology Worker of Ukraine (2012).

Deputy Director for Scientific Work

Doctor of Political Science, Professor.

Leading Research Fellow. Candidate of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow.

Senior Researche Fellow. Doctor of Historical Sciences (2000), Doctor of Philosophy (1995), Professor (2012).

Chief Research Fellow, Doctor of Historical Sciences (1989).

Senior Research Fellow. Candidate of Philosophy (1985), Associate Professor (1991).

Senior Research Fellow. Candidate of Political Science (2010).

Leading researcher

Bulvinsky Andriy Grigorovich, born 1972 Head of the department, leading researcher. Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. Specialty: historian, specialist in the history of Ukraine and Ukrainian diplomacy. Sphere of scientific interests: history of Ukraine of the XVII century, history of Ukrainian diplomacy, Ukrainian-Russian relations. He specializes in the study of military and diplomatic aspects of the history of the Ukrainian Cossack state, the humanitarian problems of Ukrainian-Russian relations at the present stage.

Deputy Director for Scientific and Organizational Work and General Issues.

Старший науковий співробітник. Кандидат політичних наук, доцент. Фах: політологія, міжнародні відносини, зовнішня політика України, національна безпека.

Dobrovolskaya Angelina Borysivna, born in 1965 Senior Research Fellow. Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow. Specialty: economist-internationalist, specialist in problems of world economy and international economic relations. Sphere of scientific interests: recent history of the post-Soviet countries, international relations, in particular, the influence of post-industrial and globalization tendencies on the economic and social components of national development, on the values ​​of society as well as on geopolitical factors on the nature of socio-systemic transformations of transitive countries.

Zelenko Galyna Ivanivna. Senior Research Fellow. Doctor of Political Science, Professor. Specialty: political scientist, specialist in political institutes and processes, development of the Visegrad countries. Sphere of scientific interests: processes of political modernization and political institutionalization in Ukraine and CEE countries.

Foshan Yaroslav Igorovych, born in 1975 Candidate of Historical Sciences. Research Fellow. Specialty: historian, Ukrainian scientist. Sphere of scientific interests: cultural and spiritual life of the Ukrainian people; the history of Ukraine and Belarus in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the latest history of the Balkan Peninsula countries.

Fomin Sergey Sergiyovich, born in 1944. Senior Research Fellow. Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow. Specialty: economist, specialist in international economic integration. Sphere of scientific interests: international economic integration, the role of the state in socio-economic development, historical experience of the emergence and development of various types of political and socio-economic systems.

Slyosko Olena Oleksandrivna, born in 1963 Senior Research Fellow. Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow. Specialty: economist-internationalist, specialist in problems of market relations of post-soviet countries, international monetary and financial relations, TNCs. Sphere of scientific interests: research of historical conditions of formation and regulation of the markets of post-Soviet countries, in particular, the Central Asian region. The Silk Road: The Opportunities of the Present.

Stelmakh Victoria Olexandrivna, born in 1982 Junior Research Fellow. Candidate of Political Science. Specialty: political scientist-internationalist, specialist from the countries of the Visegrad Group. Sphere of scientific interests: recent history of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, international relations, youth policy of the European Union, socio-political development of the Visegrad countries, problems of democracy and participation of young people in the functioning of civil society.

Oleg Mykhailovich Tsapko, born in 1968. Senior Research Fellow. Candidate of Historical Sciences, associate professor Specialty: political history specialist in Ukraine and countries of the Central Asian region. Sphere of scientific interests: history of modern countries of the Central Asian region, transformational processes in modern China, confessional relations in modern Ukraine, history of international and international legal relations.

Rudyakov Pavel Mykolayovich, born in 1956. Senior Research Fellow. Doctor of Philology, Professor. Specialty: Slavist, expert in the history and culture of the Balkan countries. Sphere of scientific interests: history of the southern Slavs, comparative studies.

Zernetska Olga Vasilivna, born in 1949. Head of the Department of Global and Civilizational Processes. Chief Research Fellow. Doctor of Political Science, Professor. Specialty: political scientist-internationalist, specialist in global development, global communication. Sphere of scientific interests: global communication and international relations; political communication and new media; history and theory of global communication.

Khizhnyak Igor Antonovych, born in 1948. Chief Research Fellow. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of Political Science. Valid member of the American Academy of Social and Political Sciences. Specialty: World History, History of International Relations, Political Problems of International Systems and Global Development. Sphere of scientific interests: problems of world history, culture of the West, political problems of international systems and global development, history of international relations, problems of the formation of Ukrainian statehood, sociology of culture, contemporary history, US politics and culture, country studies.

Bondarets Marina Vadymivna, born in 1956. Senior Research Fellow. PhD in Economics. Specialty: economist-internationalist, specialist in problems of world economy and international economic relations. Sphere of scientific interests: globalization and geoeconomics, research of social and economic processes of sustainable development in the conditions of globalization and systemic crisis.

Vetrinsky Igor Mikhailovych, born in 1985. Research Fellow. Candidate of Political Science. Specialty: political scientist-internationalist, specialist in political problems of international systems and global development. Sphere of scientific interests: political globalization, history of geopolitics, modern geopolitical transformations, geoeconomics, imperiology.

Viter Irina Igorivna, born in 1960. Senior Research Fellow. PhD in Economics. Senior Research Fellow, Associate Professor. Specialty: economist-internationalist, specialist in problems of world economy and international economic relations. Sphere of scientific interests: globalization, globalization, global modernization, European economic integration, international tourism, globalization of education, global transformations of transitive countries, global competitiveness, European prospects of Ukraine.