Mykhaylo Komarnytskyy

Position: Associate Professor, International Relations and Diplomacy Department, Director, Center for American Studies Laboratory

Scientific degree: Candidate of Political Sciences

Academic status: Associate Professor

Phone (office): (032) 239-41-32

Email: mykhaylo.komarnytskyy@lnu.edu.ua

Google Scholar profile: scholar.google.com

Research interests

American Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, International Relations in Southeast Asia and Australia.

Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

More than 15 publications on Southeast Asian Affairs (in Ukrainian).

● Komarnytskyy M. Ukrainian public diplomacy in the XXI Century: Evolution and practice / M. Komarnytskyy // Baltic Rim Economies. – 2021. – Vol. 2. – P. 14-15.
● Komarnytskyy M. The Role of Public Diplomacy and Education in the Global Strategy of the European Union / M.M. Komarnytskyy // Herald of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv: Philosophy and Political Studies. – Issue 35. – Lviv, 2021. – P. 193-200. (in Ukrainian)
● Komarnytskyy M. The Role of Ethnic Interest Groups in U.S. Foreign Policy / M. Komarnytskyy // Humanističke studije. – 2020. – No. 8. – P. 93-106.
● Komarnytskyy M. The Future of US-Ukrainian Strategic Partnership / M. Komarnytskyy // Baltic Rim Economies. – 2019. – Vol. 4.
● Komarnytskyi M.M. International Educational Exchange Programs and Foreign Policy of Ukraine (2014-2019) / M. Komarnytskyi // Collection of materials of the international scientific conference “Strategic directions of the foreign policy of the European Union”, April 11, 2019, Kharkiv – Kharkiv, 2019. – P. 20-23. (in Ukrainian)
● Комарницький М. М. Перспективи інституційного розвитку АСЕАН та потенційні фактори збільшення його впливу на регіональну політику в Південно-Східній Азії/ М. М. Комарницький // Вісник Львівського національного університету. Серія міжнародні відносини. – Вип. 41. – Львів, 2017. – C. 78-88.
● Комарницький М. М. АСЕАН та Європейський Союз: становлення та еволюція відносин / М. М. Комарницький // Вісник Львівського національного університету. Серія міжнародні відносини. – Вип. 38. – Львів, 2016. – C. 59-69.
Komarnytskyy M. ASEAN Regional Cooperation: Progress, Prospects and Challenges / M. Komarnytskyy // Evropský politický a právní diskurz. – 2016. – Vol. 3, No. 2. – P. 59-64.
● Комарницький М. М. Теоретичні концепції розвитку регіональних відноcин у Південно-Східній Азії (2005-2015) / М. М. Комарницький // Вісник Львівського національного університету. Серія філософсько-політологічні студії. – Вип. 8. – Львів, 2015. – С. 137-143.
● Komarnytskyy M. Combating Intolerance Through Education: Islamophobia and the Case of Muslim Minorities in Ukraine // Materials of the International Seminar “Minorities as “convenient” victims of hatred in contemporary Europe: The challenges of combating populism and extremist nationalism in the political arena (June 6-8, 2014)”. – Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC), Sofia, Bulgaria, 2014.

Komarnytskyy M. Education Without Borders: Trans-Dniester European College as a Way of Settlement Resolution of Regional Conflict // The Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration Working Papers, Maxwell School of Syracuse University. – Spring 2008. – P. 1-26.

Biography

Mykhaylo Komarnytskyy is an Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy (since 2016) and the Director of the Center for American Studies at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (since December 2017). Prior to joining university, he worked as a Foreign Affairs Consultant and Head of the Department of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Relations (UGCC) with EU institutions in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Mr. Komarnytskyy obtained as a Fulbright Scholar MA in International Relations from Maxwell School of Syracuse University, USA (2008), MA in International Relations (2006) and PhD in Political Science from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (2010). Mykhaylo was Research Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Science (University of Bologna, Italy) within Erasmus Mundus Post-Doc Fellowship (2015-2016). He was a visiting scholar at the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Gdańsk (Poland), Jagiellonian University (Poland), University of Zagreb (Croatia), Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany), University of Turku (Finland), University of Foggia (Italy), Salzburg University (Austria), University of Minho (Portugal).

Since January 2020, Mykhaylo works as an Expert of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NAQA) for accreditation of educational programs within the specialty 291 “International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies”.

Mr. Komarnytskyy previous experience also included training in conflict management on creating peace zones at the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD) in Washington D.C., and internship at the United Nations Office at Geneva. He is Promoting Tolerance Program Alumni of Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2014). Mykhaylo is also contributing as an editor-in-chief of the book series “Global Development” at Litopys Publishing House (Lviv, Ukraine).

Teaching Courses: “Geopolitical Modelling”, “The U.S. Political System”, “Public Diplomacy of the United States”, “Lobbying in International Relations”, “Multilateral Diplomacy”.

Projects

Projects

February 2020 – Organizer of Ukrainian-American Winter School “Successful Women in Business” in cooperation with US Embassy in Kyiv, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

May 2019 – Participant of the project “Internationalization in practice – Sweden, Ukraine, Belarus” within Baltic University Programme, Uppsala University, Sweden

March 2019-February 2020 – Developer of the course “Political Systems of the Baltic-Black Sea Region” for Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in English “Baltic-Black Sea Regional Studies” within Erasmus+ КА2 project “Rethinking Regional Studies: The Baltic-Black Sea Connection”

2013-2016 – Manager of Student Recruitment Strand, TEMPUS Project “Improving the Efficiency of Student Services (IMPRESS)” (530534-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-UK-TEMPUS-SMGR)

2011 – Project Manager, International Renaissance Foundation European Program Initiative Project №45662 “Living Together in an Open European Society – View from Ukraine”

2010-2012 – Project Manager, SlovakAid Project “Universities – the Source of Consolidation of Civil Society in Neighbouring Ukraine; Slovakia – Mediator on the Way of Ukrainian Academics to New European University Area” (SAMRS/2009/07/18)

2009-2010 – Project Organiser in Lviv Region, OSCE Project “Logistical Support during the Trainings of the Precinct Election Commission (PEC) Members for the Presidential Elections in Ukraine”

Editor-in-Chief of the Series “Global Development” (in Ukrainian) at Litopys Publishing House (Lviv, Ukraine):

Brown C. Illustrated History of Canada, 25th Anniversary Edition. Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Translation. – Lviv: Litopys Publishing House, 2019. – 632 p.

Power S. Chasing the Flame: One Man’s Fight to Save the World. Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Translation. – Lviv: Litopys Publishing House, 2015. – 632 p.

Kowal P. Between Majdan and Smolensk. Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Translation. – Lviv: Litopys Publishing House, 2013. – 320 p.

Brzezinski Z. Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power. Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Translation. – Lviv: Litopys Publishing House, 2012. – 168 p.

Rotfeld A. In the Shadow. Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Translation. – Lviv: Litopys Publishing House, 2012. – 258 p.

Living Together: Combining Diversity and freedom in 21st-century Europe. Report of the Group of Eminent Persons of the Council of Europe. Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Translation. – Lviv: Litopys Publishing House, 2011. – 112 p.

Global Governance 2025: At a Critical Juncture. Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Translation. – Lviv: Litopys Publishing House, 2011. – 116 p.

Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World. Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Translation. – Lviv: Litopys Publishing House, 2010. – 112 p.

Tindall G., Shi D. America: A Narrative History (6th Edition). Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Translation. – Lviv: Litopys Publishing House, 2010. – 904 p.

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