Biography

Svitlana Kobzar is a senior programme manager at the European Endowment for Democracy, where she oversees Ukraine and Georgia programmes. She is also an assistant professor at Vesalius College where she teaches a course on International Approaches to State-Building, Good Governance and Reform. From June 2014 to February 2017, Kobzar served as head of International Affairs Department and academic director of the European Peace and Security Studies at Vesalius College. Before that, she had worked as an analyst and research fellow at RAND Corporation in Cambridge and Brussels. Her research focused on societal trends, EU foreign and security policy, civil society, state-building, the European Neighbourhood Policy and Eastern Partnership. Kobzar received her PhD in international relations and her MPhil in contemporary European studies from the University of Cambridge as the Gates-Cambridge Scholar.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge MPhil in Contemporary European Studies 2005
Alma College BA in Foreign Service 2004

Links

https://www.democracyendowment.eu
https://www.facebook.com/svitlana.kobzar
https://www.linkedin.com/in/svitlana-kobzar-3900786