Olga Narbutovich, MA

Olga Narbutovich
M.Ed, Education and Development Studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2005
MA, Advanced Interdisciplinary European Studies, College of Europe, 2007

Short Biography
I was born in 1976 in Minsk, Belarus. Studied Linguistics, BA 1999; Education, M.Ed. 2005; and European Studies, MA 2007
Since October 2007 PhD student and research fellow at the Vienna School of Governance, University of Vienna, with a focus on governing risk-related policy areas

Phd Topic
Investigating participatory governance practices in the application of the nuclear energy (working title)

Research Interests
EU energy policies, EU external relations and Neighborhood Policy towards Western CIS (Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova), life science governance, Central Asia 

Work Experience
My professional experience can be described as related to the following three fields:
(1) Academic teaching, training and research (I lectured at Minsk State Linguistics University and Belarus State University, taught various training seminars and workshops);
(2) Humanitarian support, health and social rehabilitation of children after Chernobyl (through my voluntary work for a British charity Chernobyl Children’s Life Line);
(3) Liaison and facilitation of inter-institutional relations (worked as international relations and external officer).

Research Projects and Publications
2009: Visiting scholar, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Shanghai University of Engineering Science (China)
Lectures:  “European Union and its Energy Policy and Risk Governance"; "EU Nuclear Energy Policy and Waste Management".
“Investigating Participatory Governance Practices in the Application of Nuclear Energy”, Proceedings, International Conference ‘Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2008, Portorož, Slovenia, September 8-11, 2008.
Olga Narbutovich, “Steps on a Long Way: The History of European Integration”, in: New Europe, No. 1, November 2007 (in the Russian language).
2009 until now:  “National Identity and Democratization in Belarus: The Significance of Study Abroad Initiatives in a Non-Democratic Context” (research project in co-authorship).
“The Western CIS States in the Context of EU Enlargement and EU -Russia Relations”, Master’s thesis, 2007.
“Internationalization of Higher Education: Cases of Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia”, Master’s thesis, 2005.

Honours
Recipient of the US State Department Scholarship Awards:
Undergraduate Study Fellowship, St. Lawrence University, NY (1997-1998)
E.S. MUSKIE Graduate Fellowship (2003-2005)
President of the UNESCO club in a UNESCO-associated school, 1993-1994

Contact
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