1. Implementation, evaluation, follow-up and dissemination of the course “Regional Politics and Security in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED)”, Associate Professor, Dr Alla Zakharchenko
The course was organized around a series of lectures covering key topics: The SEMED region: key actors, trends and drivers; The Arab spring: political, economic and social dimensions; Political transitions in SEMED countries and the role of political Islam; Problems of regional security after the Arab spring; Civil wars in Syria and Libya; The new dynamic of the Arab-Israeli conflict; Regional powers’ politics: Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia; Transformation of regional alliances; The role of global actors in the region: USA, Russia and China; The EU and the SEMED: issues of security, energy and migration; The war in Ukraine: implications for the region.


Lectures were followed by seminars where particular problems of the SEMED were treated in depth. Among others, students prepared analytical essays and presentations on non-state armed actors in the SEMED. Students were involved in a dynamic process of active learning through the group work, joint readings and engaged discussion.


Master class of Dr. Nasuh Ǵڳܴğ (Research Assistant, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey) for master's students of the department of international relations, young researchers, scientists and representatives of civil society, online April 26, 2023:


Master class of Professor Ilan Troen (Professor of Modern History, Emeritus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) for master's students of the department of international relations, young researchers, scientists and representatives of civil society, online May 10, 2023:


2. Implementation, evaluation, follow-up and dissemination of the course "Regional Studies". Prof Dr Olga Brusylovska
The course was organized around a series of lectures that covered the key themes: Defining regionalism in historical, spatial, comparative and global perspectives. The main factors of the evolution of regional history after the Second World War. Early regionalism. The concept of the region as a social construct. Methods of regional research. Old regionalism in the USA and Europe. Old regionalism in developing countries: development and state formation. New regionalism after the "Cold War" in the USA, the EU, Great Britain, and developing countries. Rationalist, constructivist and reflexivist approaches to regionalism. Increasing attention to the importance of non-state actors in regional studies. Comparative regionalism. Formal regionalism. Peculiarities of informal regionalism. Security regionalism. Regionalism of economy and development. Social regionalism. Ecological regionalism. The Mediterranean as a case of interregional development. Multidimensional regionalism in the Mediterranean. International and political significance of the Mediterranean region: integration processes, regional identity, macro-regional initiatives. Demographic, social and economic potential of the Mediterranean countries. Regional balance of power in the Mediterranean.

As part of the course, a number of seminars were held, during which certain aspects of the theory and history of regional studies were studied more deeply. In particular, the students prepared analytical essays on the response of various countries and regions to Russian aggression against Ukraine; EU’s, NATO and US policies in the regions, migration processes in the Mediterranean, regional conflicts, interregional and bilateral relations. Students were actively involved in the learning process through working in groups and participating in discussions.


As part of the "Regional Studies", O. Brusylovska organized the awareness seminar "Regional Foreign Policy Dynamics in the Mediterranean" with the participation of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Croatia Vasyl Kyrylych; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Tunisia Volodymyr Khomanets; Director of the First Territorial Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Rostislav Ogryzko, (online 20 April 2023).




As part of the "Regional Studies", O. Brusylovska organized a master class by Dr Diego Checo Hidalgo of the University of Granada, Spain, "The Arab World and the West: The Question of Palestine" (online May 18, 2023).


3. Implementation, evaluation, follow-up and dissemination of the course "Country Studies through Language"
As part of the course "Country Studies through Language", O. Snigovska organized 2 awareness seminars with the participation of Professor of philology, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of the University of Patras (Greece) Georgia Dimopoulou: "Greeklish and modern trends in the transformation of the Modern Greek language" (March 21, 2023) and "Propaganda and fake news in Greece in the context of the war in Ukraine" (online March 28, 2023).


As part of the "Country Studies through Language", O. Snigovska organized a master class by Ioannis Kotoulas, Adjunct Professor of the University of Athens, Guest Lecturer of the National Intelligence University / Tsinghua University (Greece, China) "The image of Russia's war against Ukraine: Russian fake news in the Greek media" (online April 7, 2023).

As part of the "Country Studies through Language", O. Snigovska organized students studying Modern Greek to prepare the sketch "Live Portraits" for the Independence Day of Greece, March 25, 2023.
As part of the "Country Studies through Language", O. Snigovska organized students to participate in a benefit evening for the 160th anniversary of the birth of the Greek poet Konstantinos Cavafis at the Ivan Franko Central City Library with the support of the General Secretary of Greeks Abroad and public of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Ioannis Chrysoulakis, May 3, 2023.

4. Preparation of the course "EU policy regarding the Mediterranean region"
Dr I. Maksymenko organized an awareness seminar with the participation of Dr Andrii Tyshko from the College of Europe, Natolin (online May 18, 2023) for master's students to discuss the EU enlargement strategy in cooperation with eastern and southern partners.

5. Conferences
The second MEDITERreg Alumni Conference for master's students and young researchers.
Second scientific conference for master's students and young researchers studying in the specialty 291 International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies was held online on May 31, 2023, within the framework of the project 101047919 - MEDITERreg "THE RING OF MEDITERRANEAN: REGIONAL STUDIES" (Grant type ERASMUS-JMO-2021-MODULE). The conference is organized under supervision of Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations A. Zakharchenko. 8 master's degree students gave presentations. The conference included 2 sessions. During the first session "Regional studies in the Mediterranean", students presented reports on migration processes in the Mediterranean, Mediterranean countries' response to the Russia's war in Ukraine, NATO's regional policy, etc. Among the issues discussed in the framework of the second session "Regional politics and security in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED)” - the political transformations of Algeria and other SEMED countries, the civil wars in Libya and Syria and other regional issues.
The materials of the conference were published in the scientific journal "International and Political Studies, vol. 36, 2023.





Snigovska O. acted as an organizer and spoke at the international scientific conference "Image of Ukraine: Socio-Political Representations and Linguistic Reflection of Military Realities in Foreign and Domestic Media" (Odesa, June 15-16, 2023, online).



Zakharchenko A. took part in the International scientific conference “Image of Ukraine: Socio-Political Representations and Linguistic Reflection of Military Realities in Foreign and Domestic Media” (Odesa, June 15-16, 2023, online). The paper presented: "The Role of Iran in Russia's War in Ukraine: the Impact on Mediterranean Security”.
Kuleshova K. took part in the international scientific conference " Image of Ukraine: Socio-Political Representations and Linguistic Reflection of Military Realities in Foreign and Domestic Media" (Odesa, June 15-16, 2023, online).
Maistrenko Y. took part in the international scientific conference "Image of Ukraine: Socio-Political Representations and Linguistic Reflection of Military Realities in Foreign and Domestic Media" (Odesa, June 15-16, 2023, online).
Tarasyuk Y. took part in the international scientific conference "Image of Ukraine: Socio-Political Representations and Linguistic Reflection of Military Realities in Foreign and Domestic Media" (Odesa, June 15-16, 2023, online).
Zakharchenko A. took part in the International scientific conference “Transformation of the System of International Relations in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war” (Kyiv, February 23, 2023, online). The paper presented: “The Influence of Russia’s War in Ukraine on the US strategy in the Middle East”.
Maksymenko I. took part in the international scientific conference "The crisis of the modern international security system: the Ukrainian formula for peace" (Lviv, April 21, 2023).
Snigovska O. took part in the International Tourism Forum "Tourism in Ukraine: Challenges and Recovery" (Kyiv, March 21-22, 2023).
Snigovska O. took part in the seminar "Standardization and language services", organized by the General Directorate for Translation, the National University of Athens named after I. Kapodistria and the Greek Organization for Standardization (Odesa, June 2, 2023).
6. Publications
Zakharchenko A. published abstracts “The Influence of Russia’s War in Ukraine on the US strategy in the Middle East” (Materials of the International Scientific Conference "Transformation of the System of International Relations in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian War". Kyiv, 2023).
Zakharchenko A. published theses "The Role of Iran in Russia's War in Ukraine: the Impact on Mediterranean Security" ("Ukraine's image: socio-political representations and linguistic reflection of war realities in foreign and domestic mass media", Materials of the international scientific conference. Odesa, 2023).
Kuleshova K. published theses "Ukraine's image in Egypt: current state, prospects and challenges" (together with V. Artemenko) and "Saudi Arabia's policy in the context of the Russian Federation's war in Ukraine" (together with A. Kalina) ("Ukraine's image: social - political representations and linguistic reflection of war realities in foreign and domestic mass media", Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Odesa, 2023).
Maistrenko Y. published theses "Rhetoric of right-wing parties of EU countries regarding migration problems" ("Image of Ukraine: socio-political representations and linguistic reflection of war realities in foreign and domestic mass media", Materials of the international scientific conference. Odesa, 2023).
Maksymenko I. published theses "Russia's Strategy in the Black and Mediterranean Seas: Challenges of 2022 and Beyond" in the collection "Crisis of the Modern International Security System: Ukrainian Peace Formula. Proceedings of the international scientific conference / Ed. Malskyy M., Vovk R., Kuchyk O. Lviv: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2023).
Snigovska O. published theses "Prospects for the development of the tourism industry of the Republic of Cyprus against the background of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Russian-Ukrainian war" ("Tourism in Ukraine: challenges and recovery: Collection of materials of the International Tourist Forum". Kyiv, 2023).
Snigovska O. published theses "Ukraine's image in the Greek mass media" (together with G. Dimopoulou, N. Zakharchuk) and theses "Research of public opinion and public attitudes in Greece based on the analysis of the press and local media against the background of the Russian-Ukrainian war", with Lavro V.) ("Image of Ukraine: socio-political representations and linguistic reflection of war realities in foreign and domestic mass media", Materials of the international scientific conference. Odesa, 2023).
Tarasiuk Y. published theses "Coverage of the war in Ukraine in the leading Turkish mass media and its influence on public opinion"("Image of Ukraine: socio-political representations and linguistic reflection of war realities in foreign and domestic mass media", Materials of the international scientific conference. Odesa, 2023).