Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor, Western University; Fellow, University of Toronto; Adjunct Professor, National University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy

Expert Bio

Marta Dyczok is Associate Professor at the Departments of History and Political Science, Western University, Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, and Adjunct Professor at the National University of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy. She was a Wilson Fellow (2005-2006) and a Harvard Shklar Fellow (2011). Her books include Ukraine Calling. A Kaleidoscope from Hromadske Radio 2016-2019 (New York and Hanover: Columbia University Press and ibidem-Verlag 2021) Ukraine’s Euromaidan. Broadcasting through Information Wars with Hromadske Radio (E-IR 2016) Ukraine Twenty Years After Independence: Assessments, Perspectives, Challenges (Aracne editrice 2015), Media, Democracy and Freedom. The Post-Communist Experience (Peter Lang 2009), and The Grand Alliance and Ukrainian Refugees (Palgrave Macmillan 2000). She has also published numerous book chapters and her articles have appeared, among others, Europe-Asia Studies, Demokratizatsiya, and Canadian Slavonic Papers. Her doctorate is from Oxford University, she researches mass media, memory, migration, and history, and regularly provides media commentary.

Education

B.A. (1986) University of Toronto; M.A. (1987) University of London; D.Phil (1995) Oxford University

 

Subjects

Eastern Europe,Migration,Postcommunism,Russia,Ukraine

 

Experience

• Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, 1998-present
• Fellow, CREES, University of Ontario, 1998-present

 

 

 

 

Expertise

Russian and East European politics and history, comparative politics; International politics and history with focus on Ukraine, the former Soviet Union, Europe; media, migration, and post-communism

 

 

 

 

Wilson Center Project

"What Role Does Mass Media Play in Post-Communist Ukraine?"

Project Summary

Media and communications are key components of the globalization process which has come to Ukraine since the collapse of communism in 1991. My research poses the question: What role does mass media play in post-communist Ukraine? Since freedom of speech is key for democracy, the study looks at the changes occurring in contemporary Ukraine's media; to assess the impact it is having on politics and society engaged in a transformation. This will shed light on how communications dynamics unfold in emerging democracies and what established democracies can do to assist in this process.

Major Publications

• The Grand Alliance and Ukranian Refugees (New York: St. Martin's Press, in association with St. Antony's College, Oxford, 2000)
• Ukraine: Movement Without Change, Change Without Movement (Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 2000)
• "The Politics of Media in Ukraine: Elections 2002," in Ukraine at a Crossroads (Bern: Peter Lang, 2005)