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Olga Onuch | |
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| Born | 1982 |
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| Doctoral advisor | Gwendolyn Sasse Laurence Whitehead |
| Influences | Juan Linz |
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| Discipline | Political science |
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| Institutions | University of Manchester University of Oxford Harvard University University of Toronto |
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| Website | https://olgaonuch.com |
Olga Onuch (born 1982) is Professor (Chair) of Comparative and Ukrainian Politics at the University of Manchester. In 2023 she became the first person to be appointed a Full Professor of Ukrainian politics at a university in the English-speaking world. She is the author of the books The Zelensky Effect and Mapping Mass Mobilization,and editor of Revolutionary Moments.
Onuch was born in 1982. [1] She studied for an undergraduate degree in political science and international development studies at Queen's University,Canada, [2] and undertook graduate study at the London School of Economics,planning to focus on Latin America,but as a result of the Orange Revolution and her Ukrainian ancestry,she opted to study protest movements. [3] In 2010 she gained a DPhil at the University of Oxford,with a thesis comparing processes of mass mobilisation in Argentina (2001–2002),and Ukraine (2004). [4]
After working in research roles at the University of Toronto,the University of Oxford and Harvard University,Onuch began working in Manchester in 2014. [5]
Onuch's publications include the books Mapping Mass Mobilization:Understanding Revolutionary Moments in Argentina and Ukraine and The Zelensky Effect ,co-authored with Henry E. Hale,which considers the role of civic national Ukrainian identity and its influence on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, [6] [7] [8] drawing extensively on Onuch's multi-year research on mass political mobilisation. [9]
Onuch is involved in the Data for Ukraine project,which uses public data from Twitter to provide geolocated event data on human displacement,humanitarian needs,civilian resistance,and human rights abuses. [3] [10]
Onuch has said that her study is depressing but she has found the multi-cultural city of Manchester to be welcoming. She has identified the value of people who have mass-protested and she sees this behaviour as reinforcing pro-democracy views and a willingness to stay in Ukraine. She photographed the displays of Ukrainian flags in Manchester and her photos were shown on Ukrainian television. [3]
In 2023,Onuch became the first person to be appointed a full professor of Ukrainian politics at a university in the English-speaking world. [7] [11]
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