Mariia Hirniak
Junior ResearcherJapan, Southeast Asia
Without practice and the formation of habits, no person will even have a chance to become better.
Aristotle
Biography
An international relations analyst and master's student at the International University of Japan (Japan), and a graduate of the Ukrainian Catholic University with a degree in Sociology. She has experience in qualitative and quantitative research, international conflict analysis, and humanitarian diplomacy. She collaborates with a number of initiatives and organizations, including Helping to Leave, Truth Media, and Scruples Research.
Research interests
Her research interests include ontological security, strategic culture, and the foreign policy behavior of states in crisis situations. She also studies the role of collective memory, narratives, and identity in shaping international politics, as well as the application of OSINT and digital humanitarian analytics in documenting war crimes and post-conflict reconstruction.
Education
- International University of JapanMAInternational Relations
- University of TsukubaSocial Sciences (academic mobility)
- Ukrainian Catholic UniversityBASociology
Experience
- International relations analyst (focus on East Asia and humanitarian diplomacy)
- Junior Research Analyst at ADASTRA (policy analysis in the Asia-Pacific region)
- Intern at the Information and Political Department of the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine and the UN Youth Delegate Support Office
- Copywriter at AZOV.ONE
- Quantitative researcher at Scruples Research (social surveys, data analytics)
- Coordinator of institutional grants and relations with Japan at Helping to Leave
- Author of analytical and historical-political materials for Truth Media
- Experience in OSINT analysis and documentation of war crimes (WOMEN UA, Notre Dame x UCU)
- Volunteering: UNICEF, FRI Lviv, March of Women
- Summer School on International Security and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame (USA) x UCU Certificates: cybersecurity, cloud technologies, UX design, business analysis, project management (Palo Alto Networks, Harvard University, Google, and others)
Languages
UkrainianEnglishJapaneseGermanPolishKoreanDutch
Contacts
- Location
- Niigata, Japan
- mhirniak@iuj.ac.jp
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