Marta Fajfer
Head of Research ProgrammeEurope
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Biography
Researcher in international relations and European security, combining academic training with practical experience in project and research management across the nonprofit and business sectors.
Her research experience includes work on the transformation of Russia’s political elite, changes in Russian energy policy, and the legal and social status of women serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Her research interests include deterring Russia, the transformation of the European security architecture, the use of energy and migration as instruments of foreign policy coercion, and the implications of artificial intelligence for international security.
Research interests
European security; deterrence of the Russian Federation; the transformation of the European security architecture; neoclassical realism and the foreign policy behaviour of states; the Russian Federation’s energy policy as an instrument of foreign policy influence; the instrumentalisation of migration as a means of foreign policy coercion; the impact of artificial intelligence on strategic stability, military capabilities and deterrence mechanisms.
Education
- Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivBAInternational Relations
Experience
- Researcher (research fellow) Europe/North America in ADASTRA
- Marketing intern in State Enterprise Information and Computing Centre of the Ministry of Social Policy
- Project Manager in Femclub
- Product Owner in NDA
Languages
UkrainianEnglishRussianPolishSpanish
Contacts
- m.faifer@adastra.org.ua