Teaching International Relations in Wartime: Experiences of University Lecturers during Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
The ongoing Russian war against Ukraine has brought many new challenges to the teaching of International Relations (IR). Ukrainian and other universities have had to rethink their curricula and pedagogies, both content- and format-wise, and to adapt to new realities. The new challenges varied greatly, from delivering lectures from the bomb shelter or even from the frontline to rethinking of IR curricula across the field. This volume explores the experiences of Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian academics who have taught IR courses during the Russo-Ukrainian War and covers a wide range of issues, from enabling resilience while at work within Ukraine to embracing the psychological effects of the war on teaching and learning to the amendment of course syllabi.
Edited by Kateryna Zarembo, Michèle Knodt, Maksym Yakovlyev
Contributions by Tymofii Brik, Mridula Ghosh, Thomas Fetzer, Olena Khylko, Ian Manners, Galyna Solovei
Number of Pages 152
Type Paperback
Language English
Publication date 26.05.2025
Dr Kateryna Zarembo holds a PhD in Political Science from the National Institute for Security Studies (Kyiv, Ukraine). Since 2020, she is a senior lecturer at the International relations department of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. She is also a guest researcher at TU Darmstadt (Germany) and an associate fellow at the New Europe Center. Kateryna Zarembo is a member of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and other professional associations. She authored a chapter for Civil Society in post-Euromaidan Ukraine in (ibidem Verlag, 2018). Her papers have been published by, among other outlets, in Problems of Post-Communism, European Security, Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal and other outlets.
Dr Michèle Knodt studied politics in Darmstadt and Mannheim. She is Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair, ad personam, at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Knodt has received research grants from the German Federal Ministries of Education and Research as well as Economic Affairs and Energy, German Research Council (DFG), Volkswagen Foundation, and European Commission. She is co-author of, among other books, Bilateral Energy Relations between the EU and Emerging Powers (Nomos 2017). Knodt’s papers have appeared in, among other journals, Media, War & Conflict, Cooperation and Conflict, Regional & Federal Studies, Energy Research & Social Sciences, European Security, and Local Government Studies.