Viktoria Romaniuk
Director of Mohyla School of Journalism, Associate professor
CONTACT
ACADEMIA RESEARCH PROFILE LINKS
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1761-0502
https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=-FgGbrQAAAAJ&hl=uk
EDUCATION
2009: PhD in Cultural Studies, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture. Dissertation title: «Performance in the space of culture: archaic prototypes and contemporary representations».
2005: Graduated from the Faculty of Cultural Studies at Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, in Theory and history of culture. Master’s Degree in Cultural Studies.
Academic Positions
2024 – Present: Director, Mohyla School of Journalism
2022 – Present: Visiting Professor of Carlos III University of Madrid
2018 – 2024: Deputy Director, Mohyla School of Journalism, Associate Professor, Lecturer at Mohyla School of Journalism.
2018 – Present: Deputy Chief Editor of StopFake.
2019 – Present: Member of an International Scientific Group that develops educational programs in the field of Government Communications (Сollaboration between Indiana University : IU’s Media School, O’Neill, and the College with the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy). As part of the U.S. project Department of State award entitled University Partnership for Pre-Service Training in Government Communications.
2019 – Present: Member of the Ukrainian Expert Board of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance.
2014 – 2018: Head of the Program in Media Communications at Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv
2014 – 2018: Associate professor, lecturer at Media & Communications Department of Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv
2012−2014: Assistant Professor of Media Communications at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
Courses Taught
Journalistic Communication, Fact-checking and Verification of information, Visual Communications, New Media, Documentary, Media analysis.
Research, publications, Media Literacy projects
January 2023: Viktoriia Romaniuk Russian Disinformation In The Spanish-Language Media Space Since The Beginning Of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion Of Ukraine, Monograph, “Strategic communications in a hybrid war: a view from volunteer to scientist” co-author,Third edition (in the process of publishing).
February 2023: Viktoriia Romaniuk Weryfikacja faktów i obalanie fałszywych informacji: wyzwania i badania, Ukraińskie media w obliczu wojny. Regulacje prawne i doświadczenie Warszawa 2023, 217-233
January 2023: Dehumanization of Ukraine in the Russian propaganda narrative strategy during the war (based on StopFake fact-checking project materials)/ ESTONIAN JOURNAL OF MILITARY STUDIES (in peer review)
October 2022: Building Resilience Of Ukrainian Fact-Checkers In The Fight Against Disinformation About the EU – Co-developer of the project application UC3M.
June 22-25, 2022: Global Fact-Checking Conference by the International Fact-Checking Network | Poynter OsloMet, Oslo, Norway
December 2021: Monograph, co-author, “Strategic communications in a hybrid war: a view from volunteer to scientist”.
December 2021: Lecturer of the online course “Information Security” from Internews Ukraine. Video lecture on “Doubtful sources. How to check the accuracy of information, including photos and videos».
December 14, 2021: Webinar for journalists from Georgia, Moldova and Central Asia: “Fact-checking and verification of information in the work of a journalist.” Organized by U.S. Agency for Global Media.
June – September 2021: Research: “The Role of Parliaments in Combating Disinformation and Propaganda – Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine” was conducted by experts from Egeria Solutions (Georgia), StopFake (Ukraine) and the Institute for European Policy and Reform (Moldova) with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
October 28, 2021: Training for journalists, activists and fact-checkers from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). The training was organized by the Legal Media Center and ARGO – Civil Society Development Association – trainer.
February – April 2021: Prepared and conducted a series of online Media Literacy trainings for the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine.
December 2020 to February 2021: Trainer and developer of a methodological guide for trainers (Media Literacy section) of the project “Social Cohesion through Youth Participation” (UNDP).
2020: Expert consultant and screenwriter for the project “Educational serial on media literacy” (UNICEF, Ministry of Digital Transformation, Ukraine).
October 3– 4, 2020 ART-Marathon “Disinformation” (АРТ-Марафон “Дезінформація”) – trainer and mentor for the participating teams. Project by Friedrich Naumann Foundation Ukraine and Belarus, DW Akademie
October 7, 2020 “Media Law & Business Studios” – trainer and lecturer of the media literacy program.
September 3–9: Research and Development of recommendations Belarus and Minsk agreements as main strategic lines of russian propaganda. IMI research.
2018 – Present: Author Developer “Learn to Discern (L2D) “Media Literacy Course Development Program (jointly with IREX, AUP).
2017: Research and Development of recommendations: Monitoring the representation of citizen journalists in Ukraine as of 2017 (with the support of Deutsche Welle (DW).
2014−2015: Project Leader and Author Developer “Media literacy for teachers of Ukrainian schools”.
Publishing projects
2015−2016: Director of the publishing project – Ukrainian translation of Alberto Cairo’s The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization.
2014−2015: Director of the publishing project – Ukrainian translation of Peter Pomerantsev’s Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible. The Surreal Heart of the New Russia.
Related Professional Experience
2018 – Present: Project Manager at “Learn to Discern (L2D) “Media Literacy Course Development Program (jointly with IREX, AUP).
2018: Key organizer of V International Conference “MEDIA AND IDENTITY: НUMAN TRANSFORMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE”.
2016: Project Leader at “Laboratory of Media Analytics” (with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark).
2015: Co-organizer of International School of “Multimedia Journalism”, in cooperation with the University FHVienna.
2014−2015: Project Leader “Media literacy for teachers of Ukrainian schools”.
2015−2016: Project Leader of Media and Identity Conference with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
2015−2016: Project Leader of the International Student Media Symposium-2015 “Rethinking Media and Debunking Propaganda”, with support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.