Maryna Shevtsova

Maryna Shevtsova is a senior post-doctoral FWO fellow at KU Leuven (formerly Katholieke Universiteit Leuven). She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Humboldt University, Berlin, and is a Fulbright and Swedish Institute alumna. Prior to starting her work at KU Leuven, she was an MSCA Co-Fund EUTOPIA postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Shevtsova is a co-founder of Equal Opportunities Platform, a Dnipro-based Ukrainian NGO working towards combating discrimination and promoting gender equality. In 2022, she received the Emma Goldman Award for her work as a feminist scholar and human rights activist. Her research interests include LGBTQ+ rights and activism in Central and Eastern Europe, queer migration, and anti-gender movements. Her recent publications include an edited volume, Feminist Perspectives on Russia’s War in Ukraine: Hear Our Voices, which was published in February 2024 with Lexington Books.