Inna Melnykovska

Inna Melnykovska is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Central European University and an Associate Researcher at the CEU Democracy Institute. She holds a Ph.D. from the Free University of Berlin. Her research focuses on the interaction between global, regional, and local forces in shaping modern politico-economic systems in developing countries, with a particular emphasis on the transformation processes in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Her research has been published in Journal of Common Market Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, and Post-Soviet Affairs, among others. Her current book project explores the impact of global capital mobility, developmental finance, and financial sanctions on business-state relations in Ukraine and Russia.