Galyna Piskorska

Galyna Piskorska, Associate Professor, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Faculty of Journalism, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University (Ukraine) has more than 35 years’ experience in academia, political science, journalism, and international relationships management in the field of higher education.She is Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
Dr. Piskorska was compelled to leave Ukraine in March 2022 due to Russia's full-scale invasion. Through the Scholars at Risk scheme, she continued her professional activities at the University of Melbourne, where she currently holds the position of Honorary Principal Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Journalism.
Dr. Piskorska's research is centered on:
• Conveying the truth about the war waged by Russia against Ukraine.
• Evaluating the Ukrainian media landscape.
• Identifying key challenges facing independent journalism, with a particular emphasis on state information policy and counter-propaganda.