Viktoriia Ivannikova

Dr Viktoriia Ivannikova is an Assistant Professor in Aviation Management at Dublin City University Business School. She has over 17 years of teaching and research experience in aviation management in Ireland and Ukraine. Her research focuses on airport operations, air cargo, multimodal transportation, and the impact of geopolitics on aviation.

Before joining DCU, she was an Associate Professor in Aviation Management at the National Aviation University of Ukraine, where she also served as Associate Head of the Air Transportation Management department, Programme Chair for BSc and MSc in Aviation Management and Director of Education in English.

Dr Ivannikova holds a PhD in Air Transportation Systems, as well as MSc and BSc degrees in Civil Engineering with a specialisation in airport design and planning. She is an External Examiner for MSc in Airport Planning and Management at Cranfield University and a member of the Executive Committee of the University Transport Study Group (UTSG) and European Aviation Conference Institute.

She serves on the editorial boards of multiple peer-reviewed academic journals, including Transport, Aviation, and Journal of Airline Operations and Aviation Management. She is also a frequent reviewer for leading academic journals such as Journal of Air Transport Management, Transport, Aviation and Advances in Mechanical Engineering.

Dr Viktoriia is a Board Member of the Research and Methodological Commission on Transport of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. She is also involved in international academic and industry events, frequently presenting at major academic conferences such as ATRS, EAC, TRA, etc. Additionally, she is a regular speaker and panelist at global aviation business summits.

Her research has been widely published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journals e.g. Journal of Air Transport Management, Transport, Aviation, etc.