Lepska Nataliia

• "Fundamentals of Geopolitics"
• "Actual Problems of Modern Political Science"
• "Information Policy in International Relations"
• "Information Policy and Analytical Structures in
• "Modern World Politics"
• "Forecasting and Design in International Politics"
• "Politology"

Graduated from Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU) at the Faculty of History, majoring in "historian, teacher of history and social sciences." In 2007 she entered the graduate school of Zaporizhzhia National University, majoring in political science. Since 2007 she has been working at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Sociology and Public Management , ZNU. In 2011 defended the dissertation for PhD in Political Science at a meeting of the Specialized Academic Council of the National Pedagogical Drahomanov University (Kyiv) on "Political competence in programming the development of society." During 2016 - 2018 studied for a doctorate at Zaporizhzhia National University. He is currently working on a dissertation on "The phenomenon of" power "in the modern geopolitical space" for the degree of Doctor of Political Sciences. She is a certified participant in the grant project of the Intensive Training Institute for Media Research Methodology, the International Council for Research and Exchanges (IREX) and Zaporizhzhia National University (April - October 2017). She completed an internship under the U-LEAD Program within the institutional partnership between the European University of Viadrina (Germany) and Zaporizhzhia National University (July 2018 - January 2019).

Research interests: geopolitics, international relations, political and geopolitical forecasting, public branding, information policy, theory and practice of advertising, political communications. The author of more than 50 publications, including 3 monographs (co-authored), 2 textbooks (co-authored), 4 educational and encyclopedic dictionaries, 5 textbooks on political science, political theory, geopolitics, political forecasting, political modernization, 3 handbooks on local government issues and geopolitical research. She was the organizer and participated in the research of the media space of the regional TV and radio company "Alex", marketing research of the chain of stores "SELA" and Zaporizhzhia confectionery, focus group research of tourism development of the national reserve "Khortytsia", strategic analysis of the regional newspaper "Zaporizhzhya Pravda". She is one of the authors and organizers of the project on political analysis and forecasting "Geopolitical Studies" of the Faculty of Sociology and Public Management of ZNU. Certified participant in the grant project of the Intensive Training Institute for Media Research Methodology, the International Council for Research and Exchanges (IREX) and Zaporizhzhia National University (April - October 2017). Completed an internship under the U-LEAD Program within the institutional partnership between the European University of Viadrina (Germany) and Zaporizhzhia National University (July 2018 - January 2019).