Olena Rybiy

Olena Rybiy is a Research Fellow and Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Social Sciences (Political Science) at the University of Basel, affiliated with Prof. Stefanie Bailer's team since August 2024. Previously, she held a Lecturer position at the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (2013–2022), and was a visiting fellow at George Washington University (USA) and a guest researcher at ETH Zurich's Social Networks Lab. Her research focuses on democratic transitions, civil society networks, parliamentary oversight mechanisms, and Ukrainian political institutions.

Her work bridges comparative politics and post-Soviet studies, emphasizing coalition-building strategies among NGOs, institutional resilience during crises, and reforms in transitional democracies. Collaborations include work with international organizations promoting governance reforms in Ukraine. No academic awards are explicitly listed, though her research has been published in venues like Demokratizatsiya and Europe-Asia Studies.

Her advising and grants section remains unpopulated in available texts, though her participations in transnational research projects suggest potential collaborative grants. No lab affiliations are explicitly mentioned, though her ETH Zurich collaboration implies prior involvement with computational social science infrastructure.