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Svitlana Odynets is a Research Fellow at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and an affiliated researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her primary affiliation is with Northumbria’s interdisciplinary migration research initiatives, focusing on Ukrainian displacement and transnational dynamics. She previously served in the Department of Social Anthropology at the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Her research examines Ukrainian migration patterns since 2012, with a focus on gendered migration, transnationalism, and the anthropology of borderlands. Current projects include analyzing responses to the 2022 Russian invasion’s refugee crisis in the UK, Poland, and Romania (as part of the Debordering Europe project led by Prof. Kathryn Cassidy). She collaborates with networks like FORUM and HROMADA, investigating civil society roles in displacement contexts.
Odynets blogs at Ukraina Moderna, exploring migration narratives and cultural impacts. Her work bridges empirical fieldwork with theoretical frameworks in decolonial studies and knowledge production. She holds a DPhil in anthropology from 2016, with expertise in ethnographic methodologies applied to migration crises and diaspora communities.
Key research areas include the socio-cultural dimensions of forced migration, transnational family networks, and the intersection of war and memory. Her publications analyze both historical migration trends and contemporary displacement, emphasizing the lived experiences of Ukrainian migrants in Europe.
