Fellows

Fellowships are designed for leading members of civil society and researchers from Eastern Europe and Central Asia to conduct intensive research, writing and networking. We bring fellows from the region to Prague to focus on their projects in a safe space, away from the daily routine of their organisations and pressures in their home countries, including the hardships and dangers of war in the case of Ukrainians.

The range of fellows and types of projects we support are diverse, including journalists, lawyers, entrepreneurs, activists and former political prisoners working on everything from articles and books to films and comic strips.

Current Fellows

Alina Boiko

Ukraine

Alina has almost 20 years of experience in teaching, course development, and research on economic policy and national economic resilience. From 2016 to 2018, she served as a research chief and senior research fellow with the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Sciences, where she worked on a project to ensure the resilience of the Ukrainian economy for European integration. For her fellowship project, she will explore Ukraine's economic recovery and resilience under (post)martial law.

Ucha Avsajanishvili

Georgia

Ucha is an International research fellow at the Information Society Law Center (ISLC) of the University of Milan. His primary research areas include the rule of law, human rights, anti-corruption policy and anti-money laundering law. Prior to joining the University of Milan, Ucha was a Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute’s (EUI) School of Transnational Governance (STG) in Florence, Italy. For his fellowship research project, he will explore why Georgia has failed to become an EU candidate country and what it needs to do to achieve this status in the near future.

Tamar Khidasheli

Georgia

Tamar is the director and founder of the Georgian NGO Democracy Research Institute. She has worked in Georgia as an expert and human rights defender for over 20 years. Currently, Tamar is a Sectoral Coordinator of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum on Human Rights and Protection against Torture. In her capacity, she has advised Georgia's public defender on human rights issues. Her fellowship research topic focuses on bringing security sector institutions under democratic control.

Lina Grâu

Moldova

Lina is an independent journalist, an expert on foreign policy and international relations, and a member of the Foreign Policy Association (APE) of the Republic of Moldova. She focuses on European integration, internal and external affairs of Moldova, and Transnistrian law and regulation. Lina is part of the team of organisers of the annual European Integration Forum of the Republic of Moldova, hosted by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Policy Association.

Maia Nasrashvili

Georgia

Maia has university degrees in law and public policy. She has 11 years of experience in project management, primarily focused on children's rights, specialising in juvenile justice, migration, violence against children and preschool education. Maia’s current position is Child Rights Advisor at International Association Civitas Georgia. For her fellowship project, she intends to develop policy recommendations for Ukrainian refugee children in Georgia.

Davit Petrosyan

Armenia

Davit is pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at Yerevan State University's Faculty of International Relations. From September 2021 to March 2023 he was an assistant to the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia. His fellowship project focuses on the possible role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the conflict transformation process from the experience of Central and Eastern European countries.

Former Fellows

Natalya Bondarenko

Ukraine
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Azat Ruziev

Kyrgyzstan
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Nadira Masiumova

Kyrgyzstan
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Anastassia Gorbunova

Kazakhstan
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Perizat Saitburkhanova

Kyrgyzstan
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Mariam Gamkharashvili

Georgia
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Artur Grigoryan

Armenia
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Nataliia Povtar

Ukraine
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Iryna Domnenko

Ukraine
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David Amiryan

Armenia
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Darya Sydorenko

Ukraine
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Tehmine Yenoqyan

Armenia
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Evgheni Camenscic

Moldova
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Hayk Asriyants

Armenia
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Yaroslav Minkin

Ukraine
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Alexander Iscenco

Moldova
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Tinatin Khidasheli

Georgia
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Arzu Geybulla

Azerbaijan
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Fatima Yakupbaeva

Kyrgyzstan
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Olga Myrovych

Ukraine
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Pamira Sainazarova

Kyrgyzstan
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Nazira Darimbet

Kazakhstan
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Vlada Ciobanu

Moldova
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Bektour Iskender

Kyrgyzstan
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Valeria Korablyova

Ukraine
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Avetik Mejlumyan

Armenia
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Aina Shormanbayeva

Kazakhstan
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Yulia Tyshchenko

Ukraine
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Nouneh Sarkissian

Armenia
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Hennadiy Maksak,

Ukraine
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Tetyana Bohdanova

Ukraine
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Atyr Abdrakhmatova

Kyrgyzstan
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Babutsa Pataraia

Georgia
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Savia Hasanova

Kyrgyzstan
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Olga Lvova

Ukraine
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Olena Strelnyk

Ukraine
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