CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Irina Petrenko Telephone: 80971275519 Email: petrenkoiryna@gmail.com DOB: 13th April 1986 Education: Ukraine (Kiev) 2007-2009 – National University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Technologies, Political Science (Master program: European Studies). Ukraine (Kiev) 2003-2007 – National University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Technologies, Political Science (Bachelor level). Ukraine (Kiev) 2003-2007 – National University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Technologies, the Department of Public Relations Studies, certificate program in Theory and Methods of Public Relations. Research papers: 2009 – MA research: “Forming of common external energy policy of the European Union” The research is consists of such tasks as: - to consider historical pre-conditions of forming the common external energy policy of the European Union and its methodological basis; - to analyze legal framework of regulation and to define the competence of the European Union institutions in the energy sphere; - to determine energy potential of the European Union; - to describe the development of collaboration with the European Union strategic energy partners; - to analyze the main purposes and priorities of the European Union’s external energy policy; - to find out main threats and necessary ways of providing energy security in the European Union; - to compare the main energy resources of diversification and the ways its supply to the European Union; to find out the perspectives and ways of introduction the common external energy policy of the European Union. 2008 – Papers: “Effective steps in energy security that Ukraine needs today”, “European energy safety: chance to develop the “common voice” of the EU”. 2007 – BA research: “Ukrainian energy security in the context of new world calls”. The research is consists of such tasks as: - to expose the essence of “energy security” concept as one of the strategic priority of national safety policy; - to outline primary purposes, principles and measures on supply of the Ukrainian energy security and it neighbors such as Russia and the European Union; - to define energy potential of the Ukraine and outline the major energy security constituents of the state; - to analyze the development of external collaboration in the energy sphere and set the strategic energy partners of the Ukraine; - to set causes of the violation of strategic balance Ukrainian-Russian and Russian-Byelorussian interests in the gas and oil sphere on the basis of world energy crisis analysis; - to trace the energy opposition and define the consequences of sharpening Ukrainian-Russian and the Russian-Byelorussian relations; - to clarify the main Ukrainian energy policy’s directions in securing its energy safety Ukrainian taking into account the advantages and drawbacks of Ukrainian position on the international energy markets. 2007 – Paper: “Safety in energy sphere is one of the key issues for incorporated Europe” on the Threenational Seminar (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Immanuel Kant State University of Russia) in European Union’s External Relations / The Cases of Russia and Ukraine. 2006 – Research: “Violation of strategic balance of the Ukrainian-Russian interests in the gas sphere”. Languages: Fluent Ukrainian, Russian and English. Work experience: 2007 – Present – Batkivshyna Party (Kiev department), Kiev, Ukraine. Job Title: lawyer