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Courses Taught: 

Introduction to the specialty and academic integrity; Diplomatic and consular service; Diplomatic protocol and etiquette; International conflicts; European studies; Technologies of multilateral diplomacy in modern international relations.

Research Interests:

Modeling of international relations; political security; axiological factor in international relations; synergetics of international political interaction4 international cooperation in the field of sustainable development.

Under his supervision, 3 candidate dissertations (PhD) theses were defended.

Education:

•  In 1990, he graduated from the Military-Political Academy with a degree in Military-Political Studies,
•  in 2020, he graduated from Alfred Nobel University (Dnipro) with a degree in Philology, OPP: Translation (English), Master's degree with honors,
• in 2020, he graduated from Semyon Kuznets Kharkiv National Economic University with a degree in International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies, Master's degree with honors,
• іn 2003, he defended his PhD thesis "State Policy in the Field of Combating Social Anomalies of the NEP Period (1921–1928): Experience, Contradictions, Lessons (Based on Materials from the South of Ukraine)", Candidate of Historical Sciences,
• in 2015, he defended his PhD thesis "Synergetic Projection of Political and Institutional Interaction in an Unstable Environment", Doctor of Political Sciences.

Educational Program Coordinator: 

• 2018 – 2024 – Academic Coordinator (Guarantor) of the Мaster's Degree Programme «International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies», Specialty 291 International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies, second (Мaster's) level of higher education.
• September 2024 – present – Academic Coordinator (Guarantor) of the PhD Programme «International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies», Specialty 291 International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies, third (PhD) level of higher education.

Professional and Public Activities:

• 1980 – 2005 – service in the Army.
•  1996 – 2007 – lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor of the Department of Military Training of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University.
• 2007 – 2015 – associate professor of the Department of Political Science of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University.
• 2016 – 2017 – professor of the Department of Political Science of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University.
• 01.11.2017 – present – Head of the Department of International Relations of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University.
• April 3, 2023 – present – a full member (Academician) of the Academy of Political and Legal Sciences of Ukraine (Decision of the Senate of the Academy of Political and Legal Sciences of Ukraine dated April 3, 2023, minutes No. 3). Diploma AA – 079.
• 2020 – 2025 – Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal “Philosophy and Political Science in the Context of Modern Culture” category “B” of the List of Professional Publications of Ukraine in the specialties 033 Philosophy, 052 Political Science, 291 International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies.
• 2025 – present – editor-in-chief of the scientific journal “Philosophy and Political Science in the Context of Modern Culture” category “B” of the List of Professional Publications of Ukraine in the specialties 033 Philosophy, 052 Political Science, 291 International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies.
• 2020 – present – member of the editorial board of the journal “Mediaforum: Analytics, Forecasts, Information Management” category B of the List of Professional Publications of Ukraine in the specialty 052 Political Science.
• 2023 – present – member of the specialized academic council D 08.051.08.
• 2018 –present – member of the Public Organization Dnipropetrovsk Regional Society of Germans “Widergeburt”. Membership card No. 478 dated 03.01.2018
• 2019 – 2021 – scientific supervisor of the initiative topic of the research project “Technological Dimension of International Relations” No. d.r. 0119U100400 of Oles Honchar DNU, which is carried out by scientific and pedagogical employees within their main working hours.
• 2022 – 2024 – scientific supervisor of the initiative topic of the research project “Modern International Relations in the Age of Digital Communication” No. d.r. 0122U001331 of Oles Honchar DNU, which is carried out by scientific and pedagogical employees within their main working hours.
• 2025 – present – scientific supervisor of the research project “Public Diplomacy in the Face of Global Challenges” No. d.r. 0125U002348 of Oles Honchar DNU, which are performed by scientific and pedagogical employees within their main working hours.

Participant and Researcher in International and Ukrainian Research Projects:

Trainer of the Ukrainian Local Government Office for Leaders, Middle-Level Managers, and Community Public Service Specialists in Community Management under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Decentralization Brings Better Results and Efficiency (DOBRE), project period: 2020-2021рр.

Responsible for project implementation (participation in the implementation of grant project tasks, analytical and/or research support) / Project Team Member (analytical and research support) in the international project “Ways of Political Modernization of Logistics Cooperation between Romania and Ukraine” (No. 2025-M3EUROPE-Ua1); organizer / grant provider: M3EUROPE SRL; project period: 01.04.2025 – 30.11.2025; funding source: grant funding.

Main Scientific Publications

Articles

Ishchenko I., Bashkeieva O., Zaiets O. Cultural Patterns of Political Institutions under Polarization in International Relations. Evropský politický a právní diskurz, 2025. Vol.12. Issue 2. P. 29-40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46340/eppd.2025.12.2.3 (Scopus)

Ishchenko I. Sustainable development in the context of global and alterglobal trends of the world system. Filosofiia ta politolohiia v konteksti suchasnoi kultury [Philosophy and Political Science in the Context of Modern Culture]. 2025. Vol. 17, No. 2. P. 112–118. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15421/352556.

Ishchenko I. Cultural heritage in security discourse: securitization as a mechanism for strengthening international subjectivity. Ukrainian political and legal discourse. 2025. № 14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18708143.

Ishchenko I., Kryvchenko D.The appropriateness of using the concept of “path dependence” on the example of general development trends in african governments. Filosofiia ta politolohiia v konteksti suchasnoi kultury [Philosophy and Political Science in the Context of Modern Culture]. 2025. Vol. 17, No. 1. P. 198-205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15421/352526.

Ishchenko I., Bilan A. Multilateral diplomacy as a political institution for regulating migration policy: preventing and overcoming crises in Europe. Bulletin of Lviv University. Series of philosophical and political studies, 2025. № 60. Р. 297-304. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/PPS.2025.60.35.

Ishchenko I., Kotov I. Digitalisation as a Tool for Modernising Political and Institutional Relations in Democratic Transformations. Grani: scientific and theoretical almanac. 2025. № 28(5). Р. 261-269. https://doi.org/10.15421/172628.

Ishchenko I., Kotov I. Digitalisation of international relations as a factor in the sustainable development of Ukraine. Mediaforum: analytics, forecasts, information management, 2025. Том 17. С. 165-180. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31861/mediaforum.2025.17.165-180.

Ishchenko I. Cultural patterns of the Republic of Korea and their impact on sustainable development. Ukrainian Korean Studies. Collection of scientific papers. Issue 1. Rivne: Volynski oberegi2025. С. 286 – 295. URL: https://koreaed.org.ua/collection_of_articles.php

Monographs, including those published in co-authorship (with a volume of at least 1.5 author's pages per co-author)

Ishchenko I.V. Synergetics as a theoretical basis for international conflictological practices. Technologies of modern international relations: collective monograph / I. V. Ishchenko et al.; edited by prof. I. V. Ishchenko. Dnipro: Accent PP, 2021. 292 p. pp. 4-28, 259-261. (1.5 additional pages). ISBN 978-966-921-314-3

Ishchenko I.V. International aspect of the synergy of religion and politics in the context of digitalization, qualitative changes in the environment. Global information space as a factor in the development of international relations: collective monograph / edited by I. V. Ishchenko. Nizhyn: Publisher Lysenko M.M., 2023. 320 p. P.4-25, 281-286. (1.5 dr. sheet). ISBN 978-617-640-633-4 URL: https://doi.org/10.15421/342401.

Ishchenko I.V. is the author/co-author of 14 educational and methodological works - link.

Conference presentations:

Ishchenko I. V. Political and institutional interaction with the environment of African countries: realities and prospects of international relations. International scientific-practical conference “Current Issues of the World Economy, International Economic Relations and International Communications Amidst the Formation of a New World Order and Polarization of the World” (March 24–25, 2025). Vol. 1. Riga, Latvia: Baltija Publishing, 2025. P.187-190 - link.

Ishchenko I.V. Sustainable development as a goal of higher education: interactivity in the realities of Ukraine. Ukrainian legal dimension: search for answers to global international challenges: materials of the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference. May 23, 2025. Dnipro: University of Customs and Finance, 2025. P.368-370.

Ishchenko I. Peculiarities of forecasting the dynamics of international relations in conditions of instability and crisis. Current problems of modern international relations. Materials of the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference. November 18-19, 2025, Dnipro / ed. col.: I.V. Ishchenko, I.K. Golovko, P.G. Petrov. Dnipro, DNU: Electronic edition, 2025. pp. 6 – 11 - link.

Ishchenko I.V. Cultural diplomacy as the art of conflict-free communication in modern realities Ukrainian legal dimension: search for answers to global international challenges: materials of the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference. May 23, 2025. Dnipro: University of Customs and Finance, 2025. P.282-284.

Ishchenko I., Bilan A. Globalization and language interaction: a variety of problems. Collection of materials of the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "Social theories and practices in the context of modern culture" (Dnipro, April 25, 2025) / responsible for the publication, Professor V.V. Kryvoshein. Dnipro: "Format A+", 2025. P. 111-112 - link.

Ishchenko I., Kryvchenko D. Postmodernism as a social phenomenon of the crisis era. All-Ukrainian Internet conference of higher education students and young scientists "Ukraine - the world: a dialogue of cultures" (to the International Day of Philosophy), November 20, 2025. Dnipro: UDUNT, NNI UDCTU. 2025. P.21-22 - link.

 Ishchenko I., Maksymenko A. Social movements as a factor of international politics: Ukrainian Euromaidan in the global context. Collection of materials of the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "Social theories and practices in the context of modern culture" (Dnipro, April 25, 2025) / responsible for the publication, Professor V.V. Kryvoshein. Dnipro: "Format A+", 2025. P. 168-170 - link.

Ishchenko I.V., Kryvchenko D.S. The concept of “state” in the dimension of the modern political situation. Ukrainian legal dimension: search for answers to global international challenges: materials of the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference. May 23, 2025. Dnipro: University of Customs and Finance, 2025. P.183-185.

Ishchenko I. V., Yermolov K. S. The role of the humanities in the development of cultural diplomacy in the context of increasing globalization processes. Ukrainian legal dimension: search for answers to global international challenges: materials of the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference. May 23, 2025. Dnipro: University of Customs and Finance, 2025. P.361-363.

Ishchenko I., Kotov I. Current situation of modernization of the epistemological system of economic neo-Keynesian interventionism and problems of functioning of the policy of statism in Ukraine. Collection of materials of the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "Social theories and practices in the context of modern culture" (Dnipro, April 25, 2025) / responsible for the publication, Professor V.V. Kryvoshein. Dnipro: "Format A+", 2025. P. 146-148 - link.

Ishchenko I. V., Kotov I. D. The situation of implementing praxeological transformations in the foreign policy model of Great Britain during the tenure of Prime Minister David Cameron. Ukrainian legal dimension: search for answers to global international challenges: materials of the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference. May 23, 2025. Dnipro: University of Customs and Finance, 2025. P.389-391.

Ishchenko I., Kryvchenko D. Current problems of social science research. Collection of materials of the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "Social theories and practices in the context of modern culture" (Dnipro, April 25, 2025) / responsible for the publication, Professor V.V. Kryvoshein. Dnipro: "Format A+", 2025. P. 149-151 - link.

Ishchenko I. V., Chernous E. V. Preservation of cultural heritage in conditions of military operations: challenges and prospects. Ukrainian legal dimension: search for answers to global international challenges: materials of the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference. May 23, 2025. Dnipro: University of Customs and Finance, 2025. P.414-416.

Guidance for a student who took a prize at the I or II stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad
Guidance for a student: Morgun Daniil Andriyovych, group SM-17-1, who took 1st place at the first stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the specialty 291 International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies (July 2022). Appendix 1 to the order dated 06/29/2022 No. 671.

Advanced training:

Completed the course «Modern information technologies in the educational process of higher education» - certificate.

Completed the training course «Professional activity in higher education: methods, art, skill» - certificate.

Received a master's degree in the specialty «International relations, public communications and regional studies» (with honors) - diploma.

Received a master's degree in the specialty «Philology» (with honors) - diploma.

Participated in the information seminar for scientific and pedagogical workers of higher education institutions «European values - the basis for the functioning of the EU» - certificate.

Completed the training course «Professional Development: Management and Leadership» – certificate.

Participated in the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Current Issues of the World Economy, International Economic Relations and International Communications in the Context of the Formation of a New World Order and the Polarization of the World!» – certificate.

Participated in the international scientific seminar "Days of Political Science in Trenčín" - certificate.

Completed the training course "Scientist Rating" - certificate.

Completed the training course "Virtual Exchange Program" based on a bilateral agreement with the University of Science and Computer Technology (STEKOM University), Semarang, Indonesia April 28, 2025 – May 30, 2025 - certificate.

Received gratitude for high professionalism, objective evaluation of scientific works and significant contribution to the second round of the All-Ukrainian competition of student scientific works "Ideas of Bohdan Hawrylyshyn in the modern global world" - gratitude.