Experience

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

• Switzerland
• International Trade and Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consultant

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Workstreams:- Innovation for Sustainable Development Review (I4SDR) of Armenia: This review focuses on assessing the national innovation system with a view to designing and reforming the policies and institutions needed to promote innovation for long-term growth from a sustainable development perspective- capacity building, country innovation development reviews, communications, intergovernmental meetings, providing support to fact-finding, stakeholder outreach and other events and webinars, drafting and analytical inputs- Fundraising for extra-budgetary initiatives and outreach

• Intern

  • Dec 2021 - Mar 2022

  Policy research and literature review writing, organised Innovation for Sustainable Development Review for Uzbekistan high-level launch event, fundraising support and project concept-note writing, assisted with the launch of a podcast



Institute of Baltic Studies

• Estonia
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Institute of Baltic Studies Analyst

  • Jan 2021 - Sep 2021

  - Produced a recommendation report used by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research to develop and introduce new policy on microqualifications; successfully prepared a government funding application on smoking cessation policy research - Examined juvenile offender intervention strategies using scientific literature and international case studies, interviewed three intervention programme authors, analysed interviews and critically interpret the findings in Estonia’s context - Edited Estonia’s first large-scale diaspora questionnaire, translated questions, devised questionnaire distribution strategy - Analysed 1166 optional text comments using thematic analysis, presented a policy brief to the Ministry of the Interior



UCL Diplomacy Society

• United Kingdom
• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairwoman

  • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

• President

  • Mar 2019 - Sep 2021



Bentham Brooks Institute

• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder and Trustee

  • Jun 2020 - Sep 2021

  Bentham Brooks Institute is a student-led think tank encompassing a bespoke research program to produce peer-reviewed, high-quality research policy papers to influence policy-makers and influential figures. Formed by an alliance of 5 of the biggest international affairs societies at UCL, BBI will benefit from vast resources of these societies, a decorated board of advisors and a robust organisational framework of BBI to scrutinise and find the solutions to the problems facing us today Bentham Brooks Institute is a student-led think tank encompassing a bespoke research program to produce peer-reviewed, high-quality research policy papers to influence policy-makers and influential figures. Formed by an alliance of 5 of the biggest international affairs societies at UCL, BBI will benefit from vast resources of these societies, a decorated board of advisors and a robust organisational framework of BBI to scrutinise and find the solutions to the problems facing us today



Lanterna Education

• E-learning
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Private Tutor

  • Jun 2020 - 2021

  IB Diploma candidates: History HL/SL, Economics HL/SL, Spanish B HL/SL, Language and Literature HL/SL, Environmental Systems and Societies SL IB Diploma candidates: History HL/SL, Economics HL/SL, Spanish B HL/SL, Language and Literature HL/SL, Environmental Systems and Societies SL



Laidlaw Foundation

• United Kingdom
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Laidlaw Research Scholar: Year 2

  • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

  - Year 2 Research project: Research into representations of Belarus within English-speaking media outlets and its effects on the country’s international standing - Quantitative Research​: used corpus linguistic analysis, worked with databases gathering data, used statistics to analyse data; - Qualitative Research​: employed critical discourse analysis techniques to understand media communications, studied and implemented thematic critical discourse analysis techniques, compiled a literature review; - Written communications​: in the process of writing an academic report, preparing to present the project on the Undergraduate Research Conference 2020.



Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici

• Slovakia
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research And Teaching Assistant

  • Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

  - Designed a course on critical citizenship for two groups of Master's Degree students - Researched critical pedagogy techniques and critical thinking - Compiled a literature review - The course is to be delivered during the first semester of 2020 - Designed a course on critical citizenship for two groups of Master's Degree students - Researched critical pedagogy techniques and critical thinking - Compiled a literature review - The course is to be delivered during the first semester of 2020



UCL SSEES

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Mar 2019 - Jun 2020

  - Leadership and organization: formed and led a winning coalition, redesigned the SSEES constitution, managed a team of five members in organizing events for the entire department of 1000 people, trained committee members, negotiated and secured a £2500 grant from the department. - Event planning​: organized a ball for 120 people, planned a new alumni career talk initiative, planned and ran freshers week events for the entire department. - Leadership and organization: formed and led a winning coalition, redesigned the SSEES constitution, managed a team of five members in organizing events for the entire department of 1000 people, trained committee members, negotiated and secured a £2500 grant from the department. - Event planning​: organized a ball for 120 people, planned a new alumni career talk initiative, planned and ran freshers week events for the entire department.



Private Employer

• London, United Kingdom

• Personal Assistant

  • Mar 2019 - 2020

  - Organisation and administration: prepared and managed correspondence, took appointments, performed research on contractors, coordinated and organized a party for more than 100 people, reorganized and decluttered email inbox with 60 000 unread messages, performed other administrative tasks; - Technology and design: set up and updated ICloud account, designed 5 photo books, created presentations. - Organisation and administration: prepared and managed correspondence, took appointments, performed research on contractors, coordinated and organized a party for more than 100 people, reorganized and decluttered email inbox with 60 000 unread messages, performed other administrative tasks; - Technology and design: set up and updated ICloud account, designed 5 photo books, created presentations.



Laidlaw Foundation

• United Kingdom
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Laidlaw Research Scholar

  • Feb 2019 - 2020

  - Research: ​investigated the work of the Belfast Committee for German Refugees, analyzed archives and available literature, discovered and examined rare documents, composed weekly research reports; - Written communications​: currently writing a 7000 paper to be published in an academic journal, crafted a research poster, prepared a short research presentation. - Leadership: ​attended leadership training and conferences, learned group-work techniques. - Research: ​investigated the work of the Belfast Committee for German Refugees, analyzed archives and available literature, discovered and examined rare documents, composed weekly research reports; - Written communications​: currently writing a 7000 paper to be published in an academic journal, crafted a research poster, prepared a short research presentation. - Leadership: ​attended leadership training and conferences, learned group-work techniques.



UCL

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• UCL Active Citizenship - Global Citizenship Programme Participant 2019

  • Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

  Studied digital privacy, created a video as a part of Defend Digital Me campaign, attended lectures on topics related to activism and campaigning Studied digital privacy, created a video as a part of Defend Digital Me campaign, attended lectures on topics related to activism and campaigning



UCL Diplomacy in Action Society

• London, United Kingdom

• Head of Events

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

  - Event Planning​: Organised and planned a Turkish embassy visit, two ambassador talks, and a formal dinner with the Georgian Ambassador; co-organised a round table formal discussion with the Algerian Ambassador; - Communication​: advertised events through Facebook reaching 3000+ people; liaised with the embassies; - Social Media​: managed the Facebook account of the society, grew the page following by 30% in 5 months. - Event Planning​: Organised and planned a Turkish embassy visit, two ambassador talks, and a formal dinner with the Georgian Ambassador; co-organised a round table formal discussion with the Algerian Ambassador; - Communication​: advertised events through Facebook reaching 3000+ people; liaised with the embassies; - Social Media​: managed the Facebook account of the society, grew the page following by 30% in 5 months.



Students' Union UCL

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Academic Representative

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2019



UCL Innovation & Enterprise

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• UCL Explore £5,000 Programme: Business Course

  • Jan 2019 - Mar 2019

  Graduated from an introductory course to business and entrepreneurship run by UCL. Created a lean canvas business plan for a startup. Pitched the idea to judges. Topics covered in the course included: - building a successful business - shaping and refining your business idea - putting key metrics in place - building relationships with customers - pricing - using Build, Measure and Learn (BML) to improve your business - generating a buzz about your business Graduated from an introductory course to business and entrepreneurship run by UCL. Created a lean canvas business plan for a startup. Pitched the idea to judges. Topics covered in the course included: - building a successful business - shaping and refining your business idea - putting key metrics in place - building relationships with customers - pricing - using Build, Measure and Learn (BML) to improve your business - generating a buzz about your business



UCL Amnesty International Society

• London, United Kingdom

• Journal Writer

  • Sep 2018 - Feb 2019



Belarusian National History Museum

• Minsk, Belarus

• Intern

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2017