Melania Parzonka
Melania Parzonka
Chief Specialist for European Security in the Strategy and Analysis Department
Biography
She holds an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a BSc in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience from Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2025, she also completed the Ukrainian for Reading Knowledge course at Harvard University.
She specialises in European security and Eastern policy, with a particular focus on Ukraine and Moldova. Before joining Łukasiewicz – ITECH, Melania worked as an analyst covering EU foreign and security policy at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). From 2022 to 2025, she coordinated the Russia–Eurasia Programme and Ukraine Forum at Chatham House, a London-based think tank. She also completed a Blue Book traineeship at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) and worked at LSE IDEAS.
She speaks English, Russian and Ukrainian.