He completed postgraduate studies at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the Ivan Franko Drohobych State Pedagogical University.

Ph.D. in History. Associate Professor of International Relations, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.

Member of the Board of the Bohdan-Ihor Antonych Lemkivshchyna Society in Kyiv, since 2004 Assistant to the Chairman of the Society.

Vice President for International Cooperation of the NGO “Intellectual Ukraine”, head of the student club “Diplomat”.

Head of the Kyiv branch of the Center for East European Studies.

Research interests: covers a wide range of topics, including history, Ukrainian ethnic lands, Lemkivshchyna, cross-border cooperation, international politics, Ukrainian geopolitics, cultural diplomacy, Ukrainians abroad, Ukrainian lobbying, geopolitical positioning of Ukraine in the world, current trends and Ukraine, politics, power, elites, ideology, conservatism, traditionalism, solidarity, party building, youth policy, education, science, culture.