Viktoriia Olexandra Hamaiunova
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Academic and professional record

Experience

Research and legal practice across academic, judicial, policy and professional settings.

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Research experience

Feb 2026 – Jul 2026

Oxford, UK

Research Officer

Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Role details
  • Conducted comparative research at the intersection of international law, human rights, technology and justice, contributing to research papers and policy-facing briefings.
  • Researched digital evidence across international courts and human-rights bodies, including issues of authenticity, disclosure, probative value and procedural fairness.
  • Reviewed jurisdictional material for the AI Justice Atlas and checked consistency with international, regional and European legal frameworks.
  • Prepared evidence-based briefings to support expert engagement on deepfakes, detection, content provenance and justice-system practice.

Apr 2025 – Jul 2025

Freiburg, Germany

PhD Fellow

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

Role details
  • Conducted focused doctoral research on mediation and the right to a fair trial under Article 6 ECHR.
  • Advanced doctrinal and comparative analysis and developed theoretical links between legal culture, procedural design and access to justice.
  • Positioned findings within European debates on institutional reform and judicial responsiveness and prepared material for publication and thesis submission.

Mar 2024 – Jun 2025

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Researcher in Higher Education EDI Practice and Policy

Newcastle University

Role details
  • Conducted qualitative analysis through interviews and focus groups on equality, diversity and inclusion in higher education.
  • Performed quantitative survey analysis using SPSS and Stata.
  • Reviewed academic scholarship, policy documents and employment practices; drafted analytical summaries and contributed recommendations to the Law School Executive Board, including on underreporting, assessment fairness and peer inclusion.

Aug 2024 – Sep 2024

London, UK

Research Assistant — International Court of Justice Gender Equality Project

City, University of London

Role details
  • Researched civil-society, government and international-organisation stakeholders involved in the ICJ nominations process.
  • Structured and categorised stakeholders and used Kumu system mapping to visualise relationships and influence pathways.

Mar 2022 – Jun 2022

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Research Assistant — Good Faith Requirements in Mediation Project

Newcastle University

Role details
  • Undertook applied legal research, data validation and research-governance work within data-protection requirements.
  • Supported project delivery and professional-development activities linked to the research collaboration.

Oct 2020 – Mar 2022

Peterborough, UK

International Project Researcher

The People Project

Role details
  • Designed and executed study methodologies, collected and monitored research data, and developed projects, timelines and performance reviews.

Mar 2020 – Oct 2020

Peterborough, UK

Project Researcher

The People Project

Role details
  • Developed executive presentations and reports to support project evaluation and process improvement; streamlined research processes across multiple projects.