Kseniia Pirnavskaia develops publishing content, monitors nuclear risks, manages online public relations, coordinates engagement and foresight and prediction efforts.
Kseniia Pirnavskaia is a Research Consultant at Open Nuclear Network (ONN). She works with ONN's Monitoring, Assessment and Distribution team to develop the ONN's publishing space – Thought Room, monitor nuclear risks and compile ONN’s news digest Event Horizon and quarterly newsletter. Additionally, she spearheads ONN's online public relations. Kseniia also works with the Engagement and Networks team to coordinate the work of ONN’s Advisory Council and manage external engagement efforts. In her role with the Foresight and Prediction team, she serves as the point of contact for the joint ONN and Forecasting Research Institute (FRI) research project.
Prior to joining ONN, she worked at Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center (NEREC), the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), the PIR Center and the Korea Policy Center for the 4th Industrial Revolution. She also serves as the Deputy Director of the International Student Young Pugwash (ISYP). Kseniia holds a BA in International Scientific and Technological Cooperation from MEPhI, Russia and MSc in Science and Technology Policy from KAIST, South Korea. Kseniia's research interests include disarmament, arms control, humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons testing and use and nuclear justice. She is fluent in Russian and English and has an intermediate level of proficiency in French.
In her spare time, Kseniia enjoys podcasting and filming nuclear media content, for example a videocast on YouTube “Nuclear Pep Talk”.
Kseniia's publications and other activities can be found on her LinkedIn page.
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