Vita
Maria Kurando is a Visiting Doctoral Fellow working in the Arms Control and Emerging Technologies research area. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University in Ukraine. Much of her research was conducted while she worked as a research intern at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
Research profile
Maria Kurando’s work focuses on evaluating the risks to nuclear security that arise from conflicts, wars, and military actions. A significant part of her research addresses the protection of civilian nuclear infrastructure in conflict-prone regions, particularly in the Black Sea region, South Asia, and the Middle East.
- Nuclear safety and security
- Protection of nuclear facilities at wartime
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- IAEA
- Ukraine War
Latest Publications
Selected Publications
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Kurando, Mariia. 2024.
Фізична ядерна безпека Пакистану в контексті регіональної нестабільності.
Politicus
1: 149-159.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24195/2414-9616.2024-1.23.
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Kurando, Mariia. 2024.
Protecting Nuclear Facilities in Ukraine: Lessons from South Asia.
Evropský politický a právní diskurz
11 (2): 28-39.
DOI: 10.46340/eppd.2024.11.2.3.
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Kurando, Mariia. 2023.
Nuclear Security in Conflict Zones: The Dangerous Case of Zaporizhzhia.
International Journal of Nuclear Security
8 (2): Article 10.
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Kurando, Mariia,
Teona Patussi. 2021.
Enhancing European Security: Modern Challenges Posed by Nuclear Weapons.
International and Political Studies (Міжнародні та політичні досідження)
34: 89-106.
DOI: 10.18524/2707–5206.2021.34.229954.
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Ramana, M. V.,
Mariia Kurando. 2019.
Cyberattacks on Russia – the Nation with the Most Nuclear Weapons – Pose a Global Threat.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
75 (1): 44-50.
DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2019.1556001.
