Olena Bakalenko

Olena Bakalenko
Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ph.D, Associate Professor
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Education and Career

1994 – graduated from the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in the specialty «Psychology»

1997 – Assistant at the Department of Philosophy of the Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics (NURE)

1998 – Senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy (NURE)

2006 – Ph.D., defended thesis at the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

2007 – Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy (NURE)


Educational activity

Teaches courses: Psychology of perception and information processing, Psychology of design, Management psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Adaptability of Decision-Making under Uncertainty


Research activities

Research interests: cognitive psychology, psychology of creativity, psychology of time, epistemology, methodology of teaching psychology at the university, distance learning


International activity

Co-investigator of the international project “Implementation Research on the Effectiveness of ‘Self-Help Plus’ (SH+) Group Course Interventions for the Prevention of Mental Disorders Among Ukrainian Students with Mild to Moderate Stress Symptoms” (Contract No. 2024/1518718-0 dated February 11, 2025, between Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and NURE, under the WHO program), running from February 13, 2025, to November 28, 2025.

Participation in International Conferences

Internships at European Universities:

  • 03.2021–26.03.2021 – Cracow University of Economics, Poland (Certificate No. 2728/MSAP/2021)
  • 06.2022–15.07.2022 – Collegium Civitas University in Warsaw, Poland (Certificate No. 65/2022)
  • 04.2023–31.12.2023 – Mentorship program of the University of Warsaw “Skills for Future. UW for Ukraine,” Poland

Social activities

Consultant in practical psychology of the social and psychological service of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics


Publications and patents

Author of more than 50 publications, including 2 textbooks