Elena Korosteleva is Professor of Politics and Global Sustainable Development, and Director of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick. She is the author/editor of over 100 publications, including fourteen books, and her research interests lie on the intersection of Complex International Relations and Development Studies. She regularly advises the UK Foreign Office, Westminster, and EU Institutions. Her GCRF COMPASS project received higher commendation by the Times Higher Education as the Best International Collaboration of 2021. She was a co-founder of Oxford Belarus Observatory (2021), and a founder of Warwick Ukraine-Belarus hub (WUB-hub).