Diana Ekzarova

Bio

A recent Master's graduate from the School of Transnational Governance, Diana has worked on a variety of research project related to environmental sustainability, community and stakeholder engagement within the field. With a working experience as a Market Analysis at Nielsen LLC, producer at the Oil and Gas Forum and internship at the European Food Safety Authority, she scaled up her knowledge and skills in the sustainability of production areas.

• Junior Producer

  Oil and Gas Forum - Part-time From December 2020 to August 2021

  Collection and Systematization of up-to-date information on Energy topics; Program development for international conferences; International communication with foreign speakers; Translation of programs letters and reports; Transcription of Conferences.

• Teaching Assistant

  European University Institute, Global Executive Master Programme - Contract / consultant From April 2025 to June 2025

  I was a teaching assistant to Professor Lempereur for the course on Negotiations delivered to Global executive Master student, who had their second residential week in May. My tasks included supporting the communication with the students, materials preparation, in class assistance with the simulations, as well as evaluating and providing a feedback on the assignments.

• Resercher

  European University Institute, World We Share - Contract / consultant From March 2024 to June 2024

  I was in charge of creating a "World We Share" report for the UN Summit for Future, which addressed policy solutions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This also included topics of climate and energy transition.

• Guest Scientist

  European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) - Internship From April 2024 to August 2024

  As a visiting scientist at EFSA, I was involved in the stakeholder engagement, outreaching new members in novel food production, monitoring and implementing CRM system.

• Market Analyst

  Nielsen LLC - Full-time From February 2022 to September 2023

  Key responsibilities included report preparation, deep-dive analytics, e-comm trends overview, BigData Excel analytics, presentation slides design for the major clients in food manufacturing.

• Researcher

  Foresight Center at the Higher School of Economics - Part-time From April 2021 to January 2022

  Key responsibilities included data collection and process in Excel, construction and visualization forecast, construction and description of regression modules (difference-in-difference, logit models), preparation of analytical reports and papers, incl. energy transition topics.

• Political Science and Political Management

  Higher School of Economics From September 2018 to June 2022
• Exchange Semester, Political Science

  University of Edinburgh From January 2021 to June 2021
• Transnational Governance, specialization in Global Challenges

  European University Institute From September 2023 to June 2025
• Exchange semester, International Development

  International University in Geneva From September 2024 to February 2025

• Responsible Leadership

  The European Wergeland Centre Issued September 2024

• English
• Russian
• Italian
• French

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