Olena Kovalchuk was born in Lutsk. In 1997, she graduated from Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University (Lutsk). In 2004, she defended her candidate's thesis, and in 2015 – her doctoral thesis. She worked as a professor at the Department of Ukrainian and Foreign Linguistics, and in 2019-2021 she was a vice-rector of Lutsk National Technical University. In 2021-2022 – Professor of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University. In April-August 2022 – Visiting Professor at the FMSH Foundation (Paris, France), since 2022 – Visiting Professor at Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France). Since 2023 – Head of "Ukrainian Science Diaspora in France".
The interview is here: https://ukrdiaspora.nauka.gov.ua/uk/naukova-diplomatiya/olena-kovalchuk/
Supported by the Programme "Shaping development-oriented migration" (MEG) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)