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 ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ in the specialty «Psychology»

1997 – Assistant at the Department of Philosophy of the Kharkov National ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ of Radio Electronics (ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ)

1998 – Senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy (ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ)

2006 – Ph.D., defended thesis at the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ

2007 – Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy (ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ)


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 ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ of Kyiv and ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ, 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 ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ of Economics, Poland (Certificate No. 2728/MSAP/2021)
  • 06.2022–15.07.2022 – Collegium Civitas ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Warsaw, Poland (Certificate No. 65/2022)
  • 04.2023–31.12.2023 – Mentorship program of the ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ 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 ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ of Radio Electronics


Publications and patents

Author of more than 50 publications, including 2 textbooks