Spotlight on PhD student Aly Tkachenko!

January 06, 2025

Congratulations to Aly Tkachenko, PhD student, and winner of a prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral Program (CGS-D) SSHRC!

Aly Tkachenko is a PhD student in International Relations and Canadian Politics at the University of Victoria. Her research focuses on critical security studies, climate change, ecological security, and civil disobedience. Aly is interested in questions regarding the intersection of environmental politics and security, climate protest and resistance, and current issues affecting Canada’s Pacific coast. Aly is a research fellow with the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), as well as a 2024 fellowship recipient with the Climate Security Association of Canada (CSAC). Her work at UVic is supervised by Dr. Will Greaves.

Aly’s recently published work includes “Envisioning ecological security through local direct action: Community resistance with global resonance” Critical Studies on Security. (2024) & “Degrees of Optimism: Climate Politics and Youth Activism in British Columbia.” BC Studies (2023).

In her spare time, Aly enjoys volunteering with the Cetus Research and Conservation Society.