Maryna Utkina
Doctor of Sciences, Associate Professor
Description of the field of scientific research:
Maryna’s research interests encompass financial monitoring and anti-money laundering (AML), including supervision of virtual assets, anti-corruption mechanisms, and accountability in the management of international financial assistance. Her work also focuses on the legal regulation of digital economic security, post-war legal systems and restoration of the rule of law in Ukraine, judicial independence, administrative law, and human rights under martial law.
List of duties:
Maryna is an Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines and Judiciary at Sumy State University. Her work combines teaching, research, and expert activities in digital economic security, anti-corruption policy, and financial monitoring. She also serves as the programme guarantor of the Master’s programme in Intellectual Property, works as an expert for the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance, and participates in international academic and research programmes in the United Kingdom.
Professional experience:
November 2015 – May 2024 — Senior Lecturer, Department of Criminal Law Disciplines and Judiciary in Sumy State University.
September 2018 – September 2022 — Deputy Director for Student Affairs and Digitalisation in Sumy State University.
Since December 2020 — Expert, National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance.
October 2021 – February 2024 — Doctor of Sciences (Dr. habil.) studies, Sumy State University.
April 2022 – November 2022 — Researcher, Fernandes Fellowship, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
November 2022 – August 2025 — Researcher, Researcher at Risk Scheme (British Academy), University of Warwick.
Since November 2023 — Programme Guarantor, Master’s programme in Intellectual Property, Sumy State University.
September 2023 – November 2025 — Associate Tutor in International Economic Law, University of Warwick, Coventry.
Since June 2024 — Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Law Disciplines and Judiciary, Sumy State University.
Since 2024 — Editorial Board Member, Business Ethics and Leadership.
Since 2024 — Reviewer for Journal of Money Laundering Control, International Journal for Court Administration, and NTUT Journal of IP and Management.
Since 2024 — Member of Warwick International Higher Education Academy and the Socio-Legal Studies Association.
Since 2025 — Member of the Society of Legal Scholars.
2025 — Senior Fellow (SFHEA), Advance HE, United Kingdom.
Since September 2025 — Senior Lecturer in Law, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom.