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Valeriia Hesse is a researcher at the Odesa Center for Nonproliferation (OdCNP) and a management and research consultant at Atomic Reporters. Valeriia has experience as a visiting researcher at Open Nuclear Network and James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), a consultant at the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS), and an intern at the Division of Concepts and Planning at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Department of Safeguards as well as at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Valeriia obtained her Master's degree in International Security and Nonproliferation from the University of Georgia (USA) as a Fulbright scholar and has a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in International Relations from Odesa I.I. Mechnykov National University (Ukraine). Hesse is the Annual Meeting Plenary Committee Chair at the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), a member of Women in Nuclear (WiN) IAEA Executive Committee, and a WiN Global Young Generation Member Liaison Leader.
As a Ukrainian national, Valeriia is researching the Ukrainian response to Russian nuclear threats expressed through traditional and new media. The goal is to understand how the population is reacting to and dealing with these threats. This analysis can undermine the traditional understanding of nuclear deterrence principles (namely threat perception), which were expected to work for coercion purposes, due to the unconventional Ukrainian reactions.