President of Ukrainian NGO “League of Professional Women” in Kyiv, Ukraine.
In the framework of academic & analytical research, she was published more than 7 books & chapters in the monographs and more than 80 articles, policy papers, case studies, analytical reports which were published in Kyiv, Hamburg, New York etc. Main areas: Social & Political Philosophy on Democracy, Social Responsibility, SDGs, Creativity Issues, Social & Human Capital Development, Civil Society, Gender& Women Issues. In addition, Adult Learning Policy & Lifelong Learning, SME development, etc.

She has a background in political and social sciences and management from Ukrainian and Western Universities, PhD degree from IF NASU, as well as business trainer`s certifications from six international institutions (from ERASMUS+ (EU, 2021 online), University of Tennessee (USA, 2020 online), British Council (2016), ILO Project (Ukraine, 2010), Institute of Banking Education (Slovakia, 2002), Lovanium International Management Centre (Belgium, 1996)).
Her main Grants\Awards: 1996 FSA Contemporary Issues Program (IREX Scholar, Duke University, USA), 1999 & 2022 Salzburg Global Fellow (Austria); 2006 Fortune/State Department Women Mentorship Program (Washington D.C., USA), 2019 Research Scholar at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany. “Seal of Excellence” Certificate under Horizon 2020, European Commission, 2017; Certificates “For Excellence in Research” from the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2017 & Section of History, Philosophy and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2018, and the Management Board of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2021; 2022 JESH Visiting Researcher at FH Salzburg funded by Austrian Academy of Sciences (May-July 2022).

ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9983-2840
Вибрані публікації онлайн: https://nas.academia.edu/OlenaLazorenko

Yermolenko, A., Bauman, Y., Kiryukhin, D., Lazorenko, O., Nadolny, M., Nechiporenko, V., Shamrai, V., Shcherbak, S. (2023) Discursive practices of deliberative democracy in Ukrainian society. Kyiv, Naukova Dumka. 352p. [in Ukrainian] DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/978-966-00-1898-3
Lazorenko, Olena (2021). Democracy and gender equality in the context of modernization of the Ukrainian social space // Modernization of Ukraine from the perspective of European values. Naukova Dymka Publishing House. рр.303-347. [in Ukrainian]

Lazorenko, О. (2020). Civil Society as Driver in Democracy Discourse of Adult Learning Policy in Ukraine. Filosofska Dumka, (5), р.41–59. https://doi.org/10.15407/fd2020.05.041 1, 2 д.а

Lazorenko O., Kwiatkowska A. (2023). Democracy and Civic Space: Normative Models and Ukrainian Discourse. Filosofska Dumka, (4), 71–102. [in Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/fd2023.04.071 1,4 д.а.
Lazorenko, Olena (2016). The Paradigm of Social Responsibility of Organizations in Global Discourse // Social Responsibility as a Core Value Institutionalization of Modern Society. – Kyiv, Naukova Dymka Publishing House. - pp. 68-137 [in Ukrainian] .
Lazorenko, Olena (2010). Social Capital: Social and Professional networks in Ukraine, “Energy Publishing House”, Kyiv. 104 p. [in Ukrainian]
Lazorenko, Olena (2016). Ukrainian Context of the Creative Social Actions. Philosophical Dialogues 2015.Scientific Collection. Philosophy. Culture. Society- Kyiv, 2016.-P.255-265. https://www.academia.edu/30541511/Lazorenko_Olena._Ukrainian_Context_of_the_Creative_Social_Actions._Philosophical_Dialogues_2015._Scientific_Collection.Philosophy._Culture._Society._-_K_2016