Vikoriia Grivina holds two Master's degrees in English and German linguistics of Kharkiv National University, and in Cultural Studies via the Erasmus Mundus program at the universities of Tübingen, Bergamo, and St Andrews. From 2020 to 2021, she worked at the (Un)Archiving (Post)Industry project that received the European Heritage Europa Nostra 2023 Award. Since 2021, she is working on her PhD thesis at St Andrews University, studying the war-time transformations in Kharkiv. In 2023, her book proposal, Potatoes and Other Hobbies, was shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd Prize in the UK. With Viktoriia Ivanova she has co-authored a series of animations, Khastoria: Kharkiv Legends. Grivina's essays have been published in Tint Journal, minor literature(s), The Conversation, LB.ua, Transitions Online, Fiery Scribe Review, and other outlets.