Iryna Rodina graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism (2019) and a Master's in International Journalism (2020) from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. As an Erasmus+ scholar, she studied journalism and political science at Marie Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland.

In 2020, Iryna received the international Chevening Scholarship funded by the the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. She was awarded a MSc in Human Rights and Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

From November 2021 to March 2023, Iryna was the Head of Communications at PEN Ukraine. In 2023, she joined King's College London as a Communications Officer in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. In March 2024, Iryna became the Communications Manager for Arts (Department of Digital Humanities, Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, Department of Music, Department of Film Studies) and the Digital Futures Institute.