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Call: External Evaluation of Schools for Democracy in Ukraine
The European Wergeland Centre is inviting organisations to participate in a tender for mid-term evaluation of our Schools for Democracy programme in Ukraine. Schools for Democracy: Strengthening Democratic Resilience in Ukraine and Moldova, is carried out in 2024-2027 aiming to facilitate systemic democratic reforms in education and strengthen European cooperation by promoting democratic culture and…
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Call for abstracts
The UKRAINETT + Conference 2026 titled “State and Society Under Pressure: Internal and External Dynamics” will take place at the Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) on 11 – 12 November. The call for abstracts is now open. The deadline for submitting a paper or panel proposal is 15 May 2026. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FORM Topics We welcome papers from different disciplines within…
Seminars with Andriy Danylenko at the Center for Slavic and East European Studies – UiO (26 & 27 March)
Foto: Anders Lien/UiO The Center for Slavic and East European Studies at the University of Oslo will be hosting two upcoming events. Both will be held by Andriy Danylenko, Professor at Pace University and a world‑leading scholar of the Ukrainian language. How Did It All Begin? On the History of the “Linguistic Colonization” of Russian-Ruled…
Ukraine Versus Russia: A War Between Two Cultures? (20 March)
The Northern Norwegian Ukraine Hub (Nordnorsk Ukraina-hub), in collaboration with the Centre for Geopolitics, Peace and Security (GPS), is organising a mini‑workshop with Ingunn Lunde (UiB) and Arve Hansen (the Norwegian Helsinki Committee). The event is open to the public and will take place on 20 March at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Program:…
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Summer School in Chișinău 2026
Diversity and Marginality in the Black Sea Region “Diversity and Marginality in the Black Sea Region” is the theme of the 2026 Summer School in Chișinău, which explores how the Black Sea region functions as a dynamic space shaped by interconnected societal, economic, cultural, and political transformations. Organized by leading research centers in Ukraine and…
Upcoming UKRAINETT+ Seed Funding deadline (1 May)
The UKRAINETT+ project has allocated funds to stimulate research project development and cooperation involving Norwegian and Ukrainian researchers and institutions. The next deadline is 1 May 2026. A Norwegian institution must be the applicant and project coordinator. At least two institutions should be involved in the collaboration, and both Ukrainian and Norwegian institutions must be…
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ISF: National lecture tour with Ukrainian scholars: Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim
A national lecture tour with Ukrainian scholars in Norway, 23-27 March, addresses the topic of return migration to Ukraine. As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine drags on, some 3.8 million people are displaced within Ukraine and nearly 5.9 million Ukrainians are refugees abroad. Ukraine’s recovery depends in part on their sustainable return and reintegration. Three…
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Ukrainian-Russian Bilingualism in Wartime: A One-Day UKRAINETT+ Workshop at UiT
By Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT) On 6 November 2025, at UiT the Arctic University of Norway, a UKRAINETT+-funded workshop took place dealing with the topic of Ukrainian-Russian bilingualism in wartime. The morning panel discussed the post-February 2022 interaction of Ukrainian and Russian languages in the sphere of Ukrainian higher education (Andriy Krasniashchykh, V N Karazin Kharkiv…
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New UKRAINETT+ Newsletter in Ukrainian
As part of the UKRAINETT+ project, we are pleased to present our seventh Ukrainian newsletter, prepared by Olena Muradyan, Dean of the Faculty of Sociology at Karazin Kharkiv University and coordinator of the Ukrainian network branch. The newsletter provides information about past and future activities of the Ukrainian research institutions that make up the UKRAINETT+ project branch…
Ukrainian returns under conditions of uncertainty (5 March)
We are pleased to extend this invitation from the Institute for Social Research (ISF) for the upcoming seminar “Ukrainian returns under conditions of uncertainty”. WHEN: 5 March 2026, 08:30 – 12:40 WHERE: Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo Please visit the event page for further details and registration This seminar presents the project Ukrainian returns under conditions of uncertainty,…
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Webinar – Forskerprosjekt for samarbeid om mental helse i Ukraina i og etter krigstid
Bilde: Norges forskningsråd Forskningsrådet vil holde et webinar for norske og ukrainske forskere som er interessert i utlysningen “Forskerprosjekt for samarbeid om mental helse i Ukraina i og etter krigstid”. Dette er en felles utlysning mellom Norges forskningsråd (RCN) og Ukrainas nasjonale forskningsstiftelse (NRFU). Webinaret finner sted 26. Februar, kl. 10.00–11.00.Forskningsrådet inviterer alle potensielle søkere…
LGBTQ Rights and Anti-Gender Politics in Wartime Ukraine (25 February)
Live recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNztKv9McX4 UKRAINETT and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee are pleased to invite you to an open breakfast seminar on LGBTQ Rights and Anti-Gender Politics in Wartime Ukraine with Maryna Shevtsova (KU Leuven), Mina Wikshåland Skouen (Norwegian Helsinki Committee), and Maryna Rabinovych (UiT). Over the past decade, Ukraine has witnessed significant advances in LGBTQ visibility and rights, even as anti-gender movements and conservative…
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NUPI seminar – Social trust and resilience: Recent findings from Ukraine (6 February)
Photo: AlxeyPnferov / iStock In this seminar the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) will launch the NUPI Ukraine Centre and present fresh data from the first face-to-face street survey completed in Kyiv since the Russian full-scale invasion. Agenda Kari Osland, Director of NUPI, will give some introductory remarks Natalia Moen-Larsen and John Karlsrud, Co-leaders…
The European Social Survey (ESS) in Ukraine
Photo: Gjøri Marie Haugen, ESS Norway On 14 January, Tymofii Brik, the national coordinator of the European Social Survey (ESS) in Ukraine, visited the Institute for Social Research (ISF) to discuss methods and challenges related to conducting the survey during wartime. The ESS is a large-scale cross‑national survey that gathers data on attitudes, opinions, and…
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State and Society Under Pressure: Internal and External Dynamics – UKRAINETT + Conference 2026
UKRAINETT+ Conference in Ukraine Studies 2026 Save the dates for the next annual UKRAINETT+ Conference, titled “State and Society Under Pressure: Internal and External Dynamics,” hosted by OsloMet on 11–12 November 2026. This event will bring together scholars and experts from a wide range of disciplines to exchange ideas, foster collaboration, and engage in meaningful…
Societal Resilience and Local Governance in Ukraine amid the Russian Full-scale Invasion (28 January)
Live recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtk8nMVirmQ During this seminar, Oleksandra Keudel will examine how Ukrainian local communities have rapidly mobilised resources, expertise, and institutional innovations to manage war-related crises since 2022. She will also discuss how pre-war decentralisation reforms and Ukraine’s evolving social contract since 2014 have shaped these community-level responses and enabled societal resilience under extreme pressure.…
Etterlyser følgeforskning på norske Ukraina-milliarder
Foto: Sverre Gunnar Haga “Vi trenger mye mer følgeforskning om de mange milliardene Norge gir til Ukraina, og vi trenger det nå.” John Karlsrud, forsker ved Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt og UKRAINETT-medlem, etterlyser en norsk forskningssatsing mot Ukraina, og at et stort program må komme i gang raskt. Les intervjuet i Khrono her.
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The European Social Survey (ESS) in Ukraine (14 January)
Photo: ISF The Institute for Social Research (ISF) and the Norwegian Network for Research on Ukraine (UKRAINETT) will host a seminar on 14 January 2026, from 08:30 to 10:15, focusing on the European Social Survey (ESS). ESS is a large, researcher-driven cross-national survey that collects data on Europeans’ attitudes, opinions, and behaviors every two years,…
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New UKRAINETT+ Newsletter in Ukrainian
As part of the UKRAINETT+ project, we are pleased to present our sixth Ukrainian newsletter, prepared by Olena Muradyan, Dean of the Faculty of Sociology at Karazin Kharkiv University and coordinator of the Ukrainian network branch. The newsletter provides information about past and future activities of the Ukrainian research institutions that make up the UKRAINETT+ project branch…
Webinar: Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine: A Multinational Force in the Making (16 December)
In March 2025, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a Coalition of the Willing in support of Ukraine. Today, one of the pressing questions is how this coalition can provide a credible security guarantee to Ukraine. While the idea of a reassurance force, a Multinational Force Ukraine,…