UKRAINETT is a network of researchers and experts in Norway with interest in and knowledge about Ukraine. The network is further meant to be a hub for Ukrainian researchers and academics who are currently in Norway due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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UKRAINETT News – Launching our first newsletter!
The UKRAINETT team is excited to introduce our very own newsletter, UKRAINETT News 🎉 The first edition of our newsletter is now available, and we invite you to sign up and receive UKRAINETT News sent to your inbox! Why should you subscribe? Are you interested in Ukrainian society, culture, and politics? Be the first to know…
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Webinar “Ask the Editor: Your way to a publication with Palgrave Macmillan”, Tuesday 25 June 10.00-11.30 (CET)
Webinar “Ask the Editor: Your way to a publication with Palgrave Macmillan”. 25 June 2024, 11.00-12.30 (EET, Kyiv time) / 10.00-11.30 (CET). The webinar is co-organised by the UiA with partners from the Ukrainian Catholic University. A Zoom link is available upon registration. The webinar aims to offer participants an insight into how to publish…
UKRAINETT Members participated in Nordic Ukrainian Advocacy Summit 2024
Aadne Aasland, Oleksandra Deineko and Nataliya Yeremeyeva attended the Nordic Ukrainian Advocacy Summit 2024: Accelerating Ukraine’s Victory, held in Helsinki on June 14-15, 2024. The main aim of this forum was to strengthen international cooperation and institutional capacity of Ukrainian CSOs in the Nordic and Baltic states. The summit included expert panels, workshops, strategy sessions,…
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HROMADA Conference on Ukraine, Riga 24 October 2024
The Nordic-Baltic HROMADA Network, in collaboration with the University of Latvia, will organise the conference Strengthening Ukraine: Sharing Knowledge for a Sustainable Future on 24 October 2024 in Riga. The programme – which will be continuously updated – includes four expert panels on 1) Ukraine’s European integration, 2) forcibly displaced Ukrainians in the Nordic and…
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New policy brief on Ukrainian mobilisation act
A new policy brief “The new Mobilisation Act: Policies, target groups and consequences for Ukrainians living abroad” presents the main changes that the new Mobilisation Act entails for Ukrainian citizens living abroad and discusses some of the dilemmas it entails for the European governments hosting them. The policy brief is part of the NOR-RETIN research…
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Seven applications for UKRAINETT+ Seed Funding
By the deadline 1 June we received 7 applications for seed funding for project development and research cooperation between researchers in Ukraine and Norway aimed at Ukraine-related research. The applications will now undergo peer review before a final decision is made by the UKRAINETT Steering Board. UKRAINETT+ will announce seed funding twice a year in…
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Recent developments in the war in Ukraine: Different perspectives and prospects, Friday 21 June at 11:00 – 12:30 online
The Norwegian Network for Research on Ukraine (UKRAINETT) are pleased to invite you to a digital seminar with Head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center in Kyiv, Volodymyr Solovian and Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, Tor Bukkvoll. The seminar will discuss military and political aspects of…
Open lecture by Victor Yushchenko at OsloMet, Wednesday 8. May 14.30 – 15.45
OsloMet and UKRAINETT invites you to an open lecture by former president of Ukraine (2005-2010). Victor Yushchenko is well known as a front figure of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004, which started Ukraine’s path towards closer integration with Western Europe. Many will remember the election campaign in late 2004, when Yushchenko was poisoned with…
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UKRAINETT’s annual conference at Nord University
The Norwegian Network for Research on Ukraine (UKRAINETT) and Nord University Business School invite all researchers and academics with interest in and knowledge about Ukraine to join our annual conference in Bodø, 16-17 september 2024. Register and submit abstract for the conference here.
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Seed funding for project development and research cooperation aimed at Ukraine-related research
The Ukrainett+ project (2024–2026) has allocated funds to stimulate research project development and cooperation involving Norwegian and Ukrainian researchers and institutions. Application deadline: 1 June 2024. Ukrainett+ is an RCN-funded project that aims to expand and consolidate cooperation between Norwegian and Ukrainian institutions of research and higher education, and to stimulate research on Ukraine. Ukrainett+…
The UKRAINETT+ project to be launched in Ukraine
The UKRAINETT+ project will be launched in a hybrid event at the Carpathian Sea Democracy Week (inspired by the Norwegian Arendalsuka). The launch is part of a larger session which is called “UKRAINIAN-NORDIC RESEARCH COOPERATION: UTILISING THE LESSONS OF WAR FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE” (Thursday 25 April 2024, 13:00-16:00 (Norway time). A detailed programme…
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Film screening at the university of Oslo: Finding Babel
Meet director and film producer David Novack in conversation with Anna Chebotarova about his film Finding Babel. The conversation and film. March 11. 18.00 – 20.00 Georg Sverdrups hus, Auditorium 2, University of Oslo, Blindern For more information in Norwegian: Filmvisning – Finding Babel – Institutt for litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk (uio.no)
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Public lecture with Tetiana Kostiuchenko at UiO 7. March: “Ukrainian societal resilience in times of war”
Starting from the Maidan Revolution of Dignity in 2013, Ukraine’s society has increasingly held checks and balances on Ukrainian politics and served as a backbone in holding Ukrainian politicians accountable. Welcome to a public lecture with Dr. Tetiana Kostiuchenko.
Why Ukrainian refugees in Norway face an uncertain future
In a blog-post at the LSE blog European Politics and Policy Aadne Aasland presents finding from a new survey on Ukrainian refugees’ integration in Norway, while discussing recent restrictions introduced by the Norwegian government to reduce the relatively high influx of displaced from Ukraine: “while most Ukrainian refugees report having a positive experience in Norway,…
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Conference at UiT: A decade since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
UiT -The Arctic University of Norway is organising an inter-disciplinary conference to mark a decade since Russia began its war on Ukraine. The conference is scheduled to take place on 22 February 2024 at UiTs campus in Tromsø. The keynote speaker is Oleksandra Matviichuk, the head of the Centre for Civil Liberties. More information and…
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New report: Reception and integration of Ukrainian refugees in Norway
On 12 January 2024 a new report on the reception and integration of Ukrainian refugees in Norway commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) will be published. A presentation of the report and a discussion of its content by key stakeholders will take place at Deichman Bjørvika (Deichmansalen) at 9:00 – 10:15…
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HROMADA conference and workshop held at OsloMet 30 November – 1 December 2023
HROMADA – Nordic-Baltic knowledge-based input network to the rebuilding of Ukraine is a network comprising researchers based at universities, research institutions and think tanks in the Baltic and the Nordic countries with a specific expertise on Ukraine to contribute to the country’s rebuilding and sustainable development. The network provides a platform for cooperation and exchange, with…
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Presentasjon av boken “Spesialoperasjon. Ukraina og Russland”
Senter for slaviske og østeuropeiske studier ved Universitetet i Oslo. Tid og sted: 26. okt. 2023, 16.00 – 17:30, Universitetet i Oslo, Blindern, Sophus Bugges hus, seminarrom 1. Møt forfatteren John Færseth i samtale med Pål Kolstø Om boken: 24. februar 2022 invaderte Russland Ukraina. Dette var ikke starten på Russlands krig mot Ukraina,…
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Strengthening Ukraine: Sharing knowledge for a sustainable future
Public Conference, Oslo 30 November 12.30 – 17.30 Oslo Metropolitan University, Pilestredet 46, Athene 1 or on Zoom On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine. Russia’s war has brought enormous human suffering, large-scale destruction of places and infrastructure, and massive environmental damage to Ukraine. Several million Ukrainians have had to flee…
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UKRAINETT contributes with input to white paper on the Nansen programme
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently working on a Stortingsmelding (White Paper) on the Nansen programme for humanitarian and military support to Ukraine. UKRAINETT’s steering group has authored and sent input to the Ministry about the white paper. Read UKRAINETTs input in Norwegian here: Til Utenriksdepartementetv/ Statssekretær Eivind Vad Petersson Innspill til stortingsmelding om…
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