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.
WHEN: 28 January, 09:00 – 10:00 (CET)
WHERE: Pilestredet 46, Clara Holst hus (first floor), Athene 1/2
Online participation:
https://oslomet.zoom.us/j/67580266407
Meeting ID: 675 8026 6407
Password: 930121
Registration
For in‑person attendance, please register using this form. For digital participation, no registration is required.
Coffee and a light breakfast will be available before the seminar, with doors opening at 08:30.
Program
9.00 – 9.05: Introduction by Aadne Aasland, leader of Ukrainett and research professor at NIBR, OsloMet
9.05 – 9.35: Presentation by Oleksandra Keudel
09.35 – 10.00: Q/A moderated by Aadne Aasland
Dr. Oleksandra Keudel is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Democratic Resilience at the Kyiv School of Economics. She has published extensively on Ukraine’s democratic transformation and societal resilience, with a focus on local governance. She is also a fellow at the Center for East European and International Studies (Berlin) and the Center for Governance and Markets (University of Pittsburgh).
Oleksandra Keudel participates in the project Knowledge Programme for Norwegian Municipalities (KOM-UKRA) coordinated by NIBR-OsloMet and Financed by HK-dir through the UKR-KOM programme.