“Making sense of post-conflict reconstruction assistance to Ukraine”
UKRAINETT member Jørn Holm-Hansen has recently published a new blog post on the HROMADA network blog, discussing the challenges and potential pitfalls of post-conflict reconstruction assistance for Ukraine. “Development aid, support for post-conflict reconstruction and democracy promotion are highly knowledge-intensive fields of work. Drawing on experiences from many conflict and post-conflict regions, Jørn Holm-Hansen argues that aid aimed…
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UKRAINETT+ podcast in Ukrainian – “Norwegian support to Ukraine: What is the Nansen Programme about?”
As part of the UKRAINETT+ project, we are pleased to present two podcasts in Ukrainian, created by the Dnipro-based Sociological Company “Operatyvna sotsiolohiia” in collaboration with Norwegian and Ukrainian stakeholders. Information on the Nansen Programme in Ukraine has been limited. Therefore, these podcasts aim to convey essential insights about the Programme, with a special focus…
Writing Against the Empire: Anticolonial Ukrainian Poetry Across the Past Two Centuries (On 25 November)
Lecture with award winning poet Iryna Shuvalova about Ukrainian contemporary poetry. When? Nov. 25, 2024 3:15 PM – 5:00 PM Where? P.A. Munchs hus, seminarrom 14 Following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian poets have become global cultural ambassadors, raising awareness about the conflict and Ukraine. Many have also taken up arms, fundraised, volunteered, and investigated war…
Lytring-debatt: “Hva skjer med Ukraina?” (20. november)
Russlands angrepskrig har snart vart i tre år. Vesten heier på demokrati og motstandskamp. Hvordan opplever ukrainerne forholdet mellom heiarop og handling? Lytring er en debattarena som skal styrke et forskningsbasert, offentlig ordskifte som er aktuelt, spennende og lærerikt for innbyggere i hele landet. Lytring er en arena der forskere møter samfunnsdebattanter for diskusjon og…
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“Myths and facts about corruption in Ukraine” – hybrid seminar with Andrii Biletskyi and Alisa Yurchenko (On 30 October)
When? 30 October, 09:00 Where? Pilestredet 44 and online UKRAINETT is pleased to invite you to a discussion with Ukrainian researcher Andrii Biletskyi and journalist Alisa Yurchenko. Our special guests will discuss the current state of anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine, ongoing investigations, and the crucial role of civil society in strengthening the anti-corruption movement. They…
HROMADA Conference (Riga 24 October 2024) – Strengthening Ukraine: Sharing Knowledge For A Sustainable Future
The Nordic-Baltic HROMADA Network, in collaboration with the University of Latvia, will be organizing the conference Strengthening Ukraine: Sharing Knowledge for a Sustainable Future on 24 October 2024 in Riga. The programme includes four expert panels on 1) Ukraine’s European integration, 2) forcibly displaced Ukrainians in the Nordic and Baltic countries, 3) mental health support for individuals, families and…
«We must not lose the momentum to transform migration policy in Europe» – Seminar with Oleksii Goncharenko (on 7 October)
UKRAINETT is pleased to invite you to a seminar with Oleksii Goncharenko, Member of Parliament of Ukraine and President of the Committee on Migration and Refugees of PACE. The number of Ukrainian refugees continues to grow, with over 4.1 million Ukrainian asylum seekers now living in European countries. As of 10 September, 2024, almost 4.7…
FFI-frokost: “Hva kan Forsvaret lære av krigen i Ukraina?”
I høst vil Russlands krig mot Ukraina ha vart i tusen dager. Hvilke slutninger kan vi gjøre om strategi, operasjoner, materiell, ledelse og logistikk i moderne kriger, basert på erfaringene fra Ukraina? Nyheter og skildringer fra krigen i Ukraina har strømmet innover oss hver dag i to og et halvt år. Som alle kriger er…
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“Business Climate and Economic Reforms in Ukraine: From Recovery to Growth”
UKRAINETT+ Conference Keynote Speaker: Andrii Dligach As part of the annual UKRAINETT+ Conference, we invite you to join us for Andrii Dligach’s presentation on “Business Climate and Economic Reforms in Ukraine: From Recovery to Growth.” Andrii Dligach is a Doctor of Science inEconomics and a Professor at the TarasShevchenko National University of Kyiv, KSEBusiness School,…
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“The Role of Digitalization Reforms in Managing Societal Crises”
UKRAINETT+ Conference Keynote Speaker: Lisa Coll As part of the annual UKRAINETT+ Conference, we invite you to attend Lisa Coll’s presentation on “The Role of Digitalization Reforms in Managing Societal Crises”. Lisa Coll is the president and CEO of Eurasia Foundation (EF). She has over 30 years of international development experience in the democracy and…
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UKRAINETT+ Conference – Managing Societal Crises: Challenges and Coping Strategies
The Norwegian Network for Research on Ukraine (UKRAINETT) and Nord University Business School are looking forward to hosting our annual conference in Bodø on September 16-17, 2024. The world is currently facing turbulent times. The ongoing war in Ukraine has worldwide implications. It is crucial to understand the current and future challenges that spring out…
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Ukraine Webinar: Developing Transnational Access to European Research Infrastructures in the Social Sciences and Humanities
The webinar “Developing Transnational Access to European Research Infrastructures in the Social Sciences and Humanities” will take place on October 1st at 09:00. “This will be a joint webinar of the ESFRI Strategy Working Group on Social Sciences and Humanities, together with SSHOC, the Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, and the National Research Foundation of Ukraine. Several European research…
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…
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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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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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.
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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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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Memorial for Victoria Amelina
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023, 6:00PM ET Location: Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446 The event is organized by Askold Melnyczuk, hosted by Brookline Booksmith, and co-sponsored by Ukrainian Research Institute Harvard University (HURI) For more information about the event and how to join see: https://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/event/memorial-victoria-amelina
Propagating new identities in occupied Ukraine: From the Donbas to Kherson
The Norwegian Network for Research on Ukraine (UKRAINETT), and the Norwegian Defence University College (FHS) are pleased to invite you to a short seminar with Senior Researcher Håvard Bækken and Associate Professor Mykola Homanyuk on 9 October 2023 (09.00 – 10.30 am) at Oslomet, Pilestredet 46, Clara Holsts hus, Athene 1 or via Zoom (NOTE LINK…
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‘Accounting for Democracy’ in coping with the challenges of the Russo-Ukrainian wartime
28 August 2023 at 14:00 – 15:30 (Norwegian time) at OsloMet Pilestredet 46, room PA113 and Zoom: https://oslomet.zoom.us/j/62018368619 MEETING ID 620 1836 8619 PASSWORD 246908 Seminar with Veronika Vakulenko, Nord University (Norway) Giuseppe Grossi, Kristianstad University (Sweden) and Nord University (Norway) Hans-Jürgen Bruns, Leibniz University Hannover (Germany) Moderated by Marthe Handå Myhre NIBR, OsloMet (Norway) In…
UKRAINETT digital seminar 2 (22 June)
1. Wartime surveys and current public opinion towards war issues in Ukraine 2. Recovering after the de-occupation: the case of two hromadas in Ukraine 22 June 2023 10:00-11:30 (Norwegian time) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://oslomet.zoom.us/j/5683407704?pwd=OEQxMVUvVTYyMDJvWkFPWTZnNXpjZz09 Meeting ID: 568 340 7704Password: 506074 1. Wartime surveys and current public opinion towards war issues in Ukraine A lecture by Anton…
UKRAINETT digital seminar 1 (20 June)
20 June at 10.00 – 11:30 (Norwegian time) 1. Interviews Amid the War: “24/02/22, 5 am” Documentation Initiative 2. Higher education challenges in the war-torn Ukraine: the case of six Universities Join Zoom Meetinghttps://oslomet.zoom.us/j/5683407704?pwd=OEQxMVUvVTYyMDJvWkFPWTZnNXpjZz09 Meeting ID: 568 340 7704Password: 506074 1. Interviews Amid the War: “24/02/22, 5 am” Documentation Initiative A lecture by Natalia Otrishchenko,…
Russia’s war in Ukraine: Where are we now and what next?
A lecture by Yevgeniya Gaber, Non-resident fellow, Atlantic Council / University of OdesaFollowed by Q&AChair: Tom Røseth, Norwegian Defence University College12 June 2023 13:00 – 14:00 In the fifteenth month of Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine, its outcome remains largely unknown. While Ukraine has received unprecedented support from its Western allies and has proved successful…
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Lansering av ny bok: Krigen i Ukraina (11. mai)
Lansering av boken Krigen i Ukraina (red. Tormod Heier), en fagbok som tar for seg Russlands invasjon av Ukraina. Hva kan vi lære av krigens første år, og hvilke konsekvenser har den hatt – og vil ha – for Norge, Europa, NATO og EU? 19 forfattere – flere av dem UKRAINETT-medlemmer. Litteraturhuset i Oslo 11. mai.
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Open lecture on Russia’s manipulation in its war against Ukraine
Russia has been using historical manipulations and falsifications against Ukraine for ages in order to gain geopolitical influence and form desired narratives. A Ukrainian journalist, producer, and author of historical documentaries revealing unknown pages of Ukrainian history Akim Galimov will tell us more about a new Russian normality of re-writing history and creating a parallel…
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BOOK SEMINAR: FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN UKRAINE
The Norwegian Network for Research on Ukraine (UKRAINETT), the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR, OsloMet) are pleased to invite you to a book seminar with Dr. Kacper Rekawek on Monday, March 6, 09.00–10.00 at OsloMet, Pilestredet 46, Clara Holst hus, Room PA329. At the seminar,…
Ukrainas kamp for frihet: arrangement 18. februar
Norsk Folkehjelp, Den Norske Helsingforskomité og UKRAINETT inviterer til arrangement under utstillingen «Ukrainas Kamp for Frihet» på Galleri Albin Upp i Oslo – Briskebyveien 42. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝟭𝟴. 𝗳𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿: 12:00: Dørene til galleriet åpner. Her kan en kan oppleve utstillingen med fotografier, malerier, film og andre kunstuttrykk av ukrainske kunstnere (mer informasjon lenger ned i beskrivelsen…
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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine: “victims” or “agents of change”?
UKRAINETT – Norwegian Network for Research on Ukraine, The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) and The Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) invite you to a mini-seminar. Time: 13 March 2023, 14:00 – 15:30 Venue: KS Conference Centre, Haakon VIIs g. 9, 0161 Oslo (by the National Theatre train station) Click…
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Open lecture: Russia’s occupation and Ukraine’s response
Welcome to another open UKRAINETT lecture at OsloMet, 28th of November at 13:00-14:15: Russia’s occupation and Ukraine’s response. Address: Athene auditorium, Pilestredet 46 (Clara Holst hus), 1st floor. If you are unable to attend in person, you may follow the lecture on Zoom: https://oslomet.zoom.us/j/64775403481?pwd=cTlLclUxZTFqVjNMcWY1OXZuUEdQQT09 The lecture will be held by Tatiana Zhurzhenko, a Ukrainian researcher…
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Documentary film: A Rising Fury
Ukraina, USA, Norge 2022, Lesya Kalynska, Ruslan Batytskyi, 1t 22m Kjærlighet, revolusjon og krig gjennom 8 år i denne tidsaktuelle dokumentarfilmen. A Rising Fury tar et flue-på-veggen-perspektiv og følger et ungt par; aktivisten Svitlana og soldaten Pavlo. Russisk aggresjon avslører gamle hemmeligheter og setter vennskap på spill. Historier og bilder publikum vil kjenne igjen fra…
The Impact of the War on Religious Life: A Focus on Ukraine
Due to the Russian war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Association of Researchers of Religion was forced to cancel the organization of the 2023 EASR conference in Kyiv. The Ukrainian Association will host an online seminar together with the Department of Religious Studies of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the Department of Religious Studies,…
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Report launch: Ukrainian refugees – experiences from the first phase in Norway
This is a Norwegian event. Ukrainske flyktningers møte med Norge IMDi og UDI inviterer til rapportlansering: Ukrainian refugees – experiences from the first phase in Norway. Rapporten er den første store undersøkelsen av ukrainske flyktningers egne erfaringer, og gir oss viktig kunnskap i arbeidet med å ta imot og integrere flyktninger. Forskerne fra NIBR har…
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Symposium : Ukraine on the Way to Membership. From Association Agreement to candidate status
27-28 October 2022Symposium at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen On 28 February 2022, on the fifth day of Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s full-scale attack, Ukraine submitted its EU membership application. On 24 June, the European Council adopted a decision to grant Ukraine candidate status. This symposium addresses the path to this new stage…
UKRAINETT seminar: Contemporary Ukraine and its future
Deadline of abstracts extended until 26 September. Oslo area (OsloMet premises), 28-29 November 2022, lunch to lunch As earlier announced, UKRAINETT will organise a seminar for members of the network with the following aims: Give network members an opportunity to present and discuss their ongoing research on Ukraine Stimulate debate on Ukraine’s past, present and…
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Launch of the UKRAINETT research network
Wednesday, 7 September, at 08:30-10:00 at Pressens Hus, the launch of our network will take place in the format of a breakfast event “What Do We Need to Know About Ukraine”. Apart from the writer Yurii Andrukhovych and a panel debate on knowledge needs on Ukraine, a State secretary from MFA and the Charge d’affairs at the…