IU-Ukraine Nonresidential Scholars Program

Halyna Aleksandrova works as a leading researcher at the Institute of Biographical Studies at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. The Institute coordinates the efforts of biographical researchers, holds annual conferences, publishes a professional scientific collection “Ukrainian Biographical Studies = Biographistica Ukrainica” and an electronic scientific publication “Biography. Biografika. Biographistics.” Aleksandrova is author of several monographs, including "Literary Crossroads (Mykola Dashkevych in the Context of Comparative Studies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries)" (2008), and "Borderlands (Ukrainian Comparative Literature of the Late Nineteenth and First Third of the Twentieth Century)" (2009); she has published 140 scientific publications. Currently, Aleksandrova is working on a biography of Mykola Ilyich Storozhenko (1836-1906), a famous literary critic and librarian, the most prominent Shakespearean scholar of his time, Shevchenko scholar, and the first head of the Department of General (Foreign) Literature at Moscow University. Despite the circumstances, Storozhenko managed to preserve his Ukrainian identity outside his homeland, and made a significant contribution to the culture and science of Ukraine. Contact by galekss@ukr.net.

Oleh Bahmet, PhD in Geography, is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Geomorphology and Paleogeography at the Institute of Geography, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. His scientific interests include complex study of the features of modern geomorphogenesis; assessment of the stability of the landscape of urban areas in terms of differentiation by the activity of tectonic processes and man-made load; dangerous exogenous relief-forming processes; and engineering and geomorphological research. With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the circle of Bahmet's scientific interests was expanded to include the transformation of landscapes under the influence of military actions. Contact by bagmetob@gmail.com or Google Scholar.

Halyna Bodnar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Contemporary History of Ukraine, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, and a member of the Ukrainian Association of Oral History. Her research interests include history of everyday life, oral history, history and memory of Soviet Ukraine, Revolution of Dignity and the volunteer movement in Ukraine, oral history of unfolding events of Russo-Ukrainian war, and Memory Studies. She is the author of the monograph "Lviv. Daily life of the city through the eyes of migrants from villages, 1950‒80" (2010). Among her publications are the co-edited volume "On dignity. Volunteer Movement in Ukraine 2013–2017" (2018, 816 pp.) and collection of memories "Maidan from the first person. Regional level. Lviv‒Chernihiv region" (Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Kyiv, 2018). Contact by halyna.bod@gmail.com.

Prof. Olga Brusylovska has been working at the Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine, since 1991. She is Head of the International Relations Department since 2015. Since 2022, Brusylovska has been a Visiting Researcher in the Centre of Eastern Europe, University of Warsaw, Poland. She defended her PhD in International Relations in 1996, and her Doctoral thesis in 2008. Brusylovska is author of more than 100 scientific publications, is science editor of “International and Political Studies” (Odesa); and is a member of editorial boards of “Politology Bulletin” (Kyiv) and the electronic academic journal “Rhetoric and Communication” (Sofia). She is a member of the Club of Graduates of Eastern Summer School (Warsaw University); the European International Studies Association (2013); the International Studies Association (2019); the Political Studies Association (2020); and DiscourseNet (2020). Contact by brusylovska@onu.edu.ua or Google Scholar.

Hanna Chemerys, PhD, is Associate Professor and Head of the Design Department at Zaporizhzhia National University. She has spent the last 12 years working in higher education. Chemerys specializes in design education, digital technologies, UX/UI design, 3D modeling, and immersive technologies like AR/VR. She holds advanced degrees in design and informatics, and her PhD dissertation explored the formation of graphic competence in computer science students. As a member of the Union of Designers of Ukraine, Chemerys actively engages in educational program development and international collaborations.She has authored over 60 publications, including works indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. Contact by anyta.chemeris@gmail.com or Academia.

Asmati Chibalashvili, PhD, is a composer and researcher. She is Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs at the Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine and Associate Professor at the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, as well as a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine and the Ukrainian section of the ISCM. Chibalashvili was a VUIAS Fellow (2023-2024) in the Open Society University Network/CEU Institute of Advanced Study (Budapest), with the project “Posthumanist Tendencies in the Art of the XX–XXI Centuries.” Combining artistic practice with research, her interests focus on posthumanism in contemporary art, the synthesis of arts, intermediality, and the impact of technology on creative practices, exploring their manifestations in music and interdisciplinary projects. Chibalashvili's latest publications include: The Ukrainian Women Artists with Their Weapon project as a transcultural artistic action in wartime (2024), and Artistic Practices in the Context of the Evolution from Web 1.0 to Web 3.0 (2024). Contact by asmati1702@gmail.com, Academia or Research Gate.

Lesia Danyliuk is Candidate of Science in Law (PhD), and Associate Professor of the Department of Labour, Environmental and Agrarian Law of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. Her scientific interests include: problems of the legal regime of the use of natural resources, rational and sustainable nature management, and environmental protection. Danyliuk is author of more than 80 scientific and educational-methodological publications, including the single-authored monograph “Legal regime of natural resources for hunting in Ukraine” (2017), and co-author of four publications in the edition indexed in the Scopus database. She is co-author of the collective English-language monograph “Realization of Sustainable Development Principle in Environmental Legal Relations: Legislation and Law Enforcement Practice in Ukraine” (2022). Danyliuk is an active participant in various forms of academic mobility, as well as co-author, executor and manager of grant projects. Contact by lesia.danyliuk@pnu.edu.ua or Academia.

Marta Dmytryshyn, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Administration at West Ukrainian National University. Her current research interests relate to various aspects of territorial community management (public engagement and polls, social services, property management, digitalization, finance, sustainable development, and the application of mathematical methods and models to analyze socio-economic processes). In the context of the current problems and needs of Ukraine, Dmytryshyn continues to research the topic of sustainable development in territorial communities (which was developed within the framework of the Erasmus+ project at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO in Rome (Italy)). An essential part of the research is the study of national cultural identity preservation in conditions of social adaptation of internally displaced people in Ukrainian territorial communities. Contact by m.dmytryshyn@wunu.edu.ua or Academia.

Sofia Dyak, PhD, is a historian and director of the Center for Urban History (Lviv, Ukraine). Dr. Dyak’s research focuses on urban postwar transformations and recoveries, post-displacement cities, heritage practices, and concepts in socialist contexts. She is finishing her book "New Lives in Old Cities: Postwar Lviv and the Power of Appropriation." Her new research project looks at large-scale projects of networked cultural infrastructures in postwar Soviet Ukraine and communist Poland. Another area of her work is public history, including curating exhibitions and spatial commemorative projects. Contact by s.dyak@lvivcenter.org

"Olga Filippova, PhD in Sociology, is an Associate Professor of Sociology at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Since March 2022, she has also worked as a Project Researcher at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland. Her research has primarily explored reconceptualizations of borders in post-Soviet Ukraine, identity politics, social cohesion, and diversity in Ukraine’s border regions. Currently, her research focuses on the forced migration of Ukrainians in Finland. In 2022-2023, she was also involved in a community-based project, ""Where is Your Home, Winston,"" which produced a film based on the true story of her refugee dog. The project addresses issues of xenophobia and negative attitudes towards refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers through research-artistic collaboration between forced migrants and the host community (https://yle.fi/a/74-20049009). In November 2022, Olga Filippova was honored with the ‘Jokaisen Joensuu-palkittu’ Award by the Joensuu City Administration for her outstanding contributions to the integration of migrant children into schools in Joensuu, Finland." Contact by olga.filippova@uef.fi.

Tetiana Kalenychenko holds a PhD in Sociology of Religion. Her expertise is rooted both academia and in practice in Sociology of Religion, Orthodoxy, Peace and Conflict studies, Restorative practices, and Dialogue and Mediation, with special focus on Conflict and Context sensitive analysis. Contact by soc.injener@gmail.com, LinkedIn, or Academia.

Lesya Kalynska is a film director, screenwriter, and producer from Kyiv, currently splitting her time between the USA and Ukraine. She holds an MFA in Film Directing from NYU and a PhD in Slavic Literatures and Languages. Her work includes narrative and documentary films, TV series, screenplays, and academic publications. Her latest project, "A Rising Fury," was long-listed for the 96th Academy Awards and shown globally. It explores how Russia’s war on Ukraine has reshaped the lives and cultural identity of ordinary people. Her next documentary research focuses on civil society and democracy in Ukraine, examining how the war has led individuals to reject their Soviet past, rediscover their authentic cultural roots, reclaim their heritage, and create a vision for the future. Contact by l.kalynska@gmail.com, Academia or Academia.

Dr Pavlo Khudish is a historian who works as an Associate Professor at Uzhhorod National University in Ukraine and teaches genocide history and the Holocaust history in Ukraine. His primary research interests are modern history of Central and Eastern Europe, interethnic relations, and the Holocaust in Transcarpathia. In 2019-2020, Dr Khudish was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, USHMM. In 2018, he was awarded a research grant for young scholars by the Moshe Mirilashvili Center, Yad Vashem. Dr Khudish is an author of publications on the history of the Holocaust and its aftermath in academic journals: Journal of Genocide Research, Holocaust and Modernity, Acta Historica Neosoliencia and others. Contact by pavlo.khudish@uzhnu.ed.ua.

Oksana Klochko has been a Scientist and Lecturer for over 23 years, and has published more than 380 scientific papers, books etc. She is also a Training Projects Coordinator and Analyst; Head of the group of development; guarantor of educational programs for bachelor's and master's degrees in Informatics, and an expert of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education of Ukraine, National Research Foundation of Ukraine. Klochko is regional coordinator of the АСМ-ICPC, a team coach, and jury member of the competition of young computer scientists. Her main subjects of expertise are: Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy of Education (Theory and Methods of Computer Science Teaching, Theory and Methods of Vocational Education, Innovative Pedagogy, STEM Education, Health Pedagogy, Inclusive Pedagogy); Applied Mathematics and Informatics/Computer Science (Data Science, ML, Data Mining, Mathematical Modeling, System Analysis, Optimization Methods; Digital Technologies, Information Technology, Robotics,VR/AR); Ecology (Ecological Culture, Ecological Pedagogy); Management; Legal Informatics; Philosophy; Anthropology; Cognitivistics. Contact by klochkoob@gmail.com or Academia.

"Andriy Kozytskyi, PhD in History, is Associate Professor in the Department of World Modern History at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. For over fifteen years, Kozytskyi has conducted extensive research on genocide and its aftermath. His work has resulted in the publication of two monographs, a university-level textbook, and a number of academic and popular publications. These findings inform his lectures at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, as well as his contributions to various seminars and summer schools. In 2020 the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide in Kyiv invited Kozytskyi to assist in developing a concept for a museum exhibition dedicated to the 1932–1933 Holodomor, to be established in Ukraine’s capital. The concept, developed with his participation, was endorsed by the academic community and formally approved in September 2022." Contact by kozyckyj@yahoo.com or Academia.

"Yuliia Kravchenko is a Researcher at the Center for the Study of the History and Culture of East European Jewry at the National University ""Kyiv-Mohyla Academy."" She is a specialist in extracurricular programs for high school students, a Lecturer on “History of Ukrainian Culture” and a trainer in the Program “Philosophy for Children” (P4c). Her research interests include decolonial educational practices, the history of the dissident movements of the second half of the 20th century, cultural memory, and non-formal education. Kravchenko completed her PhD in Philosophy at the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University with a specialization in the History of Ukrainian Philosophy. Immediately after russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she initiated and organized the Philosophy Education Project for Ukrainian children and teachers “Color of Peace” (March 2022–June 2023)." Contact by kravchenko.u@gmail.com.

Natalia Kudriavtseva is Professor of Translation and Slavic Studies at Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine. Her research can be classified under three major interrelated strands: language ideology, language and power, and translation as a social practice. Her recent publications include a co-edited volume "Language and Power in Ukraine and Kazakhstan: Essays on Education, Ideology, Literature, Practice, and the Media" (Stuttgart: Ibidem, 2024) (with Debra A. Friedman). She has held fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA), the University of Cambridge (UK), the Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study Greifswald, the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (Germany), the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (Bulgaria) and the School for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Paris (France). Contact by natkudriavtseva@gmail.com or Academia.

"Tamara Kutsaieva is a scholar affiliated with the National Historical-Architectural Museum “The Fortress of Kyiv” who completed her PhD in the History of Ukraine at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Since 2017, she has been studying fragments of private and institutional historical book collections, provenance marks, and Ex libris in rare books from collections of Kyiv museums. Kutsaieva’s scientific interests are united by Book studies, Heritage studies, Museology and the polyculture history of Ukraine (mostly, Judaica). In 2024 she published the monograph “The found and perceived: Judaica in the collection of the main historical museum of Ukraine” (supported by a grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (USA)). Tamara Kutsaieva permanently resides in Kyiv." Contact by tamara_kusaeva@ukr.net.

From 2022 to the present Andrii Kysliuk been a postgraduate student of the Department of Musicology, Folklore and Ethnology at the Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, specializing in Cultural Studies. His research interests include Ukrainian piano music, musical biography, minimalism in music, and microtonal music. Kysliuk is a trained concert pianist, sound engineer and music theorist. He was member of the creative team (composer and musician) of the reconstruction performance “Three Days” directed by Vadym Dotsenko based on the play of the same name by Olena Hapieieva, which premiered on July 20, 2023 at the Dramaturg Theater as part of the Young Directors' Competition with the support of the Philippe Arnault Center for International Development. Contact by kislyuk.andriy@gmail.com.

Iryna Lytvyn, PhD in Economics, is Associate Professor at the Department of Management and International Business, Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine). An expert in the accreditation of educational programs, she possesses skills in applying methods of external evaluation for assessing the quality of educational programs and activities at higher education institutions in accordance with relevant standards. For more than 10 years, she has served as Deputy Head of the Department for Educational Activities, overseeing the organization of the educational process, including the development of curricula, preparation of educational work programs, and the licensing and accreditation of the department’s educational specialties. Her research focuses on startup entrepreneurship, venture investment, creative enterprise management, and innovation management. Contact by iryna.v.lytvyn@lpnu.ua or LinkedIn.

Vladyslava Moskalets is a researcher at the Center for Urban History of East-Central Europe in L'viv. She is also Associate Professor in the Department of History of the Ukrainian Catholic University, where she coordinates the Jewish Studies program. Moskalets received her MA in History in 2011 from Ukrainian Catholic University and PhD in History in 2017 at the Jagiellonian University (Krakow). Vladyslava was an external collegiate at the Doktoratskolleg Galizien program (University of Vienna) in 2013-2016, a fellow of the Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations (March-May 2016), a Fulbright Scholar Fellow at Northwestern University, Chicago (2018-2019), and a guest lecturer at the University of Illinois in Chicago (2023). Since 2016, she has been teaching courses related to Ukrainian and Jewish history of the 19th century, consumption history, and Hebrew. Contact by v.moskalets@lvivcenter.org.ua or Academia.

Dr. Roman Moskalyk is Associate Professor in the Department of International Economic Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. He is a lecturer for the students on Trade Policy and Commercial Diplomacy. Moskalyk's research interests include economic growth, productivity, international trade, digitalization, and the economic resilience of Ukraine in wartime. Contact by roman.moskalyk@lnu.edu.ua or Academia.

Tetiana Muzyka, Ph.D. in Philology, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ukrainian Philology at King Danylo University, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine). She teaches courses on Ukrainian language, including grammar and professional business communication, and 20th-Century Ukrainian Literature. Over the past two years, she has instructed adult learners in Intensive Beginner Ukrainian, in-person and online, at the Summer Language Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. From 2011 to 2022, she held positions as Lecturer and later Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, helping foreign medical students acquire Ukrainian. Her research encompasses language instruction, literacy development, communication skills, diaspora Ukrainian literature, literary anthropology, the history of Ukraine, and the Holodomor of 1932–1933. She is the author of more than 30 scholarly studies and training programs. Contact by muzyka@gmail.com or Academia.

Maryna Mykhailiuk is PhD in History (2007), and Research Fellow at the M.S. Hrushevsky Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Source Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv). She is author of 90 scientific articles and three scientific and documentary publications. Mykhailiuk ompleted research internships at museum complexes (Yad Vashem (2009, 2015) and Auschwitz-Birkenau (2018)), universities in Europe (Moscow State University, 2010), Bremen (2022), Freiburg (2022), Haifa (2022)). She participated in international conferences and workshops in Moscow, Heidelberg, and Bucharest. Her research interests include World War II, the Nazi occupation regime in Ukraine, Nazi propaganda, anti-Semitic propaganda, the Holocaust, and the politics of memory. Contact by mykhayluk77@gmail.com. 

Oksana Pochapska started her research career at Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiienko National University, Ukraine, where she received her BA and MA. She earned her PhD in Social Communication from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in 2009. To continue her research and implement the fellowship, O. Pochapska took part at USSI at the College of Journalism and Communications (University of Florida). From 2018 to 2022 she held the position of Associate Professor in the Journalism Department at Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiienko National University. Since 2022 she occupies the position of Assistant Professor at the IFIS (Polish Academy of Science) as a PASIFIC fellow. Since 2023 Oksana Pochapska is a valid member of the International Scientific Organization ECREA, and since 2024 she is a valid Branch Expert Council (061 Journalism) at the National Agency of Higher Education Quality Assurance (Ukraine). Pochapka's scientific interests lie at the intersection of sociology, journalism and social communications: audience reactions to media messages, manipulation of public opinion, agenda formation, etc. Contact by oksanapochapska25@gmail.com, Google Scholar, ORCID, or Research Gate.

Dr. Halyna Protsyk, Ph.D., serves as the Deputy Vice Rector for Outreach and Social Engagement (Global Outreach and Internationalization) at Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU). Holding a PhD in Political Problems of International Systems and Global Development, she has been a research fellow at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Since 2015, Dr. Protsyk has played a pivotal role in shaping and executing UCU’s global engagement initiatives, including the UCU Global Strategy 2030. This strategy advances a progressive agenda for Ukrainian society, grounded in principles of witness, service, and communication. She oversees programs that elevate UCU’s global visibility, cultivating partnerships with academic institutions, NGOs, and governmental organizations worldwide. Protsyk teaches International Organizations and Global Governance and European Integration, mentors students in global affairs, and has led UCU’s National Model United Nations delegation to award-winning performances internationally. A member of the Academic Council of the United Nations System and the European Association for International Education, her research spans internationalization, global solidarity, EU diplomacy, and community development. Contact by galyna.protsyk@ucu.edu.ua, Academia, Academia, or LinkedIn.

Ihor Prykhodko is a Doctor of Science in Psychology and professor. He has 30 years of experience in practical and scientific work to preserve the mental health of Ukrainian military personnel. He is the author of numerous monographs, textbooks, and scientific articles that reveal the problems of psychological support for the professional activities of Ukrainian military personnel. He has published research results in Ukrainian and international journals and presented at international congresses, symposiums, and conferences. From June 2022 to the present, he has headed the rehabilitation center for the psychological recovery of military personnel after participating in hostilities. He developed the psychological recovery program for military personnel (“Invincibility Program”), in which more than 10,500 soldiers took part. Contact by iprikhodko1966@gmail.com or Academia.

Oksana Pukhonska is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ukrainian Language and Literature at the National University of Ostroh Academy and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Warsaw. For the past 10 years, she has been researching the impact of the Soviet totalitarian experience on Ukrainian culture, especially on modern Ukrainian literature after the Revolution of Dignity and during the Russo-Ukrainian War. The results of this research were published in her two latest monographs, “The Literary Dimension of Memory” (2018) and “Beyond the Borders of Struggle: The Discourse of War in Contemporary Literature” (2022). Contact by oksana.pukhonska@oa.edu.ua or Academia.

Dmytro Sherengovsky is Vice-Rector for Outreach and Social Engagement at the Ukrainian Catholic University. He is responsible for development of institutional partnerships, networks, and international cooperation. He has more than 10 years’ experience in management of institutions of higher education, academic policies development, internationalization and quality assurance. Besides his administrative work, he teaches political theories and global politics. Sherengovsky is a former guest researcher at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame (USA), and former national consultant at UNDP-Ukraine for the development of online education for business on Sustainable Development Goals in 2019-2020. He is a member of the European International Studies Association (EISA), Midwest Political Science Association (USA), and the OSCE Research Network. He is a former member of Sectoral Expert Council “International Relations” at the National Agency for the Quality of Higher Education. Contact by sherengovsky@ucu.edu.ua or Academia.

Serhiy Shevchenko's academic and professional career is integrally linked to Lviv Polytechnic National University, where he holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Environmental Examination of Goods. He is deeply engaged in scientific research and brings over 15 years of experience in the fields of economics, management, and public administration. He holds a Philosophy Doctor of Economics degree, with his dissertation focusing on the formation of monetary demand as a tool for financial policy. Shevchenko's scholarly and pedagogical interests include economic policy, strategic management, logistics, and sustainable development. He possesses substantial expertise in curriculum design, research supervision, and the integration of innovative teaching methodologies. Proficient in English, Greek, and Russian, he actively contributes to international academic collaborations, research initiatives, and scholarly publications. Moreover, he is committed to fostering the dissemination of scientific knowledge, particularly among younger generations, through active engagement in educational initiatives and outreach programs. Shevchenko's work seamlessly integrates theoretical insights with practical applications, contributing to both effective learning outcomes and broader economic advancement. Contact by shevserhiy@gmail.com or Academia.

"Natalia Shlikhta is Professor of History at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. She teaches various BA, MA, and doctoral courses on Soviet history, twentieth-century European history, and Ukrainian socioreligious history. Shlikhta received her PhD from Central European University in 2005. Her major research interests are ecclesiastical history of the twentieth century and contemporary period (particularly, of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic and the Orthodox Churches) and Soviet history. She participates in numerous international research and educational projects in the fields of her interests. Her major publications include a monograph ""The Church of those who survived. Soviet Ukraine, mid-1940s – early 1970s"" (2011) and a textbook ""History of Soviet society: Lectures"" (2015), as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles in Ukrainian, Russian, English, German, and Turkish journals and edited volumes." Contact by nshlikhta@gmail.com or Academia.

Hanna Shvindina holds a PhD in Environmental Economics and a Dr. Sci. (Dr. Hab.) in Management from Sumy State University. Dr. Shvindina serves as an Associate Professor and Academic Director of the Global Management Program at American University Kyiv and leads Lifelong Learning Centre, an NGO focusing on adult education and psychoeducation. Her work bridges research, education, and community development. She is an accomplished academic and practitioner with international accolades, including the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (2015–2016, University of Montpellier) and Fulbright Scholarship (2018–2019, Purdue University). She specializes in Leadership Studies, Organizational Behavior, and Coopetition. Since October 2024, she has been a fellow in the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS, exploring female leadership during crises. Contact by shvindina.hannah@gmail.com or LinkedIn.

Yuliia Shyron is an Assistant Professor the Department of Management and International Entrepreneurship at Lviv Polytechnic National University. In 2024, defended her dissertation on “Social and Psychological Management of an Enterprise” and received her PhD in Management. She has published 11 articles, 11 theses, and participated in 13 conferences. In 2011, Shyron received a master's degree in Innovation Management with honors. She was a group leader and a member of the student team. After graduation, she worked as a specialist at the Department of Finance and annually participated in the work of the Admissions Committee. In 2018, on the basis of competitive selection under the Leopolis for Future program, she completed an internship at AVIVA Insurance Company (Warsaw). Working with the HR department, she conducted a study of the employee motivation system. In 2024, Shyron took part in the BUP CAPABLE PhD Training, during which she participated in a conference at Uppsala University (Sweden). Contact by yuliia.o.shyron@lpnu.ua or LinkedIn.

"Olena Smyntyna is Doctor of Historical Sciences, Full Professor, and Head of the Department of Archaeology, Ethnology and World History at Odesa National I. I. Mechnikov University. She is also Head of Sectoral Council for Humanities of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance of Ukraine. Her main research interests include human response to the global climate change in the North-Western Black Sea region at the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary, with a special focus on the primary occupation of the Ukrainian Lower Danube region in the context of transition to a productive economy in the Black Sea – Mediterranean corridor. Special topics of her expertise include history and archaeology of Island Zmiinyi (including its underwater archaeological heritage); and theory and methodology of environmental history (with emphasis on peculiarities of environmental history studies at post-Soviet countries)." Contact by smyntyna_olena@onu.edu.ua or Academia.

Viktor Susak defended his candidate dissertation (PhD) in Sociology in 2009 on the topic: “Paternalistic Attitudes and Practices of Ukraine’s Citizens under the Conditions of Post-Communist Transformations”. From September 2002 to July 2017, he worked in the Department of Sociology at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, first as an Assistant Professor and later as an Associate Professor. Since September 2017, he has been working as a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Ukrainian Catholic University. Susak's research interests include: sociology of social interactions – the formation of social capital and civil society in contemporary Ukraine; sociology of local communities in Ukraine; regionalism in Ukraine; the methodology and practice of “quantitative” sociology (advanced statistical analysis of survey research data); and socio-engineering. Contact by susak@ucu.edu.ua, Academia, Research Gate, ORCID, or Google Scholar.

Svitlana Tarasenko is a researcher affiliated with Sumy State University, Ukraine. With a PhD in Economics, she specializes in international business, technologies diffusion, and AI integration in higher education and industry. In 2023, Svitlana participated in the CORE Research Program focused on Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change at the University of California San Diego. She also worked as a team member of the Spring Research Group at the Center for AI and Digital Policy in Washington, DC. These experiences equipped her with valuable skills in formulating policy recommendations. She was/is coordinator of Erasmus+ projects, direction K2 Strategic Partnership funding by National Agencies. Contact by tarasenkosvitlana1@gmail.com or Academia.

Ihor Tsyhvintsev earned his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, and a Master's degree in higher education pedagogy. Currently a postgraduate student at the I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, he is interested in pedagogy, political education of adolescents, propaganda and political manipulation. Contact by ihordiss@gmail.com.

Oleksandr Zaitsev is a professor in the Department of History at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, specializing in the political history of interwar Western Ukraine and the intellectual history of Ukrainian integral nationalism. He earned his Doctor of Sciences degree in 2014 from the Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Zaitsev's books include "Ukrainian Integral Nationalism of the 1920s and 1930s: Essays in Intellectual History," which received the Annual Award for the Best Monograph in Ukrainian Studies from the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, in 2014. His subsequent book, "Nationalist in the Fascist Epoch: Dmytro Dontsov's Lviv Period, 1922-1939," was nominated for the Shevchenko National Prize in 2024. Contact by zaytsev@ucu.edu.ua, Academia, ORCID, Google Scholar, or Research Gate.

From 2016 to 2024, headed the Historical Informatics Training Laboratory, and since 2018 has been teaching at the Department of History of Ukraine courses on “Holocaust: Politics, Memory and Representations”, “History Politics in Contemporary Ukraine”, “Power and the Church in Ukraine”. Have participated in different seminars, conferences, projects on digital history, memory and Holocaust studies in Ukraine, research fellowships, grants from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and The Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna, Austria) as well as the «For Ukraine» program of the Polish Science Foundation. Contact by ye.zakharchenko@karazin.ua or Academia.