Founders and Chairs
Professor Olga Onuch (DPhil Oxon, LSE), (first ever) Professor of Comparative and Ukrainian Politics, University of Manchester
Professor Andrew Wilson (PhD LSE), (first ever) Professor of Ukrainian Studies, UCL, UK
Professor Rory Finnin (PhD Columbia University), Professor of Ukrainian Studies, (founding) Director of Ukrainian Studies, University of Cambridge
Working Group Chairs Committee
Arts & Culture
Co-chair:
Dr Sara Nesteruk (FRSA), Programme Leader, BA Creative Digital Design, Manchester Metropolitan University
Co-chair:
Lauren Warner-Treloar, AHRC Techne PhD Candidate, Art and Design History, Kingston University
Curriculum Development
Chair:
Dr Ursula Woolley, Sessional Lecturer, Politics and Security, Department of European and International Studies, King’s College London
Early Career Researchers
Co-chair:
Dr Emma Mateo, Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Co-chair:
Dr Silviya Nitsova, Political Scientist and British Academy International Fellow, Politics Department, University of Manchester
Engagement & Impact
Co-chair:
Dr Natalie Kopytko, Lecturer, Sustainability, School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability, University of Leeds
Co-chair:
Professor Vlad Mykhnenko, Geography and Political Economy, University of Oxford and Research Fellow, Sustainable Urban Development, St Peter’s College, Oxford
Co-chair:
Dr Joanna Szostek, Senior Lecturer, Political & International Studies, University of Glasgow
Humanities
Co-chair:
Professor Rory Finnin (PhD Columbia University), Professor of Ukrainian Studies, (founding) Director of Ukrainian Studies, University of Cambridge
Co-chair:
Dr Daria Mattingly, Lecturer in Contemporary International History (European), University of Chichester
Social Sciences
Co-chair:
Professor Olga Onuch (DPhil Oxon, LSE), (first ever) Professor of Comparative and Ukrainian Politics, University of Manchester
Co-chair:
Dr Sarah Whitmore (PhD, Birmingham), PGCTHE, Associate Professor of Politics, Oxford Brookes University
Co-chair:
Professor Andrew Wilson (PhD LSE), (first ever) Professor of Ukrainian Studies, UCL
STEM
Co-chair:
Patrick Harkness, Professor of Exploration Technology, University of Glasgow
Co-chair:
Dr Olexandr Konovalov, Lecturer, School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews