The British Association of the Study of Ukraine

Dr Olya Homonchuk, Research Fellow, ODI Global’s Development and Public Finance Programme and Policy Lead, Education Research in Conflict and Crisis (ERICC) Consortium

Olya is a Research Fellow in ODI Global’s Development and Public Finance Programme and Policy Lead for the Education Research in Conflict and Crisis (ERICC) Consortium, a £26 million FCDO-funded research portfolio on improving learning in protracted crisis with focal countries including Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, South Sudan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. She previously co-led the Youth and Capabilities Development Domain at the African Cities Research Consortium, managed mixed-methods policy evaluations of UK domestic social programmes, and researched early years interventions for families with complex needs as part of her post-doctoral work at the University of Oxford. Olya holds a DPhil (2020) and MSc (2016) in Social Policy from the University of Oxford, and a BSc in Industrial and Labour Relations from Cornell University. Her doctoral research examined subjective poverty and inequality in Ukraine.

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