NEWS | The collective success story of Ukrainians in greening of the country

October 17, 2020 has entered into Ukraine’s history as a collective success story of Ukrainians for the green future. This is the day when all Ukraine’s regions were able to unite in desire to preserve the country’s ecosystem, thus more than 1,000,000 trees were planted in one day (24 hours), which set a Ukrainian record…. Read more »

APPLICATIONS FOR 2021 UDI VISITING FELLOWSHIP ARE NOW OPEN

We are very pleased to announce our call for 2021 UDI Visiting Fellowship, despite the disruption of Covid!

ARTICLE | Kyrgyzstan’s complex crisis: What you need to know in 500 words

It was meant to be a free and fair parliamentary election that could have changed Kyrgyzstan’s political landscape.

New political parties had mushroomed and promised new politics, free from the alleged corruption and clientelism of the ruling elite.

“These elections are taking place under conditions of strong political competitiveness,” President Sooronbay Jeenbekov said after casting his vote on October 4. “All parties were given equal opportunities.”

ARTICLE | Internet Voting: Challenges and Solutions

By UDI Associate Dmytro Khutkyy. Digital technologies provide the public with the multitude of more accessible, connecting, and instant e-activism opportunities. Albeit, this comes with a price. Internet access toe-participation portals makes them more vulnerable to internal corruption and external hacking while online media make the public opinion more susceptible to manipulation.These issues are especially… Read more »

ARTICLE | Ukraine’s citizens worry about covid-19. And they still have to worry about the war.

In the covid-19 fight, at what point do people think the cure is worse than the disease? Our new survey evidence from Ukraine shows that for countries in conflict, economic fears aren’t the only issue. National security threats may pose significant barriers to slowing down the virus.

ARTICLE | E-voting in Ukraine: Advancements, Challenges and Perspectives. Brussels Ukraїna Review.

Did you know that popular e-voting has been practiced in Ukraine at least since 2015? It has been indeed – for various purposes and at different levels of governance. In the eurointegration dimension, the introduction of e-elections of public officials should contribute to further EU-Ukraine integration.

NEWS | CONGRATULATIONS TO UDI VISITING FELLOWS 2020

The UDI Fellowship Committee is very pleased to announce that 3 recipients have been awarded the 2020 UDI Visiting Fellowship.

ARTICLE | Iran shot down a Ukrainian plane. How did Ukraine respond?

On Jan. 8, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed minutes after taking off from Tehran, killing the 176 people on board. The crash threw Ukraine again into the international news — not on its own terms, but as a casualty of other nations’ political intrigues. So how did the government respond?

ARTICLE | Impact Evaluation of Participatory Budgeting in Ukraine

By UDI Associate Dmytro Khutkyy and Kristina Avramchenko. Participatory budgeting as a mechanism of direct citizen participation in decision making on the use of public funds is globally acknowledged good practice of participatory governance. In Ukraine, within almost four years–from August 2015 till May 2019–participatory budgeting has been introduced in at least 154 communities. However,… Read more »

ARTICLE | Analysts See Pitfalls for Ukraine in Coming Peace Talks

The meeting of the so-called Normandy Contact Group, set for Dec. 9 in Paris, is aimed at easing the conflict in the Donbas area of eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists. More than 13,000 people have died in the fighting, which began in April 2014.

Announcing | UDI Visiting Fellow Program at UTS (Australia)

The Ukraine Democracy Initiative (UDI) Visiting Fellow Program enables research students at MA, PhD levels and early career researchers from UTS’s Ukrainian partner universities to travel to Sydney to collaborate on projects of mutual interest with UTS academics.

How to Apply for UDI Visiting Fellow Program at UTS

Applications for the 2020 (round 1) are now open. See ‘Key Dates’ below for more information.