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KIU - Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies
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Ukraine-related research, teaching, and transfer. Led by the European University Viadrina. Together with ZOiS, Humboldt University, Freie Universität, BBAW and Wissenschaftskolleg. Funded by DAAD. Site details: bit.ly/4ik6W7u | Privacy Policy bit.ly/3B2gLB
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Meet the KIU Fellows of the Winter Semester 2025!

Open Ukraine Lecture Series:
Every Tuesday, 11:00 a.m., GD HS 08

KIU Lunch:
12:30–1:00 p.m. in the university cafeteria — meet the fellows & exchange ideas.

More info about fellows: www.kiu.europa-uni.de/en/fellowshi...

@viadrina.eu
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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War Songs: Film Screening & Talk with Sashko Protyah (Freefilmers Mariupol)

Tuesday, 25.11.2025, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Europa-Universität Viadrina, GD Hs 08, Gräfin-Dönhoff-Building, Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)| Hybrid format
Zoom-Link: europa-uni-de.zoom.us/j/6872966985....
@viadrina.eu
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Ukraine-Forschung – Wie deutsche Unis Wissenslücken schließen

Susann Worschech im Gespräch mit Deutschlandfunk Kultur über die Entwicklung und Bedeutung der Ukraine-Forschung an der Europa-Universität Viadrina.

Link www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/ukraine-fors...
@viadrina.eu
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Energoatom: The corruption scandal exposes structural weaknesses in the oversight of state-owned enterprises — and shows that Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies are working, as political scientist Oleksandra Keudel argues. Yet, given the blackouts, the scandal feels especially painful.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES
Nataliia Mushyrovska: The Power of Ukrainian Memes - From Social Therapy to Building National Memory and Supporting Civilian Infrastructure
Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 11:00 am
European University Viadrina, GD Hs 08
Zoom europa-uni-de.zoom.us/j/6872966985...
@viadrina.eu
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Am Dienstag, 18. Nov 2025, hält @susannworschech.bsky.social im Rahmen der Reihe „Müssen wir für die Freiheit kämpfen?“ einen Vortrag zu:
„Historische Wurzeln und aktuelle Formen des ukrainischen Unabhängigkeitskampfes“
18:00 Uhr
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden
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November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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We’re happy to share the latest activities from our KIU Fellows!

Nataliia Mushak is back at Viadrina with two lectures on Thursday, 13 Nov 2025

Yaroslava Gnezdilova
Friday, 14 Nov 2025 | 9:50 am (online)
📍 PH Schwäbisch Gmünd
🔗 lnkd.in/dArjDWWQ
@viadrina.eu
💙💛 Join them online or on campus!
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Join the KIU team!
We’re looking for a Press & Communications Editor (f/m/d) to join our dynamic KIU team in Frankfurt (Oder)–Berlin starting 1 January 2026.
Application deadline: 25 November 2025
All additional details you can find here: www.europa-uni.de/de/universit...
@viadrina.eu
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES
Konrad Sobański: Crisis–Innovation–Transformation: Digital Financial Infrastructures in Wartime and Postwar Ukraine
Tuesday, 11 November, 11:00 am
Europa-Universität Viadrina, GD Hs 08, Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt(Oder) @viadrina.eu
europa-uni-de.zoom.us/j/6872966985...
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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📚 Buchvorstellung: „Freiheitsschauplatz“
🗓 10 November, 16:00–17:30 Uhr
📍 Berlin-Mitte, Zentrum Liberale Moderne
In Kooperation mit KIU – Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder)–Berlin @libmod.de @viadrina.eu
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November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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👀 Oleh Nivievskyi presented “Efforts of Local Governments in Ukraine to Respond to Wartime Challenges.” He showed how Ukraine’s 2014 decentralization reform strengthened hromadas—boosting autonomy, trust, and resilience for post-war recovery. @viadrina.eu
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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📻Next interesting lecture within UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES is coming up: 👉Dmytro Goncharenko (Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv): Sonic Resistance: Experimental Music and Cultural Activism in Wartime Ukraine
To join online follow the zoom-link: europa-uni-de.zoom.us/j/6872966985... @viadrina.eu
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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📨Invitation to join the online audience! 👉 Between 16:15 – 18:00 Susann Worschech and Mikhail Minakov participate in the Panel Discussion III: "Shaping the Future Together: Ukraine’s Tomorrow and Europe’s Identity ". Register here: uni-konstanz-de.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @viadrina.eu
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES continues with its next lecture on ⌚️28.10.25, 11 am
🏠GD Hs 08, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Zoom-Link: europa-uni-de.zoom.us/j/6872966985... 👉Oleh Nivievskyi: Efforts of Local Governments in Ukraine to Respond to the Wartime Challenges
October 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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📌 SAVE THE DATE & REGISTRATION OPEN
Our surplace research fellows will present findings from their scholarship period (Oct 2024–Jun 2025) and share the new questions and perspectives that emerge from their work. 👉 Registration: europa-uni-de.zoom-x.de/.../iBWVXcJb... @viadrina.eu @zois.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Today at 6:00 — join us at @bbaw.bsky.social.
We will discuss how infrastructures have become targets, resources, and symbols of resilience in Russia’s war against Ukraine – and what Europe can learn.
In cooperation with the German Platform for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.
kiu-network.bsky.social KIU - Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies @kiu-network.bsky.social · Oct 2
🔧 Panel discussion 'Fault Lines and Lines of Defence'
20 Oct, 18:00, @bbaw.bsky.social in cooperation with the German Platform for the Reconstruction of Ukraine: How infrastructures become targets & resources in Russia’s war against Ukraine – and what Europe can learn.

👉 Register: bit.ly/3KxiRT5
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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🇺🇦UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES continues with the lecture of 👉
📌Alexandr Osipian: Critical infrastructure as a crucial factor in the Russo-Ukrainian war of attrition, 2014-2025
⏰Tuesday, 21 october 25, 11 am - 1 pm
🏠Europa-Universität Viadrina, Gräfin-Dönhoff-Building, GD Hs 08 (hybrid event) @viadrina.eu
October 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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👀 In his opening lecture on „Infrastructures of Hope and Resilience: Governing Uncertainty“ David Chandler elaborated the terminology of infrastructure and resilience from a theoretical and international relations-based perspective. He proposed ‚thinking infrastructurally‘ a a method. @viadrina.eu
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Join us for this panel on how Ukraine's critical infrastructure is targeted and how local solutions drive resilience.
With: Oleg Nivievsky, Oleksandra Shumilova, Stefan Greiving, Viktor Zagreba
Hosted by BBAW, Plattform Wiederaufbau Ukraine and
@kiu-network.bsky.social

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October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Far from easing hunger, Russia’s grain exports deepen dependence and serve to secure autocrats’ loyalty across Africa — while Ukraine’s ‘grain diplomacy’ follows a different logic.
New #ZOiS_Spotlight by KIU Alumni Fellow & economist Pavlo Martyshev.

@viadrina.eu
@zois.bsky.social
zois.bsky.social Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) @zois.bsky.social · Oct 9
Russia is exporting more and more grain to African states. Yet, food security in many of these countries is deteriorating.
In the new #ZOiS_Spotlight, agricultural economist Pavlo Martyshev explains how Russia is advancing its own geopolitical interests by trading with autocratic governments.
How Russia Weaponises Food Security in Africa
ZOiS Spotlight 18/2025 by Pavlo Martyshev
www.zois-berlin.de
October 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🇺🇦UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES continues! First lecture will be held by David Chandler (University of Westminster) about
📍Infrastructures of Hope and Resilience: Governing Uncertainty
⏱ Tuesday, 14.10.25, 11-13
🏠GD Hs 08, Gräfin-Dönhoff-Building, Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
@viadrina.eu
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Morgen findet diese VA des @kiu-network.bsky.social am @zois.bsky.social in Berlin statt. Ich freue mich, mit @susannworschech.bsky.social, @anastasiarodi.bsky.social und Michael Dobbins über die aktuelle Lage in Politik & Gesellschaft der 🇺🇦 zu diskutieren. Wird gut! Also, rumkommen & weitersagen!
kiu-network.bsky.social KIU - Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies @kiu-network.bsky.social · Sep 25
Ukraine – Demokratie zwischen Kontinuität und Wandel
Podiumsdiskussion am @zois.bsky.social, 7. Oktober 2025, 18 - 19.30 Uhr.

Anlass sind die Neuerscheinungen:
➡️ Das politische System der Ukraine (Hg. Michael Dobbins/ Springer VS)
➡️ Freiheitsschauplatz (Hg. Susann Worschech/ Nomos)

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October 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Nächste Woche am ZOiS, diese Woche noch anmelden!

@susannworschech.bsky.social und Politikwissenschaftler Michael Dobbins präsentieren zwei neue Sammelbände zu Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft in der #Ukraine: www.zois-berlin.de/veranstaltun...
September 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🔧 Panel discussion 'Fault Lines and Lines of Defence'
20 Oct, 18:00, @bbaw.bsky.social in cooperation with the German Platform for the Reconstruction of Ukraine: How infrastructures become targets & resources in Russia’s war against Ukraine – and what Europe can learn.

👉 Register: bit.ly/3KxiRT5
October 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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We are delighted to welcome Prof. Oleh Nivievskyi (Kyiv School of Economics) as KIU Guest Professor @viadrina.eu in the winter term 2025/26!
He will offer seminars on food security, agricultural markets and policy, transport markets and infrastructure, and lead a War Research Lab.

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October 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM