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“Несказане лишилось несказанним.”
― Lina Kostenko, Триста поезій

KEY NOTE LECTURES

  1. 2024 Keynote. BASEES Annual Key Note Lecture. «European Ukraine Rises and So Should We,» 05/04/2024.
  2. 2023 Keynote. European Union Studies Association, Journal of Common Market Studies Annual Key Note Lecture. «Fighting for Europe: Citizens’ Changing Vision of the EU and Their Place in it,» 05/04/2023.
  3. 2022 Keynote. Open University, Distinguished Speaker Series. «Data For Ukraine,» 10/19/2022. 
  4. 2022 Keynote. Cambridge University. Keynote Lecture II, CRASSH Conference «Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay,» 01/28/2022.
  5. 2021 Keynote. Harriman Institute Annual Lecture in Ukrainian Studies, Columbia University.
  6. «The Original Maidan: Revisiting the Revolution on the Granite in Comparative Perspective,» 04/08/2021.
  7. 2021 Keynote. Danyliw Annual Lecture, University of Ottawa. «Contemporary Engagement in Ukraine,» 03/27/2021.

INVITED LECTURES 2020-2024 (selected only)

  1. 2024 «Identity in Ukraine.» KSE, Kyiv, Ukraine
  2. 2024 «The Zelensky Effect.» Khyharniya Ye, Kyiv, Ukraine
  3. 2024 «The Zelensky Effect.» Cambridge University.
  4. 2024 «Civilian Resistance in Ukraine.» Workshop, Hanse-Institute for Advanced Study.
  5. 2024 «The Zelensky Effect.» European Studies, Yale University.
  6. 2024 «Civilian Resistance in Ukraine.» Politics, Political Violence Workshop, Yale University. 
  7. 2024 «The Zelensky Effect.» NYC Harvard Club.
  8. 2023 Carnegie Europe, London. «Ukrainian Civilian Resistance,»
  9. 2023 «Ukrainian Leadership and Followership.» Conference, Army Leadership Academy at
  10. 2023 Sandhurst, MoD, Imperial War Museum. «The Zelensky Effect.» Princeton University.
  11. 2023 «Current Politics in Ukraine.» World Politics, Princeton University .
  12. 2023 «The Zelensky Effect.» Harvard University HURI.
  13. 2023 «The Zelensky Effect.» University of Toronto.
  14. 2023 «The Zelensky Effect.» Razom NYC, Shevchenko Society, NYC.
  15. 2023 «The Zelensky Effect.» George Washington University.
  16. 2023 «The Zelensky Effect.» Razom DC.
  17. 2023 «The Zelensky Effect.» Washington DC.
  18. 2023 «The Zelensky Effect.» Canadian Ukrainian Congress.
  19. 2023 «The Zelensky Effect.» European Studies.
  20. 2023 «The Zelensky Effect.» Columbia University Harriman Institute.
  21. 2023 British Embassy in Brussels. «Analysing Disinformation,» 01/26/2023.
  22. 2022 North American Book Launch (Hurst/KootaOoma). «The Zelensky Effect,» 12/28/2022. 2022 «The Zelensky Effect.» University of Oxford.
  23. 2022 College D’Europe, Natolin. «Ukrainian Civilian Resistance,» 12/14/2022.
  24. 2022 Carnegie Europe, Brussels. «Ukrainian Civilian Resistance,» 12/05/2022.
  25. 2022 Oxford University. «The Zelensky Effect,» 12/02/2022.
  26. 2022 British Academy. «#DataForUkraine: Russia’s Human Rights Abuses,» 11/28/2022.
  27. 2022 Oxford University. «The Future of Ethnic and Religious Diversity in Ukraine,» 11/23/2022. 
  28. 2022 European Politics Workshop, Maxwell School of Syracuse University. «The Zelensky Effect,» 11/16/2022.
  29. 2022 University Consortium (on EU/NATO-Russia Relations), Brussels. «Ukrainian Civilian Resistance,» 11/12/2022.
  30. 2022 National Defence University, Ukraine Strategic Communications Centre. «The Data for Ukraine Project: An Early Alarm System,» 10/31/2022.
  31. 2022 University of Toronto. «Assessing Zelenskyy’s Wartime Leadership,» 10/12/2022.
  32. 2022 British Academy. «Russo-Ukrainian War,» 09/29/2022
  33. 2022 British Council. «Ukrainian Democrats and Civil Society at War,» 01/07/2022.
  34. 2022 British Academy. «Ukraine and Military Strategy II,» 06/07/2022.
  35. 2022 The Future of Democracy (FutuDem), ̊Abo Akademi University. «Ukrainian Democrats,» 05/30/2022.
  36. 2022 Department of Sociology, University of Essex. «War in Ukraine,» 05/11/2022.
  37. 2022 Parliamentary Briefing/British Academy. «Ukraine and Military Strategy I,» 04/27/2022.
  38. 2022 PONARS DC Policy Conference, George Washington University. «The Zelenskyy Effect,» 03/25/2022.
  39. 2022 PONARS Ukrainathon. «The Zelenskyy Effect,» 03/16-17/2022.
  40. 2022 Centre for European Studies, University of Florida. «Ukraine and the Crisis of European Security,» 03/16/2022.
  41. 2022 American Political Science Association. «Strategies for Teaching About Russia’s Invasion of
  42. Ukraine,» 03/15/2022.
  43. 2022 HCRI UoM. «Ukraine: Experiences and Analysis of the Russian Invasion,» 03/11/2022.
  44. 2022 Virtual ASN, «Voices From Ukraine». 03/07/2022
  45. 2022 UNC Centre for Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies, “Ukraine,” 03/04/2022.
  46. 2022 Jacyk Program at Munk School. «Russian Invasion of Ukraine,» 03/03/2022.
  47. 2022 Politics/Centre for Russian Studies UoM. «Russian Invasion of Ukraine,» 03/03/2022.
  48. 2022 Pittsburg University (on Twitter Space). «Voices from Ukraine,» 02/28/2022.
  49. 2022 Harvard HURI, «Rapid Response Pane: Ukraine Under Attack,» 02/28/2022.
  50. 2022 Virtual ASN, «Contested Identities and State-Making in the Post-Soviet Space,» 01/20/2022. 
  51. 2021 CAPRN. «Protests in Kazakhstan,» 01/13/2022.
  52. 2021 Berlin Protest Network. «MOBILISE,» 12/13/2021.
  53. 2021 Manchester PGR Conference. Keynote panel. «Pandemic and Political Change,» 09/22/2021. 
  54. 2021 Working Group on Religion in the Black Sea Region. 06/16/2021.
  55. 2021 MOBILISE/PSA Workshop on Belarus. 06/18/2021.
  56. 2021 PONARS, «Social Activism in Eurasia» Workshop. «Pro-EU but not Pro-Democracy: Protester Political Dispositions in Belarus,» 04/16/2021.
  57. 2021 ERES, George Washington University. «Who Are The Protesters in Belarus? Survey Evidence.» 04/08/2021.
  58. 2021 Harvard University, HURI Annual Conference. «Why Is Ukraine a Democracy?,» 02/03/2021. 
  59. 2021 REES, University of Oxford. «Who are the Protesters in Belarus?» 02/18/2021
  60. 2021 ZOiS Berlin, Annual Conference. «Politics from below: A Global Perspective,» 01/28/2021. 
  61. 2020 New York City Russia Public Policy Series, Jordan Centre for the Advanced Study of Russia,
  62. NYU and the Harriman Institute, Columbia University, NYC, USA. «Belarus: Looking forward and Looking East to Russia,» 12/08/2020.
  63. 2020 Harvard University, HURI. «Protests in Ukraine and Belarus,» 11/2020.
  64. 2020 Munk School of Global Affairs, CERES, University of Toronto. «Belarus on the Edge,» 08/26/2020.
  65. 2020 Ukrainian Canadian Congress and Belarusian Canadian Alliance. «Special Briefing on Belarus,» 08/21/2020.
  66. 2020 CAPRN, Kings College, ZOiS. «Belarus Rising,» 08/20/2020.
  67. 2020 New York City Russia Public Policy Series, Jordan Centre for the Advanced Study of Russia, NYU and the Harriman Institute, Columbia University, NYC, USA. «The Ukrainian Side of Impeachment,» 01/23/2020.

Invitations where the primary audience is not academic (selected only)

  1. 2024 FCDO, Private event, 09/2024.
  2. 2024 US State Department, Private event, 04/2024.
  3. 2023 Razom For Ukraine, Private event, 09/2023. 
  4. 2023 CEPA, Private event, 09/2023.
  5. 2022 ACAPS Anticipatory Analysis Workshops. ACAPS, Geneva, Switzerland, 10/02/2022 &  11/14/2022.
  6. 2022 «Cultural Diplomacy Forum.» Ukrainian Institute, Brussels, Belgium, 07/12/2022. 
  7. 2022 «Big Data on Human Rights Abuses and Displacement.»
  8. 2022US Government Institution, USA, 08/11/2022.
  9. 2022 «Ukrainian Democrats and Civil Society at War,» Belvedere Forum 2022, 07/07/2022.
  10. 2022 «Ukrainian Democrats,» Green European Foundation General Assembly, 05/20/2022.
  11. 2022 «Ukrainian Democrats,» Netflix, 06/16/2022. 
  12. 2022 Welcoming Ukrainians: Social Integration APPG expert session briefing, All Parliamentary Group on Social Integration, Houses of Parliament, London, UK, 03/05/2022.

SELECTED INVITED LECTURES 2013-2019 (selected only)

  1. 2020 Ciencia Politica, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, B.A., Argentina. «Who Supports The Revolution After The Rebel Wins,» 10/17/2019.
  2. 2019 College D’Europe Natolin, Warsaw, Poland. Three Revolutions Project, International Symposium: Revolution, War, and Their Consequences, «Exit & Voice Migration and Protest in Ukraine (2014-19),» 09/16/2019.
  3. Media Effects on Protest Participation, “Information Wars: Social Media, and Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe”, Center for Russia, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, 03/26/2019.
  4. Right Wing SMO Support in Ukraine Post The EuroMaidan, Workshop on Radical Right Wing Social Movments, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 03/08/2019.
  5. Understanding Ordinart Citizens’ Mass Mobilization, Protesting Inequalities Panel, LSE Festival, London School of Economics, London, UK, 03/02/2019.
  6. When the Rebel Wins, Political Science Department, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 02/21/2019.
  7. History of Non-Violent Protest in Ukraine, “Conference on People and Power, Dictatorship to Autocracy”, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA, 02/19/2019.
  8. Exit and Voice: MOBILISE Launch, Politics Group Reunion, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK, 02/08/2019.
  9. Revolutionary Moments in Ukraine, Closing ceremony of the “REVOLUTIONIZE” exhibit, Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01/27/2019.
  10. Ordinary Citizens in Extraordinary Times War & Martial Law in Post-EuroMaidan Ukraine, Ukrainian Institute in London, London, UK, 12/03/2018.
  11. The EuroMaidan Five Years On, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada, 11/12/2018.
  12. The Effect of War on Voting Behavior: The Case of Ukraine, Danyliw Seminar, University of Ottawa, Canada, 11/09/2018.
  13. Identity in Capturing Identity in Ukraine, Chatham House, UK, 10/21/2018.When The Rebel Wins, The University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 10/15/2018.
  14. EuroMaidan: A Moment of Mass Mobilization, “Maidan: An Unfinished Story”,Bundeszentrale fr politische Bildung, Tutzing, Germany, 10/12/2018.
  15. Donbas Media Forum, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 07/6-7/2018.
  16. Ukraine in the World: Fifty Years of Ukrainian Studies at Harvard University, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), 05/11-12/2018.
  17. “Who Supports The Revolution?”, PONARS London Conference, London School of Economics, London UK. 03/24/2018.
  18. “Post-Protest Polarization and Identity: Pathways to Peace”, PONARS Policy Briefing. PONARS London Conference, London School of Economics, London UK. 03/23/2018.
  19. “Identity in Ukraine”, International Conference: Revolution, Conflict and Crisis in Contemporary Ukraine. Three Revolutions Project, College D’Europe, Natolin, Warsaw, Poland, 03/16-17/2018.
  20. “Post-Protest Polarization?”, Ukraine: hope for the future or land of lost opportunity? Conference, REES, St. Antony’s, University of Oxford. 03/07-08/2018.
  21. “UkraineLab2018”, Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels, European Union Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 02/27/2018.
  22. “The Art of Protest and Protest Art”, Photo Exhibition: Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine, Go-Global, Faces In Focus, The Depot, 38 Upper Clapton Road, London E5 8BQ London, UK. 02/22-23/2018.
  23. “Who Supports The Revolution?”, Comparative Politics Seminar, Politics Department, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. 02/21/2018.
  24. “Policy Briefing on Developments in Ukrainian Politics”. Practitioner audience by invitation only. The Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin, Germany, 09/21/2017.
  25. (With Hale, H.) “Identity in Ukraine”. Workshop for PSA Special Issue. The Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin, Germany, 09/21/2017.
  26. “Non-Violent Protest in Ukraine”, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine, 06/10/2017.
  27. (With Toma, S.) “Exit and Voice in Ukraine”, Workshop on Migration and Political Participation. Migration Lab, UoM, Manchester, UK 06/06/2017.
  28. “Identity in Ukraine”, IRES Seminar Series, George Washington University, USA, 25/05/2017.
  29. “Identity In Ukraine”. After the Revolution: Reform and Identity in Ukraine Conference, Princeton University, USA, 05/03/2017.
  30. “Post Protest Polarization”. Inaugural Conference of The Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin, Germany, 03/27/2017.
  31. “Mass-Mobilization in Ukraine and Eastern Europe”, International Symposium: Three Revolutions – Portraits of Ukraine, Three Revolutions Project, College D’Europe, Natolin, Warsaw, Poland, 02/28/2017.
  32. Closed Workshop: Migration and Political Participation, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK,  09/20/2016.
  33. “Mass-Mobilization in Comparative Perspective”, International Conference: Revolutions, Maidans and Protests in Contemporary Ukraine. The Current State of Research and Future Directions, Three Revolutions Project, College D’Europe, Natolin, Warsaw, Poland, 06/20/2016.
  34. Closed Workshop “The EU, Russia, and Ukraine: Managing the Stalemate and Moving Beyond”, Russia and Ukraine Working Group, The Dahrendorf Forum, LSE, London UK, 21/03/2016.
  35. “Six Myths of Conflict in Ukraine”, Seminar in Russian and Eastern European Studies, School of Arts Languages and Cultures, UoM, UK, 02/19/2016.
  36. Understanding Mass-Protest, Private event organized by CCWP and the Ministry of Defense, Pembroke College, Oxford, UK, 16/02/2016.
  37. Decentralization in Ukraine, Chatham House, London, UK, 21/01/2016.
  38. “Six Myths of Conflict in Ukraine”, The Oxford Changing Character of War Programme, DPIR, Oxford, UK, 01/19/2016.
  39. Invited Lecture: #6 Myths Of The Ukrainian Crisis: 50 Shades Of Conflict And Crisis. Department of International Relations, LSE, December 7, 2015. Digital recording.
  40. Invited Lecture: “The Real Revolution in 2014 Ukraine: Protest Participation and Perceptions across Linguistic, Ethnic and Regional Identities” Russian Institute, Kings College, London, UK. November 2, 2015.
  41. Invited Lecture: “Mapping Mass Mobilization,” Key Note Lecture, Book Presentation, Ukraine Platform Conference, SSEES, UCL, June 5, 2015.
  42. Book Launch Presentation: “Mapping Mass Mobilization,” Book Presentation, Knyharniya Ye, Що таке масова мобілізація? І як її розуміти? (Київ), April 4, 2015. Kyiv, Ukraine. (Discussant: Mykola Riabchuk, Also presenting Lesia Khomenko – with support of Roman Tsupryk and Knyharniya Ye, the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine and Bohdan Batruch).
  43. Book Launch Presentation: “Mapping Mass Mobilization,” Book Launch, Petro Jacyk Program, CERES, Munk Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, April 6, 2015.
  44. Speaker: “Mapping Mass Mobilization,” Book Panel, ASN Annual Convention, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, March 25, 2015 (Discussants: Mark Beissinger, Alexandra Hrycak, Paul D’Anieri, Oxana Shevel, Chair: Nadiya Kravets).
  45. Workshop Presenter (with Gwendolyn Sasse): “Ukraine 2014 and post-post-Cold War Europe,” Park House, University of Birmingham, March 23, 2015.
  46. Invited Lecture: “Who Protests?: Evidence from Euromaidan,” Conflict Research Group, LSE,  March 11, 2015,  Thai Theatre (NAB), London, UK.
  47. Key Note Session Chair and Speaker: “Understanding and Investigating Mass Mobilization During Revolutionary Moments,” Power of The People Conference, St. Antony’s and St. Johns College, SEESOX, University of Oxford, February 27, 2015.
  48. Discussant: screening of documentary ‘All Things Ablaze,’ Frontline Club, London, UK, February 6, 2015.
  49. Speaker: Protest and Election in Ukraine: Public Opinion in Times of Crisis (First Analysis of Ukrainian Crisis Election Survey) George Washington University, Eliot School of International Affairs, January 20-21, 2015.
  50. Speaker: Ukraine Post-Elections Event, UK Houses of Parliament (by invitation of John Whittingdale OBE MP, The British-Ukraine All-Party Parliamentary Group, The Henry Jackson Society and Ukraine Crisis Media Centre), October 28, 2014.
  51. Workshop (Presenter): “Social Media v. Social Networks as Explanatory Variables of the EuroMaidan Mobilization” Comparative Workshop on Mass Protests, LSE IDEAS, LSE, London,  June 13-14, 2014.
  52. Invited Lecture: Rights Repression and Revolution: A Tale of Two Countries – Ukraine and Venezuela, HURI, Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy & David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies, Harvard University. April 16, 2014.
  53. Webinar presenter: “Ukrainian Struggle Explained: The Maidan Revolution, Resistance to Military Intervention and Citizens’ Organizing” ICNC Webinar April 9, 2014 at 12:00 Live from D.C.
  54. Invited Lecture: Why is Kyiv Burning? The Turn to Violence in Ukraine’s Protest Movement and Its Political and Geostrategic Implications: Department of Government, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Ukrainian Research Institute, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University. February 24, 2014.
  55. Invited Lecture: Islands of Contention: Understanding Social Mobilization Networks in Ukraine, HURI, Harvard University, Spring term 2014.
  56. Invited Lecture: Activists to Interlocutors: What Happened to Polish Journalists, Polish Studies Seminar Series in Oxford, European Institute, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, January 22nd 2014, 17:00.
  57. Workshop (Organizer/Presenter): Protest and Elections Workshop: Understanding Dynamic Political Behaviour in Comparative Perspective,  Nuffield College, Jun 16th- 19th 2013.
  58. Workshop (Organizer/Presenter): Protest Politics Workshop, (click on link) Nuffield College, May 26-29th 2013.
  59. Symposium (Organizer/Presenter): Oxford University Symposium on Social Mobilization, (click on link), St. Antony’s College, June 7th 2013. (Organized with Professor William Bienart).
  60. Mass-­Mobilization and the Motivations of Ordinary People Who Join in: When Rights Matter More than Money, DPIR, University of Oxford, December 2nd 2013, 12:30.
  61. What Motivates People to join-in?: Comparing Mass-Protest in LA and EE, (click on link), Politics Colloquium, DPIR, University of Oxford, November 25th 2013, 12:30.
  62. Mass-­Mobilization and the Motivations of Ordinary People Who Join in: When Rights Matter More than Money, School of Politics and IR, University of Nottingham, November 20th 2013, 16:30.
  63. Moments and Movements, George Washington University, 01/2013.
  64. Regions and Islands of Social Mobilization: the Making of a Civil Society in Ukraine,(click on link) Russian And Eurasian Studies Centre Seminar, Post-Soviet Politics Seminar, Nissan Lecture Theatre, St. Antony’s College, October 21st 2013, 17:00.

Invitations where the primary audience is not academic (selected only)

  1. Chatham House, UK. «The Belarus Crisis,» 09/11/2020.
  2. Chatham House, UK. «Identity in Capturing Identity in Ukraine,» 10/21/2018.
  3. «Policy Briefing on Developments in Ukrainian Politics.» Practitioner audience by invitation only. ZOiS, Berlin, Germany, 09/21/2017.
  4. The EU, Russia, and Ukraine Workshop, Russia & Ukraine Working Group, Dahrendorf Forum, LSE, London, UK, 03/21/2016.
  5. «Understanding Mass-Protest,» Private event organized by CCWP and the Ministry of Defense, Pembroke College, Oxford, UK, 02/16/2016.
  6. «Decentralisation in Ukraine,» Chatham House, London, UK, 01/21/2016.
    Private meeting and dinner with the head of the British Council, Ukrainian Deputy Ministers, and members of President Poroshenko’s Administration, British Council Headquarters, London, UK, 06/06/2015.
  7. Screening of the documentary «All Things Ablaze,» Frontline Club, London, UK, 02/06/2015.
  8. Protest and Election in Ukraine: Public Opinion in Times of Crisis (First Analysis of Ukrainian Crisis Election Survey), George Washington University, ESIA, 01/20-21/2015. 
  9. Report on Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections. Parliamentary Committee on Ukraine, Houses of Parliament, London, UK, 10/28/2014.