This is a copy of the sixth Issue originally published on 6 October 2025
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Dear UKRAINETT members, friends of UKRAINETT and all interested in Ukraine and research on Ukraine,
Welcome to the sixth edition of UKRAINETT News! In this issue, we are excited to share the latest updates, upcoming events, and new developments from across our network.
With this newsletter, we’re pleased to highlight the latest Ukrainian-language edition, prepared by Olena Muradyan, Dean of the Faculty of Sociology at Karazin Kharkiv University, which provides updates on the activities of the Ukrainian research institutions that form the Ukrainian branch of the UKRAINETT+ project. We also want to inform you that the UKRAINETT+ seed funding scheme for Ukraine-related research collaboration and project development is now open for applications.
In addition, the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir) has announced a new funding call under the Ukraine Competence Programme (UA-KOMP), aimed at strengthening knowledge about Ukraine in Norway and enhancing cooperation with Ukrainian partners.
We warmly invite you to join us in Bergen on 14–15 October for the UKRAINETT+ conference, “The War and Beyond: Perspectives on Ukrainian Culture and Society.” More details about the event and keynote speakers Bohdana Neborak and Uilleam Blacker can be found below.
This autumn, we’re also hosting another exciting event: on 31 October, join us at OsloMet for a breakfast seminar on the Ukrainian economy and Norwegian-Ukrainian economic cooperation, organized in collaboration with UKRAINETT steering group member Kristian Åtland, Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI).
Finally, do not miss the latest publications from our members, including scholarly articles, popular science contributions, and feature stories.
Thank you for staying connected with UKRAINETT News
Best regards,
Marthe Handå Myhre, Aadne Aasland, Mathilde Hjelle and Oleksandra Deineko
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UKRAINETT+ NEWSLETTER
As part of the UKRAINETT+ project, we present our sixth newsletter in Ukrainian, prepared by Olena Muradyan, Dean of the Faculty of Sociology at Karazin Kharkiv University, and coordinator of the Ukrainian network branch.
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FOURTH ROUND OF UKRAINETT+ SEED FUNDING
The UKRAINETT+ project has allocated funds to stimulate research project development and cooperation involving Norwegian and Ukrainian researchers and institutions. The next deadline is 1 November 2025.
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PROGRAM FOR UKRAINE COMPETENCE – ONE-YEAR FUNDING 2025
As part of the Program for Ukraine Competence (UA-KOMP), the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir) has launched a funding call to boost knowledge about Ukraine in Norway and improve collaboration with Ukrainian partners. The deadline to apply is 30 October.
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FORTHCOMING UKRAINETT EVENTS
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UKRAINETT + CONFERENCE
The second annual UKRAINETT+ conference, titled "The War and Beyond: Perspectives on Ukrainian Culture and Society", will be hosted by the University of Bergen 14 - 15 October 2025. The full programme and registration details are now available on the event page. The keynotes will be streamed openly. If you want to follow any of the parallell sessions, please register to get the links for the sessions.
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UKRAINETT+ CONFERENCE: PUBLIC KEYNOTES
As part of the UKRAINETT+ Conference, we are honored to welcome two keynote speakers:
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UKRAINE’S CULTURAL DIVERSITY THROUGH THE LENS OF LITERATURE
UKRAINETT and UiB invite you to a conversation exploring Ukraine’s multicultural borderlands and complex historical layers, featuring Bohdana Neborak and Uilleam Blacker, moderated by Ingunn Lunde (UiB). The event takes place on 15 October at the House of Literature in Bergen.
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UKRAINIAN ECONOMY AND NORWEGIAN-UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION
UKRAINETT invites you to a breakfast seminar on the Ukrainian economy and Norwegian-Ukrainian economic cooperation. The event will take place at OsloMet on 31 October and will feature speakers Kristian Åtland (FFI), Julie Helseth Udal (FFI), and Kjartan Svaland Tveitnes (NUCC).
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ELLISIV OF KYIV, QUEEN OF NORWAY ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO
This mini-conference is hosted by the Embassy of Ukraine in Norway, the Ukrainian Cultural Association, UiO’s Institute of Archaeology, Conservation and History and Museum of Cultural History, Collegium Medievale, and NIKU. The event takes place on 24 October 2025 at the Historical Museum.
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UKRAINE AT WAR: HOW TO MOBILIZE THE PEOPLE FOR WAR?
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The Norwegian Defence University College (NDUC) is organizing an event under the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at Litteraturhuset on 28 October 2025. The program will feature Sven G. Holtsmark (IFS), Oleksandra Deineko (OsloMet/IFS), and Margarete Klein (SWP).
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STRENGTHENING UKRAINE: SHARING KNOWLEDGE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
The third HROMADA conference will take place in Stockholm on 12 November 2025. The program features keynote speeches and panel discussions with leading experts on Ukraine and the Nordic-Baltic region.
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DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW OF STATE IMMUNITY
The Research Group for Human Rights and International Law at The Arctic University of Norway will host a seminar on Developments in the Law of State Immunity on 20 November 2025. The seminar features keynote speakers Roger O’Keefe (Bocconi University) and Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen (University of Copenhagen).
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HERITAGE OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN UKRAINE
Led by Svitlana Arabadzhy (UiO), this project will digitise, preserve and make accessible five newspaper collections from Ukraine, held at the Odesa National Scientific Library. This archive includes newspapers published during the Russian Empire (present-day territory of eastern and southern Ukraine).
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UKRAINETT+ ROUNDTABLE
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UKRAINETT held its third biannual roundtable at the University of Oslo on 22 August 2025, focusing on Russia’s war on Ukraine and the prospects for refugee return. The event featured presentations by Serhiy Kudelia (Baylor University) and researchers from NIBR/OsloMet.
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PARTNER INSTITUTIONS IN UKRAINE
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THE CENTER FOR URBAN HISTORY
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This is the fifth in a series of presentations of research institutions and universities in Ukraine with previous or ongoing cooperation with Norwegian institutions:
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The Center for Urban History
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UKRAINETT+ SEED FUNDING: NEXT DEADLINE
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The fourth round (of six) of seed funding is now open for application. The deadline is 1 November 2025.
A Norwegian institution must be the applicant and project coordinator. At least two institutions should be involved in the collaboration, and both Ukrainian and Norwegian institutions must be represented. Funding may cover travel, seminars and other activities related to network-building and project development.
The activities to be funded should include concrete plans for applications to external funding sources. The research topic should be related to Ukraine/Ukrainian Studies. Maximum funding for each application is NOK 50,000. The funds in the present call must be utilised by the end of 2026.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY OUR MEMBERS
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POPULAR SCIENCE ARTICLES
Popular science publications, book reviews, reports, working papers, policy briefs.
📝 Review of "The EU’s conceptualisation of the rule of law in its external relations: Case studies on development cooperation and enlargement" (Lisa Louwerse) by Maryna Rabinovych in Common Market Law Review (2025)
📒 "Mobilising Care for Cultural Heritage in Russia’s War Against Ukraine" by Diana Vonnák, Sian Jones, Josephine Rasmussen and Samuel Hardy, DECOPE-project Research Report (2025)
📝 "All’s well that ends well? Lessons from Ukraine’s anti-corruption crisis" by Maryna Rabinovych and Kostian Fedorenko in LSE EUROPP Blog (2025)
📒 “Why return to Ukraine? An analysis of Ukraine’s evolving return policies and the motivations of refugees to return“ by Jørn Holm-Hansen, Oleksandra Deineko, Marthe Handå Myhre and Aadne Aasland, NIBR Report (2025)
Visit our website for more.
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UKRAINETT+ CONFERENCE - THE WAR AND BEYOND: BUILDING KNOWLEDGE ON UKRAINIAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY
UiB | UKRAINETT | 14 - 15 October 2025 | Conference
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UKRAINE’S CULTURAL DIVERSITY THROUGH THE LENS OF LITERATURE
UiB | UKRAINETT | 15 October 2025 | Seminar
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UKRAINIAN ECONOMY AND NORWEGIAN-UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION
UKRAINETT | 31 October 2025 | Seminar
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WEBSITE
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