Tenth Issue - Published 15 October 2026.
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Dear UKRAINETT members, friends of UKRAINETT and all interested in Ukraine and research on Ukraine,
Welcome to the tenth edition of UKRAINETT News! In this issue, we share the latest updates, upcoming events, and new developments from across our network.
On 11–12 November 2026, the next annual UKRAINETT+ conference will be held at Oslo Metropolitan University. The programme will include keynote speakers Oleksii Haran, Olga Onuch, and Yulia Yurchuk, as well as several expert panel participants. Following the conference, Nord University Business School will host the workshop “Futures of the Norwegian–Ukrainian Cooperation: Year 2036” at OsloMet on 12–13 November.
This autumn is full of exciting Ukraine-related events. We recommend checking out the section below for information on upcoming lectures, discussions, and other events.
This includes a live podcast, organized as an side event to the UKRAINETT Conference on 10 November by our colleagues at the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at the Institute for Defence Studies, in collaboration with Ukrainapodden (Nettavisen).
The conference Total Defence - Ellisiv Forum 26 will take place on 9-10 November. The event is co-hosted by the Norwegian Defence University College and the National Defence University of Ukraine in association with the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection's Total Defence Year 2026.
OsloMet will host the Norwegian Conference on Local Government Research (NORKOM) on 26-27 November, which will feature a dedicated section on Ukraine and Ukrainian municipalities.
The UA-FLEX project at the University of Bergen will also host a series of lectures at the House of Literature in Bergen, featuring prominent writers and scholars from Ukraine.
The Centre for Slavic and East European Studies at the University of Oslo will host several events of interest, including lectures on contemporary popular culture and historical literary works related to Ukraine.
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 + CONFERENCE: OPEN REGISTRATION
The annual UKRAINETT+ conference, titled “State and Society Under Pressure: Internal and External Dynamics,” will be hosted by OsloMet on 11–12 November 2026. We are delighted to announce that registration for the public part of the programme is now open. The conference is almost full, so be sure to register soon in order to secure a place.
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UKRAINETT REPRESENTED AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN REGENSBURG
Martin Paulsen (UiB) represented UKRAINETT at the annual conference of the Denkraum Ukraine center at the University of Regensburg on 22-23 September. The conference had the title Spatial Turns in Ukrainian Studies and attracted scholars from Ukraine, Europe and North America.
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UKRAINETT RECEIVES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO UKRAINIAN STUDIES
UKRAINETT has been awarded the Ukrainian Studies Distinguished Award by the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies. The award was presented during the official opening ceremony of the international conference Ukraine in the World, at the Lviv National Opera on 8 July 2026.
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UKRAINIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
The University of Bergen’s UA-FLEX project will offer three new micro-credentials in the upcoming spring semester. The courses are taught in Norwegian by Ingunn Lunde and Anna Chebotarova, and feature flexible online learning materials, including video lectures, readings, and exercises.
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SURVEYS AMONGST UKRAINIANS IN NORWAY
Two surveys are currently being conducted among Ukrainians in Norway under collective protection: one by NIBR/OsloMet and one by UiT. If you are eligible, we encourage you to participate. Otherwise, please help us spread the word through your Ukrainian networks in Norway. Every response helps strengthen our understanding of the experiences of Ukrainians in Norway today.
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UKRAINETT+ NEWS IN UKRAINIAN
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UKRAINETT+ NEWSLETTER
We present our ninth newsletter in Ukrainian, prepared by Olena Muradyan, Dean of the Faculty of Sociology at Karazin Kharkiv University, and coordinator of the Ukrainian network branch. The newsletter provides information on activities at Ukrainian research institutions that comprise the UKRAINETT+ project branch in Ukraine.
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UKRAINETT + CONFERENCE
The next annual UKRAINETT+ conference is coming up soon! Hosted by OsloMet on 11–12 November 2026, the event will bring together scholars and experts from a wide range of disciplines to exchange ideas, foster collaboration, and engage in meaningful discussions. More details, including panel participants and keynote speakers, can be found on the event website.
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LIVE PODCAST WITH UKRAINAPODDEN
On November 10, the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats and Ukrainapodden invite you to a live podcast at Carls, where experts will discuss political, strategic and military dimensions of the Russo-Ukrainian war. What is the status on the battlefield? What changes and challenges do we see in Ukrainian security politics and how is Europe responding to the war? The live podcast is a side event of the UKRAINETT Conference, and we encourage conference participants to join us.
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UKRAINETT+ CONFERENCE: PUBLIC KEYNOTES
As part of the UKRAINETT+ Conference, we are honoured to welcome two public keynote speakers on 11 November: Oleksiy Haran, Professor of Comparative Politics at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and Olga Onuch, Professor (Chair) in Comparative and Ukrainian Politics at the University of Manchester. As seats are limited, we encourage interested participants to register as soon as possible.
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UKRAINETT+ CONFERENCE: PUBLIC DIGITAL KEYNOTE
As part of the UKRAINETT+ Conference, we are pleased to present a public online keynote by Yuliya Yurchuk, Associate Professor of History of Ideas at Södertörn University, on 12 November. Although the keynote is part of the academic conference programme, it will be accessible to the public through live streaming.
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A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH CONTEMPORARY UKRAINIAN WRITERS
The House of Literature in Bergen hosts a series of conversations with leading voices in contemporary Ukrainian literature. The programme featured Oleksandr Mykhed on 13 October, and will feature Sofiia Andrukhovych on 23 October and Andrii Lyubka on 24 November (to be confirmed). The conversations are moderated by Ingunn Lunde (UiB, UA-FLEX).
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SOLIDARITY THROUGH LITERATURE: CRIMEA AND UKRAINE
Rory Finnin (University of Cambridge) is a leading scholar of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar literature and founder of the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Programme. He is the author of Blood of Others (2022) and Freedom’s Liberator (forthcoming, 2026). The discussion will be moderated by Ingunn Lunde. The event will take place at the House of Literature in Bergen on 26 October.
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NORKOM CONFERENCE 2026
The Nordic Conference on Local Government Research 2026 will be hosted by the Unit for Public Administration and Governance at Oslo Business School, OsloMet, on 26–27 November 2026. The conference will include a plenary session focusing on Ukraine, and there will also be a dedicated workshop on Ukraine. Formal registration is now open. The deadline for abstracts is 16 October.
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TOTAL DEFENCE – ELLISIV FORUM 26
How can societies prepare for war, withstand complex threats, and continue to function under pressure? Total Defence – Ellisiv Forum 26 brings together military and civilian leaders, researchers, policymakers, and humanitarian practitioners to explore these urgent questions. The event takes place 9–10 November at Akershus Fortress in Oslo.
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FROM PROPAGANDA TO MEMES: POPULAR CULTURE AS A BATTLEGROUND IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
In this lecture organised by the Center for Slavic and Eastern European Studies at the University of Oslo, Professor Dmytro Iarovyi from Kyiv School of Economics looks at how the war between Russia and Ukraine is being fought not only on the front line but also in films, TV shows, memes, and social media. The lecture takes place on 4 November.
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TARAS BULBA BY NIKOLAI GOGOL AND THE IMPERIAL RECASTING OF UKRAINIAN HISTORY
In this presentation, Katarzyna Swieszek examines how Gogol’s Taras Bulba was transformed between the 1835 and 1842 versions, and how the later version incorporated the story of the Ukrainian Cossacks into a Russian national and imperial narrative. The event is organized by the Centre for Slavic and East European Studies at the University of Oslo and will take place on 17 November.
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DISPLACED HUMAN CAPITAL: RETRAINING, LABOUR-MARKET INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL ADAPTATION
UKRAINETT held a seminar on 2 September with Veronika Vakulenko (Nord University). The seminar examined how Norway, Poland, and Ukraine support displaced Ukrainians in retraining, labour-market integration, and social adaptation, with a particular focus on lessons that host countries can learn from Ukraine’s experience with internally displaced persons. The recording is available.
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HROMADA CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP IN RIGA
On 8–9 October, researchers and practitioners from the Nordic-Baltic countries and Ukraine gathered in Riga for the fourth annual HROMADA conference and workshop, hosted at the University of Latvia. Many UKRAINETT members were present and contributed at the events.
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MULTILINGUAL ONSET, VARIATION AND ATTRITION (MOVA)
MOVA investigates grammatical change and multilingual development among Ukrainian refugee children aged 6–16. It examines how the age of immersion, language dominance, proficiency, and individual cognitive differences affect the acquisition of host-country languages, changes in Ukrainian, and foreign-language learning at school. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway.
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TEACHING ABOUT UKRAINE THROUGH STORIES
"Teaching about Ukraine through stories – Voices of Resilience and Reconstruction" is a project organised by Lara Dahl Consulting with Ukrainian partners. It offers a free online learning module for Norwegian lower-secondary schools and teacher education. It is built around a podcast series based on interviews with Ukrainian teachers, students, artists, and civil society actors. The project is funded by HK-dir.
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UPCOMING UKRAINETT+ SEED FUNDING DEADLINE
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UKRAINETT+ is an RCN-funded project that aims to expand and consolidate cooperation between Norwegian and Ukrainian institutions of research and higher education, and to stimulate research on Ukraine. UKRAINETT+ announces seed funding twice a year in the period 2024–2028. Maximum funding for each application is NOK 50,000.
The funds in the present call must be utilised by the end of 2027. 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. A maximum of 30 % of the budget may be used to cover fees or salaries. 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.
The application deadline is 1 November.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY OUR MEMBERS
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SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Articles in refereed journals, book chapters, book reviews.
📙"Between Purism and Flexibility: Ukrainian Translators Negotiating Multilingual Teaching Materials in Norway" by Joke Dewilde and Natalia Kudriavtseva in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (2026)
📘 "Ukrainsk grammatikk" by Tore Nesset and Yuliia Palii (2026)
📗"Chronic Disease Vulnerability in Ukraine During Armed Conflict" by Moeen Hamid Bukhari, Iftikhar U. Sikder, Iuliia Pavlova, Nancy Fiedler, Ana Lorena Ruano, and Ubydul Haque in Communications Medicine (2026)
📕"Geospatial insights of health vulnerability during the Ukraine war" by Ubydul Haque, Safiyeh Tayebi, Moeen Hamid Bukhari, Shanshan Wang, Nancy Fiedler, Ana Lorena Ruano, Iuliia Pavlova and Emily S. Barrett in Nature Health (2026)
📙"'A single viral video can undo months of health education': social media, trust, and vaccine hesitancy in wartime Ukraine" by Safiyeh Tayebi, Ana Lorena Ruano, Liudmyla Ishchenko, Fedir Lapii, Iuliia Pavlova, Oleski Korzh, Olga Belousova & Ubydul Haque in International Journal for Equity in Health (2026)
📘"Navigating Language and Identity: Ukrainian Migrants’ Language Strategies in Response to Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion" by Oleksandra Hrebenshchykova in Place, Language, and Identity: Multilingual Lives in Mobility, Migration and Conflict (2026)
📗"Sui Generis Right to Non-Original Objects Generated by a Computer Program Under Ukrainian Law: First Impressions and (In)Compatibility with EU Law" by Liliia Oprysk in IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (2026)
📕"Transnational Engagements among Ukrainian Refugees Residing in Norway under Temporary Protection" by Celine Borge and Marko Valenta in Refugee Survey Quarterly (2026)
📙"Labour-Market Strategies and Migration Aspirations under Legal Uncertainty: Ukrainian Refugees in Norway" by Celine Borge and Joachim Vogt Isaksen in Journal of Refugee Studies (2026)
Visit our website for more.
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POPULAR SCIENCE ARTICLES
Popular science publications, book reviews, reports, working papers, policy briefs.
📝 "Negotiating What Endures: Exploring Connections Between the Flossenbürg DP Camps and Ukrainian Memory Work Today" by Anna Skiba, TRAFO blog (2026)
📒 "Ukrainsk på 1-2-3. Del 1 (UKR1001, nivå A1)" by Atle Grønn, kompendium from the University of Oslo (2026)
📝 "Ukrainsk-norsk tematisk ordbok. (Ukrainsk på 1-2-3, nivå A1, A2 og B1)" by Atle Grønn and Nataliia Zhytova, kompendium from the University of Oslo (2026)
Visit our website for more.
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FEATURE STORIES
Feature stories (kronikker), news articles, podcasts.
🎧 "Motstandskraft i potter og pallekarmer - beredskap i byen" podcast episode with Silje Kvist Simonsen, Oleksandra Deineko, Sebastian Eiter, Bærekraft på øret (2026)
🔎 "Politikk og protest på papp" by Oleksandra Deineko in Klassekampen (2026)
🎧 "To be a Poet and a Soldier in Ukraine", podcast episode with Yaryna Chornohuz and Ingunn Lunde, BOBcast (2026)
🔎"Sjakkproff i Ukraina" - A series in three parts (I, II, III) by Atle Grønn in Dag og Tid (2026)
🎧 "Ukraina på Litteraturhuset: Den ukrainske halvøya Kryms historie" podcast episode with Ingunn Lunde, LittPod (2026)
Visit our website for more.
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UKRAINETT + CONFERENCE 2026
OsloMet | UKRAINETT | 11 - 12 November 2026 | Conference
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FUTURES OF THE NORWEGIAN-UKRAINIAN COOPERATION: YEAR 2036
Nord | UKRAINETT | 12 - 13 November 2026 | Workshop
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