State consolidation in Ukraine has been an ongoing process since 1991. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, the importance of enhancing the state’s capacity to govern effectively has become even more apparent. This workshop explores the interplay between state consolidation and postwar reconstruction. It seeks to identify the challenges which the state faces in creating a favourable investment climate, as well as the opportunities which reconstruction process presents for Ukraine to build a strong and inclusive state – one that Europe needs for its security.
In the final part, we will explore developments in occupied regions of Ukraine in a counter-mapping workshop.
Programme:
9:30-10:00 Coffee (Hilda Besse foyer)
10:00-10:20 Welcome and Introduction
Dr Nataliya Kibita (University of Oxford) and Dr Zbigniew Wojnowski (University of Oxford)
10:20-12:30 Panel I: Challenges to state consolidation
Dr Olya Homonchuk (ODI Global), ‘The Power of Poverty Politics in Ukraine: Why Russia’s Misinformation Works’
Vladimir Dubrovskyi (CASE Ukraine), ‘Institutional and Political-Economic Peculiarities of Modern Ukraine: Recovery Policy Implications’
Dr Maryna Utkina (University of Warwick; Sumy State University, Ukraine), ‘Corruption and Reconstruction: Overcoming Systemic Barriers to Ukraine’s Transformation’
Chair and discussant: Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (University of Oxford)
12:30-13:30 Lunch break (presenters and discussants will be invited to lunch at St Antony’s college)
13:30-15:30 Panel II: Building trust in state institutions
Dr Oleksiy Bondarenko (University of Birmingham), ‘Failure or success? Patronal democracy in the context of decentralization reform in Ukraine’
Dr Yulia Bidenko (Karazin Kharkiv National University), ‘Government, Local Authorities and Civil Societies in Ukrainian Communities’ Reconstruction: Scopes for Trust, Cooperation and Tensions’
Chair and discussant: Professor Paul Chaisty
15:30-16:00 Coffee break (Hilda Besse foyer)
16:00-18:00 Workshop: Regions under Russian occupation
Vlada Vazheyevskyy (University of St Andrews) and Kateryna Volochniuk (University of St Andrews), ‘Spectres of the Sterile Image: Counter Mapping the Journal of the Military Builders’
