Ukraine’s hidden tragedy: population displacement from the country’s war torn regions
Date and time:
Monday 27 March, 2017
19:00 - 20:30
Location:
Ukrainian Institute London
79 Holland Park
London
W11 3SW
The armed conflict in eastern Ukraine has seen the creation of ‘quasi-states’, significant declines in living conditions, and the displacement of more than two million people, which, according to the UN, is the 9th largest displaced group in the world. Many of them suffering a significant drop in income and problems in accessing services such as health care and education. While a relatively large amount is known about the conflict in eastern Ukraine little is known about the social problems, fracturing of identities as a result of the country’s division, and the lack of legal and social support internally displaced peoples in Ukraine and refugees in Russia face on a daily basis.
The University of Birmingham and AHRC PaCCS funding supports this event.
This event will be held in English.
FREE
Speaker
Irina Kuznetsova
Dr Irina Kuznetsova is a Birmingham Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Birmingham. Currently, she leads the project funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council UK ‘Ukraine’s hidden tragedy: understanding of the outcomes of population displacement from the war-torn regions’ (www.idpukraine.com). She is an expert in migration in Ukraine, Russia, and Central Asia, and critical urban and policy research. Dr Kuznetsova has led and participated in various applied and academic studies founded by the European Commission, Open Society Institute, MacArthur Foundation, and others.
Speaker
Oksana Mikheieva
Oksana Mikheieva is a Professor in Sociology (2014), Head of the Department of Sociology at the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv). Previously she worked at the Donetsk National University, which she had to leave in 2014 because of armed conflict. Mikheieva led and participated in over 20 local and international sociological research projects focusing on the symbolic marking of urban space, Ukrainian refugees, military men in armed conflict. She is a member of the International Association for the Humanities, Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society, Ukrainian Sociological Association; member of the Editorial Board of the academic peer-reviewed journals “Ukraina Moderna”, “East (Skhid)”, journal of the Theological Faculty of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn “The Studies of Warmia”.
Speaker
Ben Robinson
Ben Robinson is a free-lance photographer and writer, working alongside a diverse range of clients and organisations to help tell stories that need to be told. Ben is also working with the Integrity Initiative, a partnership led by the Institute for Statecraft in London focused on identifying and countering Russian disinformation. Previously, Ben worked in Ukraine with the Centre for Leadership Development and Kyiv Business School from 1995-2010 after graduating from Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE).
