Participation of representatives of the IIR in the opening of the new academic year 2024/2025 at the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study

On October 24, 2024, the assistant of the Department of International Information Maria Zaitseva and the 1st year student of the Master's program International Communications of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Sviatoslav Shevchuk attended the opening of the new academic year 2024/2025 at the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study.

The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Mykhailo Vynnytskyi, Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine Martin Jäger, as well as representatives of the scientific community, public and private sectors.

In his speech, Mykhailo Vynnytskyі emphasized that it is extremely important to preserve Ukraine's intellectual potential, encourage Ukrainian youth to stay home and work for our victory. 

Ambassador Martin Yeger noted that Germany will continue to contribute to the development of Ukrainian education and science and emphasized the importance of supporting Ukrainian students both in Germany and Ukraine, who are a kind of "bridge" being built between our countries.

The reports were made by:

• Ella Libanova, Director of the Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Topic: “The human component of the post-war development of Ukraine”
• Jan Kubik - Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and former Director of the School of Slavic and East European Studies at University College London (UCL). Topic: “Polarization, Democracy and War”