On 16 June the European Commission adopted the main work program of “Horizon Europe” for the 2021-2022 period. It outlines the objectives and specific research topic areas to be funded…
Year: 2021
Antarctic biodiversity research brings Ukrainian and German researchers together
By Iryna Kozeretska, National Antarctic Scientific Center (NASC) of Ukraine Terrestrial ecosystems of Antarctica are characterized by very low biodiversity, which makes them very fragile on the one hand…
The darkness of BRCAness: the latest update from a German-Ukrainian Collaborative Project
By Ielizaveta Gorodetska, OncoRay, Dresden Novel results revealed the frequencies of BRCA1 mutations among Ukrainian cancer patients, which are highly beneficial to the risk management of affected families. A…
KYIV, 16-31 August: Summer School “Reforms in Ukraine 2014-2020: Change (IR)Reversible? Training for Future Policy Analysts”, apply by 5 July
Organized by the Kyiv School of Economics this exiting Summer School will focus on the following questions: What have been the substance of the key reforms, conducted since…
15 June 2021: Online-event “Reform support and reform backlash”
In memory of Prof. Oleh Havrylyshyn Discussion of the Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics (see the flyer), with a focus on the Political Economy of reforms Recorded video of…
2 June: Webinar of the German-Ukrainian Historians’ Commission “The German War of Aggression in Ukraine: Victims and Perpetrators”
The event will commemorate the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, with a special focus on events in Ukrainian territories at that time. Date:…
Igor Komarov awarded International Excellence Fellowship by the KIT
Professor Igor Komarov from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, is one of two first awardees of the new KIT International Excellence Grants and Fellowships Program. See…
UKRAINE to Modernize Higher Education System with World Bank Support
The World Bank approved a $200 million project to support the Government of Ukraine’s efforts to strengthen efficiency, quality, and transparency of the country’s higher education system. The…
GERMANY: Scholarships from German-Ukrainian Historians Commission awarded in 2021
The German-Ukrainian Historians Commission, established in 2015, aims to deepen the connections between German and Ukrainian history and to promote the mutual dissemination of knowledge about German and…
Maksym Kovalenko (ETH Zürich and Empa) awarded the Dan Maydan Prize in Nanoscience Research 2021
Prof. Maksym V. Kovalenko is distinguished for his pioneering work on the surface chemistry of nanocrystals and their use for electronic and optoelectronic devices, including batteries, photodetectors, thermo-electrics, solar cells…