The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are helping safeguard Ukraine’s research and innovation ecosystem by allowing its researchers to continue their work. Thanks to MSCA4Ukraine, 125 doctoral and postdoctoral fellows who were forced to flee Ukraine can continue their valuable work in various domains of research and innovation across 21 EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries, with advantageous conditions and access to training, skills and career development opportunities. They are helping safeguard Ukraine’s research and innovation system, and freedom of scientific research at large. Two years after the start of the invasion, five researchers supported by MSCA4Ukraine shared their journey.
- Overcoming accountability gaps in war times. Kateryna Latysh (Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University/ MSCA4Ukraine fellow at the Centre for Ukrainian Law at Vilnius University, Lithuania) is researching digital forensics. She hopes her work will help international crime investigations in her home country and beyond.
- Dispelling misleading narratives about Ukraine in German literature. Mariia Ivanytska (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv/ MSCA4Ukraine fellow at University of Tübingen, Germany) is researching the representation of Ukrainian literature in Germany and the image of Ukraine in German language literary translations and studies.
- Helping women fleeing Ukraine by addressing their healthcare needs. Iryna Mazhak (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy/ MSCA4Ukraine fellow at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland) is investigating the healthcare needs of Ukrainian women that fled the country, and how both their host and home countries can better address them.
- Bringing investigation of war crimes in Ukraine to the forefront. PhD student Artem Nazarko (Odesa Law Academy/ MSCA4Ukraine fellow at the University of Bergen, Norway) is researching international criminal law at the University of Bergen. His research aims to support the efforts to bring the perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine to justice.
- Supporting Ukraine’s IT professionals to help the country’s recovery. PhD student Rostyslav (Ross) Chayka (Drahomanov National Pedagogical University/ MSCA4Ukraine fellow at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands) is studying the impact of the war on Ukraine’s IT workforce to help tackle the country’s challenges.
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