The final of this years’ UKRAINET PhD Thesis Presentation Contest took place at the TU Wildau on 8 October 2026 at the Days of Ukraine in Brandenburg. During this competition three finalists presented their research (regretably, one finalist could not travel from Ukraine due to a russian attack), and the jury awarded the prizes as following:
- The first prize was awarded to Léo-Paul Barthélémy (Centre de recherche sur les médiations (CREM), University of Lorraine, France) for the presentation of his PhD Thesis “War in Ukraine, Collective Mobilization and Citizen Journalism 2.0: A Co-Construction of Informational Practices and Dynamics”
- The second prize was awarded to Viktor Golovii (cotutelle between the Nord University Business School, Bodø, Norway and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine) for the presentation of his PhD Thesis “Strategies of wineries from Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in the context of eurointegration”
- The thrid prize was awarded to Maria Grynevych (Institute of Political Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany) for the presentation of her PhD Thesis “Exploring the Civic Identity of Ukrainian Refugee Women in Germany Amidst the Russian-Ukrainian War”
The winners received monetary prizes of 300 EUR (the first prize) and 200 EUR (the second prize) and 100 EUR (the third prize) as well as valuable book presents. Their participation in the Days of Ukraine in Brandenburg was financially supported by the German-Ukrainian Academic Society.
This PhD Contest is organised by the German-Ukrainian Academic Society (DUAG)/ The UKRAINE Network. Since its first round in 2016 it has been sponsored by Nomad Bioscience GmbH, a leading developer of innovative antibacterial and antiviral biologics for medicine markets with unmet needs, and supported the Embassy of Ukraine in Germany.
Photo: The winners of the UKRAINET PhD Thesis Presentation Contest 2026 (left to right): Viktor Golovii (2nd place), Maria Grynevych (3rd place) and Léo-Paul Barthélémy (1st place). Copyright: DUAG