Workshop 2: Consolidating the state: challenges and opportunities in the postwar reconstruction of Ukraine
State consolidation in Ukraine has been an ongoing process since 1991. Since Russia's full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, the importance of enhancing the state's authority, legitimacy, and capacity to govern effectively has become even more apparent. This workshop explored the interplay between postwar reconstruction and state consolidation. It sought to identify systemic obstacles to the implementation of reforms, as well as the opportunities which reconstruction presents for building strong and inclusive state institutions.
Please find recordings of the talks below.
Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (Discussant)
Professor Paul Chaisty (Discussant)
Programme:
9:30-10:00 Coffee (Hilda Besse foyer)
10:00-10:20 Welcome Dr Zbigniew Wojnowski (University of Oxford)
Introduction Dr Nataliya Kibita (University of Oxford)
'From Oligarchs to Opportunity: Post-war Institutional Design and the Future of Ukraine'
10:20-12:30 Panel I: Challenges to state consolidation
Dr Olya Homonchuk (ODI Global), 'The Power of Poverty Politics in Ukraine: Why Russia's Misinformation Works'
Vladimir Dubrovskiy (CASE Ukraine), 'Institutional and Political-Economic Peculiarities of Modern Ukraine: Recovery Policy Implications'
Dr Maryna Utkina (University of Warwick; Sumy State University, Ukraine), 'Corruption and Reconstruction: Overcoming Systemic Barriers to Ukraine's Transformation'
Chair and discussant: Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (University of Oxford)
12:30-13:30 Lunch break (presenters and discussants will be invited to lunch at St Antony's college)
13:30-15:30 Panel II: Building trust in state institutions
Dr Oleksiy Bondarenko (University of Birmingham), 'Failure or success? Patronal democracy in the context of decentralization reform in Ukraine'
Dr Yuliya Bidenko (Karazin Kharkiv National University), 'Government, Local Authorities and Civil Societies in Ukrainian Communities' Reconstruction: Scopes for Trust, Cooperation and Tensions'
Chair and discussant: Professor Paul Chaisty
15:30-16:00 Coffee break (Hilda Besse foyer)
16:00-18:00 Workshop: Regions under Russian occupation
Vlada Vazheyevskyy (University of St Andrews) and Kateryna Volochniuk (University of St Andrews), 'Spectres of the Sterile Image: Counter Mapping the Journal of the Military Builders'
