International CIVICA Seminar “Contemporary Ukrainian migration: trends and challenges” – Dr. Marharyta Chabanna

Seminarium będzie prowadzone w języku angielskim.

Since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, Ukraine has experienced one of the largest waves of both forced and voluntary migration in Europe. The presentation will provide data on migration flows from Ukraine, the evolving demographic profile of migrants, and the main factors influencing the integration of displaced persons into host communities, particularly in Poland, Germany, and other EU countries. It will also explore the drivers behind both „new waves” of relocation and patterns of return migration. Particular attention is given to issues such as legal status, access to the labor market, and public attitudes in receiving societies. Furthermore, it will be examined the long-term implications of Ukrainian migration for both Ukraine and host countries, emphasizing the need for comprehensive and coordinated policy responses at both national and international levels.

Dr. Marharyta Chabanna is the head of the Political Science Department at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. She received her PhD in 2006 and obtained a degree of Doctor of Science in 2020. As a researcher, Dr. Chabanna focuses on political manipulation and political opportunism, totalitarian and post-totalitarian social transformations, and migration studies. She is the author of monograph “Political opportunism in the state budgeting during economic crisis in Ukraine (2008-2009)”, a manual on political parties and party systems, co-author of volumes “Ukraine – European Union: we have so much in common”, “Innovations in the Education of the Future: Integration of Humanities, Technical and Natural Sciences”, author of 75 publications in books, encyclopedias, international and Ukrainian academic journals. Dr. Chabanna had been IERES fellow at Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University (USA), associate fellow at the University of Glasgow (UK), research fellow at the University of Toronto and Mac Ewan University (Canada). Dr. Chabanna contributed to international educational projects and is also the co-chair of the double-degree master’s programme of NaUKMA (Ukraine) and FSU (Germany). In 2024 she has been elected to the Presidium of the Association of Political Sciences of Ukraine.