In this episode, Ellen Lust talks to Ukrainian scholar Tymofii Brik from the Kyiv School of Economics at Ukrainian Global University about local governance taking place in Ukraine today. They do so by first taking a step back to discuss governance before Russia's invasion. Namely, how Ukraine moved from centralization towards decentralization after 2014 - when local communities started to take power over their own lives and found a way to share resources locally due to decentralization reforms. Tyomfii also explains how the Ukrainian defence, which surprised the rest of the world, did not occur overnight as it might have seemed from the outside. It was a seven-year preparation on how the society should organize to protect and defend oneself and one's community. Finally, Tyomfii informs us about the work they do at the Kyiv School of Economics in order to address the challenge of loss of access to education and academic competence.
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