The world is darkened by Russia´s terrifying, inhumane, illegal, and tragic war on Ukraine. The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) together with the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Embassy of Ukraine in Sweden hosted a fundraising event and discussion on how to provide intellectual and humanitarian support to faculty members, researchers, and students working within and outside Ukraine’s borders.
During the event a new support association was launched, Friends of KSE, a Swedish nonprofit (“Ideell förening”) with the purpose to support academics with links to Ukraine and in particular, though not exclusively, those at the Kyiv School of Economics. Please visit the website Friends of KSE to learn more about the fundraising https://www.friendsofkse.org/
Speakers from all over the world discussed how to make a difference for academic freedom in Ukraine and secure the future of Ukraine in terms of education and access to fact-based knowledge:
➡️ Lars Strannegård, President of SSE 0:00 – 7:16
➡️ Torbjörn Becker, Director of SITE and Board Member of KSE 7:17 – 14:21
➡️ Andrii Plakhotniuk, Ambassador of Ukraine to Sweden 14:22 – 19:30
➡️ Tymofiy Mylovanov, President of KSE 19:31- 26:56
➡️ Nataliia Shapoval, Chairman of KSE Institute 26:56 – 35:05
➡️ Hanna Anisimova, Researcher at SITE 35:06 – 38:31
➡️ Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley 38:31 – 40:57
➡️ Jenny Ohlsson, State Secretary to Minister for International Development Cooperation 40:58 – 46:50
➡️ Anders Paalzow, President of SSE Riga 46:51 – 52:56
➡️ Wilma Liewendahl, President of the Student Association at SSE 52:57 – 54:06
➡️ Illia Ishchenko, Student at KSE 54:07 – 58:05
➡️ Yevheniia Pampukha, Student at KSE 58:06 – 1:00:18
➡️ Lada Samarska, Student at SSE Riga 1:00:19 – 1:06:11
➡️ Victor White, Student at SSE 1:06:12 – 1:11:54
➡️ Discussion and closing remarks 1:11:55 – 1:21:53
In case you want to learn more about the fundraising organised by the KSE for the humanitarian aid campaign for Ukraine please visit https://kse.ua/support/donation/
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