Third International Virtual Conference on Ukraine

The conference welcomes original research contributions that explore Ukraine’s post-war recovery and reconstruction from multiple perspectives. Submissions may be theoretical, methodological, empirical, policy-oriented, or practice-oriented, and may address topics such as the reconstruction of housing and infrastructure, the rehabilitation of people and the environment, and the return of displaced individuals, refugees, and skilled workforces.

Contributions are invited from a wide range of fields, including economics, business administration, energy, health, finance, statistics, political science, sociology, and interdisciplinary research that supports Ukraine’s socio-economic transformation and post-war economic recovery.

Original and unpublished papers on Ukraine economy and society are welcome on the topics below but are not limited to:

• Accountable and efficient institutions, good governance, and sustainable development
• Climate and environment
• Competitiveness and growth of firms, industry, and innovation
• Corporate governance, leadership, and organizational behavior
• Entrepreneurship, private sector development, and small business management
• EU accession process, regional cooperation and integration, security, and safety
• Financial management, micro-finance, and financial development
• Future drivers of economic growth
• Healthcare and social services
• Industrial development, manufacturing, industrial policy and management
• Institutions and political structures
• Information technology and knowledge-based economic development
• International trade, opportunities, challenges, and barriers
• Migration, labor market dynamics, human resources, and human and social capital
• Productivity, efficiency, inclusive growth, and their social dimensions
• Reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repatriation
• Strategic, supply chain, and service management
• Welfare programs and policies, poverty, inequality, vulnerability, and well-being
• Women in management and leadership

Upon request, a selection of high-quality papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in peer-reviewed international journals as special issues.