UCL workshop on the war in Ukraine

On 29 March, the European Institute convened an internal workshop jointly with the Institute for Advanced Studies to stimulate interdisciplinary exchange across UCL on the regional and thematic implications of the war in Ukraine. 

The workshop comprised of two parts:

Panel 1: Regional perspectives on the war in Ukraine

• Russia and China: Dr Aglaya Snetkov, Lecturer in International Politics, SSEES
• International law: Dr Danae Azaria, Associate Professor, Faculty of Laws
• EU: Professor Ronan McCrea, Professor of Constitutional and European Law, Faculty of Laws
• Baltics: Dr Allan Sikk, Associate Professor, SSEES
• Germany: Dr Egbert Klautke, Associate Professor in the Cultural History of Central Europe, SSEES
• International organisations: Dr Inken von Borzyskowski, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science  

Panel 2: Thematic perspectives on the war in Ukraine

• Ukrainian politics and society: Professor Andrew Wilson, Professor of Ukrainian Studies, SSEES
• Refugee crisis: Professor Brad Blitz, Professor of International Politics and Policy, Department of Education, Practice & Society, Institute of Education  
• Ukrainian culture/cultural loss: Dr Uilleam Blacker, Associate Professor in the Comparative Culture of Russia & Eastern Europe, SSEES 
• Russian domestic opposition: Dr Ben Noble, Associate Professor of Russian Politics, SSEES 
• International relations: Professor Kristin Bakke, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Department of Political Science
• Russia’s expulsion from the European Convention on Human Rights: Dr Agnieszka Kubal, Lecturer in Sociology, SSEES