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For decades, international donors followed a familiar script in times of crisis: restore macroeconomic stability, restructure debt, advise on reform, and reintegrate the affected economy into global markets. 

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine changed this approach. Confronting a geopolitical conflict with humanitarian, social, and reconstruction dimensions under extreme uncertainty, institutions like the IMF and the World Bank, alongside bilateral and multilateral donors, had to improvise. 

This seminar offers a discussion moving from the general picture of donor transformation to concrete implications. Drawing on more than a decade of research and field projects on Ukraine, Dr Veronika Vakulenko examines what the shift means for the organisation and coordination of reconstruction assistance, for governance and accountability in a country at war, and for how recipient states and their partners build resilience under sustained uncertainty.

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Dr Vakulenko Associate Professor at Nord University, Bodø, Norway. She holds a Ph.D. in Business from Nord University. Her research interests are public sector management, in particular economic reforms, public accounting, budgeting, finance and performance measurement. She applies behavioural and institutional theoretical lens in her studies, but she is also involved in conducting interdisciplinary studies. In her work she focuses on developing countries or those in transition, and specifically Ukraine. 

Please note that this seminar will not be streamed, and that it takes place at NUPI's premises in Rosenkrantz1 gate 22, Oslo (4th floor). The event is organized as part of the project "Norsk kompetanse for Ukrainas framtid" ("Norwegian expertise for Ukraine's future" - FRAM). 

PROGRAMME:

12.30-13.00 - Lunch (sandwiches and coffee) is served at NUPI premises.

13.00-13.05 - Opening remarks by Dr Kristin Fjæstad, NUPI.

13.05-13.40 - Presentation by Dr Veronika Vakulenko, Nord University.

13.40-14.30 - Q&A session. 

Moderator: Research Professor, Roman Vakulchuk, NUPI.