06 February 2026
13:00 - 14:30 Europe/Oslo
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Event
Social trust and resilience: Recent findings from Ukraine
In this seminar we will launch the NUPI Ukraine Centre and present fresh data from the first face-to-face street survey completed in Kyiv since the Russian full-scale invasion.
Language: English
NUPI, Rosenkrantz' gate 22, OSLO
Seminar
Russia’s war against Ukraine is soon in its fifth year. However, there is still not enough knowledge in Norway about Ukraine and how Ukraine affects Norwegian foreign policy. NUPI has set up the NUPI Ukraine Centre to address some of these gaps. The Centre will encompass various empirical themes and theoretical perspectives, serve as a hub for NUPI’s Ukraine-related research and reflect the breadth of our work.
One important project in NUPIs portfolio is RE-ENGAGE funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Among the issues the project addresses is social trust in Ukraine. How much trust do Ukrainians have in public institutions, geopolitical players and measures seeking to build social trust in Ukraine? How does vertical trust (between people and authorities) play into these dynamics? How do Ukrainians perceive the impact of the ongoing EU engagements in the country? What is their general perception of its performance? To better understand these questions, NUPI conducted a face-to-face survey in Kyiv during the second part of 2025 and will now present the preliminary results.
Agenda
- Kari Osland, Director of NUPI, will give some introductory remarks
- Oleksiy Gavrysh, Ambassador of Ukraine to Norway, will give a short introduction and talk about the importance of research on Ukraine
- Natalia Moen-Larsen and John Karlsrud, Co-leaders of the NUPI Ukraine Centre, will present the Centre
- Morten Bøås, Research Professor and Kristian Lefdal, Junior Research Fellow, will present results from the Kyiv-survey
- Anna Chebotarova, PhD, University of Oslo, will provide comments on the RE-ENGAGE study
The seminar is from 13:00 to 14:30, followed by mingling and refreshments. It will be held at NUPI and streamed live to our YouTube channel. No registration needed for digital participation.
Participants
Kari M. Osland
Director
Natalia Moen-Larsen
Senior Research Fellow
John Karlsrud
Research Professor
Morten Bøås
Research Professor
Kristian Lefdal
Former employee
Oleksiy Gavrysh
Ambassador of Ukraine to Norway
Anna Chebotarova
Former employee
Related projects
Research Project
2024 - 2026 (Ongoing)
Re-Engaging with Neighbours in a State of War and Geopolitical Tensions (RE-ENGAGE)
RE-ENGAGE’s overarching ambition is to assist the EU in refining its foreign policy toolbox, including its enlargement and neighbourhood policies. This will enhance the Union’s geopoli...
06 February 2026
13:00 - 14:30 Europe/Oslo
Language: English
NUPI, Rosenkrantz' gate 22, OSLO
Seminar