News

6 January 2025

I'm thrilled to launch my online course "Ukraine: The European Frontier." It covers Ukrainian history, identity, culture, society, politics, resistance in the war, European integration, digital transformation, and prospects for the future. 

22 December 2024

Our co-authored academic article on Russian and Ukrainian media framing during the war was published by the Scopus-indexed Studies in Communication Sciences journal. 

19 November 2024

You are welcome to check out my blog post "Ukraine’s cyber resilience: Centralised and grassroots" published by HROMADA. 

7 November 2024

It is an honour of being awarded a gratitude from Maksym Kononenko, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Estonia, for "active public position and professional efforts, which are a manifestation of true patriotism." I appreciate the recognition and further continue activities aimed at strengthening international support to Ukraine.

2 September 2024

I have started the 2024 edition of the course "Ukraine: A Nation at the Frontier" at the University of Tartu. Over 45 students from Estonia, Czechia, Germany, France, UK, USA, and Thailand signed up for the course.

30 May 2024

It was inspiring to give the interview about our E-Governance Academy's project DEUCE:  Digital Empowerment of the Ukrainian Community in Estonia.

13 May 2024

Excited that our with Logan Carmichael paper is published in the WoS & Scopus-indexed Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs!

19 March 2024

You are welcome to take a look at my blog post about Ukraine's efforts to ensure transparent reconstruction - the DREAM e-system.

24 January 2024

I am proud to share with you our fresh Eastern Partnership Index 2023. It covers the areas of good governance, democracy, the rule of law, gender policies, sustainable development, policy convergence with the EU, and the EU enlargement process in the 6 EaP countries.

15 January 2024

Please check out our latest report exposing Russian influence in Europe (in Germany, France, Italy and Ukraine).

27 September 2023

You are welcome to listen to my reflections about latest trends in digital participation - in the Digital Government Podcast episode.

18 September 2023

JeDEM - EJournal of EDemocracy and Open Government just published mine and Eduardo Astudillo Laureda's article exploring the role of internet voting in open government in Chile and Colombia.

4 September 2023

I'm delighted to start working as an Expert at the Governance & Engagement Competence Center, e-Governance Academy.

1 September 2023

I am honoured to perform the duties of the Head of the University of Tartu Ukraine Centre (UTUC).

11 July 2023

Glad that mine DGO 2023 conference paper “Citizen Engagement and Open Government Co-creation: The Cases of Brazil and the Dominican Republic” is published.

21 June 2023

Thrilled that mine, Olga Matveieva’s and Diana Mirza Grisco’s article “Voting in online surveys on open government policies in Moldova and Ukraine” is published in Internet Policy Review!

24 April 2023

You are welcome to take a look at the policy brief series on internet voting and open government, co-authored by Elisa Lironi and me.

19 February 2023

I would like to share with you my overview article about patterns and trends of digital transformation.

14 November 2022

These 6 weeks I'll be a Visiting Senior Policy Analyst at the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS). Will explore the developments and perspectives in European Democracy and definitely advocate more EU support for Ukraine.

5 November 2022

In this video interview, you can hear my thoughts on the sources of Ukraine's digital resilience in countering Russia's invasion.

3 October 2022

Happy to share my conference paper "The Diffusion of Electronic Voting for Participatory Budgeting Projects: Evidence from Ukraine" published in E-Vote-ID 2022 proceedings.

18 September 2022

For the next 6 weeks I'll be a Visiting Fellow at the Digital Democracy Lab at the University of Zurich. Will explore modern trends in e-governance, e-participation, social media discourses, and of course communicate and advocate more support for Ukraine.

18 March 2022

Why is Ukraine so resilient to Russia's attack? Ream in my op-ed.

1 November 2021

Glad to present you my co-authored report on digital rights and public health in Ukraine.

1 September 2021

I am delighted to start working as a Research Fellow in Digital Governance at the University of Tartu. Will explore the impact of internet voting on open government. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.