INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE “EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESSES IN UKRAINE: HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL-LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS”

On April 12-13, 2023, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “European Integration Processes in Ukraine: Historical, Cultural, Political-Legal and Psychological Aspects” was held at V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University (Kyiv).

The conference was co-organized by the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Pomorska Szkoła wyższa, Republic of Poland.

The reports of the participants of the conference were devoted to the analysis of the process of European integration of Ukraine, achievements and miscalculations in this area, and prospects for Ukraine’s acquisition of full membership in the European Union and NATO. The special attention of the conference participants was focused on the Russian-Ukrainian war, which poses the greatest threat to Ukraine and its European future.

Participants of the plenary session of the conference

Employees of the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine – Leading Researcher of the Department of Theory and History of Political Science, Doctor of Political Sciences Vyacheslav Yaremchuk (“Ukraine and European integration: the fourth attempt”), Leading Researcher of the Department of Ethno-Political Science, Candidate of Historical Sciences Anatoliy Podolskiy (“Jewish community of Ukraine during the war and Russian aggression: political and cultural challenges”), Senior Researcher of the Department of Theory and History of Political Science, Candidate of Historical Sciences Mykola Gorbatiuk (“Cooperation of Ukrainian communities and regions with foreign partners during the war: current state, challenges and perspectives”).

Vyacheslav Yaremchuk, Anatoliy Podolskiy, Mykola Gorbatiuk

during speeches at a scientific and practical conference

 During the conference, there were three sections (“Historical-cultural platform”, “Political-legal platform”, “Social-psychological platform”) where a number of important issues were raised. In particular: “Ukraine among the European frontiers: contacts, exchanges, integration, cooperation”; “Ukraine’s contribution to the European intellectual and artistic treasury”; “Ukraine and Europe: cooperation in education, culture, sports, business”; “The European historical experience of Ukraine”; “Transformation of the political system of Ukraine in the process of European integration”; “New security challenges for the EU in the context of the modern Russian-Ukrainian war”; “Peculiarities of the provision of social and psychological services in the conditions of European integration” and others.

Scientific and pedagogical workers of higher education institutions of Ukraine (Kyiv, Uzhhorod, Lviv, Odesa, Kamianets-Podilskyi) and the Republic of Poland (Gdansk), scientists of academic institutions, representatives of public organizations, graduate students and students took part in the conference.

Program of the international scientific and practical conference