SCIENTISTS OF THE INSTITUTE TOOK PART IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE OF ECPR

On 12-15 August 2024, the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) took place at University College Dublin (Ireland).

The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is an independent academic association founded in 1970. The Consortium was initiated by Jean Blondel and Stein Roccan. Together with Peter de Janosi of the Ford Foundation and other prominent European scholars, they developed and implemented the concept of the European Consortium for the Promotion of Political Science. Twelve European universities founded the ECPR. Today, ECPR has 350 institutional members from nearly 50 countries. The organization includes leading universities and tens of thousands of scholars and students engaged in research and teaching of political science.

The annual General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research is a significant scientific event aimed at developing research in all areas of political science. Due to its comprehensive coverage and inclusive approach, it allows scholars from different continents and countries to come together and present and discuss the results of their research work.

The General Conference, which took place on 12-15 August 2024, brought together more than 2,500 participants at University College Dublin (Ireland) and on the online platform of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference. This year, there were 61 sections and about 500 panels discussing the most pressing issues of political science.

For the second year in a row, the Ukrainian research institution Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine was represented at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

This year, the research of scientists from Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine was presented at the section „International migration: Policies and politics”. The panel „Protection and inclusion, or return to the country of origin of new waves of refugees: risks and opportunities” was moderated by the scientists of the Department of Ethnopolitics of the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Anastasiia Dehterenko – Leading Research Scientist of the Ethnopolitics Department, PhD (Political Science), Associate Professor (Chair of the Panel), Oleksiy Lyashenko – Researcher, Candidate of Historical Sciences (Co-Chair of the Panel), Lyudmyla Mazuka – Senior Researcher, Candidate of Historical Sciences (Moderator of the Panel) and Oleg Kalakura – Chief Researcher, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor (Moderator of the Panel).

The panel „Protection and inclusion, or return to the country of origin of new waves of refugees: risks and opportunities” was held online on 13 August 2024 on the platform of the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) at University College Dublin (Ireland).

The following reports were presented by Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine:

• „The cultural segment of preserving the identity of Ukrainian refugees from the war in Ukraine’s ethnic policy”, Paper Author & Paper Presenter – Oleg Kalakura;
• „Protection and inclusion of new waves of refugees from the war: risks and opportunities”, Paper Author & Paper Presenter – Anastasiia Dehterenko;
• „State structure and ethnopolitical resilience of Ukraine: historical retrospective and political impacts”, Paper Author & Paper Presenter –Oleksii Liashenko;
• „Assimilation or return: how to ensure children’s freedom of choice”, Paper Author & Paper Presenter – Liudmyla Mazuka.

Back in March 2024, the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) invited the international academic community to discuss international migration issues at the University of Lüneburg (Germany). A total of 450 scholars from different countries were invited to participate in the joint seminar session on 25–28 March 2024.

During the seminar „Attractive States, Desirable Migrants: Examining Immigration Promotion Policies” (https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/WorkshopDetails/14436) within the framework of the joint seminar session of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) at the University of Lüneburg in Germany from 25 to 28 March 2024 (Lüneburg, Germany), a research by Leading Research Scientist of the Ethnopolitics Department, PhD (Political Science), Associate Professor at Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Anastasiia Dehterenko was presented.

The study „The Ukrainian «desirable» immigrants targeted by state promotion in EU: risks, opportunities and prospects” was conducted and presented at a workshop as part of a joint research project and with the financial support of the Gerda Henkel Foundation (Germany).