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Research workshop on war and reconstruction in Ukraine
From 8–9 May 2023, UNU-WIDER holds a research workshop bringing together an international group of researchers with expertise in conflict and peacebuilding to discuss new research that can support policymakers’ discussions on the stabilization, recovery, and reconstruction of Ukraine.
The workshop and subsequent policy panel will link stakeholders across research and policy communities to build up combined capacities. The workshop will focus on academic research findings on the implications of the war for recovery and reconstruction in Ukraine.
Despite ongoing uncertainty about the war’s progression, it is critical to start planning for Ukraine’s recovery, and its economic and social reconstruction. Given the scale of the matter at stake, and its multidimensional and interconnected challenges, the need for multistakeholder policy intervention has never been higher. The input of stakeholders from both public and private sectors will be key in securing economic and social stabilization and recovery in Ukraine.
The research will cover three key areas:
- Refugees’ return and reintegration
- Livelihood reconstruction and recovery
- Rebuilding the social contract
On the second day, a policy panel offers a forum for a policy dialogue to facilitate knowledge exchange between researchers and policy analysts to inform decision-making and policy-reform processes.
Programme
Day 1 | 8 May
| 8:45 - 9:15 | Registration |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Welcome & Introductions |
| 9:30 - 11:00 |
Session 1: Rebuilding the social contract: trust and cooperation Chair: Rachel Gisselquist Presentations Martin Ottmann and Kit Rickard Occupation and Trust in Ukraine (15 min) Lesley-Ann Daniels and Amélie Godefroidt Restoring the social contract: Attitudes on political status for collaborators in Ukraine (15 min) Kit Rickard, Gerard Toal, Kristin M. Bakke and John O’Loughlin How Reliable Are Polls In Wartime Ukraine? (15 min) Discussion (45 min) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Session 2: Refugees’ return and reintegration Chair: Laura Saavedra-Lux Philip Verwimp and Renate Hartwig Determinants of the intention to return of displaced Ukrainians in phone-based, online and face-to-face interviews (15 mins) Timothy Kell-Fien, Subha Mani, Eric Mvukiyehe, Olga Shemyakina and Saurabh Singhal Long-term Impacts of Displacement during Early Childhood-Adolescence – Evidence from Internally Displaced Population in Azerbaijan (15 mins) Ann Emerson and Volodymyr Filippov Can Online Schooling support the wellbeing of students and teachers during protracted conflict? A case study of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine (15 mins) Discussion (45 mins) |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 16:00 |
Session 3: Livelihood reconstruction and recovery Chair: Rute Caeiro Yuri Zhukov Near-Real Time Analysis of War and Economic Activity during Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (15 min) Luis Garicano, Dominic Rohner and Beatrice Weder di Mauro Global Economic Consequences of the War in Ukraine: Sanctions, Supply Chains and Sustainability (15 mins) Tilman Brück, Neil T. N. Ferguson, Wim Naudé and Lame Ungwang Who gains from fragility? Micro-level evidence on the impact of fragility on enterprises in eight low- and middle-income countries, including Ukraine (15 mins) Discussion (45 mins) |
Day 2 | 9 May
| 9:00 - 10:30 |
Session 4: Rebuilding the social contract: citizen attitudes and external effects Chair: Omar McDoom Oksana Udovyk, Ievgen Kylymnyk, Daniel Cuesta-Delgado and Guillermo Palau Salvador Making sense of multi-level and multo-actor governance of recovery in Ukraine (15 mins) Laia Balcells, Juan Fernando Tellez and Francisco Villamil The Wars of Others: The Effect of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Spanish Nationalism (15 min) Michele Di Maio, Patricia Justino, Valerio Leone Sciabolazza and Cecilia Nardi Faraway, So Close: The Impact of the Ukraine War on Developing Countries (15m) Discussion (45 mins) |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Wrap up & next steps |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 15:00 |
Policy panel on war and reconstruction in Ukraine Public event, details here |
This event is organized in partnership with the Development Policy Committee of Finland, in collaboration with the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) and the Network of European Peace Scientists (NEPS).