Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students, postgraduate and doctoral students, and, finally, anyone who wanted to increase their knowledge in this field were the target audience of the online summer school.
The organizer of the online summer school – Ihor Todorov, a member of the teaching staff of the research project, Doctor of History, Professor of Uzhhorod National University, Director of the Information Centre for International Security and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Uzhhorod National University, Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the All-Ukrainian Civic League ‘Ukraine-NATO’.
Vice-Rector for Academic Policy and Research, Doctor of Political Science, Professor Myroslava Lendel, Manager of the Project ‘Jean Monnet Transcarpathian Center for Studying European Development Strategies’, Director of the Educational and Research Institute of European Integration Studies of SU ‘Uzhhorod National University’, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Ivan Artyomov, Dean of the Faculty of History and International Relations, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Vitaliy Andreyko, Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies Mykhaylo Shelemba, employees of the Educational and Research Institute of European Integration Studies took part in the opening of the summer school.
The summer online school was held via a video conferencing app Google Meet. Leading scientists and experts on international and European security, Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine became speakers at the Summer School. Lecturers of the Department of International Studies and Public Communications of UzhNU and other scientists of Uzhnu participated in summer school too.
Speakers of the Summer School: Head of the Department of National Institute for Strategic Studies Oleksiy Yizhak, Head of the Security Programs at Centre for Global Studies ‘Strategy XXI’, 1st rank captain Pavlo Lakiychuk, Associate Professor of the Department of International Communications and Political Analysis of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Director of the Center for Strategic Communications of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Chairman of the board of the ‘INTEGRA’ Civil Society Serhiy Fedonyuk, Head of the Department of International Security and Strategic Studies, Faculty of International Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Partnership Oleksandr Kuchyk, Counsellor of Mission of Ukraine to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Expert on Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine Oleksiy Genchev, Dean of the Faculty of History and International Relations of Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University, Expert on International Security Yuriy Temirov, Director of Research Center for Regional Security of Sumy State University, Ph.D in Political Science Mykola Nazarov, Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Kyiv Vineta Kleine, Associate Profesor of the Department of International Law, European and Euro-Atlantic Integration at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Lecturer at the University of Bologna, Researcher at Aston University Victoria Vdovichenko, Deputy Head of Directorate of General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Hennadiy Kovalenko, Writer, Director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies Valentyn Badrak, Director of the Chernihiv Regional Center for Professional Development, Candidate of Historical Sciences Volodymyr Boyko.
Nearly 200 participants from Ukrainian universities participated in the online summer school. A considerable part consisted of professors, associate professors, international teachers, and political scientists. The listeners noted the high level of organization of events in the framework of the summer school and its positive importance for increasing their competence in international and European security, Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine. All summer school participants will receive certificates.