Leading experts on Ukraine provide crucial explanations and analysis to help understand the war and its deeper context. Learn from HURI’s leadership, staff, and associates through their media appearances, presentations, articles, and interviews.
Insights by Month
Featured Insights
Serhii Plokhy: ‘Russia thought it was invading the Ukraine of 2014.’ Chatham House. June 2, 2023. (interview, Serhii Plokhii)
Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy: ‘This may not be the last chapter of the Russian empire, but it’s an important one.’ The Guardian. May 12, 2023. (interview, Serhii Plokhii)
“The best books on Ukraine and Russia recommended by Serhii Plokhy.” Five Books. (interview, Serhii Plokhii)
“Molotov Cocktails and Self-Organization in a Time of War.” Cultural Anthropology HotSpots. March 11, 2022. (article, Emily Channell-Justice)
“War Displaces Ukrainians—Again.” Engelsberg Ideas. March 3, 2022. (article, Emily Channell-Justice)
Insights by HURI Expert
Serhii Plokhii
Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Emily Channell-Justice
Director, Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Dominique Arel
Professor and holder of the Chair of Ukrainian Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Margarita Balmaceda
Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University
Volodymyr Dibrova
Media Content Specialist – Research Reporter, HURI
Markian Dobczansky
Associate Director, European Union Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michael Flier
Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Halyna Hryn
Editor, Harvard Ukrainian Studies, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Oleh Kotsyuba
Manager of Publications, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Volodymyr Kulyk
Head Research Fellow, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Olga Onuch
University of Oxford, Newton Prize Fellow in Comparative Politics, SIAS, Nuffield College
Christian Raffensperger
Professor of History, Wittenberg University. HURI MAPA: Digital Atlas of Ukraine Program Associate
Carol R. Saivetz
Senior Advisor, Security Studies Program, MIT Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Oxana Shevel
Associate Professor, Political Science, Tufts University
George Soroka
Lecturer on Government and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University
Igor Torbakov
Senior Fellow, Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University
Susana Torres Prieto
Associate Associate Professor, IE University Professor, IE University