Lecture Yuliya Yurchenko: The Political Economy of the Russo-Ukrainian War. A Global Perspective

Launch of the Utrecht University Conflict Studies lecture series "Concerning War and Conflict: On Ukraine"

Russia’s war against Ukraine has entered its second decade, and three years have passed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In this second edition of the Concerning War and Conflict lecture series, interdisciplinary scholars offer critical insight into what this case teaches us about war, human rights, and the governance of violent conflict in the 21stcentury. Each session includes a lecture, a Q&A session, and a networking moment. We aim to provide sensitive and rigorous analytical perspectives to a broad audience of Utrecht University staff, students, NGOs, policy makers, and the general public.

The first event of the series will be held on October 14 (Tuesday), 16.00 at Science Park, Utrecht University (Marinus Ruppert building, lecture hall Red).
Dr Yuliya Yurchenko, University of Greenwich (UK), will speak on "The Political Economy of the Russo-Ukrainian War: A Global Perspective."

Economic crises and the ongoing war

In February 2022, when the full-scale war with Russia started, Ukraine was already one of the poorest and most indebted countries in Europe, weathered by numerous economic crises, fiscal challenges in the domain of public services financing, and nearly eight years of war with Russia and its proxies in Donbas and Crimea. 

The ongoing war strains state, municipal, and household budgets, while dislocation of the labour force and infrastructure destruction (including water and energy systems), ecological damage, and landmines make both economic stability and everyday survival a challenge. 

The war also changes structural configurations and reinforces positional vulnerabilities and dependencies - economic, social, and political – at local and global levels. In this lecture, Yurchenko will address some of the key aspects of those changes with a special focus on their socio-economic effects. 
Link to the event details and registration: https://www.uu.nl/en/events/lecture-yuliya-yurchenko-the-political-economy-of-the-russo-ukrainian-war-a-global-perspective

This event is organized by Conflict Studies UU, the Contesting Governance Platform at UU, and is supported by Institutions for Open Societies (IOS).