Wednesday, November 13 at 12:00 pm ET, Oleksandra Keudel will present “Polycentric Governance in Practice: The Dynamics of Ukraine’s Decentralized Crisis Response During the Full-Scale Russian Invasion.” The talk will explore how local authorities in Ukraine have mobilized resources, knowledge, and institutional innovations to handle war-related crises from 2022 to 2024. Keudel will examine the effectiveness of decentralized crisis management and the legitimacy of local governance approaches.
Oleksandra Keudel is an Associate Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics and a Fellow at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.