OLEKSIY KANDYUK
Dr. Kandyuk is Research Fellow at HIAS - Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study. He was visiting researcher at L’Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Inversity of Padova and Gran Sasso Science Institute. He also was Special Fellow to SCRIPTS Cluster of Excellence at Frei University, Berlin and Non-residential Fellow at University of Indiana.
Apart from academic activities, many projects were implemented in the NGO framework. The non-governmental organizations he managed and collaborated with were mainly engaged in research and development of projects in the field of public policy, national security, and social transformations. They also provided scientific, expert, and research assistance to state and local governments, international organizations, NGOs, and academic institutions; and facilitated cooperation between governmental and non-governmental organizations.
As a founder and director of the EU Neighborhood and Association Initiative, he coordinated information, analytical and expert activities on Ukraine's integration into the European Union and NATO, as well as scientific and sociological research in the field of European integration.
He was responsible for the development and presentation of proposals to accelerate and deepen Ukraine's European integration at the level of state authorities, local self-government and non-governmental organizations. He promoted closer cooperation with neighboring countries, international organizations, foreign institutions and experts on key issues of European integration and the creation of joint research groups, exchange of scientific results, publications, as well as cross-border cooperation between experts from neighboring countries and EU member states.