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Read an interview by Svitlana Krasynska, Program Manager of MIT-Ukraine Program (USA)

Igor Lyman, 25 November 2025

In the section "Interviews with Ukrainian Scholars Abroad: Science Diplomacy and Activism" of the website "Ukrainian Science Diaspora" read the interview by Svitlana Krasynska (USA).

Svitlana Krasynska is an associate researcher at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, program manager of the MIT-Ukraine Program (USA). Born in Khmelnytskyi. In 2000-2004, she was a President of the Children of Chernobyl Foundation (San Diego, USA). In 2003-2008, she was a Vice President, President of the Children of Chernobyl United States Alliance (Ellensburg, USA). In 2015-2019, she was Vice President of the Volya Institute for Contemporary Law and Society (New York, USA). In 2019-2021, she was a research fellow at Harvard University. In 2000, she taught leadership courses at Boston University. In 2005, she completed her master's degree at the University of San Diego, and in 2018, she completed her PhD program at the same university. Since 2022, she is an associate researcher at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and program manager of the MIT-Ukraine Program.

The interview is here

Supported by the Programme "Shaping development-oriented migration" (MEG) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)