Projects

Research initiatives of the Centre

Active

Ongoing · 2025–2026

Dynamics of Language Awareness of Ukrainian Citizens under War and Migration

A sociolinguistic study of language behaviour and language awareness among populations in four regions of Ukraine — Odesa, Sumy, Zakarpattia, and Kyiv — in relation to ethnic origin, primary language of communication, and experience of forced displacement. The first stage was completed in 2025; results are presented at the international conference at UzhNU on 10–12 June 2026.

Participants
H. Shumytska, N. Kichera (UzhNU); S. Sokolova, O. Danylevska, I. Braha (Institute of the Ukrainian Language, NAS of Ukraine); A. Kolesnykov, M. Deliusto (Izmail State University of Humanities)
Funding
Center for Governance and Culture in Europe (GCE-HSG), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Completed

Completed · 2024–2026

Teaching Ukrainian as a Foreign Language: Status and Needs

An international study of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language (UAFL) in Ukraine, Germany, France and Poland, commissioned by the Ukrainian Institute. In 2024–2026 a team based at the UzhNU Research Centre for the Sociology of Language combined desk research, 48 expert interviews and 5 focus groups; results were presented on 7 October 2026, and the full analytical report is now available on the Ukrainian Institute website.

Partner
Ukrainian Institute
Completed · 2024–2025

Collective Monograph “Languages and Cultures in Wartime”

Preparation and publication of an international collective monograph with researchers from ten countries: Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Italy, Norway, Georgia, and Canada.