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
Ongoing · 2024–2025
Teaching Ukrainian as a Foreign Language: Status and Needs
A study of how Ukrainian as a foreign language is taught in Ukraine and abroad — particularly in France, Germany, and Poland — together with an analysis of achievements and challenges in state policy in this field. The project continues a study launched in 2024 and commissioned by the Ukrainian Institute: in September 2025 a second stage began — semi-structured in-depth expert interviews and focus groups in these three countries. The audience includes teachers of Ukrainian as a foreign language from academic and non-academic settings, language-school managers, university students, and foreigners learning Ukrainian. The goal is to produce recommendations for Ukrainian stakeholders and to inform the Ukrainian Institute's plans for promoting the Ukrainian language worldwide.
- Partner
- Ukrainian Institute
