Description: Ukraine Layer by Layer looks beyond headlines of war and corruption to explore Ukraine as a frontier society shaped by contested histories, prized personal freedom, and crisis-driven mobilization. It explains how values, norms, and institutions interact--and what this means for reform, rebuilding, and working with Ukraine beyond stereotypes.
Brief description:
Maryna Starodubska, M.Sc., studied Human Resources Management & Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London, and has 15 years of experience in consultancy as well as research regarding cross-cultural interaction. She is Adjunct Professor at the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School and was a Visiting Lecturer at the Tallinn University of Technology, University of Tartu, and at Institut Magellan in Paris. Starodubska is author of, among others, the widely noted book Iak zrozumity ukraintsiv: kroskul'turnyy pohliad ("How to Understand Ukrainians: A Cross-Cultural Perspective") which was published by the Kharkiv-based publishing house "Vivat" in 2024 and provided inspiration for the present volume.