Dmytro Khutkyy - Ukraine's Digital Transformation, Democratic Resistance & Technological resilience.

Rather than seeing the conflict in Russia in terms of big geopolitical
concepts, like ‘multi-polar world’, it can also be seen at a much more
basic level – democracy against autocracy. The area of research of my
guest today will help to shed like on how a democracy reacts and evolves
in reaction to a military attack, but also an informational assault
over more than 8 years and becomes more resilient. We will examine how
digital democracy can add to citizen participation, transparency and
social cohesion.

Dmytro Khutkyy is a Scholar and practitioner in digital democracy and
open governance.

He is a Research Fellow in Digital Governance at the University of Tartu
in Estonia, Policy, and Advocacy Advisor at European Digital
Development Alliance in Brussels, as well as Expert at the Institute of
Innovative Governance in Ukraine.

He obtained a PhD in Sociology at the Institute of Sociology of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and taught sociology courses at
the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Subsequently, he has
been involved in several international programs in Austria, Estonia,
Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United
States, studying patterns of democratic participation under the
contemporary global trends.
In Ukraine, participated in grassroots civic activism within the Centre
for Innovations Development, the Reanimation Package of Reforms, and
Transparency International. Also evaluated and advised on reforms of the
Ukraine’s government related to access to information, public
accountability, and civic participation.