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.