Mychailo Wynnyckyj

Mychailo Wynnyckyj is associate professor of sociology and director of the doctoral school at the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He also holds a cross-appointment to Lviv Business School of Ukrainian Catholic University, where he teaches MBA and executive development courses. He was awarded a PhD in economic sociology in 2003 from the University of Cambridge. During the 2013–2014 Maidan protests, and subsequently during the early years of Russian aggression in the Crimea and Donbas, Wynnyckyj was a regular commentator for English-language media outlets and provided analysis on current events in his Thoughts from Kyiv blog. Since 2015, Mychailo has served as advisor to Ukraine's minister of education and science. Born in Canada, he has lived in Kyiv with his wife and four children since 2003.