Events

On March 5, 2026, the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine held a “round table” discussion on the topic “Philosophy of Education for the 21st Century: Achievements and Prospects (to the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladlen Lutai)”.

The purpose of the event was to honor the memory of Vladlen Stepanovych Lutai (March 5, 1926 – February 15, 2013), who was an outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, a long-time chief researcher at the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine, known for his research in the field of scientific methodology, dialectics, synergetics, and especially philosophy of education. Vladlen Lutai was the author of the first textbook on the philosophy of education on Ukraine, thereby becoming one of the founders of this direction in Ukrainian philosophical thought. That’s why the centennial anniversary of the thinker was a good occasion not only to recall and actualize his creative heritage, but also to summarize some results and outline the prospects for the development of the entire direction of the Ukrainian philosophy of education.

More than thirty academic fellows and high school teachers, post-graduate students, and representatives of academic community took part in the discussion in hybrid mode, online and offline. Particularly, there were representatives of Kyiv Taras Shevcnenko National University, Dragomanov Ukrainian State University, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University, H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, State Higher Education Institution University of Educational Management of the NAES of Ukraine.

In the course of the event, special reports were made by Yurii Mielkov (Dr. Hab. in Philosophy, Sen. Researcher, chief researcher, Institute of Higher Education), Olexandr Konnov (Ph.D in Philosophy, Ass. Prof. of the Dept. of ethics, aesthetics and philosophy of culture, Dragomanov Ukrainian State University), Serhii Terepyshchyi (Dr. Hab. in Philosophy, Prof., Professor of the Dept. of social philosophy, philosophy of education and education politics, Dragomanov Ukrainian State University), Marja Nesterova (Dr. Hab. in Philosophy, Prof., Head of Centre ESSIE, Dragomanov Ukrainian State University). There were also participants who took part in the discussion: Petro Saukh (Dr. Hab. in Philosophy, Prof., Academician of the NAES of Ukraine, Academician-Secretary of the Department of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine), Iryna Predborska (Dr. Hab. in Philosophy, Prof., former research fellow of Institute of Higher Education), Iryna Dobronravova (Dr. Hab. in Philosophy, Prof., Professor of the Dept. of philosophy and methodology of science, Kyiv Taras Shevcnenko National University).

The following issues were considered during the session of the council:

• approving the results of the competition for filling vacant academic positions at the Institute;
• preparing an application for carrying out a research project at the Institute in 2027;
• fulfilling individual research plans by postgraduate and doctoral students of the Institute;
• recommending methodical recommendations for publishing.

As a result of the consideration of these issues, the Academic Council of the Institute has made the corresponding decisions.

On March 5, 2026 at 10:00, the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine will hold a “round table” discussion on the topic “Philosophy of Education for the 21^st Century: Achievements and Prospects (to the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladlen Lutai)”.

Vladlen Stepanovych Lutai (March 5, 1926 – February 15, 2013) was an outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, a long-time chief researcher at the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine, known for his research in the field of scientific methodology, dialectics, synergetics, and especially philosophy of education. Vladlen Lutai became the author of the first Ukrainian book on the philosophy of education, thereby becoming one of the founders of this direction in our philosophical thought.

The centennial anniversary of the thinker, whose works were dedicated to the conceptualization of synergetic philosophy and the problems of forming a worldview of the 21st century, is a good occasion not only to recall and actualize the creative heritage of the outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, but also to summarize some results and outline the prospects for the development of the entire direction of philosophy of education.

Approximate topics for the discussion:

• Vladlen Lutai’s heritage and its relevance for the present day situation
• Philosophy of education as a direction of philosophizing: results and prospects of conceptualization
• Philosophical foundations of modern higher education
• Synergetic paradigm in the philosophy of education
• Main features of the formation of a worldview in the 21^st
• Architectonics of higher education in the age of the Fifth industrial revolution
• Philosophy of education for “Society 5.0”

Academics and scientific-pedagogical workers, postgraduate students, students and everyone interested in philosophical problems of education are invited to participate in the round table discussion.

The texts of the reports can be published as articles in the journal “Philosophy of Education” (Iss. 1, 2026).
The event will be held in a mixed mode, offline and online. A link to the Zoom conference will be sent to all registered participants.
Date and time: March 5, 2026, 10:00–13:00 Kyiv time

Contact person: Yurii Mielkov, Chief Research Fellow of the Department of Social and Institutional Transformations in Higher Education, Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine, e-mail: y.myelkov@ihed.org.ua
Registration form (open until March 3): https://forms.gle/WmwERUUJ8556WxESA

The following issues were considered during the sessions of the council:

– approving the plans for the activities of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine and the Academic Council of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine in 2026;

– recommending for publishing information materials for the educational analytical e-portal.

As a result of the consideration of these issues, the Academic Council of the Institute has made the corresponding decisions.

The following issues were considered during the session of the Academic Council:

• approving the report on the activities of the Institute in 2025;
• making changes and amendments to the “Statute of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine”;
• approving the changes in the Perspective thematic plan of scientific research for 2026–2028; changes to the technical specifications for scientific research; Thematic plan of scientific research of the Institute on the topics of the NAES of Ukraine for 2026.

As a result of the consideration of these issues, the Academic Council of the Institute has made the corresponding decisions.

Before the start of the session, the Director of the Institute Iryna Drach:

• announced the Gratitude of the Director to S.O. Tsymbalyuk, leading researcher of the Department of interaction between universities and society of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine for conscientious performance of official duties, high professionalism and on the occasion of the anniversary;
• presented A.M. Havryliuk, Dr.Hab. in Public Administration, Professor, head of the Department of social and institutional transformations in higher education; Yu.O. Mielkov, Dr.Hab. in Philosophy, Senior Researcher, chief researcher of the Department of social and institutional transformations in higher education; Certificates of speakers of the seminar «Innovative Development of a Contemporary University: Synergy of Transformations of Higher Education, Science, Economy and Society», which was held within the framework of the XVII International Exhibition «Innovation in Modern Education» on October 29–31, 2025.

The following issues were considered during the sessions of the council:

• approving the Strategy of the Development of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine for 2026–2030;
• making amendments to the «Statute of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine»;
• adjusting the schedule for the certification of research fellows of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine in 2026;
• clarifying the topics of dissertations of postgraduate students of the Institute;
• reviewing the results and monitoring the implementation of scientific research results; implementation of the results of the completed scientific research;
• approving annotated (by stages) and final annotated reports on carrying out the scientific research; interim report on the results of carrying out the stage of scientific research and final reports on the results of scientific research at the Institute;
• recommending for publishing: scientific products based on the results of scientific research; regular issues of the academic journal «Philosophy of Education» and the international academic journal «Universities and Leadership»; collection of academic papers of the materials of the XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference «European Integration of Higher Education of Ukraine in the Context of the Bologna Process. Bologna Principles and Tools, Values in Higher Education»;
• calculations of the estimated cost of scientific research of the Institute in 2025;
• the state of scientific and organizational work with postgraduate and doctoral students of the Institute in 2025;
• work of the Council of Young Scientists, the Specialized Academic Council and the Academic Council of the Institute in 2025.

As a result of the consideration of these issues, the Academic Council of the Institute has made the corresponding decisions.

Before the start of the session, the Head of the Academic Council of the Institute Olena Orzhel congratulated the member of the Academic Council Maria Sayuk, a researcher in the Department of Research Activities of Universities of the Institute, on the appointment of a scholarship of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists.

The following issues were considered during the sessions of the council:

• implementation of the first stage of the scientific research «Comprehensive scientific research of the conceptual and terminological apparatus on the current problems of higher education in the context of European integration»;
• making changes to the form of the individual report of a research fellow of the Institute.

As a result of the consideration of these issues, the Academic Council of the Institute has made the corresponding decisions.

On November 10, 2025, the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine in accordance with the program of cooperation between the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, together with the Research Institute for Legal Support of Innovative Development of the NALS of Ukraine held a “round table discussion” on the topic “Industry and Education 4.0: Social, Legal, and Institutional Aspects of the New Research and Development Infrastructure.”

The purpose of the event was to discuss strategies, approaches and recommendations for restoring the infrastructure of higher education institutions in the post-war period in accordance with the latest global and European trends in the transformation of the higher education sector in accordance with the current development of science, economy, and society as a whole.

More than thirty academic fellows and high school teachers, post-graduate students, and representatives of academic community took part in the discussion in hybrid mode, online and offline. Particularly, there were representatives of Kyiv Taras Shevcnenko National University, Academician F. G. Burchak Research Institute of Private Law and Entrepreneurship of the NALS of Ukraine, Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies of Lviv, Ukrainian State University named after Mykhaylo Dragomanov, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, State University of Intellectual Technologies and Communications, Lviv Agrarian Chamber et al.

In the course of the event, pedagogical, philosophical, axiological and legal aspects of the transformation of universities under the conditions of “Industry 4.0” and “Education 4.0” in Ukraine and other countries have been discussed. Separate reports were made by Yurii Mielkov (Dr. Hab. in Philosophy, senior researcher, chief researcher of the Institute of Higher Education), Nataliya Vnukova (Dr. Hab. in Economics, professor, honored economist of Ukraine, leading researcher of the Research Institute of Legal Support for Innovative Development, professor of Semyon Kuznets Kharkiv National Economic University), Olena Otych (Dr. Hab. in Pedagogy, professor, chief researcher of the Institute of Higher Education), Mariia Lukan (Ph.D. in Law, junior researcher of the Research Institute of Legal Support for Innovative Development), Viktoria Vorona (Ph.D. in Pedagogy, senior researcher, senior research fellow of the Institute of Higher Education), Ganna Gubina (Ph.D. in Law, leading researcher of the Research Institute of Legal Support for Innovative Development).

Based on the materials of the round table discussion, an article for the academic journal “Herald of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine” is being prepared.

Before the start of the session Director of the Institute Iryna Drach awarded:
Mykhailo Boichenko, Doctor of philosophical sciences, Professor, leading research fellow of the Department of Interaction between Universities and Society, with the «Grygoriy Skovoroda» medal of the NAES of Ukraine for his significant personal contribution to the development of higher education and philosophical science, many years of fruitful academic activity and on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of scientific and pedagogical activity in higher education;
Viktoriya Vorona, Candidate of pedagogical sciences, senior research fellow of the Department of Social and Institutional Transformations in Higher Education, with the Certificate of Senior Researcher.

The following issues were considered during the sessions of the council:
– approving: the decisions of the Institute’s certification commission; individual plans of postgraduate and doctoral students;
– appointing a scientific supervisor for a postgraduate student of the Institute in the first year of study;
– clarifying the topic of the dissertation thesis by postgraduate student Maria Sayuk;
– making amendments to the Thematic Plan of Scientific Research of the Institute on the topics of the NAES of Ukraine for 2025;
– preparing the 14th International Scientific and Practical Conference «European Integration of Higher Education of Ukraine in the Context of the Bologna Process. Bologna Principles and Tools, Values in Higher Education».
As a result of the consideration of these issues, the Academic Council of the Institute has made the corresponding decisions.

On October 29 to 31, 2025, the Seventeenth International Exhibition “Innovatics in Contemporary Education” was held online, organized by “Vystavkovyi Svit” company with informational and methodical-organizational support by the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and the State Scientific Institution “Institute for Modernization of Educational Content”.

Among the events in the program of the Exhibition, on October 30, a seminar “Innovative Development of Contemporary University: the Synergy of Transformations of Society, Science, Economics, and Society” was conducted by research fellows of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine. Fellows of the Department of Social and Institutional Transformations in Higher Education Yurii Mielkov, Alla Havryliuk, Yurii Vitrenko and Viktoriya Vorona presented their vision of the innovative trends in the development of HEIs aimed at ensuring the career correspondence of the contemporary system of higher education to the today’s level of science, economy, and society as a whole. The participants of the seminar included academic and teaching staff, as well as students from Kryvyi Rih National University, Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, etc.

The presentation was based on the current results of the research on the topic “Development of universities in the context of post-war renovation: synergy of social and institutional transformations of higher education, science, and economy”, which is being carried out by the Department of Social and Institutional Transformations in Higher Education of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine in 2024–2025.