Events

Organizers:

• State Organization “Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”,
• Institute for Demography and Life Quality Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, https://en.demography.org.ua/
• State Higher Educational Institution «University of Educational Management of National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine» http://umo.edu.ua/en
• The Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine https://ihed.org.ua/en/
• National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. https://www.ukma.edu.ua/eng/

The purpose of the roundtable is to reveal the potential of open science for the development of historical and economic research, to identify opportunities for synergy between science and education in the consolidation of Ukrainian society based on a rethinking of economic heritage, as well as to substantiate the role of open citizen science as an important component of Ukraine’s European integration, a means of increasing the social effectiveness of scientific activity and strengthening public trust in science.

The roundtable is held within the framework of the implementation of the research project “Economic heritage in the formation of the Ukraine’s economic system” (No. 0122U201468).

Location: 26 Panasa Myrnoho St., Kyiv
Time of holding: 10:00 a.m.
Format: hybrid, using the ZOOM online platform.

Please register to participate in the event at: https://forms.gle/3GSa2Tk8ykaUFBmt5 (by May 24, 2026).
If you have any questions, please contact Victoria Nebrat at +38 063 455 50 03

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; Regulations on the academic integrity of postgraduate students, doctoral students, applicants for academic degrees, enrollees and researchers of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine; Perspective thematic plan of scientific research of the Institute for 2027–2029;
• approving the final scientific and technical report for the scientific research «A comprehensive scientific study of the conceptual and terminological apparatus on topical problems of higher education in the conditions of European integration»;
• recommendations for the publication of the dictionary «Conceptual and terminological apparatus on topical problems of the development of higher education in the conditions of European integration» and the next issue of the international academic journal «Universities and Leadership».

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 meeting, the director of the Institute Iryna Drach presented the NAES Diplomas of the 3^rd degree for monograph «Policies and strategies for the development of universities in the context of post-war renovation: synergy of social and institutional transformations of higher education, science, and economy» to its authors: Yuri Mielkov, Dr.Hab. in Philosophy, Sen. Researcher; Alla Havryliuk, Dr. Hab. in Public Administration, Prof.; Viktor Zinchenko, Dr.Hab. in Philosophy, Sen. Res. Fellow; Yurii Vitrenko, Ph.D. in Economics. Ass. Prof.; Viktoriya Vorona, Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Sen. Researcher.

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

• making amendments to the Work Plan of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine for 2026;
• distribution of basic funding funds based on the results of state certification in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated March 05, 2026 No. 412 (as amended by the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated March 24, 2026 No. 507));
• approving the Rules for Admission to Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies at the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine in 2026;
• making changes to the technical task for academic research, the Perspective thematic plan of academic research of the Institute for 2026–2028, and the Thematic plan of academic research of the Institute on the topic 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.

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

• approving the Prospective plan for the release of electronic publications of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine for 2027–2029, prepared based on the results of academic research;
• making amendments to the Thematic Plan of Scientific Research of the Institute on the topics of the NAES of Ukraine for 2026;
• approving the Work Plan of the Council of Young Scientists for 2026;
• attestation of the scholarship holder of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine M.V. Sayuk on scientific work;
• fulfilling individual research work plan by a first-year postgraduate student;
• changing and approving of the editorial boards of the academic journal «Philosophy of Education» and the international academic journal «Universities and Leadership»;
• recommending a textbook and the book of abstracts for the conference of the European Association of Educational Law and Policy for publication.

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

On March 23, 2026, the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine held a Methodological seminar on the topic “Theoretical principles of conducting scientific research”.

The purpose of the event was to discuss some methodological issues related to the definition and formulation of the main concepts and results of scientific research, the need for clarification of which arose during the Reporting Scientific Conference of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine (February 27, March 2, 2026). The report, presented by Dr. Hab. in Philosophy, Senior Researcher, Chief Researcher of the Department of Social and Institutional Transformations in Higher Education of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES Yurii Melkov, in particular, considered the structure of scientific research, identified its major components and results, such as a scientific idea, hypothesis, scientific principle, concept, model, theory, law, regularity, etc. Special attention was paid to the methodological features of scientific research in the field of humanities and social sciences, as well as in the modern situation of nonlinearity and historical dynamics of types of scientific rationality.

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

• formation of a one-time specialized academic council at the Institute for the one-time defense of the dissertation by M.V. Sayuk to attaining the Ph.D. degree;
• making amendments to the 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.

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.