Hanna Shvindina
CREES Nonresidential Scholar, 2025
IU-Ukraine Nonresidential Scholars Program
Hanna Shvindina is an associate professor at the American University Kyiv (AUK), where she also serves as the Academic Director of the Global Management Program and the Head of the Institutional Review Board at the School of Management. She holds a PhD in Environmental Economics and a Dr. Sci. (Dr. Hab.) in Management from Sumy State University. She is an accomplished academic and practitioner, having received prestigious international awards, including the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (2015-2016, University of Montpellier) and Fulbright Scholarship (2018-2019, Purdue University). Since October 2024, Shvindina has been a fellow in the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS, where she researches female leadership in times of crisis. In 2018, she co-founded and became the CEO of the NGO Lifelong Learning Centre in Sumy. Under her leadership, the organization has successfully implemented numerous social projects focused on adult education, civic engagement, and psychoeducation initiatives, contributing significantly to community development and resilience.
