Vidnova Fellows
We are proud to have supported over 230 fellows across all program lines. These dedicated professionals from Ukraine continue to shape civil society through their work in activism, human rights, education, culture, mental health and more.
Our fellows form a growing network — a space for connection, collaboration, and peer learning. We support them through community meetings, networking events, and access to the Bosch Alumni Network.
Our Fellows
Svitlana Tarasenko
Fellowship
Svitlana moved from Sumy to Warsaw, Poland. She is a teacher and project manager of the NGO Center for Lifelong Education. She will work on a book for children on entrepreneurship and the formation of a course on women’s entrepreneurship.
Yanush Panchenko
Roma Zentrum für interkulturellen Dialog e.V.
Fellowship
Yanush comes from Kakhovka and moved to Beverungen. In frames of Vidnova Europe, he collected interviews from Roma in Ukraine, monitoring media and social networks, researching how Roma’s participation in the resistance to Russian aggression in Ukraine is covered in the media, and how Roma from the post-Soviet countries reacted to the current situation. Yanush’s host organization was Roma Zentrum für interkulturellen Dialog e.V.
Roma
media
Anzhelik Ustymenko
Fellowship
Anzhelik Ustymenko moved from Kyiv to London. They are queer activists and filmmakers who document the experience of queer people in the context of war. They have already created such films as Ukrainian Queer Fighters for Freedom and Queer Fighters of Ukraine. As part of the fellowship, Angelique will continue to document the experiences of queer people, including those who have joined the army.
film production
support for vulnerable groups
queer activism
returnees
Yuliya Kysil
Fellowship
Yuliya moved from Kyiv to Prague, Czech Republic. Yulia is an artist working on the documentary “Libido during the War” series. In this project, she studies the history of Ukrainians trying to preserve vitality and thirst for love despite a full-scale war.
Olena Pinkovska
Fellowship
Olena moved from Kyiv to Warsaw, Poland. Olena is a musician and a performer of opera and chamber music. She wants to combine chamber and vocal works of repressed authors in one concert program. She will partner with the orchestra, make a program, and plan events.
Nataliia Mysak
Lab
Nataliia Mysak is an architect and independent researcher based in Lviv. She is currently developing the Spatial Practices Lab, focusing on alternative approaches to architectural production that can support emerging urban commons in times of crisis. Within this program, she is leading the research project “Architecture of New Alliances,” a horizontal university initiative that explores the commoning of architecture and seeks to uncover the potential of new disciplinary alliances.
participatory urban development
urban commons
spatial practices
participation
Alina Oliinyk is a co-founder and project manager of Bakota Hub, a cultural and educational space that hosts art residencies, rehabilitation camps for veterans and their families, and integration programs for internally displaced people. She collaborates with several NGOs, including “Territory,” “Cultural Club,” and “Khashchi.” Her work focuses on fostering social cohesion, empowering vulnerable groups, and strengthening local communities through culture and creative practice. With a background in classical music and education, she combines creativity with structure, bridging grassroots activism and long-term community development
culture
recovery practices
community building
art residencies
Valya Prytula
Fellowship
Valya Prytula is a ceramist. Valya moved from Poltava to the Netherlands, Oosterwijk. She plans to hold workshops, some of which will be free (for people in need) and to open a free space for the work of other artists and ceramicists.
Ivanna comes from Ivano-Frankivsk and lives in Torino. The initiative “Rozmova: The War, the World and I” took place in Piemonte, Italy, at the end of July, and gathered 17 young Ukrainian activists. It’s aim was to create a space for the participants to meet, share experiences, and make common future actions. The participants engaged in various activities, discussions, personal and group reflections, brainstorming, and mediation. It sparked an active community that keeps meeting and working together.
Ukrainian activists
networking
Lyubov Lisovenko
Fellowship
Before the full-scale war, Lyubov lived in Toretsk and was forced to move to Krakow, Poland. Her activities will assist and support those affected by the war: purchasing food, medicine, hygiene products, and other necessities for those in difficult life circumstances.
Liubov is the head of Democratic Initiatives Incubator NGO. She is an expert in the communication of the reintegration of residents in occupied territories, countering propaganda, and verification of sources from the temporarily occupied territories.
Within Vidnova Lab, Liubov together with Iryna Solovey and Lera Lauda research how experiencing the trauma of war and accepting its consequences, affect the future healing of the community and the country, as well as its further restoration and strengthening. The project envisions developing a tool for self-assessment for teams that engage in the community-led revival. They focus on the context of competent leadership for the democratic revival of Ukraine with a focus on resilience as the common ground between strategies of the grassroots civic forces, state, donors and local government institutions.
communication
communities
competent leadership
Olga Sukha is an architect, spatial researcher, and co-founder of the Creative Residence MC6 in Slavske. A graduate of Lviv Polytechnic with a Master’s in Urban Planning, she has over a decade of experience at the intersection of architecture, culture, and community building. She believes that space shapes consciousness, and that socio-cultural initiatives spark lasting change. At MC6, she co-leads projects like Carpathian Spring, Restoration through Community, and Avant-garde Dialogues in the Boiko Region. She is also part of AO, a platform connecting architecture and people. Her vision of recovery begins with space and grows through community.
participatory urban development
spatial architecture
sociocultural change
recovery through culture
Daryna Antonenko
Fellowship
Daryna Antonenko lived in Kyiv before the full-scale invasion and moved to Astana, Kazakhstan. She founded Re:ban, an upcycling agency that gives a second life to used advertising banners, turning them into unique, custom-crafted products. Within the Vidnova Fellowship Ukraine program, she plans to restart the company and continue to develop it, trying to adapt to the new realities of existence.
Maria Yasinska
Fellowship
Maria Yasinska, from Kyiv, moved to Poland. She is a theater scholar, producer, cultural journalist, documentary filmmaker, curator of cultural projects, playwright, and director. She plans to found the NGO Cultura Moderna, focused on implementing interdisciplinary artistic educational, and research projects, including the studies of the Ukrainian theater avant-garde of the early 20s of the 20th century.
Ukrainian theater avant-garde
local art
non-formal education
returnees
Alina Rodina
Fellowship
Alina Rodina lived in Guliaypole and moved to Tallinn, Estonia. She is an activist who documents war crimes to help counter Russian propaganda. She also participates in events aimed at restoring cities in the frontline zone.
film production
social activism
war crimes investigation
returnees
Kateryna Bagrych
Fellowship
Kateryna Bagrych lived in Kharkiv, then moved to Fossano, Italy. She is an activist who has been working for 10 years to create the first Kharkiv Volunteer Social Inclusive Theater “On the Way of Good”, which includes volunteers, people with disabilities, and youth. Kateryna returned to Kharkiv to restart the activities of the volunteer inclusive theater and prepare a thematic performance with stories of volunteers.
support for vulnerable groups
inclusive theater
social activism
returnees
