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
Ganna Bogachuk
Fellowship
Ganna moved from Brovary to Vilnius, Lithuania. She plans to work on the project “Identity”, which investigates the factors that influenced identity formation through the prism of personal memories of women from the eastern, southern, and central regions of Ukraine. Plans to conduct 15 more interviews.
Dmytro Hinaliuk is the founder and head of the NGO “Youth Sails,” as well as co-founder of Vitryla Robots Academy and the Vitryla Maker Space. A social entrepreneur, he and his team promote STEM education and science among young people through hands-on learning and creative technologies. Based in Novovolynsk, he works to inspire the next generation of innovators by combining education, community engagement, and entrepreneurial spirit.
education
STEM
youth
Hanna Lodygina
Fellowship
Hanna moved from Kyiv to Warsaw, Poland. Hanna is a journalist who will work on recording 8 episodes of the podcast “Back to Yourself” about the decolonization of Ukrainian culture and science. Each episode will be dedicated to one prominent Ukrainian figure whom Russia appropriated.
Anna Aliyeva
Fellowship
Anna Aliyeva from Kharkiv moved to Germany because of the war. In Germany, she began researching the provenance of artworks exported to Germany from Ukraine during the Second World War. Having returned to Kyiv, she plans to start work in Ukrainian archives to identify the works whose traces were found in Germany.
Evgeniya Melkonyan
Fellowship
Evgeniya Melkonyan lived in Irpin and moved to Tarragona, Spain. She plans to work as a facilitator on a creative, restorative movement and voice laboratories project that will help people cope with anxiety, find support again, and recover. She wants to hold about three events in different cities of Ukraine.
Olena comes from Mykolaiv and moved to Kraków. Thanks to her idea and project, the space of “Patchwork” was equipped with toys, books, and recreation areas to provide a proper summer rest for parents and children. Animators and babysitters organized events and workshops so that during this time, parents could rest and step out of the care of children and focus on doing their errands.
disability
disabled children
Inna comes from Lviv, where she blends the healing essence of nature with psychotherapy to brighten people’s lives.
In the frame of Vidnova Lab, Inna and Diana Popfalushi have combined their passion for climate activism and mental health and found an interconnection between the two topics in building resilience through green spaces. They do both, help with climate change mitigation and adaptation, which is the field of Diana’s research, and provide therapeutic assistance to restore and maintain mental health, so Inna’s research topic.
mental health
therapeutic horticulture
healing through nature
Mariia Gryshchenko
Lab
Mariia Gryshchenko holds a Master’s degree in sociology and has over 10 years of experience in the public sector, specializing in urban studies, spatial development, and community engagement. She has collaborated with organizations such as Cedos, Canactions School, and the Centre for Urban Studies. Mariia is also a co-founder of the Citè participatory planning bureau, alongside Vadym Denysenko. Currently, she focuses on researching grassroots initiatives in communities for sustainability and recovery during the war, while teaching planning students and promoting public education. Her interests include social research, community participation, inclusive recovery, and documenting the resilience of Ukrainians.
media
social research
documenting war
Lora Litkovska
Fellowship
Art educator, pedagogue, and artist, Lora lives in Bucha, Kyiv region. She implemented charity music and poetry evenings, “Circle of Light” in Bucha. The first event occurred in October 2022, and since then, Lora has been organizing acoustic evenings during blackout and charity concerts for gatherings at the Military Academy. “Circle of Light” supports the development of the local creative community and everyone who needs self-expression. In February, Lora started performing as part of the band at her charity concerts.
Yulia Manukyan
Fellowship
Yulia was born in Kherson and now lives in Odesa. She is a journalist, art critic, co-founder and curator of artistic and urban projects of the NGO “Urban Re-Public” (Kherson), an expert of the Museum Council of the NGO “Museum of Modern Art in Ukraine”, a volunteer of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Kherson (MSMH). Yulia restores the organization’s work in Odesa and documents the consequences of the war for the cultural heritage of southern Ukraine. As part of the Vidnova Ukraine Fellowship, Yulia realized the project “Animation of art resistance in the occupation” to support the artistic community of Kherson. Discussions on the problems of decolonization became a separate block of the project.
Within HelloCraft, a community of Ukrainian artisans in Romania, Yuliia launched The Atelier of Stories. This initiative seeks to gather oral histories highlighting the enduring bonds between people, cultures, and cherished places and things, even in adversity. It delves into how knitted goods and crafts influence Ukrainian refugees’ lives, positioning creativity and solidarity as key to fostering intercultural dialogue. This method is seen as enriching the harmony of personal and group interactions.
knit
art and crafts
Vira Degtiarova
Fellowship
Vira comes from Kharkiv and moved to Istanbul. In the frame of Vidnova Europe, she showcased exhibitions in the UNIMUSEUM Pavilion of Solidarity in the Metaverse. It highlighted various artworks created in response to the Russian war in Ukraine as a sign of support and solidarity with Ukrainians.
metaverse
art
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
Alina Neskreba
Fellowship
Alina moved from Severodonetsk to Jindrzyhuv Hradec, Czech Republic. Alina is a sound engineer and sound designer. In her project “Modern Ukrainian Audio Fairy Tales”, she will adapt Ukrainian folk tales to the interests of modern children. She plans to make fairy tales in Ukrainian and English.
Anna Lytovka is an urban planner and local development expert, advising municipalities on spatial planning and recovery. She is the founder of the Spatial Development Bureau “SPACES” and a member of several NGOs focused on urban transformation. As part of the Urban Coalition Ro3kvit, she contributed to the development of the Urban Vision and Resilience Strategy for Zaporizhzhia in 2024. With CEDOS, she supported municipalities in creating Comprehensive Recovery Programmes for Zaporizhzhia and the Mykhailo-Lukashivska community. As a member of Urban Reforms, she co-developed the “Urban Parks” public space project in 29 Ukrainian cities and worked on urban visions for Lutsk and Okhtyrka.
participatory urban development
postwar restoration
sustainable development
local policy
Stanislava Artemova is a feminist activist and the head of the NGO Art of Aid founded by women and girls displaced from Eastern Ukraine. After her own displacement following the occupation of Luhansk, she and like-minded women established the organization in the frontline areas of the region. In February 2022, the team was forced to evacuate again, relocating to Dnipro. Since 2018, Stanislava has worked to protect the rights of internally displaced persons and vulnerable women, providing legal aid, psychosocial support, and integration services. In Dnipro, her team coordinates a center supporting women affected by the war. Stanislava is dedicated to amplifying the voices of displaced women and challenging bias through public storytelling and solidarity.
work with vulnerable groups
support IDPs
IDPs protection
IDP women protection
