On April 23, 2025, the Second Scientific and Practical Roundtable Discussion, titled “War Through the Eyes of Students: Challenges, Problems, and Prospects,” was held online.

The following topics were presented at the roundtable discussion:

  1. Educating students based on the principles of fostering social unity, national consciousness, and patriotism.
  2. The challenges posed by martial law and their impact on ensuring a high-quality educational process.
  3. The participation of students in the defense and protection of our country.
  4. Volunteering as the most active form of student engagement during the war in Ukraine.
  5. Social and psychological challenges faced by students during their education and training in the context of war.
  6. Prospects and Trends in the Education of the Ukrainian Student Elite in the Postwar Period.

Invited organizations:

  • Sumy State University
  • Odessa National University
  • Kharkiv Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy, a municipal institution of the Kharkiv Regional Council
  • Invited participants:
  • Andriana Mykolayivna Kostenko – Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Chair of the Department of Psychology, Political Science, and Sociocultural Technologies at Sumy State University
  • Oksana Ihorivna Onipchenko – Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor in the Department of Social Work at the Kharkiv Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy, a municipal institution of the Kharkiv Regional Council
  • Alina Grygorivna Zadorozhna — Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Communications at the Faculty of Journalism, Odessa National University
  • Students of Sumy State University
  • Students of the Kharkiv Regional Council’s Municipal Institution “Kharkiv Academy of Humanities and Pedagogy”
  • Students of Odessa National University
  • Oleksandr Andriyovych Omelchuk – Lieutenant, Head of the Volunteer Units Coordination Group, 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade
  • Nazarii Rubanyak – a journalist for the Ukrainian regional public television channel “Suspilne Mykolaiv”
  • Alexander Sergeyevich Petrov – volunteer, representative of the All-Ukrainian Charitable Foundation “Stribog”

The event was organized and conducted by Iryna Yevhenivna Vorchakova, Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor, and Associate Professor in the Department of Translation.