Aktuality

A Case of the Ukrainian Catholic University

Dr. Taras Dobko

• October 12, 2021 - 3 PM (Paris Time)

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In 2021, Ukraine celebrates 30 years of independence. Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine tradition, emerged after decades of underground existence to engage in the process of rebuilding its structures after violent suppression by the communist regime. One of its achievements is the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv which together with an institution in Georgia are the only Catholic universities on the territory of the former Soviet Union and in predominantly Orthodox countries. Today UCU is a Catholic academic institution that has attracted the students with the best SAT-equivalent academic scores in the country for the past 4 years in a row. In this webinar, Dr. Taras Dobko, UCU Senior Vice-Rector, is going to share what it takes to run a Catholic university in the post-colonial, post-communist and post-totalitarian cultural setting.

Taras Dobko, PhD is Senior Vice-Rector at the Ukrainian Catholic University. He oversees the strategic development and general management of the university with a focus on university services like the Rector’s Office, HR, legal affairs, pastoral life, student affairs and accommodation. Dr. Dobko also teaches philosophy at UCU. His research interests cover phenomenology, personalism in ethics, secularization in post-modern culture, philosophy of religion, education and integral human development, university autonomy and academic culture. He is a member of the National Team of Higher Education Reform Experts (HERE) in Ukraine. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Lviv City Institute.