| 28 May 2024 A White Paper on “Cross-border resilience of critical transport infrastructure in Ukraine and impact on the economy and society” has been published, including the facts and opinions expressed during the TwinForHope capacity building workshop, organised by the University of Birmingham and their counterparts to support Ukraine’s Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. The workshop took place in Warsaw, Poland on 28 July 2023. |
| 05 April 2024 Ukrainian engineer Nadiia shares her deeply personal mission to restore her country’s vital infrastructure in the face of devastation. From blackouts to broken systems, her story is one of courage, resilience, and national pride—reflecting the spirit of Ukraine’s recovery. 🔗 Read more on The Conversation |
| 26-27 March 2024 we presented bridgekraine and its achievements, including the twinning of the University of Birmingham with Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, at the UK-Ukraine Research Twinning Showcase & Networking Event, organised by the University of Liverpool |
| 18 March 2024 the 4th meeting of the bridgeUkraine alliance took place (online) |
| 18 November 2024 A report with an open database of damaged bridges in Ukraine is available here, by J Lamdben and S Argyroudis (Brunel University London) |
| 25 Septmber 2024 The following seminar was delivered on 21.09.2023 to more than 130 Ukrainian engineers “An overview of structural health monitoring and load testing for asset management of bridges and civil infrastructure“. Available here. Speaker: Dave Cousins |
| 26 July 2024 A seminar was delivered on 26.08.2023 to more than 55 Ukrainian Engineers, titled “Energy Infrastructure Resilience”, in collaboration with the M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise – DerzhdorNDI SE, available here Speakers: Mathaios Panteli, Daniel Donaldson |
| 23 June 2023 bridgeUkraine participated in the international Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2023) in London on 21-22 June 2023, which aimed at mobilising international support for Ukraine’s economic and social stabilisation and recovery |
| 16 May 2023 bridgeUkraine participated in the policy meeting at the “Ukraine’s recovery: rebuilding with research” event organised in London by the Royal Society and the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN). |
| 15 May 2023 bridgeUkraine participated in the event “Ukraine’s recovery: rebuilding with research” organised in London by the Royal Society and the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN). |
| 15 May 2023 The Year-1 Newsletter has been released, available here. |
| 15 April 2023 bridgeUkraine.org was invited by the Royal Society to attend the “Ukraine’s Recovery: Rebuilding with Research” conference. The Royal Society and the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN), together with the Fund of the President of Ukraine for Education, Science and Sports and the Embassy of Ukraine, are delivering this conference to support Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery. |
| 10 April 2023 bridgeUkraine.org is preparing a MoU to be formalised with Ukraine’s Ministry of Restoration. |
| 28 March 2023 a seminar was delivered on “Eurocode 7 – Geotechnical design for foundations“. Speaker: Sebastiano Foti |
| 25 March 2023 bridgeUkraine.org has partnered with rapidrebuildukraine.com and is going to build a demonstrator of prefabricated buildings in Ukraine. The initiative RapidRebuildUkraine is aimed at building capabilities and manufacturing infrastructure in modular construction in Ukraine, including pilot projects and tests to satisfy Ukrainian functionality requirements and to demonstrate the rapid building process. |
| 13 March 2023 The University of Birmingham and bridgeUkraine.org signed an agreement on cooperation with the Department of Economic and Social Geography of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. This is part of the TwinForHope program, within the framework of which the universities of UK are involved in supporting Ukraine. A working meeting between the parties is scheduled for July 21, 2023 in Warsaw (topic: Cross-border sustainability of critical transport infrastructure in Ukraine and its impact on the economy and society). Everyone is welcome. |
| 10 March 2023 bridgeUkraine secured another three 2-year British Academy/CARA “Researchers at Risk Fellowships” to support researchers from Ukraine. This was achieved with substantial support from the School of Engineering of the University of Birmingham and Brunel University London. Total funding: £300k. |
| 09 March 2023 A HORIZON-MSCA-SE project REvolve is under evaluation, on the prioritisation of Ukraine’s reconstruction based on the principles of Sustainability, Climate resilience, Financial and Societal benefits and participatory decision making. 50% of this funding will be on capacity building and training. |
| 08 February 2023 Submitted three applications to support Ukrainian academics – “Researchers at Risk Fellowships/ The British Academy”, total value £100k each. |
| 16 January 2023 meeting with representatives from the Kyiv School of Economics (Dr Tymofii Brik, Dr Max Nefyodov, Dr Vladyslava Grudova) to discuss research collaboration |
| 13 January 2023 The paper “Conflict-resilience framework for critical infrastructure peacebuilding” is published in the Journal of Sustainable Cities and Societies, open access here |
| 21 December 2022 bridgeUkraine secured a 2-year British Academy/CARA “Researchers at Risk Fellowship” to support a professor from Ukraine. This was achieved with substantial support from the School of Engineering of the University of Birmingham |
| 21 December 2022 bridgeUkraine formalised its collaboration with the M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise – DerzhdorNDI SE of the Ukrainian State Road Research Institute. |
| 21 December 2022 bridgeUkraine is in the process of formalising its collaboration with the Department of Economic and Social Geography of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. This is part of the University of Birmingham-Ivan Franko National University of Lviv TwinForHope scheme – The UK universities standing with their counterparts to support Ukraine. |
| 7-8 December 2022 bridgeUkraine participated in the International Scientific Conference (named after П.М. Kovalya) “Bridge management and reconstruction strategies for Ukraine” organised by the M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise – DerzhdorNDI SE for the Ukrainian State Road Research Institute. Delivered lectures: “Resilient reconstruction of Ukraine“, “Bridge reconstruction“, “The value of asset management“. Speakers: Stergios Mitoulis, Stephen Sidgwick (available here) |
| 25 November 2022 bridgeUkraine meeting with Oksana Cherinko (Director Bilfinger Tebodin Ukraine) and Mykola Shlapak (Environmental Consultant). |
| 23 November 2022 Submitted a proposal to support a Ukrainian researcher – “Researchers at Risk Fellowships/The British Academy”. |
| 22 November 2022 bridgeUkraine meeting with Svitlana Surodina and Daria Volkova from Skein group. |
| 11 November 2022 bridgeUkraine participated in COP27 and presented at the Ukraine Pavilion session ‘accelerating science-based green transition in Ukraine as a model for post conflict and post-recovery’. Our presentation focused on critical infrastructure recovery and prioritisation, towards climate resilient infrastructure for a net-zero economic transition. The recording is available here |
| 24 October 2022 bridgeUkraine meeting with Dr Svitlana Krakovska (Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute) and coordinator ENVIROPLAN consultants of APENA3 project on climate adaptation strategies and implementation plans in Ukraine and also with representatives from EGIS-Ukraina. |
| 22 October 2022 In the framework of a consultancy for the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure of the United Nations (CDRI-UN) a case study for Ukrainian infrastructure was chosen. This is part of the CDRI’s Flagship report on ‘Financing for Disaster and Climate Resilient Infrastructure’ for the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in 2023. |
| 14 October 2022 bridgeUkraine is in the process of formalising its collaborations with the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure and the M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise – DerzhdorNDI SE for the Ukrainian State Road Research Institute. |
| 23 September 2022 A seminar was delivered on 22.09.2022 to more than 50 Ukrainian Engineers, titled “Stone bridges construction”, in collaboration with the M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise – DerzhdorNDI SE for the Ukrainian State Road Research Institute, available here |
| 16 September 2022 An one day Workshop was delivered to more than 160 Ukrainian Engineers on 15.09.2022. The workshop titled “Design of prestressed bridges to Eurocodes – Resilient ways to build back better”, was organised in collaboration with the M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise – DerzhdorNDI SE for the Ukrainian State Road Research Institute and is available here Speaker: Stergios A Mitoulis |
| 27 August 2022 A scoping workshop of the bridgeUkraine alliance took place on 26.09.2022 |
| 29 June 2022 A scientific report on “Conflict Resilience Framework for Critical Infrastructure Peacebuilding” is available here |
| 28 June 2022 The alliance has a total of 16 members as of today. |
| 13 May 2022 A meeting between the main contributors took place, the questionnaire for expression of interest to contribute in bridgeUkraine was released. |
| 29 April 2022 Marat Khodzhaiev (Марат Ходжаєв) Civil/Bridge Engineer MSc, from Kyiv, Ukraine and Dr Sotirios Valkaniotis, expert in remote sensing and space applications from the Geological Society of Greece, have joined the Alliance |
| 21 April 2022 delivery of free CPD seminars on bridge restoration is under discussion |
| 20 April 2022 a questionnaire for design and construction companies interested in helping the reconstruction of infrastructure is under preparation |
| 19 April 2022 Experts invited to contribute their knowledge |
| 18 April 2022 bridgeUkraine.org created |