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At the geographical midpoint of Europe:
Purnuškės, Lithuania
54°54'N 25°19'E
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Vlad Mykhnenko / Влад Михненко
Research Fellow
School of Geography
The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
United Kingdom
E-mail: vlad.mykhnenko@nottingham.ac.uk
Note: I fully
assert my copyright over the papers and
other documents posted on this website
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
I joined
the University of Nottingham
in
October 2008 as a Research
Fellow at the School of Geography. Before coming to Nottingham, I
worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy for Regions
(CPPR), affiliated with the
Department of Urban Studies of the University
of Glasgow. Prior to receiving my PhD from Cambridge
University in 2005, I had acted as an International Policy Fellow at
the Open
Society Institute, Budapest. Between 1997 and 2004, for several
terms I taught
and supervised undergraduate and graduate students at the Universities
of Kyiv and Cambridge. In addition, I was invited for guest lectures at
the Universities of Donetsk and Kyiv Mohyla Academy, and at the Kyiv
Mohyla Business School.
[For a more detailed account, please, see my CV]
RESEARCH AGENDA
I am intellectually committed to the advancement of geographical political economy,
typically described as the study of modern capitalist social formations
as spatially and temporally uneven and highly differentiated systems,
and of their impact on people and the environment.
Specific research interests:
- The geographies of post-communist transition
- The geographies of neoliberal adjustment and global economic restructuring
- The geographies of the knowledge-based economy
- Varieties of capitalism, régulation theory, and cultural political economy approaches
- Urban and regional development, resilience, sustainable growth, and alternative strategies
- Europe: Eastern, Western, Wider (especially, Ukraine)
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PAST
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2003-2004: Rusting away?
Post-Communist States and the Politics of Steel
My policy research project was conducted
at the
Open Society Institute International
Policy Fellowships Programme in affiliation
with the Central European University Centre
for Policy
Studies in Budapest, Hungary. It focused on the state capacity in
leading economic sectors
in post-communist Europe, particularly the Ukrainian iron & steel
industry.
2005-2008: Cities
and Regions: Changing Spatial Imbalances
In collaboration with Ivan
Turok (Glasgow)
at the CPPR, I undertook a large
research project on understanding spatial economic change and changing
urban imbalances in Europe. The project examined the diverse
trajectories and variable performance of cities across Western and
Eastern Europe, drew out the implications for urban and regional
development policy, and engaged with public policy stakeholders.
2006-2008: Neoliberalism,
Anti-Neoliberalism, and De-Ideologisation
Jointly with Kean Birch (Strathclyde)
and
Katherine Trebeck, I ran a special seminar
series financed by the UK Economic and Social
Research Council. The seminar series
considered neoliberalism an
ideology characterised by an antipathy towards state involvement in
economic exchange and an emphasis on the benefits of market forces,
illustrated the ascendancy of neoliberal processes, rules and
institutions, and highlighted the impact that such an ideology have on
social research and policy, especially where it is presented as a
technocratic rather than political matter. The seminar series provided
a forum in which both senior and junior academics were able to engage
in dialogue with each other and with research users, broadly defined.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
2009-2012: Shrink
Smart - Governance of Shrinkage within a European Context
I am currently working on a new
collaborative
research grant project funded through the
European Union's Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7). Taking
part in a major research consortium with seven other European
universities
and academic research institutes, I am studying the role of
policies
and governance systems in different types of shrinking cities.
The project is based on comparative case studies from seven cities and
conurbations throughout Europe with a focus on disadvantaged urban
regions in eastern, southern, and western Europe, suffering from
economic
decline, population loss, and a lack of social cohesion. The work will
provide a basis for analysing different trajectories of shrinkage,
understanding the main challenges for urban political economy, and
elaborating alternatives for urban governance.
2010-2011: Regional Studies Association Research Network Varieties of Neoliberalism and Alternative Regional and Urban Strategies
Firstly,
the network will conceptualise the varieties of neoliberal adjustment
that have impacted on regional and urban restructuring and performance
over the last 30 years. Secondly, it will consider the implications of
the current crisis on these neoliberal adjustment processes and what it
means for the future of regional and urban economic and social
development. Finally, it will explore alternative regional and urban
strategies to cope with the effects of previous neoliberal processes
and the current crisis. A joint collaboration with Kean Birch
(Strathclyde) and Danny MacKinnon (Glasgow).
2009-2013: COST Action TU0803 Cities Regrowing Smaller - Fostering Knowledge on Regeneration Strategies in Shrinking Cities across Europe
The main objective of the Action is to foster the interdisciplinary
knowledge of Regeneration Strategies in Shrinking Cities across Europe.
By promoting the exchange of scientific knowledge in Europe and
stimulating new ideas in selected reference cities, the network will
act as a catalyst for innovative solutions to deal with demographic
change and urban decline. COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme.
For research & policy outputs resulting from the above projects,
please, see the papers and publications section below.
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PUBLICATIONS
[For the full list of my publications, please, see my CV]
Please,
email me with a request, if you are unable to access a
publication below.
Main
publications

| Birch, K. and Mykhnenko, V., eds. (2010) The Rise and Fall of Neoliberalism: The Collapse of an Economic Order? London: Zed Books.
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Mykhnenko,
V. and Swain, A. (2010). 'Ukraine’s Diverging
Space-Economy: The Orange Revolution, Post-soviet Development Models
and Regional Trajectories', European Urban and Regional Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (April), pp. 141-165. Click here to download.
Mykhnenko,
V. (2009) 'Class Voting and the Orange Revolution: A
Cultural Political Economy Perspective on Ukraine’s Electoral
Geography', Journal of
Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 25, Nos. 2-3
(June - September), pp. 278-296. Click here to
download.
[Reprinted as Mykhnenko,
V. (2010) 'Class Voting and the Orange Revolution: A Cultural
Political Economy Perspective on Ukraine’s Electoral Geography', in
White, S. & Lane, D. (eds) (2010) Rethinking the 'Coloured Revolutions'. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 166-184. ISBN: 9780415571692].
Birch, K. and Mykhnenko, V. (2009) 'Varieties of Neoliberalism?
Restructuring in Large Industrially-dependent Regions across Western
and Eastern Europe', Journal
of Economic Geography, Vol. 9, No. 3 (May), pp. 355-380. Click here
to
download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2009) 'Transition Economies', in
Wankel, C. (ed) The Encyclopedia of
Business in Today's World, Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks, CA.: SAGE
Publications, pp. 1613-1615.
Click here to
download.
Mykhnenko, V. and Turok, I. (2008) 'East European Cities - Patterns of
Growth and Decline, 1960-2005', International
Planning Studies,
Vol.
13, No. 4 (November), pp. 311-342. Click here
to download.
Turok, I. and Mykhnenko, V. (2008) 'The Shifting
Fortunes of European Cities', Town
& Country Planning, Vol. 77, No. 7/8 (July-August), pp.
319-322.
Click here to download.
Turok, I. and Mykhnenko, V. (2008) 'Resurgent Cities?', Urban Research
& Practice, Vol. 1, No. 1 (March), pp. 54-77. Click here
to
download.
Runner-up for Best
Published Paper in
European Planning 2007 (AESOP)
Turok, I. and Mykhnenko, V. (2007) 'The
Trajectories of European Cities,
1960-2005,' Cities,
Vol. 24, No. 3 (June), pp. 165-182. Click here
to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2007) 'Strengths and Weaknesses of "Weak Co-ordination":
Economic Institutions, Revealed Comparative Advantages, and
Socio-Economic Performance of Mixed Market Economies in Poland and
Ukraine', in Hancké, B., Rhodes, M., & Thatcher, M., (eds)
(2007) Beyond
Varieties of Capitalism: Conflict, Contradictions and
Complementarities in the European Economy. Oxford: Oxford
University
Press, pp. 351-378. ISBN:
9780199206483. Click here to
download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2007) 'Poland and Ukraine: Institutional Structures and
Economic Performance', in Lane, D. & Myant, M. (eds) (2007) Varieties of
Capitalism in Post-Communist Countries. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan, pp. 124-145. ISBN:
9781403996411.
Swain, A. and Mykhnenko, V. (2007) 'The Ukrainian Donbas in
"Transition"', in Swain, A. (ed.) (2007)
Re-constructing
the
Post-Soviet
Industrial Region: The Donbas in Transition. London and New York: Routledge,
pp. 7-46. ISBN:
9780415322287. Click here
to browse.
Mykhnenko, V. (2005) 'What Type of Capitalism in Post-communist
Europe?', Actes du GERPISA,
No. 39 (December), pp. 83-112. Click here
to
download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2004). The Ukrainian
Ferrous
Metals Industry: Settling
Old Problems, Facing New Challenges. Budapest: Open Society
Institute
& Central European University Centre for Policy Studies. Click here to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2004) Rusting Away?
The
Ukrainian Iron and Steel
Industry in Transition. Budapest: Open Society Institute &
Central
European University Centre for Policy Studies. Click here to
download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2002) 'State, Society and Protest under Post-communism:
Ukrainian Miners and Their Defeat', in Mudde, C. & Kopecký,
P. (eds) (2002) Uncivil
Society? Contentious Politics in Eastern Europe. London: Routledge, pp. 93-113. ISBN:
9780415265850.
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Selected other publications
Mykhnenko, V., Myedvyedyev, D., and Kuzmenko, L. (2010) Urban shrinkage in Donetsk and Makiïvka, the Donetsk conurbation, Ukraine (D4 comparable research report). Nottingham: The University of Nottingham School of Geography. Click here to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2008) Review of Revolution in Orange
by A. Åslund and
M. McFaul (eds) (2006), Europe-Asia
Studies, Vol. 60, No. 5,
pp. 867-869. Click here
to download.
Mykhnenko, V. 2008. Review of Understanding
Ukrainian Politics by P. D’Anieri
(2007), Europe-Asia Studies,
Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 340-342. Click here
to download.
Mykhnenko, V. and Turok, I. (2007) European
Regions and Cities Dataset
1960 - 2005: Methods and Sources, Working
Paper 3. Glasgow: University of Glasgow
CPPR. Click here
to
download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2007) 'Statistical Appendix',
in Lane, D. & Myant, M. (eds) Varieties
of
Capitalism in Post-Communist Countries. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan, pp. 258-270. ISBN:
9781403996411.
Turok, I. and V. Mykhnenko. (2006) 'Resurgent European Cities?' GaWC
Research Bulletin, 216(A). Click here to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2006) Review of Rescaling
International Political Economy by D. E. Paul (2005), Urban Studies,
Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 2126-2127.
Click here
to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2005) Strengths and
Weaknesses of “Weak Co-ordination”:
Economic Institutions, Revealed Comparative Advantages, and
Socio-economic Performance of Mixed Market Economies in Poland and
Ukraine,' Discussion Paper 8. Glasgow: University of Glasgow
CPPR.
Click here to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2005). What Type of
Capitalism in Eastern Europe?
Institutional Structures, Revealed Comparative Advantages, and
Performance of Poland and Ukraine, Discussion
Paper 6. Glasgow: University of Glasgow
CPPR. Click here
to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2004) 'Ukrainian Steel: Vulnerable Overseas, Weak at
Home', Steel Times
International, Vol. 28, No. 7, pp. 54-57. Click here
to download page 54 and page 57.
Mykhnenko, V. (2004) The Ukrainian
Ferrous Metals Industry, CPS
Policy Documentation Feature Article. Budapest: Central European
University Centre for Policy Studies. Click here to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2004) 'From Exit to Take-Over: The Evolution of the
Donbas as an Intentional Community', paper presented at The European Consortium for Political
Research Joint Sessions of Workshops, Uppsala, Sweden, 13-18
April 2004. Click here
to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2001) Book note on Тайная
политика
Сталина by G. V. Kostyrchenko (2001), E-Extreme, Vol. 2, No.
4. Click here
to download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2001) Book note on Labour and Political
Transformation in Russia and
Ukraine by R. Simon (2000), E-Extreme,
Vol. 2, No. 3. Click here
to
download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2001) Review of Українські
ліві: між ленінізмом і соціал-демократією by O. Haran’ and O.
Maiboroda (eds) (2000), E-Extreme,
Vol. 2, No. 2. Click here
to
download.
Mykhnenko, V. (2001) Review of Russian
Workers by S. Ashwin (1999), E-Extreme,
Vol. 2, No. 2. Click here
to download.
[For the full list of my publications, please, see my CV]
Please,
email me with a request, if you are unable to access a
publication above.
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Mykhnenko, V. (writing) Rethinking Transition: A Critical Political Economy of Post-Communism (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books)
Mykhnenko, V. and Birch, K. (writing) ‘Lisbonising Europe? The Lisbon
Strategy and the (un-)making of the European knowledge-based economy’, Environment & Planning C
Swain, A. and Mykhnenko, V. (writing) ‘Depression, devaluation and
divergence: The bursting of the Orange bubble and Ukraine’s
space-economy’, European Urban and Regional Studies
Rink, D., Hasse, A., Bernt, M. and Mykhnenko, V. (writing) ‘Shrinking cities: Governance of changing urban landscapes’, Environment & Planning A
Mykhnenko, V. (planned) ‘Resilient cities? Europe’s city regions in the aftermath of the international economic crisis’, Economic Geography
Mykhnenko V. and others (planned) ‘Regional convergence and public
policy: building scenarios for Ukraine’s territorial cohesion’, Regional Studies
Mykhnenko, V. (planned) ‘Climate change, the crisis of
capitalism(s) and European cities: the quest for urban resilience’, Global Environmental Change
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Created
9-Mar-2003 Last modified 27-Aug-2010 [Vlad Mykhnenko]
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