Speakers

Orysia Lutsevych OBE is head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House. She is also deputy director of the institute’s Russia and Eurasia Programme.

Orysia’s research focuses on social change, the role of civil society in democratic transition in Eastern Europe, and Ukraine’s domestic and foreign policy. In 2022, Orysia launched an annual recovery survey of Ukrainian civil society. She also led the development of a barometer of resilience to foreign encroachment in 2024. She is the author of several Chatham House research publications, including Giving civil society a stake in Ukraine’s Recovery (2023) and Resilient Ukraine: Safeguarding Society from Russian Aggression (with Mathieu Boulègue, 2020). Her media work includes contributions for the BBC, CNN, the Financial Times, the Guardian, the New York Times and The Times.

Prior to joining Chatham House as the institute’s first Robert Bosch academy fellow, Orysia led the start-up of Europe House Georgia and was the executive director of the Open Ukraine Foundation. She has master’s degrees in international relations from Lviv State University, and in public administration from the University of Missouri.