Volodymyr Yermolenko

Volodymyr Yermolenko is a Ukrainian philosopher, journalist, and writer, and president of PEN Ukraine. He obtained a DSc in France and Candidate of Sciences degree in Ukraine. Editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld.org, a multimedia project in English about Ukraine run by Internews Ukraine. Associate professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Chairman of the board of the International Renaissance Foundation in Kyiv. Author of the podcasts “Explaining Ukraine” and “Thinking in Dark Times” (in English), and co-author (with Tetyana Ogarkova) of “Kultpodcast” (in Ukrainian). Published in The Economist, Le Monde, Financial Times, New York Times, and Newsweek, sought-after commentator for BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, France 24, France Culture, and Radio France International.