40 years on: Chornobyl’s legacy and European environmental security

Marking 40 years since the Chornobyl disaster, the Ukrainian Institute London and the RSA invite you to reflect on its enduring legacy not only for Ukraine, but for Europe’s environmental security as a whole. This panel discussion will explore how the lessons of Chornobyl continue to shape environmental policy, cross-border cooperation, and societal resilience across the continent.

Speakers:

Serhii Plokhy, Historian, Author, and Professor of History at Harvard University

Eglė Rindzevičiūtė, Professor of Criminology and Sociology at Kingston University London

Jonathon Turnbull, Assistant Professor of Human Geography at Durham University

Chair:

Sasha Dovzhyk, Writer, Curator and Head of INDEX: Institute for Documentation and Exchange (Lviv, Ukraine). Editor of the London Ukrainian Review

In partnership with: Ukrainian Institute London

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