2025 TCUP Conference
Landscapes of War, Landscapes of Victory: Ukraine’s Changing Environment
February 7-8, 2025
Cambridge, MA
Tsai Auditorium (S-010), CGIS South Concourse
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
The 2025 TCUP Conference will address how Ukrainians are being denied their right to build (and rebuild) a safe environment due to Russia’s continued aggression. Panels will discuss the geopolitical landscape in which the war is being waged; ecocide and environmental crimes; the (re)built environment, and the landscape of digital technologies contributing to reconstruction.
Conference Program
Please note, this program is subject to change.
February 7, 2025
9:45 a.m.
Opening remarks
10:00 a.m. to noon
Panel 1: The Geopolitical Landscape
Moderator: Margarita Balmaceda, Seton Hall University
Panelists:
Suresh Babu, International Food Policy Research Institute
Polina Beliakova, MIT
Thammy Evans, Atlantic Council
Olga Khakova, Atlantic Council
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Panel 2: Ecocide and Environmental Crimes
Moderator: Kristina Hook, Kennesaw State University
Panelists:
Anna Ackermann, International Institute for Sustainable Development/Ecoaction
Milena Sterio, Case Western Reserve University
Darya Tsymbalyuk, University of Chicago
Jonathon Turnbull, University of Oxford
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Keynote Lecture: Jojo Mehta, Stop Ecocide International
February 8, 2025
10:00 a.m. to noon
Panel 3: The (Re)Built Environment
Moderator: Johnathon Vsetecka, Nova Southeastern University
Panelists:
Eve Blau, Harvard University
Bart Gruyaert, Neo-Eco Ukraine
Bogdan Kelichavyi, Mayor of Kopychyntsi hromada (Ternopil region)
Juliy Morozov, Stop Poisoning Kryvyi Rih
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Panel 4: Digital Landscapes
Moderator: Oleksandra Keudel, Kyiv School of Economics
Panelists:
Anja Berestetska, United Nations Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities (UNITAC Hamburg)
Santiago Garces, HKS & City of Boston
Kateryna Ivanchenko, Center for Innovations Development
Corey Scher, CUNY Graduate Center
Phil Tinn, MIT
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Closing Reception
Lee Gathering Room (S-030, CGIS South Building)
Please join us for light refreshments and conversation.