Projects Funded

The projects listed below have been supported by Documenting Ukraine. This is not a complete list; other grantees have opted not to publish information about their projects, and new projects are being added to the site on an ongoing basis.

Project	Grantee
Darkest before the Dawn: Gratuitous Gore in Ukrainian War-Related Humor	Andrii Dostliev
Analyzing the evolution of gratuitous gore in Ukrainian online vernacular humor since the 2022 invasion.
Decolonial Wars and the Power of Artistic Voices	Kateryna Botanova
Writing about how decoloniality and artistic practices reflect, foresee and envision human and non-human experiences of war
Decolonization of Physics in Ukraine: The Case of the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (KIPT)	Anastasiia Bozhenko
Recording and analyzing interviews with the staff of the National Science Center Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology
Diagnosis. The War	Anna Prokhorova
Using in-depth interviews to publish a manuscript capturing oral histories of military medicine during the eight year conflict prior to the full-scale escalation of 2022
Diaries of War: Documenting Life Experiences in Spring 2022	Bohdan Shumylovych
Using methodologies of lived experience and embodiment, this project documents experiences of war through creative collaboration and social analysis.
Digital Forensic Investigation of E-Petition Voting Falsifications	Pavlo Merzlykin
Working to create software that will detect falsification of e-petition results to help prevent future abuse of existing legally recognised services
Displacement in Ukraine – Decision-Making, Routes, and Prospects. One Year Retrospective	Daryna Pyrogova
A longitudinal study following up on 30 interviews conducted with displaced persons in 2022 to check how they rationalize their choices, one year on
Documentation and Coverage of Wildlife Losses during the War (Документування та оприлюднення втрат дикої природи під час війни)	Oleksii Vasyliuk
An ongoing attempt to document the damage done to Ukrainian wildlife by the war with a focus on real harms unmediated by financial calculations
Documenting Religious Transformations as Mirror of Social Changes after Large-Scale Invasion into Ukraine	Tetiana Kalenychenko, Denys Brylov
Studying the formation and activity of informal networks of religious actors in Ukraine as they provide active responses to socio-economic challenges
Documenting Research of the War Impact on People Staying in Boarding Institutions in Ukraine	Andrii Chernousov
A report detailing data captured about the lives of people in state care who are unable to be evacuated from Russian occupied areas and combat zones
Documenting the Environmental Changes Caused by the Destruction of the Kakhovka Reservoir	Oleksii Vasyliuk
Analyzing and reporting on the environmental impacts of the Kakhovka HPP destruction in Ukrainian and English
Documenting Ukraine’s Public Opinion in Time of War and Commenting on Its Trends in Ukraine and Abroad	Olexiy Haran
Conducting polls on war, geopolitics, national integrity and freedom in Ukraine to serve as a foundation for research, policy development and advocacy

Civil Society
Daily Life
Destruction & Reconstruction
Displacement
Environment
Health
Heritage
Human Rights
Identity & Culture
Information & Disinformation
Language & Symbols
Memory
Military
Occupation & Atrocity
Public Opinion
Religion
Resilience & Solidarity
Rural
Science & Education
Trauma & Rehabilitation
Urban
Vulnerable Groups
Women