About Us

Economists for Ukraine is an open collective of economists and members of the global academic community working to end Russia’s invasion, support Ukraine’s resilience, and rebuild for a strong, peaceful, and prosperous future. Our organization is the think tank arm of the AI for Good Foundation, a global non-profit innovating technologies to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges.

We leverage our expertise in macroeconomics, finance, behavioral economics, environmental economics, governance, and game theory to analyze issues surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine through op-eds, media interviews, exclusive analyses, and academic research. We also collaborate with the International Working Group on Russian Sanctions to recommend the best policies for targeting the Russian economy.

We don’t just analyze problems—we help solve them. In coordination with the AI for Good Foundation, Ukrainian government agencies, and local organizations, we are proactively supporting Ukraine’s recovery. At any given time, we are running several active fundraisers and other initiatives to address urgent humanitarian needs in Ukraine.

Leadership Team

Tatyana Deryugina

Tatyana Deryugina

Associate Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tatyana Deryugina is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on environmental risk. She is a co-editor of JAERE and EEPE and serves on the board of editors at AEJ: Policy. She is affiliated with NBER, IZA, the E2e Project, and CESifo. Professor Deryugina holds a PhD in Economics from MIT, and a BA/BS from UC Berkeley.
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Anastassia Fedyk

Anastassia Fedyk

Assistant Professor of Finance, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Anastassia is an Assistant Professor of finance at the Haas School of Business. Her research focuses on behavioral biases in individual and group decision-making, particularly concerning information and belief formation. She holds a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University and a BA in Mathematics with honors from Princeton University.
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Yuriy Gorodnichenko

Yuriy Gorodnichenko

Quantedge Presidential Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley
Yuriy Gorodnichenko is the Quantedge Presidential professor in economics at the University of California, Berkeley, a faculty research associate at the NBER, CEPR, and IZA, and an editor of the Journal of Monetary Economics. Yuriy is an applied macroeconomist with expertise in public finance, development, international economics, and econometrics. He holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from the University of Michigan and M.A. and B.A. degrees from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
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James Hodson

CEO & Cofounder, AI for Good Foundation
James is the AI for Good Foundation's Co-founder and CEO, who has previously spearheaded Artificial Intelligence initiatives at a number of global firms, and has built successful (and sustainable) for-profit ventures in a variety of industries.
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Ilona Sologoub

Director of Political and Economic Research at Kyiv School of Economics, Editor, VoxUkraine
Ilona Sologoub started working at Kyiv School of Economics in December 2010 and now she is a KSE Management Team Member and Director of Political and Economic Research at Kyiv School of Economics. Ilona works as a Scientific Editor at VoxUkraine as well.
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Participating Members

Tania Babina

Associate Professor of Finance, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

Co-Founder of Economists for Ukraine

Tetyana Balyuk

Assistant Professor of Finance, Goizueta Business School, Emory University

Co-Founder of Economists for Ukraine

Andriy Bodnaruk

Professor of Finance and Associate Dean, University of Illinois Chicago

Valentin Bolotnyy

Kleinheinz Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Sergey Chernenko

Associate Professor of Management, Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue University

Anastasia Danilov

Assistant Professor of Organizational Economics and Future of Work, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Einstein Center Digital Future

Tetiana Davydiuk

Assistant Professor of Finance, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University

Tatiana Fedyk

Associate Professor of Accounting, School of Management, University of San Francisco

Olena Havrylchyk

Professor of Economics, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Mariana Khapko

Assistant Professor of Finance, Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough

Andrew Kosenko

Associate Professor of Economics, School of Management, Marist College

Bohdan Kukharskyy

Assistant Professor of Economics, City University of New York (Baruch College)

Dmitry Livdan

Associate Professor of Finance, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

Andriy Norets

Professor of Economics, Brown University

Andrii Parkhomenko

Assistant Professor of Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Roman Sheremeta

Associate Professor of Economics, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Denis Sosyura

Professor of Finance, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Olena Stavrunova

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney

Katya Vasilaky

Associate Professor of Economics, California Polytechnic State University
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