Accommodation of Regional Diversity in Ukraine (ARDU)

ARDU examines how ethnicity, language and regional-local identity interact within the context of political reform in Ukraine. It combines macro studies of Ukraine's ethnic policies and how they affect relations with neighbouring states, with case studies in two Ukrainian border regions with large ethnocultural minorities. Kharkiv in the east and bordering Russia, has a sizable Russian ethnocultural population, while the western region of Chernivtsi borders Romania and comprises a substantial Romanian minority. The project's main research question is to find out to what extent, and how, current Ukrainian decentralisation, education and language policies affect social cohesion among ethnocultural groups in these very different border regions. Multiple methods of data collection will be employed: semi-structured and focus group interviews with key stakeholders, population surveys in the two regions, and a nation-wide survey as a baseline.

ARDU项目旨在探究乌克兰政治改革背景下，族群、语言与区域-地方认同三者之间的互动关系。该项目结合了对乌克兰族群政策及其对邻国关系影响的宏观研究，以及对乌克兰两个拥有大量族裔文化少数群体的边境地区的案例研究：东部与俄罗斯接壤的哈尔科夫拥有相当数量的俄罗斯族裔文化人口，而西部与罗马尼亚接壤的切尔诺夫策地区则有大量罗马尼亚少数群体。项目的核心研究问题是，乌克兰当前的分权（decentralisation）、教育及语言政策在多大程度上，以及通过何种方式影响这些差异显著的边境地区各族裔文化群体间的社会凝聚力。项目将采用多种数据收集方法：对关键利益相关者进行半结构化访谈与焦点小组访谈、在两个地区开展人口调查，以及进行全国性调查作为基线参考。