Join the Department of Political Science for a special public lecture with Dr. Dmytro Iarovyi, visiting scholar from Ukraine and co-instructor for VCU's spring 2026 course "Ukrainian Politics and Society"!

Dmytro Iarovyi is an Associate Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics and a researcher at Vytautas Magnus University, where he is completing his second Ph.D. dissertation. His academic work focuses on disinformation, resilience to information disorders, political communication, and the role of popular culture in politics. His recent works explore model of societal resilience to information disorders, and memes and narrative framing as resources for democratic resilience. Since 2024, he has served as Academic Director of the Ph.D. Program in Public Policy at KSE. Alongside academic activities, Dmytro works as a Government Relations consultant for Hillmont Partners.