National Security Drivers of Ukraine: Information Technology, Strategic Communication, and Legitimacy

Oleksandr Radchenko is a Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Gdańsk (Poland). Previously, he worked as a chief researcher at the Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Service of Ukraine. His research focuses on democratic values, socio-political communications and national security of modern states.

Valeriia Kovach is a Leading Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and an Associate Professor at the Interregional Academy of Personal Management, Kyiv (Ukraine). Her research interest is on national security, environmental health and safety, digital transformation process in different branches of economy in Ukraine, and the practical aspects of implementing innovations into scientific and educational activities.

Inna Semenets-Orlova is a Professor at the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Kyiv (Ukraine).Previously, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the National Academy of Public Administration in Kyiv. Her research focuses on public security, political modernization, democratic transformation, development of civic competence, as well as theory and practice of reforms in the context of modern Ukraine.

Artur Zaporozhets is a Leading Researcher at the General Energy Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. His research focuses on statistical analysis, big data, control & optimization, energy informatics, and energy security. He authored several books on these topics. Zaporozhets is actively engaged in a number of NGOs, public policy groups and in municipal politics.

Oleksandr Radchenko 是波蘭格但斯克大學社會科學研究所的教授。之前，他曾擔任烏克蘭國家邊境服務博赫丹·赫梅利尼茨基國立學院的首席研究員。他的研究重點在於民主價值觀、社會政治溝通以及現代國家的國家安全。

Valeriia Kovach 是烏克蘭國家科學院環境地球化學研究所的首席研究員，以及基輔跨區人事管理學院的副教授。她的研究興趣包括國家安全、環境健康與安全、烏克蘭各經濟領域的數位轉型過程，以及將創新實施於科學和教育活動的實務面。

Inna Semenets-Orlova 是基輔跨區人事管理學院的教授。之前，她曾擔任基輔公共行政國立學院的助理教授。她的研究重點在於公共安全、政治現代化、民主轉型、公民能力的發展，以及在現代烏克蘭背景下的改革理論與實踐。

Artur Zaporozhets 是烏克蘭國家科學院總能源研究所的首席研究員。他的研究專注於統計分析、大數據、控制與優化、能源資訊學以及能源安全。他著作了幾本關於這些主題的書籍。Zaporozhets 積極參與多個非政府組織、公共政策團體以及市政政治。