On 29 December 2016, Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko turns 70. The early years of his distinguished academic career were closely associated with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), University of Alberta.
Educated at Bishop's University, the University of Toronto, and the University of Glasgow, Bohdan received a doctorate from the University of Oxford. He came to the University of Alberta's CIUS in 1976 and in 1986 was chosen as its second director, succeeding founding director Dr. Manoly Lupul. Dr. Krawchenko served as CIUS director and also as a professor in the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Alberta until 1991.
In 1991 Dr. Krawchenko moved to Ukraine, where he became Director of Policy Studies at the Council of Advisors to the Parliament of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada). In 1992 he became the founder and director of the Institute of Public Administration and Local Government (Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine). In 1995 the institute became the Academy of Public Administration (Office of the President of Ukraine), at which time he was appointed the vice-rector for academic development and the director of the Centre for the Study of Administration Reform.
During his time in Ukraine, Dr. Krawchenko also participated in numerous Ukrainian government committees, task forces, and working groups. These included the President's Council on Social and Economic Affairs, the Policy Unit of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Working Group on the Establishment of the Civil Service, the Working Group on Monetary Reform, and the Commission on Administrative Reform. He served as well as a consultant to the World Bank and OECD. In 2004, Dr. Krawchenko joined the University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, where he currently serves as Director General.
Dr. Krawchenko is the author of the monograph "Social Change and National Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Ukraine" (1985). He also edited "Ukraine after Shelest" (1983) and "Ukrainian Past, Ukrainian Present" (1993), and co-edited, with Roman Serbyn, "Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933" (1986). He also authored many articles published in academic journals.
He served as the editor of the "Occasional Papers in Public Administration and Public Policy," published by the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, and was a member of the international editorial boards of several journals, among them "Public Management" and the "Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis."
During his academic career, Dr. Krawchenko was a visiting associate professor at Harvard University and at the College of Europe in Natolin, Poland. In 1995 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of North London, in 1997 was made an honorary professor of the University of 'Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,' in 2000 received an honorary doctorate from the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration, and in 2000 was awarded an Order of Merit from the President of Ukraine.
The staff at CIUS conveys its congratulations to Dr. Krawchenko on his 70th birthday. We wish him good health and many more good years. Многая літа!
Educated at Bishop's University, the University of Toronto, and the University of Glasgow, Bohdan received a doctorate from the University of Oxford. He came to the University of Alberta's CIUS in 1976 and in 1986 was chosen as its second director, succeeding founding director Dr. Manoly Lupul. Dr. Krawchenko served as CIUS director and also as a professor in the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Alberta until 1991.
In 1991 Dr. Krawchenko moved to Ukraine, where he became Director of Policy Studies at the Council of Advisors to the Parliament of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada). In 1992 he became the founder and director of the Institute of Public Administration and Local Government (Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine). In 1995 the institute became the Academy of Public Administration (Office of the President of Ukraine), at which time he was appointed the vice-rector for academic development and the director of the Centre for the Study of Administration Reform.
During his time in Ukraine, Dr. Krawchenko also participated in numerous Ukrainian government committees, task forces, and working groups. These included the President's Council on Social and Economic Affairs, the Policy Unit of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Working Group on the Establishment of the Civil Service, the Working Group on Monetary Reform, and the Commission on Administrative Reform. He served as well as a consultant to the World Bank and OECD. In 2004, Dr. Krawchenko joined the University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, where he currently serves as Director General.
Dr. Krawchenko is the author of the monograph "Social Change and National Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Ukraine" (1985). He also edited "Ukraine after Shelest" (1983) and "Ukrainian Past, Ukrainian Present" (1993), and co-edited, with Roman Serbyn, "Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933" (1986). He also authored many articles published in academic journals.
He served as the editor of the "Occasional Papers in Public Administration and Public Policy," published by the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, and was a member of the international editorial boards of several journals, among them "Public Management" and the "Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis."
During his academic career, Dr. Krawchenko was a visiting associate professor at Harvard University and at the College of Europe in Natolin, Poland. In 1995 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of North London, in 1997 was made an honorary professor of the University of 'Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,' in 2000 received an honorary doctorate from the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration, and in 2000 was awarded an Order of Merit from the President of Ukraine.
The staff at CIUS conveys its congratulations to Dr. Krawchenko on his 70th birthday. We wish him good health and many more good years. Многая літа!