Scientists from the Center for Ukrainian Studies in Vienna: professors Tetiana Symonenko, Natalia Ovsyannikova, Olena Pavlenko, Oksana Denys, colleagues Tetiana Savchyn, Taisiia Novachuk, Vira Berkovets and others participated in the March on Vyshyvanka Day. Together with Ukraine in the heart!
From May 18 to 26, 2026, Associate Professor Tetіana Savchyn, a representative of the Ivan Pulyuy Ternopil National Technical University, was at the Center for Ukrainian Researchers in Austria 🇦🇹🇺🇦 as part of the international mobility program.
During the week, we held a number of scientific seminars aimed at developing competencies in preparing grant applications, implementing artificial intelligence tools in the professional activities of a teacher, and discussing modern problems of business communications.
The event became an important platform for academic exchange and cooperation.
In addition, we took part in the embroidery march in Vienna. We are also establishing cooperation with the Carnuntum Archaelogical Park – a museum where a city from the times of the Roman Empire, the most important Roman archaeological complex in Central Europe, has been preserved and partially reconstructed.
We sincerely thank our Austrian colleagues Dr. Gerhard Walter Ruscher and Master Hermann Dietrich for their meaningful communication and support for Ukrainian scientists in Austria, which contributes to the development of international scientific ties and partnerships in the future.
On May 14, our team participated in the 18th International Conference on Natural and Technological Education (ICON MaSTEd 2026) in Kryvyi Rih. The team included Professors Svitlana Skvortsova, Tetiana Symonenko , Kira Hnizdilova, and Yana Haievets, representing the Center of Ukrainian Researchers in Austria, Cherkasy National University named after Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, and South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky.
We presented the study “Artificial Intelligence Tools in the Visualization of Educational Materials: Teachers’ Experience and Perspectives”. The research focused on how teachers use AI tools to create visual learning materials and their future perspectives on these technologies.
We are grateful to the organizers for the excellent platform for academic exchange, especially to
Dr. Serhii Semerakov.
Professors of the Center, Svitlana Skvortsova and Tetiana Symonenko, completed an international academic internship at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland within the framework of academic mobility and the CIPUS programme.
For us as Ukrainian scholars, this internship opened new opportunities for cooperation and sustainable international partnerships. The working group included Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine Svitlana Skvortsova, Professor Tetiana Symonenko, Corresponding Member NAES of Ukraine Professor Nataliia Morze, and Habilitated Professor Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska (University of Silesia).
We participated in the scientific seminar “Digital Technologies for Innovative Teaching of Teachers and Students”, organized by the Polish Pedagogical Association at the Faculty of Primary Education and Arts.
We demonstrated an AI-based presentation workflow using Lenta laptop tools and Synthesia. Dr. Tomasz Kopczyński also presented VR, AR, and Oculus applications in mathematics education.
On April 15, we officially launched the international project Ukrainian Roots Challenge, developed by the well-known Canadian professor Oleksandr Kondrashov. The project is implemented in partnership with Thompson Rivers University, the Center of Ukrainian Studies in Austria, and the All-Ukrainian Association of Language Teachers.
The first meeting already brought together around 100 participants from Canada, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, the USA, Austria, Poland, Italy, and other countries. It is especially valuable that professors, teachers, students, and school pupils work together as one international team. We are convinced that such cooperation generates strong ideas and meaningful initiatives.
Certificates of participation were issued to all seminar participants.
We invite everyone to join our growing community. Soon we will present new project activities, including conferences, competitions, and seminars.
Professors of the Center of Ukrainian Researchers in Austria, Svitlana Skvortsova and Tetiana Semonenko, completed an international academic internship at Jan Selye University in Komárno, Slovakia in April 2026.
During the visit, they established meaningful cooperation with colleagues from the Faculty of Economics and Informatics, which developed into a serious academic partnership with strong future potential.
The internship was carried out within the Ukrainian–Austrian project “The Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in the Professional Activities of University Lecturers”, implemented by the South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky in cooperation with the Center of Ukrainian Researchers in Austria. This topic became the core of all academic discussions and exchanges.
We express sincere gratitude to Professor Stefan Gubo for his support, coordination, and open academic dialogue, which made the visit productive and well organized.
