The London School of Economics is launching a four-week program «Education for Victory» for Ukrainian civil servants, military personnel, and administrators working to rebuild the country.
The London School of Economics is launching a four-week program «Education for Victory» for Ukrainian civil servants, military personnel, and administrators working to rebuild the country.
According to a press release from LSE IDEAS, the program develops leadership skills, strategic thinking and institutional capacity of professionals involved in post-conflict planning. The first week includes meetings in London, including with representatives of the EBRD and JPMorgan, and the training modules are delivered by LSE faculty and invited international speakers. Among them is Nobel laureate in economics Joseph Stiglitz. A separate Faculty and Research Track component will bring together Ukrainian experts and LSE scholars in joint research on resilience, governance and reconstruction.
Applications are accepted from October 31 to January 31, 2026, and the start of training is scheduled for February 2026. You can apply by filling out this questionnaire. Requirements for candidates and the schedule of modules are published on the program website. Specialists from central and local authorities, security and defense sector officers, politicians, analysts, and project managers who represent Ukraine at the international level are invited to participate.
The organizer is the LSE IDEAS foreign policy and strategy think tank in collaboration with the Ukrainian non-profit organization Education for Victory and the international company CRH.
Previously, dev.ua wrote about how Ukrainian defense-tech teams can complete the Y Combinator winter program without traveling to the US: interviews and participation were allowed in a remote format, and the standard investment package is $500,000 per startup.
