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HORBATENKO Volodymyr Pavlovych — Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Leading Researcher of the Sector of Legal Problems of Political Institutions and Processes, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor
He graduated from the Kyiv State Pedagogical Institute named after O. M. Gorky (now - Mykhailo Dragomanov Ukrainian State University) with a degree in history, social science and methods of educational work» (1984).
In 1995, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Political Sciences on the topic: «Local Self-Government in Ukraine: Political Scientific Analysis of Concepts of the Past and Present» (specialty 23.00.02 - political institutions and processes). In 1999, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Political Sciences on the topic: "Political modernization of Ukrainian society in the context of modern civilizational processes." (specialty 23.00.02 — political institutions and processes).
Main areas of scientific research: problems of political modernization, political analysis and forecasting, history of political and legal doctrines, political and legal relations, development of political science and education, philosophy of politics and law, Ukrainian-Polish cooperation.
Published about 400 scientific works, including: 4 individual monographs:
- «Strategy of Modernization of Society: Ukraine and the World at the Turn of the Millennium» (1999),
- «Political Forecasting: Theory, Methodology, Practice» (2006),
- «Futurology and politics» (2019),
- «Czesław Miłosz: “More than one life»;
monographies, scientific notes and analytical reports co-authored by:
- «Democracy — Governance — Bureaucracy: in the context of modernization of Ukrainian society» (2001);
- «European integration of Ukraine: political and legal issues» (2005),
- «Innovative development of Ukraine: political and legal aspects» (2006),
- «EU political and legal standards and directions for improving the modernization model of modern Ukraine» (2011),
- «Legal mechanisms of interaction between the state and civil society in Ukraine: historical experience and contemporary challenges» (2013),
- «Prevention of discrimination in Ukraine in the context of European integration» (2015),
- «Political and Legal Principles of Transformation of the Party System of Ukraine» (2016),
- «Ukraine: The Path to Consolidation of Society: National Report» (2017),
- «Legal Dimension of State Information Policy of Ukraine in the Face of Global Challenges» (2018),
- «Legal Political Science: Problems of Conceptualization and Institutionalization» (2019),
- «Politics, Law and Power in the Light of Legal Political Science» (2022),
- «Strategy of Political and Legal Development of Ukraine until 2030 year» (2022).
Co-author of textbooks, manuals, encyclopedic publications:
- «Introduction to Political Science: An Excursus into the History of Legal and Political Thought» (1996, 1998),
- «Political Encyclopedic Dictionary» (1997, 2004),
- «Political Science: Textbook» (1998, 2001, 2006),
- «Legal Encyclopedia» (in 6 vols., 1998-2004),
- «History of Political Thought in Ukraine» (2007),
- «Applied Political Science» (2008),
- «History of Doctrines on State and Law» (2010),
- «Encyclopedia of International Law» (in 3 vols., 2014-2019),
- «Political Thought of the 20th — early 21st Centuries» (2016),
- «Political Analytics» (2020),
- «Legal Political Science. Academic Course» (2021).
He has trained 12 doctors of political sciences, 28 candidates of political sciences, 2 candidates of legal sciences. He combines research activities with teaching. Since the late 1990s, he has collaborated with the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy". He continues to cooperate with the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the National Aviation University, the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy".
Member of the specialized academic council D 26.236.01 for the defense of dissertations for the degree of Doctor (Candidate) of Political Sciences at the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine; Specialized Academic Council D 26.001.41 for the defense of dissertations for the degree of Doctor (Candidate) of Political Sciences at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Editor-in-chief of the journal «Social and Political Processes».
Cooperates with Polish colleagues on the problem of development and harmonization of bilateral relations between Ukraine and the Republic of Poland. Co-author of monographic works that are the result of Ukrainian-Polish scientific cooperation: «Cywilizacyjne wezwania oraz modernizacyjne odpowiedzi Ukrainy: perspektywy humanizacji państwa і harmonii spoleczęstoĹ„ska» (2009), «Polska i Ukraina — próba analizy systemu politycznego» (2011), «Ukraina 25 lat na drodze niepodległości» (2017), «Poland and Ukraine. Poles and Ukrainians: relations after 1990» (2021).
Academician of the NGO «Ukrainian Academy of Political Sciences of Ukraine», NGO «National Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine», NGO «Academy of Political and Legal Sciences of Ukraine»; foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Awards and distinctions: Winner of the Yaroslav the Wise Prize of the Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine (2002), Winner of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2004), Winner of the M. P. Vasylenko Prize of the NAS of Ukraine (2008). Awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th degree (2009). Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2019).