{"id":726,"date":"2025-12-20T15:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/?page_id=726"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:55:20","slug":"academic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/news-and-events\/academic-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Academic engagement is one of importants aspects of the project\u2019s dissemination strategy. Through active participation in academic conferences, workshops, seminars, and scholarly events, the project contributes to international dialogue on higher education resilience, crisis response, and Ukraine\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Here, we share news and updates about the project\u2019s academic activities, including conference presentations, panel discussions, invited talks, and other forms of scholarly engagement. These activities support knowledge exchange, strengthen research collaboration, and ensure that project results reach relevant academic and policy-oriented audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research on Resilience During Wartime Presented within Project TURBO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>September 2025<\/strong>, at the <strong>13th Conference on Performance Measurement in Management Accounting<\/strong> at <strong>EADA Business School (Barcelona, Spain)<\/strong>, <strong>Olga Iermolenko<\/strong> presented a paper titled: <em>\u201cNo way to bounce back: How did SMEs in Ukraine stay resilient during the war?\u201d<\/em>, written together with Valeriia Melnyk and Carolyn Cordery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This paper examines how <strong>small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine<\/strong> have built <strong>resilience during the ongoing war<\/strong>, focusing on the role of <strong>management control systems (MCS)<\/strong>\u2014both formal (e.g., planning, budgeting) and informal (e.g., cultural values, HR practices)\u2014in enabling survival and adaptation. It explores whether SMEs \u201cbounce back\u201d to pre-crisis operations or \u201cbounce forward\u201d by transforming and developing new capabilities under extreme uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This study complements <strong>Project TURBO at Nord University<\/strong> by addressing <strong>resilience under wartime conditions<\/strong> from a business perspective. While TURBO focuses on sustaining higher education through innovative teaching and institutional adaptability, this research examines how Ukrainian SMEs employ MCS to maintain operations and adapt strategically. Both initiatives share a core objective: understanding <strong>resilience as a dynamic process of transformation<\/strong> rather than mere recovery, offering insights into organizational responses to extreme uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"484\" data-id=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/1757518840148.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/1757518840148.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/1757518840148-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/1757518840148-768x465.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/EADA-Business-School-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/EADA-Business-School-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/EADA-Business-School-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/EADA-Business-School-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/EADA-Business-School-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.nord.no\/turbo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2026\/01\/EADA-Business-School-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CIGAR Conference 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">On June 26, 2025,&nbsp;<strong>Anatoli Bourmistrov and Veronika Vakulenko<\/strong>&nbsp;presented their paper \u201cEducation Against a Black\/Shadow Economy: Comparative Analysis of Norway and Ukraine\u201d at the&nbsp;<strong>CIGAR Conference<\/strong>&nbsp;in Athens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">The paper, developed within the framework of the TURBO project, explores the role of higher education in addressing the challenges of the shadow economy \u2013 particularly during times of societal crisis. Drawing on examples from Norway and Ukraine, the authors argue for a more comprehensive educational approach that not only promotes legal and ethical practices but also raises awareness of the risks and realities of economic crime, including white-collar offenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Their research highlights the need for educational systems to prepare future managers and professionals to navigate both the visible and hidden aspects of economic life, contributing to more transparent and resilient societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic engagement is one of importants aspects of the project\u2019s dissemination strategy. Through active participation in academic conferences, workshops, seminars, and scholarly events, the project contributes to international dialogue on higher education resilience, crisis response, and Ukraine\u2019s recovery. 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