Curriculum Vitae

Dr. SERGIY KVIT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2016 - present / National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”,
Professor of Kyiv-Mohyla School of Journalism
2014 – 2016 / Ministry on Education and Science of Ukraine,
Minister
2007 – 2014 / National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”,
President
2001 - 2007 / National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”,
Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Technologies, Professor
2001 - 2005 / Kyiv-Mohyla School of Journalism,
Director
2000 - 2001 / State Committee for Information Policy,
Head of the Press Department
1996 - 2001 / Institute of Journalism, Taras Shevchenko National University,
Associate Professor (Docent)
1993 - 2003 / Ukrainian Issues Journal,
Editor in Chief
1991 - 1992 / Word and Time Journal,
Editor

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

2011 / “Adizes Problem Solving”, course for executives,
Kyiv-Mohyla Business School
2005 / “HR Management”, course for executives,
Kyiv-Mohyla Business School
2004 / “Strategy under the Turbulence Conditions”, course for executives,
Kyiv-Mohyla Business School
2002 / Doctor in Philology
Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine
2001 / PhD
Free Ukrainian University, Germany (Munich)
1991 / Specialist in Journalism,
Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

2012 - present / The Supervisory Board of the Telekritika NGO, Member
20012 - present / The Supervisory Board of the Independent Association of Broadcasters, Member
2005 - 2011 / Consortium of University Autonomy, Head
2002 - 2011 / Center for Media Reforms, President
1989 - 2002 / New Literature Association, Member-Founder

HONORS AND AWARDS

2015 / Order of Merit of III degrees
2014 / St. Volodymyr Medal
2013 / Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d'Italia)
2007 / St. Petro Mohyla Medal
2005 / Kyiv Meyer’s diploma on the achievements is research and pedagogical activities
2004 / Ukrainian Free University Foundation’s Prize (Munich)
2001 / Kyiv Meyer’s diploma on the activities at the State Committee for Information Policy
1996 / Blagovist Prize (awarded to journalists and writers )
1994 / Prize of the Svito-vyd journal

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages / Personal Data
Ukrainian – native / Date of Birth – 26 November 1965
English - fluent / Place of Birth – Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Russian - fluent / Marital Status - married

BIO

Sergiy Kvit, a prominent commentator on educational issues, currently is a professor of Kyiv-Mohyla School of Journalism. He has been rector (president) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy since 2007 until 2014. Sergiy Kvit occupied the position of the minister on education and science of Ukraine in 2014-2016 when progressive Law on Higher Education was adopted. In 2002-07 he was dean of the university’s social studies faculty. He founded the Kyiv-Mohyla School of Journalism in 2001 and became president of the Media Reform Centre, set up to initiate open debate and promote more transparent media and government. In 2005-2011 he served as chairman of the Consortium of University Autonomy. Dr Kvit’s research focuses on educational and media reforms, mass communications, and philosophical hermeneutics; he has published several books and numerous articles. He has a PhD from the Ukrainian Free University in Munich and also holds a doctorate in philology. He subsequently held a Fulbright scholarship at Ohio University, US, a Kennan Institute scholarship at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre in Washington DC and a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship at the University of Cologne.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Philosophical Hermeneutics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Educational Reforms, Media Reforms, Mass Communications, Ideology

PUBLICATIONS (Among the latest)

BOOKS:

Kvit, Sergiy (2015). Battlefront of Civilizations: Education in Ukraine. – Kyiv, PH “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”. – 208 p. (English)

Kvit, Sergiy (2015). Dmytro Dontsov. Ideological portrait. – Lviv: Galician Publishing Association. – 192 p.: http://goo.gl/pgy7WV (Ukrainian)

Kvit, Sergiy (2011). The Hermeneutics of Style. – Kyiv, PH “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”. – 125 p.: http://goo.gl/UVk7K (Ukrainian)

Kvit, Sergiy (2008). Mass Communications. – Kyiv, PH “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”. – 208 p.: http://goo.gl/Id7tv (Ukrainian)

ARTICLES:

Altogether more than 100 articles

Kvit Sergiy (2014) Truth: Philosophy in Transit // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. – 1: http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Truth-Philosophy-in-Transit.pdf

Kvit Sergiy (2014) The Euromaidan Revolution and the Struggle for Ukraine’s Place in Europe // Jews, Ukrainians, and the Euromaidan. – University of Toronto. – P. I-XVI.

Kvit, Sergiy (2014) Ukraine and the World: Seeking a Genuine Reality // Speech at the US-UA Working Group Yearly Summit“Providing Ukraine with an Annual Report Card”, June 19, 2014, Washington D.C.: http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/2014/07/ukraine-and-the-world-seeking-a-genuine-reality/

Kvit, Sergiy (2014) No Dialog with the “Empty Place” // Speech at the Conference “How to strengthen the relations of European Union with Ukraine? What about the renewal of the dialogue with Russia?”, organized by “Confrontations Europe” in Brussels, 24 April: http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/2014/04/no-dialogue-with-the-empty-place/

Kvit, Sergiy (2014) The Ideology of the EuroMaidan Revolution // Kyiv Post. – 24 March: http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/op-ed/serhiy-kvit-the-ideology-of-the-euromaidan-revolution-340665.html

Kvit, Sergiy (2014) A European Revolution in Ukraine // University World News. – 14 March, Issue # 311: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140311231130571

Kvit, Sergiy (2014) What the Ukrainian Protests mean // University World News. – 8 January, Issue # 301: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140108164131129&utm_content=buffer13446&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Kvit, Sergiy (2013) Social Responsibility of Ukrainian Universities // Speech at 2013 Annual Conference of Canadian Bureau for International Education in VancouverEducation for a Better World: Our Global Social Responsibility, November: http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/2013/12/social-responsibility-of-ukrainian-universities/

Kvit, Sergiy (2013) A Parallel Higher Education World // University World News. – 25 October, Issue # 293: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20131023125453378

Kvit, Sergiy (2013) An Anti-Education Ministry of Education // University World News, 13 July, Issue # 280: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130712102512854

Kvit, Sergiy (2013) Modern European, not marginal post-Soviet universities needed // University World News, 13 April,Issue # 267: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130411130006882

Kvit, Sergiy (2013) A new phase in the battle for higher education // University World News, 02 Fabruary,Issue # 257: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130130155258817

Kvit, Sergiy (2012) Public Debate and Higher Education in Today’s Ukraine: the Case of the National

University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Speech at the Mykola Zerov Centre for Ukrainian Studies //

Monash University, Australia): http://goo.gl/49gBl

Kvit, Sergiy (2012) New law could breathe life into higher education // University World News. - 20

September, Issue # 241:

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120928113702377

Kvit, Sergiy (2012) Student groups have vital role to play in universities and society // University

World News. – 19 August, Issue # 235:

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2012081513363667

Kvit, Sergiy (2012) An illogical way of funding universities // University World News. - 27 May,

Issue # 223:

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2012052314121089&query=ukraine

Kvit, Sergiy (2012) New dawn for higher education in Ukraine? // University World News. - 08 April, Issue # 216:

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120405132528872&query=Ukraine

Kvit, Sergiy (2012) Draft higher education law is retrogressive, obstructs integration // University

World News. - 29 January, Issue # 206:

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120124154939502&query=Ukraine

Kvit, Sergiy (2011) The Hermeneutics of Style // Kyiv-Mohyla Journal. Philosophy. - 2011, V. 2: http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/33-100-2-PB.pdf

Kvit, Sergiy (2010) Mass Communications of an Independent Ukraine in the Context of Normative Theories and as an Evidence of Modernization Theory // Working Papers of the Institute for Broadcasting Economics at the University of Cologne, # 273: http://www.rundfunk-institut.uni-koeln.de/institut/publikationen/arbeitspapiere/ap273.php

Kvit, Sergiy (2010) Saint Augustine’s Hermeneutical Universalism// Kyiv-Mohyla Journal. Philosophy. - 2010, V. 1: http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Saint-Augustines-Hermeneutical-Universalism_2010.pdf

Kvit, Sergiy (2010) Prospects for Higher Education in Ukraine’s 2010 Post-Orange Revolution Realities (Speech at the University of Western Ontario and University of Toronto): http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/2011/04/prospects-for-higher-education-in-ukraine%E2%80%99s-2010-post-orange-revolution-realities/

Kvit, Sergiy (2009) Networked Communities: Strategies for Digital Collaboration // International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (USA), 5(4), 70-73, October-December: http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/2011/04/networked-communities-strategies-for-digital-collaboration/

Kvit, Sergiy (2009) The Challenges of Post-Secondary Education in Ukraine after Independence (Speech at the University of Manitoba): http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/2011/04/the-challenges-of-post-secondary-education-in-ukraine-after-independence/

Kvit, Sergiy (2008) The University as a Means of Building Common Understanding in the Global Age (Speech at the Opening Seminar of the Ukrainian Studies Program // University of Helsinki, Aleksanteri Institute): http://kvit.ukma.kiev.ua/2011/04/the-university-as-an-agency-of-building-common-understanding-in-the-global-age-2/