UC Department of Media and Communication continues its engagement with diplomatic practitioners: Visit of the Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand and Media & Comms Student Presentations

HE Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand, visited the UC and the Department of Media and Communication for the second time on January 23, 2025.  UC Media & Comms hosted a public event where the Ambassador met with students and academics to discuss the “battle of narratives” in the increasingly geopolitical world and Ukraine in this context.  Contributing to the academia-stakeholders dialogue, the UC Media & Comms post-graduate students – PhD students Mia Angeline and Shalabh Chopra, as well as Media & Comms alumnus Dr Daniela Grimberg — reported their research findings on digital heritage diplomacy of Ukraine towards “Global South” countries.  These reports are a part of the research output of the Jean Monnet Policy Network “Challenges and Opportunities of EU-Ukraine Heritage Diplomacy”, a 15-poartner consortium, and specifically Work Package 5 “Strategic Communication” (led by Professor Natalia Chaban of UC Media and Communication).