Voytenko, Yuliya | Ukraine

Yuliya Voytenko holds a PhD degree in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Central European University (CEU), Hungary. She did her undergraduate studies in Ecology at the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine. Yuliya completed Erasmus Mundus MSc Course in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management at four leading European universities located in Sweden, the UK, Hungary and Greece http://www.mespom.eu/. Yuliya Voytenko has been working in the area of bioenergy for nearly five years. She was a tutor for MSc courses on Preventative Environmental Strategies, Environmental Economics, Products and the Environment and Corporate Environmental Management at CEU. She has also developed and was teaching Society, Business and the Environment course at CEU Business School. Yuliya has been working as a national (bio)energy expert with United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (UN FAO) and Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Research interests of Dr. Voytenko include bioenergy innovation systems, countries with economies in transition, energy security, renewable energy, environmental management in organisations, preventative environmental strategies, and sustainable transportation.
 

Project at IAS- STS (No 1): Exogenous Influences on the Establishment of Bioenergy Industries in Transition Economies
Emerging bioenergy sectors in countries with economies in transition (EiTs) (e.g. Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova etc.) face a number of technical, political, financial, and capacity-based constraints. International technology transfer (e.g. technology, software and institutional) support could help reduce such constraints. One area for research at IAS-STS is the exploration of exogenous influences on the establishment of bioenergy industries in Ukraine and other EiTs with further possibilities of technology and knowledge transfer from ‘more advanced’ Western bioenergy systems to the Eastern context. This research will require a description and analysis of regional bioenergy innovation systems (IS) in different national and international environments.

Project at IAS- STS (No 2): Emergence of niches for biogas in traditional energy systems
Another related area of research covers the emergence and functioning of biogas systems in Western Europe (e.g. in Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark etc.) and the comparison of their institutional success/failures based on the analysis of the functions of technology IS. The results of such study are particularly of interest and applicability for the Western market expansion to the EiTs, which have extensive natural gas grids in place but at the same time face numerous problems linked to the dependence on energy imports. Some examples include Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and EU countries in Eastern Europe. These states survive hard times due to the natural gas import dependency on a single supplier but at the same time have significant potentials for biogas development and extensive infrastructure for gas transportation.

Selected publications

Voytenko, Y. 2010. Bioenergy in Ukraine: Sustainable pathways for the development of Ukraine’s agro-biomass potential. Doctoral dissertation. Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Voytenko, Y., Peck, P. 2010. Organisational frameworks for straw-based energy systems in Ukraine and Western Europe. World Bioenergy 2010: Conference and Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, 25-27 May, Jönköping, Sweden

Voytenko, Y., 2009. State and approaches to biofuel production for farm income diversification in Ukraine, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (UN FAO). Central Asian Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Forum, 26-28 October, Ankara, Turkey

Voytenko, Y., Israilava, A., Peck, P., 2009. Bioenergy co-benefits in Ukraine and Belarus: Realities on the ground. 17th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - From Research to Industry and Markets, 29 June – 3 July, Hamburg, Germany

Voytenko, Y., Peck, P., 2009. Agro-biomass frameworks for organisation in Southern Sweden. 17th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - From Research to Industry and Markets, 29 June–3 July, Hamburg, Germany