Nataliia Hrytsiuk is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA4Ukraine) Fellow at UCL School of Management, funded by the European Commission. She was selected as 1 of 49 fellows from more than 550 applications submitted across Europe and is the only awardee in the field of economics within her funded cohort.

Her current research project, REFRAME, examines the motivational drivers, ecosystem conditions, and structural factors shaping refugee entrepreneurship and influencing return migration decisions. The project develops evidence-based policy recommendations to support small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) development among displaced entrepreneurs and contributes to strategic frameworks for Ukraine’s post-war economic reconstruction.

Dr Hrytsiuk is the leader and co-organiser of The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs for Ukraine Lecture Series at UCL School of Management, an internationally recognised initiative supporting Ukrainian entrepreneurs in the UK. The programme has received several prestigious awards, including the AACSB “Innovations That Inspire” Award (2024), and the National Enterprise Educator Award in the Enterprise for Good Inspire category.

The programme has built a community of 128 alumni, supported the development of 49 startup ventures, enabled 17 participants to become self-employed, led to the formal registration of 12 companies, and contributed to the creation of 70 new jobs across Ukraine and the UK.

Dr Hrytsiuk has authored over 70 academic publications and co-authored textbooks in innovative entrepreneurship and research methodology. Previously, she also served as Deputy Dean (Education) and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, where she led curriculum development and academic innovation initiatives.

She is a member of the British Academy Early Researcher Programme and regularly contributes as a speaker for Facework Group (London) and the Ukrainian Education Hub in Great Britain, delivering lectures on entrepreneurship, innovation in crisis contexts, and the economic integration of Ukrainian communities in the UK.

You can find Nataliia’s research at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9024-6092