Oleksandra KeudelOleksandra Keudel, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Kyiv School of Economics, based in Berlin. Her scholarly interests include local governance, knowledge production and civil society-state relations in young democracies. She held a post-doctoral felloship at the Free University of Berlin. Her most recent book is How Patronal Networks Shape Opportunities for Local Citizen Participation in a Hybrid Regime: A Comparative Analysis of Five Cities in Ukraine (ibidem). Her papers were featured in East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures and East European Politics Read More Read Less