The Kherson-Kiel cooperation brings together researchers and teachers from Kiel University (CAU) in Germany and Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University (KSAEU) in Ukraine. It began with colleagues at CAU’s Institute for Statistics and Econometrics and KSAEU’s Faculty of Economics. The profiles below introduce people who helped establish its teaching programme and organisational foundations.
The partnership now continues through ACTI-K². It is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), German institutional partners and colleagues at both universities. Details of past and current funding are available on our supporters page.
Dr. Anna Titova
Dr. Anna Titova heads the Interdisciplinary Centre for Statistics at CAU and teaches statistics and econometrics. Together with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tetiana Skibina, she developed the cooperation’s core teaching concepts and helped coordinate communication across the team. Her work connects practical methods teaching with support for Ukrainian students and colleagues.
Photo: © Anna Titova
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tetiana Skibina
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tetiana Skibina came to Kiel through a scholarship after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Drawing on her experience at KSAEU, she helped develop the cooperation with Anna Titova and Prof. Dr. Kai Carstensen, contributed Ukrainian academic perspectives and coordinated practical support, including the delivery of 70 laptops. She now serves as an ACTI-K² coordinator at CAU, supporting cooperation between the partner universities.
Photo: © Tetiana Skibina
Prof. Dr. Kai Carstensen
Prof. Dr. Kai Carstensen helped initiate the cooperation in 2022 while serving as Dean of CAU’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences. The Faculty’s scholarships for Ukrainian scholars brought Tetiana Skibina to Kiel and provided a starting point for the partnership. As project head, Kai took responsibility for funding applications and coordination with university administration, alongside his academic work in econometrics.
Photo: © Arne Gloy, City of Kiel
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Viktoriia Krykunova
As Dean of KSAEU’s Faculty of Economics during the cooperation’s early phases, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Viktoriia Krykunova served as local co-head and coordinated administrative work in Ukraine. She contributed to supported courses and preparations for the digital Certificate in Quantitative Analysis for Business, Economics and Public Administration, which launched in autumn 2023. Together with Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Viktoriia Hranovska, she visited Kiel in May 2023 to present KSAEU and the city of Kherson to university and city representatives.
Photo: © Arne Gloy, City of Kiel
