Center for Security Studies “CENSS”.

24th November 2025

09:00 – 18:00

Mon. – Fri.

+380-44-234-14-80

st. Mechnikov,

10/2, of. 25, Kyiv

Developing the potential of student youth in the field of national security and national stability

Developing the potential of student youth in the field of national security and national stability

The project is implementing in partnership with National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Project implementation period: from 2020 to now.

As part of the cooperation between the Center for Security Studies “CENSS” and the National Technical University of Ukraine “Ihor Sikorskyi Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and the study of the academic discipline “Fundamentals of National Security”, the teacher of which is the Head of the Governing Council of “CENSS” Vadym Chernysh, we are attracting students of the master’s degree of specialties ” public management and administration” and “mediation and conflict resolution” to developments in the field of national security and national stability.

The main goal of this activity is to increase the awareness and activity of students in important social issues related to the security and stability of the country.

In addition, the Center for Security Studies “SENSS”, in cooperation with Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, actively involves law students in discussions, round tables, forums, and conferences on national security issues, which contributes to the development of analytical thinking and the formation of professional responsibility among future lawyers.

The main goal of this activity is to raise awareness and increase student engagement in important social issues related to the security and stability of the country.

On our website, we publish examples of the best student works, which you can read through the following links:

2021:

The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh: causes of its outbreak and escalation

The armed conflict in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova, attempts to resolve it, and its consequences: lessons for Ukraine

2023:

Human rights and national security

Illegal arms trafficking as a threat to national security. State policy objectives in the field of arms control, powers of state bodies in this area

Assessments of global threats by foreign intelligence agencies, the possibility of their use for planning in the field of Ukraine’s national security

The role of the UN Security Council in supporting international peace and security in the modern world and assessment of its effectiveness using Ukraine as an example

The state of relations between NATO and Ukraine

2024:

Problems of national identity as a factor in the vulnerability of society and the state

Illegal arms trafficking as a threat to national security. State policy objectives in the field of arms control, powers of state bodies in this area

The concept of “hybrid” warfare and its components

The threat of using mass migration and internal displacement to deepen divisions in society and reduce its resilience to other threats

The demographic situation as a factor in national security

Digital transformation as a factor in improving Ukraine’s national security

Student essay competition “The right to freely own and carry firearms: will Ukrainian society benefit?”

Annual conference of the project “Supporting Ukraine in countering the risks of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons as a result of Russia’s aggressive war”

We have no moral right to deprive people of their right to self-defense

I support the right of citizens to own firearms, but I oppose their free carrying

Легалізація вогнепальної зброї може мати серйозні негативні наслідки, оскільки перекладає частину відповідальності за правопорядок з держави на громадян

The right to bear arms is not a principle of self-defense, but a method of deterrence.

International scientific conference “Human life as a constitutional value in modern conditions”

2025: 

Winter school on constitutional law for students “Founding Fathers”

Training competition “The Constitution and Weapons: Myths and Reality”

Student forum on constitutional law: dialogue on security, democracy, and the future of the state 

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