Organiser: INDEX: Institute for Documentation and Exchange
Format: in-person
INDEX Ukraine has launched the open call for the Environmental Humanities Fellowship 2026. This new programme focuses on the theme “Landscapes of War and Ecocide” and will host two creative practitioners—one from Ukraine and one international—for a three‑month residency in Lviv (July–September 2026).
About the Fellowship
The initiative responds to the deep entanglements between war, colonialism, and extractivism that have become increasingly visible since Russia’s full-scale invasion. It places Ukraine within broader histories of imperial extractivism, environmental violence, and global struggles for environmental justice. While acknowledging the immediate ecological destruction caused by the war, the programme also aims to explore less visible, layered forms of violence embedded in Ukrainian landscapes.
By bringing together one Ukrainian and one international fellow, the programme fosters interdisciplinary collaboration across arts and humanities. Fellows will document, preserve, and critically analyse the war’s impact on Ukrainian environments, with the option to integrate comparative or transnational perspectives.
Eligibility
Applicants may include researchers, artists, writers, filmmakers, photographers, and other creative practitioners working at the intersection of environmental humanities, political ecology, and creative practice. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
War’s environmental impacts and ecocide
Ukraine in transnational environmental justice frameworks
Nuclear colonialism and terrorism
Extractivism and resourcification of Ukrainian land
Political ecology of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Climate change and conflict
Post-extractivist futures and multispecies collaboration
Inter‑imperial and Soviet/Russian environmental violence
Applicants must demonstrate how their work aligns with the theme Landscapes of War and Ecocide.
Apply by 3rd April 2026.