About us

AREVE – Association of Researchers of EU Values in Education was founded in 2020 by a group of EU Studies researchers, practitioners, trainers, and educators. This is a think tank and research organization with the focus of EU values in education and implementation in the educational sphere, and their transfer to civic society. ​

Currently, AREVE is an associated partner in the UNICOM Erasmus + project, 101083077-UNICOM ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE. AREVE participates in all project activities (research, training, workshop development and dissemination, etc.). ​

  • The project activities include the mutual exchange of experience between European and Ukrainian higher education institutions and non-governmental organizations, such as AREVE, on the preparation and upskilling of specialists working with communities in war conditions.
  • In cooperation with educators from Dragomanov Ukrainian State University these activities are oriented firstly on vulnerable groups of population, designing and implementing courses for them; workshops and outreaching events for the developers of such courses; development and piloting of the course for specialists working with vulnerable groups of population, primarily with military and veterans; preparing and piloting the course of informal education for veterans, ex-prisoners and combatants.,

Marja Nesterova

President and founder of AREVE

  • Professor, Dr of Science in Philosophy,
  • Head of Board, and founder of IntegrA (Austria),​
  • Head of the Centre of EU Studies of Social Cohesion Development (ESSIE),
  • Сoordinator of the Erasmus+ projects SCEGES, EVDISD, SCAES,
  • National coordinator of UNICOM
  • Mentor and tutor in the Erasmus+ project “Enterpreneur4all” (2023)
  • ​Vice President of Association of Management Consultants «CMC Ukraine»,
  • ​Certified ToP facilitator (ICA, Canada),
  • Certified management consultant CMC,
  • Certified facilitator of the British Council
  • Certified facilitator of dialogue OSCE trainer, and mentor of GIZ business regional development programs,
  • Facilitator and trainer of UNDP (program «Social Cohesion and Security in Communities»),
  • Facilitator and trainer of USAID (program «DOBRE»),
  • Certified mediator certified facilitator of dialogues OSCE,
  • Certified candidate in psychotherapist in Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (Wiesbaden Academy, Germany) ​

Natalia Kochubey

Founder and board member of AREVE

  • Professor, Doctor of Philosophy,
  • Certified facilitator of the British Council, 
  • Founder of the Institute for the Development of Social Cohesion,
  • Visiting professor at the University of Udine (Italy) and Udine (Italy),
  • Key researcher of the EU Center for Research on the Development of Social Cohesion (ESSIE),
  • Participant in the Erasmus+ EVDISD project SCAES), participant in the Erasmus+ project “Enterpreneur4all”.

Andrii Zamozhskyi​

Founder and executive director of AREVE

  • PhD student and Senior Researcher in the Department of Social Work at DUSU(thesis on social cohesion and social inclusion development),
  • MA in Psychology,
  • Certified facilitator non-violence communication, mediator,
  • Founder of the Institute of Social Cohesion Development.​

Hanna Afuzova

Board member of AREVE

  • PhD in Psychological Sciences
  • Associate Professor of the Department of Special Psychology and Medicine of the Faculty of Special and Inclusive Education at DUSU.
  • Team member of EVDISD; “Accessibility across borders. Development of Information Accessibility for Deaf and Blind People” (International Visegrad Fund “Visegrad+”, № 22020043);
  • Team member of ESSIE and UNICOM, 
  • Leader of individual project ‘Development of resilience of first level higher education students in the context of military conflict in Ukraine’ (Ukrainian Association of Educational  Research, with the support of the European Association for Educational Research),
  • Psychologist in the project ‘Providing digital tools for overcoming learning disabilities, socio-emotional development and mental health assessment for the most vulnerable 35,000 children in rural areas’ (NGO ‘Ukrainian Smile’, CO ‘100%  Life’, Ukraine Humanitarian Fund);
  • Psychologist in the project ‘Empowering Educators for Resilience: Trauma-informed support and psychological assistance in the conflict-affected regions of Ukraine’ (NGO  “Ukrainian Smile”, IHO “People in Need”).
  • Member of the National Psychological Association of Ukraine (Mental Health Division), Ukrainian Association of  Educational Researchers.

Alisiia Tsymbal

Board Member of AREVE

  • Early-career researcher and professional in social innovation in education
  • Member of the Centre for European Studies of Social Innovation in Education (ESSIE Centre) at Dragomanov Ukrainian State University
  • Master’s degree with honours from Dragomanov Ukrainian State University
  • Research and professional interests include social innovation in education, inclusion, equal opportunities, community engagement, and the development of educational practices responsive to the needs of diverse social groups.
  • Contributes to educational and social innovation initiatives, the promotion of European values in education, and cooperation between universities, communities, and civil society.