Science that rebuilds Ukraine
We conduct peer-reviewed research, publish open data and methodologies, and turn scientific evidence into recovery policy and technology. We unite reconstruction economics, dual-use defence technology, environmental science, law, quantum computing, and digital transparency.
We build trust not through scale but through transparency: open methods, open data, and a clearly established legal status.
Independent. Non-profit. Accountable to evidence.
Ukraine's recovery will define Europe for a generation. IIRDU is a non-governmental, non-profit research institution: we do not represent the interests of any political force, agency, or commercial actor. Our recommendations rest on data, not ideology — we are non-partisan, yet anchored to the values of democracy, transparency, and human rights. We disclose our funding sources, methodologies, and datasets so that every conclusion can be independently verified.
Four dimensions that set us apart
We combine systematic research that shapes decisions with transparency technology, community partnership, and the world's experience of recovery.
Research that shapes policy
We produce rigorous, peer-reviewed research and carry it through to policy recommendations — so that recovery decisions rest on evidence, not guesswork.
Technology that makes resources traceable
We build and deploy digital tools and open data that make public resources and reconstruction spending transparent and traceable end to end.
Communities lead recovery
We work directly with communities so that recovery is something they lead, not something done to them — through training, methodologies, and capacity support.
Global experience, Ukrainian context
We transfer the world's post-conflict reconstruction experience to Ukraine, adapting proven recovery practices to Ukrainian realities and scale.
Six disciplines — one goal
Reconstruction Science & Economics
Assessment of damage, loss, and needs using recognised international methodologies (World Bank RDNA, DaLA), reconstruction economics, modelling, and forecasting of recovery processes.
Defence & Dual-Use Technology
Applied research into protective materials and armour, demining and counter-mine technologies, sensing, and dual-use innovation serving both defence and civilian recovery.
Environment & Climate Science
Environmental assessment of war damage, contamination and remediation of soil and water, post-conflict environmental recovery, carbon accounting (ISO 14064), and climate-risk analysis (TCFD/TNFD).
Law & International Justice
Scientific-legal research into war damage and reparations, an evidence base for the Register of Damage (RD4U) and the International Criminal Court, analysis of the aggressor's sanctions circumvention and asset tracing, the rule of law, and compliance with international standards.
Quantum Computing & Advanced AI
Quantum algorithms and artificial-intelligence methods for recovery modelling: optimisation of reconstruction logistics, analysis of large and geospatial datasets, and predictive modelling.
Open Data & Digital Transparency
Open datasets, open-source methodologies, and a civic digital platform that makes recovery spending traceable and governance accountable.
Our theory of change
We build a coherent chain — from a scientific question to sustainable recovery, where each link rests on the one before it.
- 1Research: we ask precise scientific questions and apply rigorous peer-reviewed methods.
- 2Evidence: we obtain reliable, reproducible results that withstand independent verification.
- 3Open data and tools: we publish datasets and methodologies in open access.
- 4Policy and implementation: we turn evidence into recommendations and technology solutions.
- 5Trust: transparency of method and data builds the trust of partners, donors, and society.
- 6Sustainable recovery: evidence-based solutions make reconstruction effective and irreversible.
What guides us
Evidence over slogans
We defend conclusions that follow from the data, not predetermined positions. When evidence contradicts expectations, the evidence wins.
Open by default
We publish data, methodologies, and results so they can be verified, reproduced, and reused.
Scientific rigour and peer review
Every study undergoes methodological control and external peer review before it becomes the basis for recommendations.
Long horizon
Recovery is a matter of generations, not quarters. We build an institution and a body of knowledge designed for decades.
Principled impartiality
We are independent of political and commercial interests and accountable only to scientific integrity and the public good.
Join the independent science behind Ukraine's recovery
Institutional support makes it possible to conduct independent research, publish open data, and carry scientific evidence through to real solutions for the recovery of Ukraine.