He was an activist of the Ukrainian student and multicultural movements in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s and the head of the Union of Ukrainian Students of Canada (SUSK) in 1969-70. According to
John-Paul Himka, he was "the leader of the Ukrainian left in Canada" during this period.[2] Together with Marko Bojcun, Roman Senkus, Halyna Freeland, Khrystyna Khomyak, Myroslav Shkandrij and others, he participated in the publication of the magazine "Dialog", the slogan of which was "For socialism and democracy in independent Ukraine".[3][4]
Dr Krawchenko moved to Ukraine in 1991 to become Director of Policy Studies at the Council of Advisors to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 1992 became the founder and director of the Institute of Public Administration and Local Government, Cabinet of Ministers.
In 1995 the institute was re-organised into the Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine and he was appointed vice-rector for academic development and Director of the Centre for the Study of Administration Reform. Dr. Krawchenko participated in numerous Ukrainian government committees, task forces, and working groups. These include the President's Council on Social and Economic Affairs, the Policy Unit of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Working Group on the Establishment of the Civil Service, the Working Group on Monetary Reform, and the Commission on Administrative Reform. He has also served as a consultant to the World Bank and OECD. He was visiting associate professor at Harvard University, Department of Government, and visiting professor at the College of Europe in Natolin, Poland.
Dr Krawchenko was editor of “Occasional Papers in Public Administration and Public Policy” published by the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, and a member of international editorial boards of several journals, amongst which was Public Management and Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.
In 2004, Dr Krawchenko moved to Kyrgyzstan and joined the University of Central Asia, where he served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Development in 2004-2022 and also as UCA's Director-General from 2007 to 2014. He currently serves as an Advisor to the Rector and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Development.[5]
In 2000, he was awarded an Order of Merit from the President of Ukraine. Dr Krawchenko was editor of “Occasional Papers in Public Administration and Public Policy” published by the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, and a member of international editorial boards of several journals among them Public Management and Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.
Writing
He is the author of Social Change and National Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Ukraine (1985).[6]
A specialist on Ukraine, Dr. Krawchenko edited Ukraine after Shelest (1983),[7][8]Famine in Ukraine 1932–1933 (1986),[9] and Ukrainian Past, Ukrainian Present (1993).[10]
Research Publications
Universities and Society in Kyrgyzstan: A Historical, Political and Economic Perspective (2021).[11]
The Impact of Industrialization on the Social Structure of Ukraine (2015).[12]
Agrarian Unrest and the Shaping of a National Identity in Ukraine at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (2001).[13]
Social Change and National Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Ukraine (1985).[14]
Ukrainian Society after the Second World War (1985).[15]
Personal life
He was the second husband of Solomiia Pavlychko until her death in 1999.
^Ukraine after Shelest. Bohdan Krawchenko, University of Alberta. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canadian Association of Slavists, Canadian Political Science Association, Learned Societies Conference. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. 1983. ISBN0-920862-26-8. OCLC10346509.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)