Tymofii Brik is a Ukrainian sociologist, currently serving as the Rector at the Kyiv School of Economics. He is also the National Coordinator of the European Social Survey (2022-2026). In 2022-23, he was the Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies in the Department of Sociology and the Roberta Buffett Institute, Northwestern University. In 2023, he was non-residential visiting fellow at LSE. In 2019-20 he was a Fulbright researcher at NYU sociology department. In 2018, he was a Vucinich Fellow at Stanford University. His paper, “When Church Competition Matters?” won the N.Panina award in 2018, presented by the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine.

He is also a board member of the International Renaissance Foundation projects in Social Capital, jury member of the “Talents for Ukraine” grant program, advisory board member at the Future Index by the Olena Zelenska Foundation, assembly member of the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Studies. From 2017 to 2023 he was a member of the supervisory board at CEDOS.

KSE achievements:

Despite the Russian invasion, KSE University has grown into one of Ukraine’s leading academic institutions. In 2026, KSE marks 30 years since its founding in 1996.