About us
Meet the team and collaborators contributing to this research project and its work on disability, displacement, and the impacts of war.
Meet the team
Prof Robin Goodwin
Professor of Psychology at the University of Warwick. For more than 30 years he has led projects in Central and Eastern Europe, including in Ukraine, and since the wider Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has coordinated research into the particular psychological and practical challenges faced by Ukrainians with disabilities, in both Ukraine and the UK.
Tarandeep Kang
PhD student supervised by Professor Goodwin with research interests in the mental health impacts of disaster events on disabled people. He has published a number of papers on the impact of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on internally displaced people and refugees with a variety of disabilities. He brings lived experience of disability to its work, and is a full-time wheelchair user.
Olena Orlova
Studied Sociology at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) and Social Sciences at Lund University (Sweden), and is currently a research assistant at the University of Warwick sponsored by Research England (Policy Research Fund). Since 2024, she has collaborated with Tarandeep and Robin on data collection, analysis, dissemination, and stakeholder engagement.
