SÉBASTIEN GOBERT

Sébastien Gobert is a journalist based in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Co-founder of the Daleko-Blisko Collective of independent journalists - www.dalekoblisko.com.

 French journalist, political expert and communications consultant fascinated with the European ex-communist space. Traveling across the region since 2006 and Kyiv-based since 2011. As a Ukraine & Moldova press correspondent I worked namely on the 2014 Maidan revolution, Crimea annexation and Donbass war. I have been following political and economic transformations across the post-Soviet space.

Employers as press correspondent: Radio France Internationale, Libération, Mediapart, Ouest France, Le Monde Diplomatique, France Culture, La Libre Belgique, le Courrier d'Europe Centrale, la Radio Télévision Suisse, BFM TV, La Tribune de Genève, and more.

Projects as communications consultant:

- Made With Switzerland (with Niels Ackermann), an ongoing project to promote the Swiss actions that support Ukraine's development and to frame some strategic communication. For the embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine. www.madewithswitzerland.ch

- Podcasts to promote the investments of various entrepreneurs at the French-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivqb2UVkAXwhDSnuuPD4tg

- Strategic consultancy to promote the "Economic Support to East Ukraine" program at USAID.

As political expert:

- I developed a course on Ukrainian oligarchy to teach foreign investors in Ukraine (2020)

- Regular comments given to various media.

As author:

- De la Baltique à la mer Noire (collective book, in French) on a subjective approach to Kyiv's geography. (ENS Editions, 2021)

- Auf den Spuren von Terror und Gewalt (collective book, in German) on Ukraine's decommunization process. Ukraine Verstehen, 2020.

- Looking for Lenin (with Niels Ackermann, in English and French) on Ukraine's fall of Lenin statues and decommunization process. (FUEL Publishing, Editions Noir sur Blanc, 2017)

- "I am one of You": Who is "You"?: The selective extension of dual citizenship provisions in Lithuania. (in English) Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012.

Strong skills:

- Political and geopolitical expert

- Reliable independent professional

- Team-leader and project-oriented

- Writing & editing & radio

Social Profile:

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiengobert

Twitter - https://twitter.com/sebagobert

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