Institutions, appropriateness, and trust are all deeply influenced by path dependency — a phenomenon whereby history matters; what has occurred in the past persists because of resistance to change. In the last ten years, Ukraine has experienced schisms that create the potential for change. Institutions have received the most study, but appropriateness and trust are also plastic and can be changed. The lessons of the last twenty-five years offer tools for managing this change. During his lecture at America House Lviv, Professor Nichols will talk about these opportunities for change.   

Professor Nichols studies issues of corruption in developing economies. He has conducted numerous applied studies and collaborated with organizations in more than thirty countries around the world on anti-corruption and business development issues.  

He also has served as the President of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, as Chair of the United Nations expert committee on facilitating trade, as Co-Chair of the International Economic Law Interest Group, and currently serves as Chair of the Anti-Corruption Law Interest Group. Professor Nichols has worked in or with organizations in more than a dozen countries on issues of economic and social development. His research interests are corruption, emerging economies, international trade, and investment.  

We'll be streaming this event to the America House Lviv Facebook page and YouTube channel. 

If you want to get a reminder before the lecture starts, please register by the link: https://bit.ly/3VnAW76