Dr. Halyna Levkiv

Research project

• NaDiya – “Hope and Action” Trauma-informed psychosocial primary care for Ukraine

Professional Career

• Studied to become a certified teacher at Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University in Drohobych, Ukraine
• Master's degree in Caritas Studies and Christian Social Work at the University of Freiburg
• Studied social work with an interdisciplinary focus on applied gerontology at the University of Applied Sciences Freiburg
• Doctorate in practical theology at the University of Freiburg on the topic of “Home care in Ukraine – solidarity in society?” 
• 11 years as a nursing assistant in neurology at the Schwarzwaldkliniken Bad-Krozingen rehabilitation center, neurology and geriatrics
• Since March 2022, educational specialist at the Haus Tobias boarding school for people with mental health needs in Freiburg
• Interpreter: Refudocs, AMI Ukrainian – German
• Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences
• Research assistant, project manager for the NaDiya project at the IAF 

Main areas of work and research

• Empirical social research: quantitative and qualitative methods, video analysis
• International care, care in Eastern Europe, care in Ukraine, Ukrainian healthcare system
• Spirituality/religiousness and social work
• Spirituality/religiousness in old age

Coorporations

• Institute for Qualitative Social Research, Freiburg (iqs)
• German-Ukrainian Society Freiburg
• German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (DGGG)