About Us
Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery SUPRR was founded by Dr. Frances Pinter in 2023, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
SUPRR is a not-for-profit UK-registered Community Interest Company. We define our ‘community’ as everyone who cares about the future of Ukrainian publishing during this time of war and beyond, in anticipation that post-war the country will become a key player in the European economy.
Directors
Frances Pinter
SUPRR Founder, Director
Byron Russell
SUPRR Director, Consultant, Open Access and Digital Journals
Advisory Board
Dr. Ganna Kharlamova
Coordination Center for Publication of Scientific Periodicals Series Director, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Viktor Kruglov
CEO of Ranok Publishing House, Ukraine
Yana Sychikova
Vice-Rector for Research, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University
Tetiana Yaroshenko
Deputy Director for Research and International Affairs, State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine
Advisory Committee
Serhiy Gapiuk
CEO Textbooks and Manuals publisher, Ukraine
Rüdiger Wischenbart
Consultant, Founder of Content and Consulting, Austria
Nataliia Bazeliuk
Senior Researcher, Editorial Board Member, International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership, Ukraine
Taras Kotyk
Senior Lecturer Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Managing Editor, Galician Medical Journal, Ukraine.
Gareth Dyke
Writer, Researcher, Educator, UK
Our Story
As the full horrors of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine unfolded people in the West wanted to extend a helping hand.
The SUPRR initiative was founded in 2023 by Dr Frances Pinter, a British academic publisher. She along with others decided to see how they might help the Ukrainian publishing industry in the time of war.
Many of our projects have been supported both financially and in-kind by publishers throughout the world who also felt compelled to act where they could. The team and many more have handcrafted individual interventions that have shown what can be achieved when those who understand the value of a strong and free publishing sector for the good of the nation and the world work together.
Our Partners
