The Ukraine Facility offers substantial rewards for companies investing in Ukraine, so why is business holding back?
Despite the ongoing war, Ukraine offers substantial investment potential due to its large consumer market, competitive workforce, strategic location and rich natural resources. This is equally true for Ukraine’s cutting-edge technology sector as it is for traditional sectors such as infrastructure, renewable energy, healthcare, education and agriculture, many of which require recovery efforts.
In fact, several major private investments have already been made since the full-scale invasion began, with companies like Kronospan, Unilever, ArcelorMittal, Kingspan and Nestlé stepping in. Some of these ventures have been supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and have positively impacted Ukraine’s recovery, laying the groundwork for future growth.

Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz
Marcin Król Fellow
Dr Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz is a Marcin Król Fellow at Visegrad Insight and an Associate Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the UCL Social Research Institute, University College London. He has a track record of academic evidence-based research in the field of sociology with a focus on civil society, migration and European integration. In the past, he studied the social organisation and civic identity of Polish migrants in the UK post-2004, the political mobilisation of Ukrainian migrants in Poland after Euromaidan, the social repercussions of Brexit in the UK, and grassroots civic activism across Europe. Dr Dunin-Wąsowicz’s academic training is in political sociology. He graduated from the New School for Social Research in New York City and obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His current research interests cover transnational entrepreneurs and businesses working towards civic end-goals in support of Ukraine, as well as how in the context of populism, social movements channel civic discontent, counter de-democratisation, and enhance democratic resilience in Europe.
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