Inspirer of EdCamp movement in Ukraine, member of Presidential Advisory Council on Promoting the Development of the General Secondary Education System

Dr. Oleksandr Elkin is the founder and Chair of the Board of EdCamp Ukraine, the country’s largest educator community, bringing together 55,000 educators.

His entire professional career has been dedicated to education: he began in higher education as a lecturer and academic leader, worked in EdTech, and, following the Revolution of Dignity, shifted his focus to driving systemic change in Ukrainian education through civil society.

Oleksandr served three terms as an adviser to Ukraine’s Ministers of Education and Science, co-authored the New Ukrainian School reform concept, and contributed to the development of national education and professional standards. Today, he combines his leadership of EdCamp Ukraine with work on education policy, international research, and innovation.

He serves as Ukraine’s National Project Manager for the OECD’s SSES and TALIS studies and is one of the leaders advancing Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning (SEE Learning) in the country.

Among the solutions developed by the EdCamp Ukraine team under his leadership are the EdWay and POVIR educational platforms. EdWay was transferred to the Ukrainian government free of charge to support systemic teacher professional development and the implementation of the “money follows the teacher” reform, while POVIR as the “third place” to support students who have faced challenges in their learning was named among the Top 25 in the Non-Profits category of the Global EdTech Prize 2026.