Creating a New ‘Place’: How Renewed Immigration and Integration Policies and Public Governance Can Aid the Development of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises?

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The article is dedicated to discussing the theme of creating a new "place" in the renewed policy and public governance regarding immigration and integration. The aim of the article is to develop the conceptualization of the idea of "place-making" together with immigrants in post-war Ukraine as a new element of public immigration policy and the policy of developing large state corporations. The article begins with a discussion of recent contemporary ideas and concepts regarding the integration of immigrants and how the experience of immigrants is viewed as something separate from the places where immigrants live, as a result of which immigrants are considered responsible for their own integration. The article concludes that the concept of "place-making" in the context of immigration and integration of immigrants is a key element of the current scientific discourse. It reflects a dynamic process in which both immigrants and the local population actively participate in the formation of a new sociocultural space, and this concept goes beyond the framework of spatial assimilation, emphasizing mutual adaptation and transformation of society. Further, the article concludes that the proposed attempt to conceptualize "place-making" for Ukraine after the end of the war represents a comprehensive, multifaceted approach aimed at integrating and attracting three key groups: qualified immigrants, ethnic Ukrainians from the diaspora, and citizens of Ukraine who left the country in 2014-2023 due to the war. This approach involves the active participation of state corporations as key agents of change and platforms for integration. Large state enterprises and especially corporations such as Ukrzaliznytsia, Naftogaz, Energoatom, Ukrposhta, and others become not just employers, but centers of innovation, cultural exchange, and social integration. They initiate specialized programs such as "Innovative Railways," "Diaspora for Defense," "Energy of Return," which combine technological modernization with social integration.