Dmytro Khutkyy acts as Expert at the Institute of Innovative Governance in Ukraine, Research Fellow in Digital Governance at the University of Tartu in Estonia, and Policy and Advocacy Advisor at European Digital Development Alliance in Brussels. He obtained his PhD in Sociology at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and taught sociology at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Subsequently, he accomplished international programs in Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States, studying patterns of democratic participation. In Ukraine, he participated in grassroots civic activism within the Center for Innovations Development, the Reanimation Package of Reforms, and Transparency International. Dmytro evaluated and advised on reforms of the Ukraine's government on access to information, public accountability, and civic participation. He conducts research, training, and communication to promote digital democracy and open governance in Ukraine and globally. Dmytro is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.