Kyiv Institute of Legal Methodology of Economic Transformations (KILMET) is a research institution that studies theoretical and applied issues of legal science methodology in the context of economic transformations. The Institute’s activities are focused on the analysis of methods of legal cognition, the development of approaches to the interpretation and systematization of legal norms, as well as on the study of the impact of economic changes – post-war reconstruction, digitalization, transformation of market institutions — on the development of law.

KILMET combines the traditions of national legal doctrine with the tools of European comparative studies, paying special attention to issues of methodological validity of legal research in the fields of private and economic law.

KILMET activities are guided by an integrated set of principles spanning research ethics, constitutional law, economic order, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of its mission at the intersection of legal methodology and economic transformation.

In the conduct of research, KILMET upholds reliability in the design, methodology, analysis, and use of resources; honesty in developing, undertaking, reviewing, reporting, and communicating findings in a transparent, fair, full, and unbiased manner; respect for colleagues, research participants, society, cultural heritage, and the environment; and accountability for research from its conception to publication, encompassing its management, training and mentoring functions, and its broader societal impact.

These scholarly commitments are inseparable from KILMET‘s adherence to fundamental legal principles underpinning any legitimate research on law and its transformation: democracy, understood as equality before the law and equal access to legislative processes; respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, grounded in the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of every person and the protection of essential entitlements such as life, work, and education; and the rule of law, comprising equality before the law, transparency, an independent judiciary, and the separation of powers.

Finally, insofar as KILMET‘s research addresses the legal dimensions of economic transformation, its work presupposes the foundational institutions of a social market economy — private property as a legally protected entitlement of non-governmental actors, free foreign trade unconstrained by artificial barriers to import or export, and the free formation of prices through the unimpeded operation of supply and demand as the primary mechanism of resource allocation.

Taken together, these principles articulate the normative framework within which the Institute conducts its research, formulates its conclusions, and engages with the broader academic and policy community.