This synthesis highlights the main aspects of open access publication "Citizen engagement as a crisis response at higher education institutions in the Baltic states and Ukraine" published in peer-reviewed open access journal Nordic Perspective on open Science (NORDIC) on 6th of September, 2024. https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/7508 This publication was produced as part of Work Package 2 of the EU-funded project Baltics4UA: "Supporting Ukraine through citizen engagement at Baltic Universities'' (https://baltics4ua.eu/, Project Number 2022-2-EE01-KA220-HED-000096422). Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.