Emerging Researcher Forum 2025 took place on 23 May in Kyiv, organized by the National Bank of Ukraine.
The forum brought together 20 young researchers from nine Ukrainian universities, and the total number of participants (including invited experts and representatives of the academic community) reached 60. The speakers covered a variety of topical issues in the following areas: monetary policy, foreign exchange market, financial stability, economy, labor market, balance of payments, and more. The keynote speaker was Head of the Department of Economics and Economic Theory of the Western Ukrainian National University, Doctor of Economics, Professor Viktor Koziuk.
Based on the results of the Forum, the jury recognized three works in the following categories:
Welcoming remarks
Research Session 1.
Moderator:
Oleksandr Faryna, National Bank of Ukraine
Speaker:
Nazar Kruk, Kyiv National Economic Universitynamed after Vadym Hetman
Asymmetric impact of the monetary policy on SME lending rates
Discussant:
Artem Vdovychenko, National Bank of Ukraine
Speaker:
Petro Nochovkin, Kyiv School of Economics
From clicks to careers: What Ukraine’s most popular job search website reveals about regional employment patterns
Discussant:
Danylo Krasovytskyi, National Bank of Ukraine
Speaker:
Bohdan Chepiha, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, National Bank of Ukraine
Assessing the reliability of foreign exchange intervention indicators through dynamic macroeconomic relationships
Discussant:
Ilona Sologoub, VoxUkraine
Keynote speech
Viktor Koziuk, West Ukrainian National University
Central bank independence: How research has changed monetary policy institutions
Lunch
Poster session
Moderator:
Taras Tokarchuk, National Bank of Ukraine
Participants:
Sofiia Talakh, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Targeted long-term refinancing operations (TLTROs) in Ukraine as a method of lending provided by the NBU
Yuliia Akimova, Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadim Hetman
Asymmetric impact of the NBU's monetary policy on consumer lending in wartime: an empirical analysis of regional differences
Mykhailo Voronin, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Organisation of the risk management system in Ukrainian banks
Nazar Shevchuk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Anatolii Ivanchuk-Schur, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Resilience of the hryvnia exchange rate in the context of global trade tensions: challenges and opportunities for applicants
Mykola Semenko, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Key risk factors in consumer lending and ways to minimize them
Anhelina Marusych, American University Kyiv
Maryna Nikitina, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Zinaida Maniuk, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"
Croatia vs. Bosnia: Whose path after the war is closer to Ukraine's needs?
Yurii Havryliuk, Odesa National Economic University
Lev Tsekhotskyi, Odesa National Economic University
Assessing the differential impacts of climate change on economic and financial cycles in Ukraine
Break
Research Session 2.
Moderator:
Alona Zakutniaia, National Bank of Ukraine
Speaker:
Sofiia Petsiurkivska, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, National Bank of Ukraine
Mechanisms of interaction between monetary and fiscal policies in macroeconomic stabilization of the national economy
Discussant:
Anna Kornyliuk, Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadim Hetman
Speaker:
Vladyslav Malets, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Fundamental analysis of gold market determinants in the context of increasing geoeconomic tensions
Discussant:
Olena Primierova, National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"
Speakers:
Mariia Khomenko, Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadim Hetman
Danylo Borsuk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Anhelina Osadcha, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
How war changes the economy: a look through the prism of import transformation during the war
Discussant:
Nadiia Shapovalenko, National Bank of Ukraine
Closing Remarks
Volodymyr Lepushynskyi, National Bank of Ukraine