About

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:

 

  • Best Poster – Yurii Havryliuk and Lev Tsehotskyi from the Odesa National Economic University;
  • Topical Case Study – Mariia Khomenko (Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University), Danylo Borsuk and Anhelina Osadcha (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv);
  • Best Data Analysis – Petro Nochovkin from the Kyiv School of Economics.

Agenda

5/23/2025

09:15 - 09:30

Welcoming remarks

 

  • Sergiy Nikolaychuk, National Bank of Ukraine
09:30 - 11:00

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

11:00 - 12:00

Keynote speech

Viktor Koziuk, West Ukrainian National University

Central bank independence: How research has changed monetary policy institutions

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:30

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

14:30 - 15:00

Break

15:00 - 16:30

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

16:30 - 17:00

Closing Remarks

 

Volodymyr Lepushynskyi, National Bank of Ukraine

Video

Workshop