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Centre of Economics
Head: Ewa Okoñ-Horodyñska, Professor of
Economics
The Department of Economics operates within the
Institute of Economics and Management; five persons employed there (1 Professor
and 4 Doctors of Philosophy) constitute the core of the academic staff while
another 6 (2 Doctors of Philosophy, 1 MA and 3 doctoral students) permanently
co-operate with the Department. The Department conducts research into the
theory of economics with particular emphasis on institutional economics, theory
and policy of innovation, technology transfer as well as protection of
intellectual values, economics of development with deeper insight into
innovative factors in the development of economy and social processes of
anticipation of development directions (foresight), economic aspects
of European integration, globalization and financial markets, social and
economic situation of women in contemporary global world. The current research
project is entitled Institutional
determinants of discrimination in the process of globalization. The
department has initiated publishing thematic Studia Ekonomiczne IEiZ (Economic Studies), the first of which,
issued in August 2007, is entitled Man
and Society in the Face of Globalisation, subsequent parts in preparation.
The
Department of Economics is an organiser of conferences (2004, an international
conference on Lisbon Strategy and possibilities of building economy based on knowledge
in Poland, 2007 Knowledge and innovation in the development
of economy: motive forces and barriers). The conferences have gained
wide recognition (patronage of ZGPTE, Minister of Science and Higher Education,
EU officer Prof. Danuta Huebner), they have attracted huge numbers of young economists
and resulted in 4 publications, including one in English. The department has
delivered independent expertise for the Senate and Prime Minister; it
represents the university in international organisations, such as EAEPE,
participates in activities for the region –developing regional innovation
strategies, concepts for technology parks, clusters, expert work in the
National Foresight Programme:
Poland 2020
Staff:
- Aniela Deja-W±sik PhD
- Rafa³
Wis³a PhD
- Robert
Rogala PhD
- Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz PhD
- Lidia Gabry¶ PhD
- Grzegorz Przekota PhD
- Katarzyna Gabry¶ MA
- Bogus³aw Bielecki MA (doctoral student)
- Marcin Karlik MA
(doctoral student)
- Tomasz
Sierotowicz (doctoral student)f:
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