Education:
1981 graduated with honours from the Zhytomyr Agricultural Institute, majoring in “Economics and Organization of Agriculture”.
1997–1998, received training at the Institute of Economic Development of the World Bank under the “Project Analysis in Agriculture” program.
2008–2009, studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) under the Fulbright Program in the “Rural development and economic development of communities”.
Dr Habil (Economics) with a speciality of 07.08.02 – the economics of agriculture and agro-industrial complex (Diploma of Doctor of Sciences DD No. 004008 dated 15.12.2004). NSC “Institute of Agrarian Economics” of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Dissertation work “Human capital in the agrarian sphere of the economy of Ukraine”;
PhD (Economics) with a speciality 08.00.22 – economics, planning and organization of agricultural management. EK Diploma No. 028323 dated 24.05. 1989 Ukrainian Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agriculture named after O.H. Shlikhter Dissertation work “Functions of district-level agro-industrial complex management”.
Corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, specializing in agricultural economics (No. 861 dated 4.02.2009), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
Professor in the speciality 08.00.03 – economics and management of the national economy (certificate 12 PR No. 007569 dated 19.01.2012), Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports;
Senior research associate in economics and planning, organization of management of the national economy and its branches (agriculture) (Certificate SN No. 000295 dated 22.04.1993, protocol No. 7), Institute of Agrarian Economics named after O.H. Shlikhter
Main work activity:
2004 to the present – Head of the Department of Economics and Policy of Agrarian Transformations of the State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.”
1988–2003 – Deputy Head of the Economic and Social Policy Department of the Institute of Agrarian Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Scientific and organizational activity:
Member of the Specialized Academic Council D 26.239.01 “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, speciality 08.00.03 – economics and management of the national economy.
Member of the Specialized Academic Council K 76.051.12 Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, speciality 08.00.03 – economics and management of the national economy.
Since 2018 – a member of the Scientific Council of the National Research Fund of Ukraine.
2018–2020 – Head of the Social and Humanities Section of the Scientific Council of the National Research Fund of Ukraine.
Participation in governmental advisory bodies:
Member of the Working Group on Rural Development at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine, 2020.
Member of the expert group of the Kyiv City State Administration “City Development and Land Relations” since 2019.
Member of the Scientific Expert Council of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Provisions of Ukraine, Section “Agrarian Economy” (2019-2019).
Member of the working group on the development of family farms under the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine’s Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations (2016–2018).
Member of the working group on developing rural areas of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy (2016–2017).
Participation in international public associations:
Permanent representative of the Ukrainian National Partner Organization (NPO) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine at the International Institute of Applied System Analysis (IIASA, since 2020).
Member of the coordination committee of The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism for Relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CSIRM). Coordinator of the sub-region of Eastern Europe since 2019.Contact person in Ukraine of the European Network for Rural Development (ERDN).
Participation in Ukrainian public associations:
Since 2016, the head of the coordinating council of the Public Union “Ukrainian Network of Rural Development”
Executive Director of the Non-government Organization “Knowledge Platform – Agrarian Development and Rural Innovations” since 2020.
Board Member of the All-Ukrainian non-government organization “Association for the Promotion of Rural Tourism Development” since 2016.
Advisor to the family farms committee of the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine (since 2016).
Project participation:
Project manager “Perspectives for sustainable development of rural areas”, May – October 2020.
Expert of the International Project SKL “Supporting Decentralization in Ukraine” and the Association of United Territorial Communities, 2019–2020.
Head of the project “Public monitoring of institutional support of the World Bank Program in Ukraine – acceleration of private investments in agriculture”, 2019.
Project manager “Supporting the struggle for land in Ukraine”, 2019.
Short-term consultant of the project “Development of the institutional potential of local self-government associations and the professional potential of employees”. Skat Consulting Ltd. / DESPRO project, 2016
Development of training programs and participation in the preparation of the Methodical Guide “Multifaceted Tourism” in the project “School of Rural Entrepreneurship in Ukraine”, Polish Foundation of local democracy support – the regional office in Szczecin, 2016.
Head of the project “Challenges and priorities of involving the private sector in developing agro-food chains in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation region”. BSEC and FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, 2014.
Short-term consultant of the project “Survey of small landowners regarding their role in regulating land lease relations at the local level”. Chemonics International Inc. USAID AgroInvest project, 2013.
Head of the project “Integration of small farmers into value-added chains in Ukraine”. FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, 2013.
Head of the project “Application of a historical approach to the analysis of the state’s role in managing the development of agriculture and rural areas: the experience of Ukraine.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome (FAO) 2008.
Awards and achievements:
2016 – awarded the Letter of Recognition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for many years of conscientious work, high professionalism, and a significant contribution to the development of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine and on the occasion of the Agricultural Worker’s Day.
2017 – awarded a Letter of Acknowledgement from the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for many years of fruitful work, significant achievements in professional activity, a significant personal contribution to the development of scientific research at the institute and on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the institution.
2017 – awarded the “Pride of ZhNAEU” medal on the 95th anniversary of the Zhytomyr National Agroecological University.
2018 – awarded the Memorial Award of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in honour of the 100th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
2021 – awarded a Letter of Honorable Recognition from the directorate of the National Research Fund of Ukraine for significant personal contribution to developing the competitive grant funding system for scientific research by Ukrainian scientists.
Member of the editorial board of the scientific journals “Economics and Forecasting”, “Economics of Ukraine”, “Economic and Regional Studies”/”Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne” (Poland).