The department was established on September 1, 1976.
Firstly the department was called the Department of Economics, Organization, and Management of Machine-Building Production. It was separated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology. Heads of the department: Balatsky O.F., Melnyk L.G., Karintseva O.I.
The department has 28 teachers, including 7 doctors of sciences, 5 professors, 19 candidates of sciences, 16 associate professors, 4 support staff.
The aim of creating the department was to train applicants of all levels in the following specialties:
- 051 Economics (“Economics and Business”, educational level “Bachelor”), (“Economics and Business Innovation”, educational level “Master”), (“Economics”, educational level “Doctor of Philosophy”).
- 076 Entrepreneurship, trade and exchange activities (“Entrepreneurship, trade and exchange activity “, educational level “Bachelor”), (“Entrepreneurship, trade and logistics”, educational level “Master”).
- 073 Management (“Business Administration”, educational level “Master”).
Management Staff
Oleksandra I. Karintseva
Science degree, academic rank: Doctor of Economics, Dr. Sc. (Econ) (abstract, dissertation), Professor
Position: Head of the Department
The main disciplines: Economics of Enterprise, Financial Management
Research interests: economics of sustainable development, evaluation of environmental costs, business economics, information economy, “green” economy.
Other responsibilities: deputy Head of Economics and Business Administration Department, member of Editorial Board of International Scientific Journal “Mechanism of Economic Regulation”
E-mail: karintseva@econ.sumdu.edu.ua
Tel.: +38 (0542) 33-22-23
Leonid Hr. Melnyk
Science degree, academic rank: Doctor of Economics, Dr. Sc. (Econ), Professor
E-mail: melnyksumy@gmail.com, melnyk@econ.sumdu.edu.ua
Tel.: +380-542-332223, +380-542-333297
Oleksii S. Goncharenko
Science degree, academic rank: PhD (2016, Environmental Economics and Nature Resources Management abstract, dissertation)
Oleksandr V. Kubatko
Science degree, academic rank: Doctor in Economics, Dr.Sc. (abstract, dissertation), Professor
Position: Deputy Head of the Department, Associate Professor
The main disciplines: economics of enterprise, econometrics and business analytics, academic writing, EU economy, EU trade policy, project management, mathematical modeling of business
Research interests: economics of enterprise, macroeconomic development, transition economies, health economics, sustainable development, environmental economics, EU economy, EU trade policy, regional economics, and mathematical methods in economics
Other responsibilities: Deputy Head of Economics and Business Administration Department for International activities, Vice- Chief Editor of international scientific journal “Mechanism of Economic Regulation”
E-mail: okubatko@econ.sumdu.edu.ua
Tel.: +38 (0542) 33-22-23
Iryna M. Sotnyk
Science degree, academic rank: Doctor of Economics, Dr. Sc. (Econ), professor
Position: Deputy Head of the Department, Professor
Courses Taught: labor economics, economics of enterprise, resource saving economics, energy economics, social and solidarity economics
Special fields: economics of energy and resource saving, energy economics, environmental economics, sustainable development, green economics, social and solidarity economics, entrepreneurship
Other responsibilities: responsible for the accreditation and licensing of educational programmes of the Department, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the International Scientific Journal “Mechanism of Economic Regulation” (Sumy, Ukraine).
E-mail: sotnyk@econ.sumdu.edu.ua
Tel.: +38 (0542) 33-22-23
Pavlo V. Hrycenko
Science degree, academic rank: PhD (abstract, dissertation), Associate Professor
Position: Deputy Head of the International Cooperation, Assistant
The main disciplines: Economics and management of enterprise, business planning of innovative projects, labor economics, economics of energetics, competitiveness policy
Research interests: Economic grounding of transformation processes of manufacturing enterprises, management of enterprises innovative potential, business-process reengineering
Other responsibilities: Deputy Dean of the hostel issues
E-mail: p_gritsenko@econ.sumdu.edu.ua
Tel.: +38 (0542) 33-22-23
Bohdan L. Kovalov
Science degree, academic rank: PhD (2016, Environmental Economics and Nature Resources Management, abstract, dissertation), Assoсiate Professor
Position: Assoсiate Professor
The main disciplines: business communication, business planning of innovative projects, information economy, motivational mechanism of the enterprise
Research interests: sustainable development, sustainable lifestyle, tourism, knowledge economy, hotel and restaurant business, social entrepreneurship
Other responsibilities: Deputy Head of the Department for vocational guidance and extra-curricular projects, First Deputy Chairman of the Trade Union of the Sumy State University, Curator of academic group of Oleg Balatskyi Academic and Research Institute of Finance, Economics and Management
Tel.: +38 (0542) 33-22-23