Professor of the Department of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Business Administration (Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine)
Institute for Development Economics of the Ministry of Education & Science and The National Academy of Science of Ukraine
Phone: +380-542-332223, +380-542-333297
E-mail: melnyksumy@gmail.com, melnyk@econ.sumdu.edu.ua
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- 1989 – Doctor’s Degree in Economics. Moscow Institute of National Economy;
- 1978 – Candidate Degree in Economics. Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys;
- 1971 – Honours Degree of Mechanical Engineer, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.
Academic Association
- 1995 – Academician of the Academy of Business and Management of Ukraine;
- 1995 – Academician of the International Academy of Information;
- 1993 – Academician of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Ukraine.
- 1990 – A member of the International Society for Ecological Economics
Fellowship, grant awards, and other recognitions
- 2021 – Honorary researcher of Research Center of Western Energy Economy and Regional Development, Economics Institute, Xi’an University of Finance and Economics (Xi’an, China)
- 2015 – Anton Makarenko’s Prize for Educational Teaching
- 2014 – EU grant, Jean Monnet Programme of European Commission
- 2013 – Medal named after V. Vernadskiy of the International Nongovernmental Ecological Fund named after Vernadskiy;
- 2013 – Honorary Professor of South-West University. Kursk. Russia;
- 2011 – Honorary researcher of Xi’an University of Finance and Economics. Xi’an. China;
- 2009 – Award for the Academy of Natural Science of Russia;
- 2005 – Award of Canadian Association Named after Anna and Petro Patyk;
- 1990-1993 – Best Lecturer Award. Sumy Physics and Technology Institute;
- 1985-1986 – Fellowship for Scientific Mission in Japanese Universities;
- 1985 – Award for the Best Soviet Monograph in the Field of Environmental Economics (the book “Economics and Protection of Environment”);
- 1981 – Medal and Prize of the Lenin’s Komsomol Honor in the Field of Science and Technology for Young Scientists of the USSR;
- 1980, 1982 – Medals of Exhibition of National Economy of the USSR, Section of the Ecology;
- 1980 – Academician Proskura’s Honor Prize for Young Scientists of Ukraine in the Field of Public Sciences.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- 2020 – present time Professor of Department of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Business Administration at Sumy State University
- 2007- present time Director of the Institute for Development Economics of Ministry of Education & Science and National Academy of Science of Ukraine (part-time).
- 1999 – present time Editor-in-Chief of the International Scientific Journal “Mechanism of Economic Regulation”
- 1993 2020 Head of the Department of Economics (since 2011 – Department of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Business Administration). Sumy State University
- 1990 – 1993 Professor at the Department of Economics. Sumy Physics and Technology Institute
- 1986 – 1990 Associate Professor at the Department of Economics. Sumy Branch of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- 1985 – 1986 Researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences. Nagoya University, Japan
- 1978 – 1985 Teacher, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Sumy Branch of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- 1977 – 1978 Post-Graduate. Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys
- 1972 – 1977 Engineer, Senior Researcher at the Department of Economics. Sumy Branch of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
Professional teaching training:
- Australia. Sydney. University of NSW (2019)
- Lithuania. Kaunas. Kaunas University of Technology (2016-2017).
- Russia. Moscow. Russian Economic University (2010).
- Belgium. Free University of Brussels (1998,2001,2008).
- U.S.A. Colorado University in Colorado Springs (1992, 1996).
- U.S.S.R. Moscow Institute of Management (1977-1978, 1983-1984).
Professional Scientific Training:
- University of NSW. Australia. Sydney (2020).
- Massey University. New Zealand. Auckland (2018).
- University Waikato. New Zealand. Hamilton (2009, 2012).
- Maastricht University, the Netherland, (2010, 2012).
- Free University of Brussels, Belgium, (2001, 2007).
- Environmental Management Training Programme, in the Framework of the TACIS Freiburg – Kyiv, (1996).
- United States Environmental Protection Agency. Special Training Programme in Environmental Policy, Kyiv, (1994).
- Federal Environmental Agency of Germany. Germany, Berlin. (1991).
- Japan, Nagoya University. Japan. Nagoya. (1985-1986, 1990)
- Academic writing and publication of scientific papers, Brussels, Belgium, (2020)
The leadership of Research and Educational Projects
More the 70 research and educational projects on international, national, and local levels are implemented under the leadership of L. Melnyk, including 30 international projects (financed by TACIS, World Bank, NATO, British Council, Flanders Government, ICLEI, etc.). The selected ones are:
- The Jean Monnet CHAIR participant “Legislative, economic and social transition of the EU to a sustainable society within Industry 4.0 and 5.0”, 2020–2023
- The Jean Monnet Module participant “Using the Best Practices for Sustainable Economy Formation in Ukraine (UBEUP)”, 2014-2016
- Ukrainian-Lithuanian Project “Development of the institutional and economic basis for sustainable development and green economy forming at regional level”, 2016-2017
- Institutional mechanisms of integrated management for transition to sustainable development in Ukraine and Belarus 2013 – 2014. (Financed by the State Funds for Fundamental Studies of Ukraine and Belarus).
- Development of Methodological and Instrumental Bases for Evaluation of Environmental Costs for Forming the Ecological-Economic Policy Aimed at Sustainable Development. 2009 – 2010. (Financed by the State Funds for Fundamental Studies of Ukraine and Belarus).
- Fundamental Basics of Ensuring Sustainable Development in Transition to Information Society. 2008 – 2010 (Financed by the State Funds for Fundamental Studies of Ukraine and Belarus).
- Methodological Basics of European Education Transformation for Providing the Sustainable Development. 2007 – 2008. (financed by the Governments of Ukraine and Belarus).
- Capacity Building for New University Discipline “Social and Economic Reinforcement of Sustainable Development”. 2006 – 2007 (financed by the Flemish Government).
- Development and Introduction of the New Discipline “Basics of Sustainable Development” for University Education”. 2006 (financed by the British Council).
- Evaluation of Ecological Costs Related to Production of National Income in Ukraine. 2003 – 2004 (financed by the Ministry of Environmental Safety of Ukraine).
- Development of Sustainable Human “Development Indicators of Local Communities”. 2001 (financed by NATO).
Lecturing Abroad
- Riga Technical University. Latvia. Riga 2021
- University of NSW. Australia. Sydney (2020).
- Massey University. New Zealand. Auckland. (2018).
- Kaunas University of Technology. Lithuania. Kaunas (2016-2017).
- The University of Economics in Prague. Czech Republic. Prague. (2013).
- State Academy of Management. Belarus. Minsk. (2013).
- Free University of Brussels. Belgium. Brussels. 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008.
- Rostock University. Germany. Rostock.1997.
- Nagoya University. Japan. Nagoya. 1985-1986, 1990.
- International Centre for Enterprise Development. Ghana. Accra. 1998.
- Ilmenau University. Germany. Ilmenau. 1999, 2001.
- Colorado University in Colorado Spring. U.S.A. 1992, 1996.
International Public Activity
- The expert from the Ukraine in EU Scientific Committee for Horizon 2020
- A member of the Editorial Board of a few international scientific journals
Areas of Professional Research
- · Development Economics;
- · Ecological Economics;
- · Economics and Business;
- · The Third Industrial Revolution and Industry 4.0;
- · Economics of Systems Development;
- · Information Economics;
- · Social and Economic EU Studies;
- · Economics of Sustainability.
Courses Taught in Ukraine and Abroad
- · EU studies;
- · Economics and Business;
- · The Third and Fourth Industrial Revolutions;
- · Information Economics and Economy;
- · Economics of Sustainable Development;
- · Business Administration;
- · Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems;
- · Socio-economic development in the EU and Ukraine
- · Environmental Economics;
- · Economics of Innovation;
- · Green Economy
Papers at Conferences
Prof. Dr. Melnyk presented papers at more than 200 conferences and workshops, including countries: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherland, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S.A.
Under his supervision, there were defended Ph.D. dissertations of:
- Tykhenko Serhii Volodymyrovych 1992
- Shapochka Mykola Kostiantynovych 1992
- Dutchenko Oleh Mykolaiovych 1993
- Rybalov Oleksandr Oleksandrovych 1993
- Romaniuk Svitlana Oleksandrivna 1995
- Podoliaka Oleh Ivanovych 1997
- Karintseva Oleksandra Ivanivna 1997
- Boronos Viktoriia Heorhiivna 1997
- Sabadash Viktor Volodymyrovych 1998
- Shohan Halyna Ivanivna 1999
- Skokov Serhii Oleksiiovych 2002
- Kalashnyk Serhii Dmytrovych 2002
- Dehtiarova Iryna Borysivna 2009
- Li Zhui 2009
- Kubatko Oleksandr Vasylovych 2010
- Burlakova Iryna Mykhailivna 2010
- Kubatko Oleksandra Viktorivna 2011
PhD students: Liulova Liliia
Membership in editorial boards: the chair of the editorial board of The International Scientific Journal “Mechanism of Economic Regulation”, and a member of The Editorial Board of the International scientific and production journal «Ekonomika APK»
Melnyk Leonid has a Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages. English. Level B2.
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