Since 1995 more than 25 research projects were made at the department, including:
1. Fundamental research
• “Economic Evaluation of Environmental Development with Taking into Account the Impact of the Complex of Countervailing Factors on the Environment” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk), 1997-1999
• “Scientific Grounding of Economic Prerequisites of Ukraine’s Entry into the Information Society” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk), 2000-2002
• “Ecological and Economic Constraints of the Development of Heat and Energy Complex of Ukraine” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk), 2003-2005
• “Development of Fundamental Economic Basis of the Development Theory” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk), 2004-2005
• “Fundamental Basics of Ensuring Sustainable Development of Socio-Economic Systems” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk), 2006-2007
• “Fundamental Basics of Sustainable Development in the Transition to the Information Society” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk), 2008-2010
• “Fundamental Basics of Ensuring Environmentally Oriented Mechanisms of Social and Economic Potential Realization in the Conditions of Information Society” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk), 2011-2013
2. Grants of the President of Ukraine
• “Formation of Mechanisms for Ukraine’s Businesses Transition towards Economic Development on the Basis of the Resource-Saving Technologies” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Sotnyk I.M.), 2006
• “Formation of Environmental and Economic Mechanisms for Resource-Saving Motivation in Conditions of Ukraine’s Transition to the Information Society” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Sotnyk I.M.), 2008
• “Economic Grounding for the Business Processes Reengineering as a Part Process-Oriented Management System for Manufacturing Enterprise” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Doctoral Candidate Taranyuk L.M.), 2010
• “Development of Scientific and Methodical Foundations of Ecological and Economic Assessment of the State of the Regions in the Context of Sustainable Development” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Shkarupa O.V.), 2011
• “Fundamental Principles of Environmentally-Targeted Dematerialization Management for Socio-Economic Systems” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Sotnyk I.M.) 2012
3. Grants of the State Fund for Fundamental Research of Ukraine
• “Development of Fundamental Ecological and Economic Prerequisites of Innovative Transformations as a Basis for Changing Technological Structure of Social Production” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. A.V. Yevdokimov), 2007-2008
• “Development of Methodological Foundations of Education Transforming for Sustainable Development Assuring” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk), 2008
• “Development of Methodological and Methodical Bases of Environmental Losses Estimation for the Environmental Policy Formation for the Sustainable Development” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk), 2009-2010
• “Formation of Economic Mechanisms for International Environmental Conflicts Resolving” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. V.V. Sabadash), 2009-2010,
4. Research topics on the own researcher initiative
• “Studies of Sustainable Development and the Information Economy Issues” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Karintseva O.I.), 2007-2010
• “Organization and Economic Bases of Environmental Conflict Resolution” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Sabadash V.V.), 2011-2016
• “Organizational and Economic Mechanism of Business Process Reengineering for Industry Enterprises” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Taranyuk L.M.), 2011-2016
• “Fundamentals of Ecologically Safe Transformation of Regional Ecological and Economic Systems” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Shkarupa O.V.), 2011-2015
• “Models of Socio-Economic Development of border Territories” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Lukash OA), 2011-2014
• “Justification of Economic Decisions based on Time Factor” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Derevyanko YM), 2011-2014
• “Formation of Social and Economic Security in the allocation and use of water resources of Ukraine” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Senior Lecturer, Matsenko O.M.), 2011-2015
5. Other
• “Monitoring of the Socio-Economic State of the Sumy Oblast as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Development of the Region” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Prof. Shapochka M.K.), 2006
• “Development of Synergetic Theory of Socio-Economic Development on the Basis of Open Stationary Systems Evolution Principles” (scientific supervisor – Dr.E., prof. L.G. Melnyk) contract number F7/198-2004.
• “Forecasting of Fundamental Socio-Economic Transformations as the Basis for the Change of the Key Scientific and Educational Paradigms” (scientific supervisor – C.E.S., Assoc.Prof. Yevdokimov A.V.).