Tatjana Tambovceva, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor at the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management, Riga Technical University, became a co-supervisor of a research paper that won the second round of the International Student Research Paper Competition in Management.
Following the results of the competition, the research paper “Enterprise Energy Consumption Management in a Crisis Environment” was awarded a Third Degree Diploma. The authors of the study are Ukrainian students of the Educational and Research Institute of Business, Economics and Management of Sumy State University: Yuliia Tarasenko /group MEV-51/ and Veronika Rudenko (group M-51). The students’ victory is confirmed by Third Degree Diplomas and the protocol of the competition committee.
The research was supervised by Tatjana Tambovceva, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor at the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management, Riga Technical University, Latvia, and Oleksandr Matsenko, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Business Administration, Sumy State University. The research supervisors also received certificates of merit for preparing the winning students.
The final meeting of the sectoral competition committee took place online on 5 June 2026 at Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University. This year, the competition brought together 93 participants from 46 higher education institutions, who presented 64 student research papers.
The international status of the competition adds particular significance to this achievement. Representatives from Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Italy, Georgia, Germany, Czechia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Slovakia, Latvia, France, Spain, Kazakhstan and Finland took part in the competition and its organisation. Such broad international representation highlights the high level of academic competition and the significance of the victory of the research paper prepared with the participation of a professor from Riga Technical University.
The research focuses on the relevant issue of enterprise energy consumption management in a crisis environment. The topic is of great importance for the modern economy, as energy efficiency, rational resource use and strengthening enterprise resilience are becoming especially relevant amid military, economic and energy challenges.
This victory is an example of effective international academic cooperation between Riga Technical University and Sumy State University. It also confirms the important role of European scholars in supporting young Ukrainian researchers and developing applied research aimed at strengthening the resilience of businesses and the economy in the context of current challenges.
We sincerely congratulate Tatjana Tambovceva, the winning students Yuliia Tarasenko and Veronika Rudenko, as well as the co-supervisor of the paper Oleksandr Matsenko, on this well-deserved international recognition. We wish them new joint research initiatives, professional inspiration and continued success in developing international academic partnership.