The issues of post-Soviet states, particularly their economies, are relatively little-known and only sporadically addressed by academic centers in Poland. The Department of Eastern Studies strives to fill this gap. The department undertakes and analyzes selected economic and social issues of these states, as well as their economic relations with the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Community.

Staff

Prof. Ph.D., D. Sc Krystyna Gomółka

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Research

The department conducts research in the following areas:

  • Broadly defined economic transformation problems in the former USSR states
  • Labor market issues, including migrants in the labor markets of post-Soviet states and Poland
  • Women's participation in the labor market
  • Directions of energy transition in post-Soviet states and Poland

Teaching

The department conducts teaching activities in the fields of Economics, Economic Analytics, and second-cycle Management programs. Courses offered include:

  • Political Science
  • Economic History
  • Public Policy

The department also supervises bachelor's and master's theses. Topics include:

  • Economic transformations in post-Soviet states
  • Economic relations of post-Soviet states with the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union
  • Foreign investment and international trade of post-Soviet states
  • Labor market issues, including immigrants in the labor market
  • Emigration and immigration processes in the modern world
  • Women's employment and female entrepreneurship
  • Directions of energy transition in these states
  • The role of renewable energy sources in the energy market
  • Economic security of states

A full list of thesis topics is available here