Department of Economics and Public management

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  • Стратегія
  • Співробітники
  • Навчальні курси
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  • Методичні матеріали
  • Дослідження
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The Department of Economics and Public Administration trains future leaders of change — professionals ready to shape effective governance, strengthen communities, and drive innovation.
We combine European academic standards, modern management practices, and real-world experience to prepare graduates for successful careers in public authorities, local self-government, and diverse organizations.

Our mission is to nurture competent, ethical, and forward-thinking public managers who make data-driven decisions, lead transformation processes, and contribute to Ukraine’s European integration and sustainable development.

Why Choose Us?

The Department of Economics and Public Administration is a dynamic space for those who strive for professional growth, social change, and active participation in Ukraine’s recovery and modernization.

Our key advantages:

  • Practice-oriented learning — internships, real-life case studies, teamwork projects, and hands-on training.

  • Contemporary courses — strategy design, change management, anti-corruption policy, HR management in the public sector, leadership, and digital governance.

  • Mentorship by practitioner-lecturers and guest lectures from representatives of government institutions, business, civil society, and international organizations.

  • Academic mobility and partnerships — study visits, internships, and joint projects with universities and institutions in Ukraine and across Europe.

🎓 We shape a new generation of public leaders — competent, ethical, and creative professionals ready to transform their communities and their country.

 

 

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Faculty of Finance and Business Management

Department of Economics and Public Administration

street Copernicus, 3

Lviv, Ukraine, 79000

the department is located in the office. 402

Tel. +380676745460

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💬 The Department of Economics and Public Administration defines its strategic priorities in line with modern challenges of the public sector, European integration trends, and digital transformation. We aim to shape a new generation of public leaders — competent, ethical, and forward-thinking professionals capable of acting effectively in the interests of the state and society.

Key Strategic Goals of the Department

Enhancing the quality of the educational process through the implementation of innovative teaching methods, digital technologies, and a competence-based approach.

Developing the Department’s research potential, stimulating publication activity among faculty members and students, and promoting participation in scientific and grant-funded projects.

Strengthening international and inter-institutional cooperation within the frameworks of Erasmus+, Jean Monnet, Horizon Europe programs, as well as through partnerships with government institutions, businesses, and civil society organizations.

Fostering professional and leadership competencies among students by developing managerial thinking, analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Building partnerships with public authorities, local communities, and employers, and enhancing the practical component of education through internships, joint projects, and applied research.

Promoting academic integrity and a culture of quality, developing an internal quality assurance system, and upholding ethical standards in education and research.

Advancing digital transformation of the educational environment, expanding opportunities for e-learning, and improving the digital competence of faculty and students.

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Key Areas of Activity

Educational quality and competence development – improvement of study programs and syllabi, implementation of modern teaching methods, and enhancement of contemporary soft skills.

Scientific and innovative activity – advancement of research in the field of public administration and human capital management, participation in international research projects, and promotion of academic scholarship.

International cooperation and European integration – expansion of academic mobility and integration of European practices and values into the educational process.

Ethics, integrity, and digital transformation – fostering a professional culture, developing digital competencies, and applying modern technologies in the teaching and learning process.

Suggestions and recommendations for filling and improving educational and professional programs, their educational components can be sent to e-mail addresses:

halyna.kaplenko@lnu.edu.ua; KafedraEtaPU@gmail.com

Співробітники

Halyna Kaplenko
ПрофесорMariana BilПрофесор
ПрофесорIvan ParubchakПрофесор
ПрофесорOlga RudenkoПрофесор
ДоцентSerhii FedykДоцент
ДоцентYaroslav KonopliaДоцент
ДоцентInna KulishДоцент
ДоцентNatalia PakДоцент
ДоцентOksana PikulykДоцент
Доцент (сумісник)Nataliya PodvirnaДоцент (сумісник)
ДоцентIryna SnovydovychДоцент
Доцент (сумісник)Andrii StasyshynДоцент (сумісник)
Доцент (сумісник)Andriy StasyshynДоцент (сумісник)
ДоцентAndrii TabachukДоцент
ДоцентRuslan YurkivДоцент

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Методичні матеріали

INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL TRACT – a personal way of realizing the personal potential of the learner, formed taking into account his abilities, interests, needs, motivation, opportunities and experience, based on the choice of the learner types, forms and pace of education, and their subjects of education educational programs, disciplines and their level of complexity, methods and means of teaching. Individual educational trajectory in an educational institution can be implemented through an individual curriculum (Law “On Education” dated 05.09.2017 №2145-UIII).

The formation of an individual educational trajectory allows an individual choice of higher education in elective disciplines. The list of elective subjects is annually reviewed by the Department of Economics and Public Administration and updated by the requirements and scientific interests of higher education students to meet their needs to create an individual educational trajectory of study according to the selected educational program.

ANNOTATIONS
elective disciplines of the cycle of professional and practical training in the 2023-2024 academic year:

  • Bachelor’s degree (full-time);
  • Master’s degree (full-time, part-time).

EDUCATIONAL AND METHODOLOGICAL WORK

Educational and methodical work of the department is implemented as a two-component and multilevel system, which provides for the simultaneous operation of working groups on educational programs of the department (“Public Management and Administration”, “Personnel Management in Public Authorities and Business Structures”) and the Methodical Council of the Faculty.

In the process of educational and methodical work is systematically monitored:

  • quality of educational programs;
  • student achievement;
  • the level of professionalism of the teaching staff;
  • quality of educational and methodical support to disciplines.

Educational and methodical work of the department is aimed at methodological support and improvement of existing forms and types of classes with students of higher education. Among the main areas of such work of teachers of the department can be identified:

  • creation of educational and methodical complexes on disciplines according to modern requirements to a level of preparation of experts;
  • organization of the system of improving the pedagogical skills of teachers of the department;
  • analysis of the provision of the educational process with educational and methodical literature, the formation of current plans for the publication of textbooks, teaching and methodological manuals;
  • the study, generalization and dissemination of positive experience of educational and methodical work, advanced techniques and methods of training and organizational forms of learning.

Teachers of the department use the latest technologies and interactive teaching methods to conduct classrooms with maximum focus on the development of critical thinking and social skills of higher education. In the study of academic disciplines, teachers guide students to intensify their independent, research and individual research work. This is facilitated by both international and academic and practical experience of teachers.

Дослідження

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH  DEPARTMENTS OF ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
The research work of the Department of Economics and Public Administration is based onsynthesis of research works of a wide range of socio-economic problems by the direction of public administration (administration) in the conditions of European integration. This is since the department trains higher education applicants in the field of knowledge 28 “Public Administration and Administration”, and since 2006 has been engaged in the issue of European integration.
The relevance of researches of the department staff is since, after the Revolution of Dignity, the renewal of the system of public administration in public authorities and business in Ukraine provides not only an influx of new management personnel but also the modernization of these systems, primarily based on European values and knowledge management. The Sustainable Development Strategy “Ukraine 2020″ envisages further reform of the public administration system, taking into account the concepts of decentralization and good governance (Good Governance). Therefore, European values should become the basis for the formation of a system of modern basic knowledge in the field of public administration and administration.
A significant work of the department should be considered close cooperation with employers for future graduates, which consists in attracting them to scientific and practical activities of the department. Another, no less important direction of scientific and practical work in cooperation with representatives of state authorities and local self-government bodies.
To increase the effectiveness of the educational and scientific process, the department issued textbooks and textbooks, scientific monographs. Also, for many years, scientific and research work has been carried out among students, which is actively involved in writing scientific works, participating in conferences, competitions and olympiads.
The staff of the department organizes public scientific and practical events several times a year with the involvement of the teaching staff of both the University and university partners, students, representatives of the authorities, business and the public. Annually, according to the results of work, the department concludes a report on scientific activities for the calendar year.
An important component of the scientific work of the department is the implementation of international projects, as well as cooperation with foreign partners.
A significant part of the scientific work is aimed at forming managerial competencies for future graduates to employ both in public service bodies and in business structures, to make effective decisions both at the micro and macro level.
  1. Research work of the department is carried out in the following areas:
  • implementation by the staff of the Department of Research State Budget topics within the working hours of teachers;
  • publication of scientific articles in periodicals, speeches and publication of theses at international and all-Ukrainian scientific and practical conferences;
  • publication of monographs, manuals and textbooks;
  • postgraduate and doctoral studies;
  • research work of students and organization and holding of public scientific and practical events;
  • implementation of international grants and international cooperation.

Implementation by the staff of the Department of Research State Budget topics within the working hours of teachers.

Starting from January 2017, the department staff has been working on the implementation of the research topic “Socio-economic development of Ukraine in the conditions of European integration” Deadline: January 2017 December 2021 No state registration 017U000896.

2. Publication of scientific articles in periodicals, speeches and publication of theses at international and all-Ukrainian scientific and practical conferences

The staff of the department is constantly working on scientific research, the results of which are the publication of scientific articles and theses of reports at conferences. The obtained research results are actively implemented in the educational process: during lectures and seminars, the formation of textbooks and textbooks, and scientific and practical activities. Thus, only in 2019, did the department publishes 19 articles, 11 of which are in publications that are included in international scientometric databases, as well as representatives of the department took part and published theses.

Articles in publications that are included in the international scientometric databases Web of Science, Scopus and others:

 2021

2020

2019

2018

For 2017

 

3. Publication of monographs, manuals and textbooks
The department has considerable experience in the preparation of textbooks, manuals and scientific monographs. Thus, for more effective teaching, for almost all fundamental economic disciplines, appropriate textbooks and manuals were prepared and published. At the present stage, the department staff is actively working on the publication of educational and scientific literature in the areas of European integration and public administration.
4. Research work of students, organization and holding of public scientific and practical events
To date, the department has a student scientific group “Manager”, the head of which is Ph.D., Assoc. prof. Vasyl Zelenko. Students of this group take an active part in scientific and practical events both at the faculty and abroad. The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Faculty of Financial Management and Business (Department of Economics and Public Administration, Department of Public Administration and Business Management) together with Chernihiv National Technological University launched the annual International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Paradigm of Public Administration”.
  • 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference Modern Paradigm of Public Administration” (October 17-18, 2019)
  • 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Paradigm of Public Administration” (November 12.  2020) Collection of Theses, Conference Program
  • ІІІ 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Paradigm of Public Administration”  (October 19-20, 2021)  Collection of Theses, Conference Program

In 2021, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Faculty of Financial and Business Management), together with  Karazin Kharkiv National University, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law, Central Ukrainian National Technical University, National University Chernihiv Polytechnic University launched the year of the annual International Scientific and Practical Conference of Higher Education and Young Scientists “Public and Municipal Administration in the XXI Century: Organizational, Economic, Legal and Information Aspects”.

I International Scientific and Practical Conference of Applicants for Higher Education and Young Scientists “Public and Municipal Administration in the XXI Century: Organizational, Economic, Legal and Information Aspects” (November 25, 2021) Conference Program, Collection of Abstracts

  • The department has extensive experience in conducting various public events of a scientific and practical nature, namely: student-postgraduate conferences, round tables, scientific seminars, debates and webinars, internships and summer schools abroad, etc. You can find out more information about the organization of events of the department, as well as the participation of students-circles by watching the PRESENTATION.
5. Implementation of international grants and cooperation with foreign partners.
The Department of Economics and Public Administration cooperates with the Department of European Integration and International Marketing of Łódzhskaya Polytechnic. Professor of the department Dr. Robert Stanislavsky was an external lecturer in the project of Jean Monet.
In September 2019, a working meeting of representatives of the Jean Monet Center for Excellence (consisting of O.Holovko-Havrysheva, O.Krayevska and V.Zelenka) was held with Professor R. Stanislavsky, within which the experience of implementing EU projects was held, as well as the main directions of further Cooperation with the Department of European Integration and International Marketing of Łódzha Polytechnic were determined. On the basis of the department, the project was carried out under the program of Jean Monet No. 575241-EPP-1-2016-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE “Economics in European integration: internal challenges and external dimension”. Project Coordinator Assoc. V.A. Zelenko, academic coordinator Assoc. O.G. Gupalo. Project period: 01.09.2016 31.08.2019.
The project was carried out with the financial support of the European Commission.
More detailed information about the project can be found at the following links:

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On November 1, 2025, the academic community of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv commemorated the 107th anniversary of the November Uprising and the proclamation of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic.
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