Academic and Teaching Staff of the Department of Public Administration Participated in the Scientific-Methodological Conference “Dissertation: Preparation and Defense”

On June 14, 2024, Anna Komarnytska, Doctor of Economics, Professor, and Head of the Department of Public Administration and Business Management at the Faculty of Finance and Business Management of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, guarantor of the educational-scientific program “Public Administration and Management,” participated in the open scientific-methodological conference “Dissertation: Preparation and Defense.” She was joined by Candidate of Public Administration, Associate Professors Olena Reshota and Halyna Dzyana.

Academic and teaching staff, scientific supervisors, program guarantors, and doctoral candidates from third-level (educational-scientific) higher education programs were invited to the conference to enhance their awareness of key methodological requirements for dissertation research and the procedures for preparing dissertations for defense.

The co-organizers of the conference included the University of Educational Management of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, West Ukrainian National University, Poltava State Agrarian University, and Kharkiv National Medical University. The moderator of the conference was Iya Oleksandrivna Degtyarova, Professor of the Department of Public Administration and Project Management at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Management and Psychology of the University of Educational Management, Doctor of Public Administration, Professor, and guarantor of the educational-scientific program “Public Administration and Management.”

The conference featured relevant presentations by:

– Oksana Leonidivna Anufrieva, Head of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies at the University of Educational Management, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor: “We do not wait for changes – we change expectations.”

– Alla Anatoliyivna Vinychenko, Scientific Secretary of the University of Educational Management, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor: “Main Provisions of the Procedure for Awarding the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy: What’s New and What to Pay Special Attention to.”

– Hryhoriy Leonardovych Monastyrskyy, Professor of the Department of Management, Public Administration, and Personnel at West Ukrainian National University, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of Sub-Commission 281 “Public Administration and Management” of the Scientific-Methodological Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine: “Internationalization of the Process of Dissertation Preparation and Defense.”

– Nataliya Petrivna Muranova, Vice-Rector for Scientific-Pedagogical, Educational Work, and International Relations at the University of Educational Management, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor: “European Union Programs for Higher Education Candidates.”

– Alla Fedorivna Melnyk, Professor of the Department of Management, Public Administration, and Personnel, Doctor of Economics, Professor, guarantor of the educational-scientific program “Public Administration and Management” for the third (educational-scientific) level of higher education: “Organizational and Content Components of the Scientific-Pedagogical Practice of Postgraduate Students.”

– Mykhailo Mykhailovych Shkilnyak, Head of the Department of Management, Public Administration, and Personnel at West Ukrainian National University, Doctor of Economics, Professor, guarantor of the educational-scientific program “Management” for the third (educational-scientific) level of higher education: “Organization of the Meeting of the Basic Structural Unit of the Institution Implementing the Educational-Scientific Program and Preparing the Candidate.”

– Tamara Lozynska, Head of the Department of Public Administration and Management at Poltava State Agrarian University: “Determinants and Directions of Transformation of the Publication Activity of Participants in the Educational Process.”

– Oleksandr Melnychenko, Professor of the Department of Public Health and Health Care Management at Kharkiv National Medical University: “Organizational and Methodological Aspects of Selection and Primary Processing of Literary Sources within the Framework of Scientific Research.”

– Olena Ivanivna Bondarchuk, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Psychology of Management, guarantor of the educational-scientific program in the specialty 053 “Psychology”: “Public Presentation of the Scientific Results of the Dissertation Research.”

All these presentations were extremely relevant and informative. Participants had the opportunity to exchange experiences, ask questions, and receive answers that will impact the functioning of the scientific and educational process of the educational-scientific program.

We thank the organizers for the invitation and the opportunity to exchange information.