All members of the department’s academic and teaching staff are involved in research activities: 6 Doctors of Economic Sciences and over 40 Candidates of Economic Sciences.
Since 1996, the Department of Marketing and Logistics has been the initiator of the biennial International Scientific and Practical Conference “Marketing and Logistics in the Management System.” Based on the conference results, proceedings (abstracts) and a collective monograph are published.
Starting in 2005, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Trends in Behavioural Marketing” has been held every two years. The results of these conferences are published as conference materials (abstracts) and a collective monograph.
Departmental Research Projects:
- “Processes of Integration and Cooperation in Supply Chains: Global and National Levels” (ML-9). Project supervisor: Olena Bochko, No. 0123U102144.
- “Transformation of Marketing Tools in the Context of Economic Digitalisation and Globalisation of Business Processes” (ML-10). Project supervisor: Halyna Mys’kiv, No. 0123U102145.
- “Evolution of Market Approaches to the Functioning of Socio-Economic Systems: Current Challenges and 91Ƶ” (ML-11). Project supervisor: Inna Deineha, No. 0123U102148.
The Department of Marketing and Logistics also offers postgraduate and doctoral studies in the following specialisations:
- 08.00.03 — “Economics and Management of the National Economy”
- 08.00.04 — “Economics and Enterprise Management (by types of economic activity)”
The department’s staff conducts active research, including the preparation of manuals, textbooks, monographs, and other scientific publications, as well as participation in scientific conferences in Ukraine and abroad. This also contributes to engaging talented students in research activities: all research-oriented master’s students are involved in scientific work, and most participate in national and international conferences.
Historical Development of Scientific Activity
Since 1982, the department has held the status of a base (reference) department for technical higher 91Ƶ of the Western region of Ukraine (HEIs of Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi, and Lviv regions) on issues related to the economics of energy, chemical, and construction materials industries, as well as marketing (No. 1/11-2027). This status determined the department’s mission in disseminating teaching experience, providing professional development services, teaching specialised courses in regional HEIs, and conducting thematic seminars.
Throughout its existence, the department’s academic staff has been consistently and actively engaged in research. Three renowned professors, now deceased, made significant contributions to its development:
- Prof. P.P. Bondariev, Doctor of Economics — specialist in production economics;
- Prof. S.V. Dikmarov, Doctor of Economics — specialist in energy economics;
- Prof. Yevhen Krykavskyy, Doctor of Economics (Head of the Department from 1992 to 2024) — specialist in logistics and marketing, author of 31 textbooks and teaching manuals, 32 monographs, and over 500 scientific publications. Under his supervision, 13 doctoral and 44 candidate dissertations were defended. He was also an Academician of the Academy of Economic Sciences of Ukraine.
Since the early years of Ukraine’s independence, the department has formed a team of researchers focusing on marketing issues, and since the late 1990s, on logistics problems.