Winners of the FOR UKRAINE Programme
PhD habil. Magdalena Szyszko
Dr Hab. Magdalena Szyszko is a graduate of the Poznań University of Economics and Business, where she also obtained a doctorate in Economics and a habilitation degree. Since 2009, she has been working at the WSB Merito University in Poznań; since 2018, as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Finance and Banking. Her research interests include inflation forecasts and the transparency and communication of central banks. Author of many scientific publications and principal investigator in research projects financed by the NBP and Poland’s National Science Centre, Szyszko spends her free time with her family, taking care of her four cats and pursuing her passions.
PhD Olena Motuzka
Dr Olena Motuzka is a graduate of production management at the Kyiv National Economic University, the Faculty of Production Management and of international law at the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade. She obtained her doctoral degree in Statistics at the Kyiv National Economic University. Currently Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economy and Management of Foreign Economic Activities at the National Academy of Statistics, Accounting, and Audit in Kyiv, Motuzka studies trends and prospects for the development of international investment policy and inflation, along with their influence on consumers under conditions of economic instability, also by analyzing state budget revenues. Author of over 70 scientific publications, Motuzka spends her free time travelling, reading, and listening to music, particularly developing her passion for cats.
The researchers in the project “Policy Communication, Tools, and Effects during the War: The case of Ukraine and Poland.” will seek to identify and evaluate changes in monetary policy in terms of communication, tools, and short-term effects during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Qualitative and quantitative tools will allow for delineating wartime policy determinants – in the invaded Ukraine and the supporting Poland – by providing a case study of policy actions and communication with society, along with an assessment of central banks’ wartime roles, including a historical perspective and short-term policy effects in both economies.
