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Roman Vakulchuk
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Roman Vakulchuk is head of the Research Group for Climate and Energy and a senior researcher at NUPI. He holds a PhD degree in economics obtained from Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. He publishes on energy transition, geopolitics of critical materials, climate change, investment policy, business climate, economic transition and integration, trade, good governance and China’s Belt and Road (BRI) infrastructure.
His geographical specialization is Ukraine, the countries of Central Asia, Kazakhstan in particular, Myanmar and the other countries of Southeast Asia. Vakulchuk advised government institutions in Central Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe and consulted more than 30 international organizations (e.g., Norad, the MFA of Norway, Asian Development Bank, Natural Resource Governance Institute, OECD, the World Bank) on economic reform, climate change and energy governance. He speaks English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French and Norwegian.
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Renewable Energy and Geopolitics
The project examines the geopolitical consequences of a large-scale transition to renewable energy, both in terms of the fading of old energy and geopolitical patterns and systems and the emergence of...
Playing PPP Catch-Up
Myanmar is lagging behind the other ASEAN member states, and its development needs are enormous. PPPs are relatively new to Myanmar. The country can benefit from PPPs for both hard and soft infrastructure. A major advantage of implementing large-scale public-private sector projects is the mutual learning process that is essential for the emergence of strong institutions that are necessary to implement PPPs successfully in Myanmar.
Russia in global trade and trade policy
The seminar presents output from the research project Trade Integration, Geopolitics and the Economy of Russia, coordinated by NUPI and funded by the Research Council of Norway during 2013-2016. Other project partners have been CEFIR (Center for Economic and Financial Research) and Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy in Moscow, and BOFIT (Bank of Finland Institute for Economics in Transition) in Helsinki. Other contributions from the project are presented at NUPIs Russia Conference on 10th November.
Trade Integration, Geopolitics and the Economy of Russia (TIGER)
The project analysed how trade integration is related to geopolitics and Russia's possible turn towards Asia....
Public Administration Reform and Its Implications for Foreign Petroleum Companies in Kazakhstan
Cooperation between the OSCE Academy and NUPI
The project consists of a wide range of activities including capacity-building of the OSCE Academy as a regional meeting point for research and education, support for two MA programmes in Politics and...
Economic Sanctions, Import Substitution and Path-Dependence in Russia’s Fishing Industry
Faster Integration into the European Community: Mapping Ukrainian Public Servants’ Improvement Needs