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Roman Vakulchuk
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Roman Vakulchuk is head of the Research Group for Climate and Energy and a Research Professor 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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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...
Economic Sanctions, Import Substitution and Path-Dependence in Russia’s Fishing Industry
Faster Integration into the European Community: Mapping Ukrainian Public Servants’ Improvement Needs
Ukraine's Public Sector in Transition: Assessing the Progress and Adaptation to EU Standards and Best Practices
Assessing the progress in institutional transition of Ukraine's public sector in light of signing the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in 2014.
Iran at a Crossroads: Assessing the Changing Geopolitical and Energy Landscape
How is the (geo)political landscape in Iran changing and what are the effects for energy?