Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
Director
2019 - present
GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS) – Director
Research Fellow
2009 - present
IZA, Institute for the Study of Labor, Germany – Research Fellow
Fellow
2017 - present
GLO (https://glabor.org/) - Fellow
Associate Professor/Senior Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer
2016 - present
University of Kent (CHSS/PSSRU/School of Economics), UK
Director
2019 - 2020
Q-Step Centre (SSPSSR, University of Kent), UK – Director
Co-Lead
2017-2019
Economics of Social and Health Care Research Unit (http://eshcru.ac.uk/), UK – Co-Lead
Research Fellow / Lecturer
2013 - 2016
University of Kent (CHSS/PSSRU/School of Economics), UK
Associate Professor, Assistant Professor
2005 - 2015
Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine (Intermediate Micro, Labor Economics, Research Methods, Health Economics)
Clinical Assistant Professor
2008 - 2013
University of Houston, USA – Clinical Assistant Professor
Senior Economist
2005 - 2013
Kyiv Economics Institute, Ukraine (Director of the Data Centre)
Research Associate
February - September 2010
Centre for Health Economics (CHE), University of York
Summer Intern
2001
World Bank, Gender Anchor Unit, Washington DC, USA – Summer Intern
Research Topic: Trade Liberalization and Gender Issues
Education
Ph.D. in Economics
2006
Michigan State University
Fields:
Labor Economics, Econometrics, Health Economics
Dissertation:
Three Essays in Labor Economics and Economics of Aging
M.A. in Economics
2002
Michigan State University
M.A. in Economic Theory
2000
Kyiv School of Economics (former Economic Education and Research Consortium (EERC) MA Program at the National University “Kyiv Mohyla Academy”), Kyiv, Ukraine.
MSc/BSc in Industrial Management
1997
Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Mykolayiv, Ukraine.
Professional Service
Chairing
2016 - 2017
International Conference “People Matter: Quality of Life and Population Wellbeing in Post-Transition Economies”, Conference Chair
Editorial, Referee and Reviewer Service
2019
Reviewer for Leading Fellows Postdoctoral Programme
2017 - 2018
Journal Of Comparative Economics, Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Wellbeing in Transition Countries
2017
Horizon 2020, Review Panel member and Expert reviewer (Public Health Call)
2016 - 2019
VoxUkraine (www.voxukraine.org), Editorial Board member
2017, 2019
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Subject Expert
2011, 2014
National Applied Economics Prize (Russia, http://econprize.ru/), Referee
2007 - 2016
Economics Education and Research Consortium, Economics Research Grant Competition, Expert
2013, 2014
Kyiv School of Economics Alumni Research Congress, Academic Director
Referee Service:
Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Health Economics, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Economics of Transition, IZA World of Labor, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, American Journal of Health Economics, Eurasian Economic Review
Other:
Editor of the Russian/Ukrainian version of the online book “Municipal Economic Development Tool Kit”
Professional training
2019
LASR (Leadership in Areas of Substantial Responsibility) Programme, University of Kent
2019
Tackling Digital Inequalities: Outcomes Based Approaches and Methodological Innovation (London School of Economics)
2018
AEA Continued Education: Machine Learning
2015 - 2016
AURORA Programme, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
2012
Weiser Professional Development Research Visit to University of Michigan (developing collaboration with Edward C. Norton, Professor of Health Management and Policy and Economics)
2004
RAND Summer Institute. Demography, Economics, and Epidemiology of Aging and Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists
Awards and Fellowships
2012-2014
ERSTE Foundation Social Research Fellow
2012
Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional Development Award
2009, 2013
iHEA Travel Award
2011
EBRD fellowship for the participation in 4th Lindau Nobel Prize Laureates Meeting on Economic Sciences, Lindau, Germany
2009
PAA Travel Award
2005 - 2006
Swedish Government Professorship Award
2001 - 2003
P.E.O. International Peace Fellowship
2000 - 2001
MSU Graduate School Fellowship
2000 - 2001
H.R. Neville Fellowship in Economics
2000
K.L. Klomparens Fellowship
2000
EERC Graduate Study Grant
Policy Consulting Service
Training and consulting on prioritization of Public Health Spending for Kent County Council (UK) within the Project “Shifting the gravity of spending? Exploring methods for supporting public health commissioners in priority-setting to improve population health and address health inequalities”
Memeberships
American Economic Association
International Health Economics Association
Global Labor Organization