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Dariia Mykhailyshyna
Dariia Mykhailyshyna is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economics at Kyiv School of Economics. Her research focuses on political economy and applied microeconomics. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Bologna in 2025.
Olle Folke
Olle Folke is a Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government at Uppsala University, and currently a full-time researcher at SITE. His research focuses on political economics and gender & politics, with a particular emphasis on gender equality in the labor market and political representation. His work has been published in leading journals across economics, political science, sociology and business administration, and he has previously taught at Columbia University and Yale University.
(Last updated March 2026)
Anastasiia Arbuzova
Anastasiia Arbuzova is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). Prior to joining SITE, she completed her Ph.D. in Economics at Boston University and her undergraduate degree at the New Economic School (NES). Arbuzova’s research interests encompass political economy, with a particular emphasis on non-democratic regimes, and development economics, with a focus on gender.
Monica Pompeo
Monika Pompeo is an Assistant Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics. She received her PhD in Behavioural Economics in 2022 from the University of Nottingham, where she was part of the CeDEx research group.
Her research focuses on behavioural and experimental economics, with particular interests in nudges and policy-based interventions. She has conducted online, field, and lab experiments on topics including gender effects, childhood traits, and corruption. Her publications include “Choosing Competition on Behalf of Others” published in Management Science.
Andris Saulītis
Andris Saulitis received his PhD in sociology from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He focuses on household financial behavior and experimental methodology. He works on both qualitative and quantitative projects to study individual behavior and how social contexts influence decision making.
Zauri Marakvelidze
Zauri Marakvelidze is an ISET graduate. In 2025, he completed his internship at the ISET Policy Institute at its Private Sector Development Practice.
Matvii Talalaievskyi
Matvii Talalaievskyi is a Sanctions Team Analyst at the KSE Institute and a student at the Kyiv School of Economics. He has contributed to multiple volunteer initiatives and possesses a professional background in marketing, information technology, and project management. His experience includes team leadership, strategic communication, and the coordination of cross-functional projects.
Last updated: October 2025
Tornike Surguladze
Tornike Surguladze is a senior researcher at the Macroeconomic Policy Center of the ISET Policy Institute and joined the center in September 2023. Tornike holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the International School of Economics (ISET 2021), as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Tbilisi State University (TSU 2019).
Before joining the ISET Policy Institute, Tornike worked as a chief specialist at the National Bank of Georgia. Also, he was a teaching assistant for Master’s degree students at ISET, teaching Microeconomics modules I & II, III, IV, and Introductory Finance. Along with ISET-PI, he works as an invited lecturer at International Black Sea University and as a teaching assistant at ISET for BA teaching Microeconomics and Econometrics.
(Last updated in March 2026)
Natalja Apanasovich
Natalja Apanasovich is a Research Fellow at BEROC. Natalja obtained her PhD at the University of Deusto, Spain. Areas of research interest include the green economy, innovation systems and SMEs innovative performance.
(Last updated October 2024)
Daryna Manzhura
Daryna Manzhura is a Research Fellow at the KSE Center for Food and Land Use Research and a Coordinator of the EU-funded and World Bank-implemented “Supporting Transparent Land Governance in Ukraine” project”.
Her research interests cover the land market in Ukraine; increasing its transparency and introducing public monitoring of land relations, strategies for state support in agriculture, access to data, and land-related anti-corruption policies.
(Last updated March 2024)