The Department of World Economics

Department of International Economic Relations, established at the university in 1991. The head of the Department – Alena Petrushkevich, Ph.D., associate professor.

Specialties

Undergraduate level

specialty «World Economy»
specializations:

 Graduate level

specialty «World Economy»
specializations:

Educational activities

Disciplines

Undergraduate level

Graduate level:

The department is the coordinator of the master's program «International Economics and Commercial Diplomacy», delivered in two language options (Russian and English). The program provides fundamental training for specialists with knowledge and skills to work in an international environment on issues of international and national security, global economy, politics and business, relations of the Republic of Belarus with integration partners. The program enables students to conduct trade negotiations with representatives of government bodies of foreign countries and international organizations in a foreign language; analyze modern trends in the development of the global economy and international economic relations, foreign economic policy of foreign countries.

The department's faculty have undergone training and internships in international organizations and leading universities in various countries (Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Austria, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA). The department's faculty regularly take part in international scientific and practical conferences, symposiums, congresses, seminars and round tables in neighboring and foreign countries; publish articles, scientific reports, and theses in scientific journals of foreign universities and other scientific centers.

The department actively expands its international reach. The faculty carry out research on the technical assignments of the Eurasian Economic Commission, as well as on grants of the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research, etc. The department runs cooperation projects with the Department of Management of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana; the Department of World Economy of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Baku; the Department of Foreign Economic Activity of the Ural State University of Economics, Yekaterinburg; Moscow State Institute of International Relations, etc. The geography of cooperation is constantly expanding. In 2024 alone, the department prepared cooperation agreements with three universities in Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan University named after S. Amanzholov (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Caspian Public University (Almaty), Yesil University (Astana)).

In 2019 the department organized a study tour to Geneva (Switzerland) for its students and faculty, who visited a wide range of international organizations including the United Nations, WTO, UNCTAD, WIPO, ITC.

Educational and educational-methodical publications and complexes

Research work

Recent key publications:

  1. International economics. International economic organizations: tutorial (in Russian) / A.A. Pranevich [et al.]; edited by A.A. Pranevich. – Minsk: RIVSH, 2022.
  2. International investment activity: (in Russian) / E.N. Petrushkevich [et al.]; edited by E.N. Petrushkevich. – Minsk: BSEU, 2021.
  3. World economy: tutorial (in Russian) / A.A. Pranevich [et al.]; edited by A.A. Pranevich. – Minsk: BSEU, 2020.
  4. International economic integration: tutorial (in Russian) / V.V. Ozhigina [et al.]; edited by V.V. Ozhigina. – Minsk: BSEU, 2017.
  5. Economy of the Republic of Belarus in the context of the global economy: tutorial (in Russian) / A.A. Pranevich [et al.]; edited by A.A. Pranevich. – Minsk: BSEU, 2016.
  6. Pranevich, A.A. Investment protectionism in the modern world economy: goals, tools, consequences (in Russian) / A.A. Pranevich // Scientific proceedings of BSEU. – Minsk, 2024. – Issue 17. – Pp. 294-300.
  7. Petrushkevich, A. World practice of FDI-regulation for sustainable development of the country and economic security enhancement (in Russian) / A. Petrushkevich // Scientific proceedings of BSEU. – Minsk, 2024. – Issue 17. . – Pp. 278-284.
  8. Ozhigina, V.V. Spatial Expansion Trends of International Economic Integration Systems / V. V. Ozhigina // Advances in Research on Russian Business and Management. – 2024. – № 1. – P. 328–336.
  9. Ozhigina, V.V. Liberalization of e-commerce in free trade agreements (in Russian) / V.V. Ozhigina, // Scientific proceedings of BSEU. – Minsk, 2024. – Issue 17. – Pp. 271-278
  10. Vashkevich, Y.B. Qualitative adjustments to quantitative indicators of economic openness in assessing income convergence in the World trade report 2024 (in Russian)  / Y.B. Vashkevich // Economy, business, finance. – 2024. – №9. – Pp. 3–7
  11. Yanchuk, A.L. Technological entrepreneurship in Vietnam: prerequisites and development opportunities (in Russian) / A.L. Yanchuk // Scientific proceedings of BSEU. – Minsk, 2024. – Issue 17.
  12. Yarashevich, V. Functional markets of the EAEU: selected case studies / V. Yarashevich // The Elgar Companion to the Eurasian Economic Union / А. Libman [et al.]; ed. by

Contacts

Address:  26 Partizansky Av., building 3,
office 229

Tel.:+375 17 209 88 39

Email: kme@bseu.by

Staff of the department

Aliaksandr Yanchuk, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor
Abdulla Ahmed, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor
Olga Borisik, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor
Yuliya Vashkevich, Assistant,
Alyaksandr Vaitsiakhovich, Assistant
Alena Garashchenko, Assistant
Yahor Herasimau, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor
Alena Martsinovich, Assistant
Karen Muradyan, Assistant
Vera Ozhigina, Department Chair, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor
Alena Petrushkevich, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor
Alla Pranevich, Dr.Hab. (Economics), Professor
Galina Sanko, Dr.Hab. (Economics), Professor
Iryna Shamardzina, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor of the Department
Aksana Shkutsko, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor