FACULTY MEMBERS Economics

Faculty members Economics 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Anna Bąkała ...... 3 Leszek Bohdanowicz ...... 4 Bogdan Buczkowski ...... 5 Małgorzata Burchard-Dziubińska...... 6 Victor Bystrov...... 7 Tomasz Czajkowski...... 8 Julita Czernecka ...... 9 Agnieszka Dorożyńska ...... 10 Tomasz Dorożyński...... 11 Joanna Dzionek-Kozłowska ...... 12 Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula...... 13 Piotr Gabrielczak ...... 14 Jerzy Gajdka...... 15 Paweł Gajewski ...... 16 Patryk Gałuszka...... 17 Mariusz Jerzy Golecki...... 18 Mariusz Górajski...... 19 Alina Jędrzejczak ...... 20 Andrzej Kacprzyk...... 21 Agnieszka Kłysik-Uryszek...... 22 Kamil Kowalski...... 23 Maciej Kozłowski...... 24 Zbigniew Kuchta ...... 25 Anetta Kuna-Marszałek...... 26 Agnieszka Kurczewska...... 27 Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski...... 28 Michał Mackiewicz ...... 29 Aleksandra Majchrowska...... 30 Maciej Malaczewski...... 31 Rafał Matera...... 32 Ryszard Piasecki...... 33 Aleksandra Pieloch-Babiarz...... 34 Katarzyna Piłat...... 35 Radosław Piwowarski...... 36 Magdalena Rek-Woźniak...... 37 Tomasz Serwach...... 38 Anna Staszewska-Bystrova...... 39 Tomasz Uryszek...... 40 Agata Wieczorek...... 41 Justyna Wieloch...... 42 Janina Witkowska...... 43 Przemysław Włodarczyk...... 44 Szymon Wójcik...... 45 Joanna Wyszkowska-Kuna ...... 46 Michał Zaremba...... 47

Faculty members Economics 2 Anna Bąkała Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Instructional Design, E-Learning, User Experience De- Bąkała A. (2018), E-learning project management based sign, Moodle, Business Process Modelling, Interperson- on IPMA methodology, in press al Communication, MS Excel advanced, Analytical Skills, Scenario-Based Learning Design. Bąkała A. (2018), Methodology of creating “knowledge pills” in the context of educational needs of students, Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, vol. 1, nr Professional experience: 333, pp. 7-24

Anna Bąkała is a researcher in the field of distance ed- Bąkała A. (2017), „Student Centered Design in Business ucation. She holds a Phd in management. She works as Informatics Teaching” in: Proceedings of the Second Con- an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and ference on Innovative Teaching Methods, pp. 175-179, Sociology at University of Lodz in Poland and she holds a Publishing house “Science and economics”, Varna, ISBN position of the faculty’s e-learning coordinator. Anna is a 978-954-21-0930-3 member of the International Project Management Asso- ciation (IPMA), as well as the Academic E-learning Asso- ciation. She is also a member of the Didactics Improve- ment Comission of the University of Lodz. Anna is the author of e-learning courses scenarios for various groups of professionals.

Faculty members Economics 3 Leszek Bohdanowicz Associate professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Corporate governance, strategic management Campbell, K., Bohdanowicz, L. (2018). Regulation on the gender composition of company boards in Europe: Ex- perience and prospects. [in:] M. Aluchna, G. Aras (Eds.), Professional experience: Women on Corporate Board: An International Perspec- tive. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, pp. 50-66. Leszek Bohdanowicz is an Associate Professor at the De- partment of Finance and Strategic Management, Univer- Bohdanowicz, L. (2018). How firm performance affects sity of Lodz, Poland. He has MA and PhD degrees from the supervisory board activity: Evidence from the Polish two- University of Lodz. His research interests are in the areas tier board model. [in:] New Challenges of Economic and of corporate governance and strategic management. He Business Development – 2018. Riga: University of Latvia, published his research in various Polish and international pp. 54-66. journals. He carried out numerous research projects financed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Edu- Bohdanowicz, L. (2017). Corporate Governance in Poland. cation and conducted also training and consulting activi- [in:] A.N. Kostyuk, U. Braendle, V. Capizzi (Eds.), Corpo- ties for many Polish companies. Leszek Bohdanowicz is a rate Governance: New Challenges and Opportunities. member of the European Academy of Management, the Sumy: Virtus Publishing, pp. 251-265. Scientific Society of Organization and Management and the member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology (ITME) in Warsaw.

Faculty members Economics 4 Bogdan Buczkowski Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Subject Committee of European University Foundation (Luxembourg). He has acquired a professional experi- International economic relations, international financial ence during traineeships in foreign enterprises in Lodz relations, international business, international economic and Sarajevo Commercial Bank. He has worked as an in- transactions and insurances, international commercial ternational business consultant for the Polish, Ukrainian negotiations. and Moldovan Chambers of Commerce and for several consulting companies. He has also been the manager of international business section and the CEO of the Polish Professional experience: and Belgium joint venture.

Bogdan Buczkowski is currently a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University Three recent publications: of Lodz. He is a graduate of the University of Lodz, Osa- ka University of Foreign Studies and Kagawa University Polish Foreign Direct Investments. The Experience of En- Graduate School of Economics (Japan). He is a Ph. D. in terprises from the Lodz Region, (co-author), Publishing Economics. His research interests include international House of the University of Lodz, 2015. economic relations, international economic integration, foreign direct investments and small and medium-sized Business in Contemporary Economy, ed. by B. Bucz- enterprises. He has been four years in Japan on the Jap- kowski, A. Kuna- Marszałek, Publishing House of the Uni- anese Government, Takamatsu City and Kuraoka Schol- versity of Lodz, 2016. arships. He has conducted lectures at many universities and higher educational institutions in Poland and abroad Practical Aspects in Doing International Business, ed. by (the EU countries, Japan, China, Ukraine, Moldova). He T. Dorożyński, J. Świerkocki, Publishing House of the Uni- has participated in numerous domestic and international versity of Lodz, 2016. educational and scientific projects. He is an expert of the European Enterprise Network. He has been the member of Kagawa Business Society (Japan) and the Business

Faculty members Economics 5 Małgorzata Burchard-Dziubińska Associate professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Economics of natural resources and environmental pro- Cradle to cradle approach in development of resource-ef- tection, economics of sustainable development, environ- ficient economy, [in:] Ekonomia i Środowisko, 1(60) mental protection policy, environmental management. 2017, 8-17.

Production for a green economy, [in:] Burchard-Dziubińs- Professional experience: ka Małgorzata, (red.), Towards a green economy, Wy- dawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź, 2015, 67-78. Małgorzata Burchard-Dziubińska (Ph.D.) is a researcher in the field of economics of natural resources and envi- Social responsibility, consumption and production ronmental protection. She holds a postdoctoral degree in patterns in textile and cloth industry in Poland, [in:] economics. Currently, she holds a position of an associ- “Economic and environmental studies”, Vol. 15, No. 3 ate professor at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology (35/2015), September 2015, 257-270. at University of Lodz in Poland. She is author and editor of papers and books related to issues of sustainable development and green economy. Sie is an editor in Chief of the journal Gospodarka w teorii i praktyce (Economy in Theory and Practice), co-editor of Journal Ekonomia i Środowisko (Economics and Environment). She is a member of the Board of Polish Association of Environ- mental and Natural Resources Economists and was Pres- ident of Polish Economic Society – Lodz Division (2010- 2015). She was a manager in several scientific projects and a scholarship holder, among others: Ludwig Erhard Stiftung, (2005 and 2013), and Santander Universidades, The Lauder Institute, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2014).

Faculty members Economics 6 Victor Bystrov Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Econometrics, time series analysis Bystrov V., Staszewska-Bystrova A., D. Rutkowski and T. Hermanowski (2015), Effects of DRG-based hospital pay- ment in Poland on treatment of patients with stroke, Professional experience: Health Policy, Vol. 119, pp. 1119-1125

Victor Bystrov is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Galuszka P. and V. Bystrov (2014) Crowdfunfing: A Case Economics and Sociology at the Univeristy of Lodz. Pre- Study of a New Model of Financing Music Production, viously, he was a Marie-Curie Fellow at the same faculty. Journal of Internet Commerce, Vol. 13, pp. 233-252 Victor holds a PhD in Economics from the European Uni- versity Institute in Florence. He participated in two re- Banerjee A., Bystrov V. and P.Mizen (2013), How do An- search projects funded by the European Comission under ticipated Changes to Short-Term Market Rates influence the 6th and 7th Framework Programmes. His research Banks’ Retail Interest Rates? Evidence from the Four Ma- concerns theory and applications of latent variable mod- jor Euro Area Economies, Journal of Money, Credit and els in the analysis of economic and financial time series. Banking, Vol. 45, pp. 1375-1414 Victor also carried out applied research in the fields of health economics and crowdfunding.

Faculty members Economics 7 Tomasz Czajkowski Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

E-commerce, entrepreneurship, innovativeness, innova- Czajkowski, T., Woźniak-Malczewska, M. ‘Innovativeness tions, market analyses, textile-clothing industry of Chosen Polish Textile-Clothing Companies’, Autex Re- search Journal, 17.1 (2017): 48-52

Professional experience: Czajkowski T., Szymański G., ‘Comparative Analysis Of The Utilisation Of Electronic Commerce And Business In Tomasz Czajkowski is a researcher in the field of e-com- Polish E-shops In The Years 2009-2011’, Comparative Eco- merce, entrepreneurship and textile-clothing industry. nomic Research. Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 175–201 He works at the position of an assistant professor (adjunct) at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the Wysokińska Z., Koszewska M., Czajkowski T., Malinows- University of Lodz in Poland, Department of European ka–Olszowy M., ‘Future of the Polish Textile Industrial Integration and Global Economy. Previously he worked at Sector. An Overall Analysis of the Empirical Research the Lodz University of Technology, at the same position. Performed with the Delphi Method within the Project He is also a director of the Textile Research Institute in Foresight ‘Modern Technologies for the Textile Industry. A Lodz, a scientific-research institute employing approxi- Chance for Poland’. FIBRES & TEXTILES in Eastern Europe mately 250 people. Tomasz is also a reviewer in 2 peri- 2013; 21, 4(100): 10-15. odicals from the Master Journal List (Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe and Autex Research Journal). He is an author of many articles published in scientific periodi- cals (including those from the JCR list) from the field of e-commerce, innovations, market analyses, mostly con- nected with the textile-clothing industry. More than 50 bachelor and master theses were completed and defend- ed under his supervision

Faculty members Economics 8 Julita Czernecka Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Singlehood, love and intimate relationships, on-line dat- Brzezińska J., Czernecka J., Dzwonkowska-Godula K., Ma- ing, role of appearance in private and professional life, di- linowska, Garncarek E., (2017). Gender, Age, and Gender versity management, self-presentation, public relations. Age in Relation to Attitudes to One’s Own Appearance and Health, Łódź: Wydawnictwo UŁ.

Professional experience: Czernecka J., Zalega T. (2017), Single i seniorzy jako przykłady segmentów konsumentów charakterystycznych Julita Czernecka is a researcher in the field of single peo- dla współczesnych społeczeństw (Singles and seniors ple, social definition of love and intimate relationships, as examples of consumer segments specific to modern on-line dating. She is PhD in sociology. Currently she societies). In: M. Bartosik-Pugrat (ed.) Zachowania kon- holds a position of an adjunct at the Institute of Soci- sumentów. Globalizacja, nowe technologie, aktualne ology, Department of Sociology of Structure and Social trendy, otoczenie społeczno-kulturowe (Consumer be- Changes, Faculty of Economics and Sociology at Univer- haviour. Globalisation, new technologies, current trends, sity of Lodz in Poland. She also graduated Noble Man- socio-cultural environment), Wyd. PWN, Warszawa hattan Coaching, London School of Public Relations, and the Laboratory of Education and Psychotherapy. During Czernecka J. (2014) Single and The City, Łódź: Wy- 9 years she was a rector’s plenipotentiary for promotion dawnictwo UŁ. and public relations of rector UŁ.

Faculty members Economics 9 Agnieszka Dorożyńska Senior lecturer

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

International economics, international business Agnieszka Dorożyńska, Tomasz Dorożyński, Anetta Ku- na-Marszałek, SME’s innovation and internationalization in knowledge-based economy: EU case Handbook of re- Professional experience: search on entrepreneurship in the contemporary knowledge-based global economy, IGI Global, 2016. Agnieszka Dorożyńska, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer at De- partment of International Trade, Institute of Econom- Agnieszka Dorożyńska, Tomasz Dorożyński, Human Cap- ics, University of Lodz. She is an expert at Enterprise ital and FDI in Central and Eastern Europe, Managing Europe Network, and accredited expert at Business Global Transitions, University of Primorska, Faculty of Support Organization. So far she has been involved in 3 Management in Koper, 2015. research projects. Her research work focuses, inter alia, on internationalization and trade policy. She has been Agnieszka Dorożyńska, Tomasz Dorożyński, The growth the author and expert to several international projects and role of export credit agencies in export support, In- under, e.g., CIP, COSME, EEA/Norway Grant, Erasmus +. ternational Business and Global Economy, 2016.

Faculty members Economics 10 Tomasz Dorożyński Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Vinci, EEA / Norway Grant. He lectured abroad (France, Portugal, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, International economics, international business, FDI, re- & Romania) under the ERASMUS (+) Programme. gional development

Three recent publications: Professional experience: Dorożyński Tomasz, Kuna-Marszałek Anetta (eds.), Out- Tomasz Dorożyński, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at De- ward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Emerging Mar- partment of International Trade, Institute of Economics, ket Economies, Advances in Finance, Accounting and University of Lodz. He is a member to several prestigious Economics Book Series, IGI Global, Hershey PA, USA, international organisations of researchers and experts in 2017, 414 s. international economics and business, such as: European International Business Academy, Euro-Asia Management Dorożyński Tomasz, Kuna-Marszałek Anetta, Świerkocki Studies Association, Academy of International Business Janusz, Motives of Poland’s Outward Direct Investments CEE Chapter, European Economics and Finance Society. from the Lodz Region: Results of a Direct Study, Entrepre- His research achievements include ca. 90 reviewed pub- neurial Business and Economics Review, nr 5(2), 2017, s. lications (after 2008). So far he has been involved in 7 101-122. research projects. Results of his studies have been presented on numerous occasions to domestic and inter- Dorożyński Tomasz, Świerkocki Janusz, Urbaniak Wo- national conferences, e.g., in the UK, USA, Sweden, Ger- jciech, FDI Inflow to Special Economic Zones in Poland. many, Austria, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Brazil, Regional Approach, Journal of Management and Finan- France, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Denmark, Belgium, Hunga- cial Sciences, Volume X, Issue 27 (March 2017), 2017, s. ry and Latvia. His research work focuses, inter alia, on the 87-103. EU cohesion policy, regional development, internationalization and FDI. He has been the author and expert to several EC projects under, e.g., CIP, COSME, Leonardo da

Faculty members Economics 11 Joanna Dzionek-Kozłowska Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

History of Economic Thought, Economic Methodology, Dzionek-Kozlowska, Joanna. 2018. Model homo oeco- Philosophy of Economics, Economic History, Institution- nomicus. Geneza, ewolucja, wpływ na rzeczywistość al Economics gospodarczą [Model of Homo Oeconomicus. Its Origin, Evolution and Impact on Economic Life]. Lodz: Lodz Uni- versity Press. [in Polish] Professional experience: Dzionek-Kozlowska, Joanna, Kamil Kowalski, and Rafal Joanna Dzionek-Kozlowska is a researcher in philosophy Matera. 2018. The Effect of Geography and Institutions of economics and history of economic thought. She holds on Economic Development: The Case of Lodz. Journal of a PhD in economics. She works at the Faculty of Econom- Interdisciplinary History 48(4): 523-538. ics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, Poland. She is a member of the Polish Philosophy of Economics Network, Dzionek-Kozlowska, Joanna, and Sharaf N. Rehman. 2017. The Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT) and Fo- Attitudes of Economics and Sociology Students towards rum of Institutional Thought. Since 2012 she holds the Cooperation. A Cross-Cultural Study. Economics and So- positon of editorial assistant of the scientific journal the ciology 10(4): 124-136. “Annales. Ethics in Economic Life”. In October 2016 she was appointed to be an Editor-in-Chief of this periodical.

Faculty members Economics 12 Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula Assistant professor

Field of expertise: versity of Alicante, Spain (2017, 2016), University of Ko- blenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, Germany (2015, 2014). Gender studies, social communication, social inequalities, local communities, reproductive health and rights. Three recent publications:

Professional experience: Malinowska E., Dzwonkowska-Godula K., Garncarek E., Czernecka J., Brzezińska J., 2017, Gender, age, gendered Social researcher and academic teacher. Examples cours- age and attitudes towards appearance and health (cho- es taught in Polish: Introduction to sociology, Sociology sen aspects), Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, of gender, Sociology of social movements), Sociology Łódź. of organization, Modern sociological theories, Gender inequality as social problem, Global social processes, Dzwonkowska-Godula K., 2017, Męskość, seksualność i Introduction to social communication, Art of presenta- prokreacja. Prawa i zdrowie reprodukcyjne jako nie tylko tion and discussion, Negotiations, Psychosocial aspects kobieca kwestia (Masculinity, sexuality and procreation. of behaviors in organisations, Psychosocial aspects Reproductive rights and health as not only women’s is- of marketing, Social communication in local commu- sues), „Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica” nr 18 nity. Courses taught in English: Gender and society, (2). Self-presentation and communication, Facilitation and presentation techniques, Gender inequality as social Dzwonkowska-Godula K., 2017, Nie-perfekcyjna problem, Women and men in family and intimate rela- pani domu, nie-matka, nie-dobra matka. Kontestac- tionships, Sociological perspective on sexuality. Super- ja patriarchalnego modelu kobiecości, (Contesting visor of 25 Bachelor’s theses in course of sociology and the patriarchal model of femininity – not a perfect social work (since 2015). Participation in The Erasmus+ housewife, not a mother, not a good mother), (w:) Teaching Staff Mobility programme: Edinburgh Napier E. Hyży (red.), Feministyczne konteksty multidyscy- University, Edinburgh, Great Britain (2018), Instituto plinarnie, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń. Superior Miguel Torga, Coimbra, Portugal (2017), Uni-

Faculty members Economics 13 Piotr Gabrielczak Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

International trade, internationalisation of companies, P. Gabrielczak, T. Serwach, The impact of the euro adop- economic integration, business cycle, institutional eco- tion on the complexity of goods in Slovenian exports, nomics „Zbornik Radova Ekonomskog Fakulteta u Rijeci / Pro- ceedings of Rijeka School of Economics”, nr 1, vo. 35, 2017, doi: 10.18045/zbefri.2017.1.45. Professional experience: P. Gabrielczak, T. Serwach, The links between firm-lev- Piotr Gabrielczak specializes in the field of internation- el productivity and modes of international expansion al economics. He holds a PhD degree in economics and of firms from the Lodz Voivodeship, „Economic Re- a bachelor degree in mathematics. Currently he occu- search – Ekonomska Istraživanja”, nr 1, vol. 31, 2018, doi: pies a position of an assistant professor at the Depart- 10.1080/1331677X.2018.1477612. ment of Macroeconomics of the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Lodz in Poland. He P. Gabrielczak, L. Kucharski, E. Kwiatkowski, Rynki pra- is a member of the Board of Experts of Phin Consult- cy w okresie globalnego kryzysu w krajach Europy ing Ltd. as an expert in internationalisation. He is an Środkowo-Wschodniej, Łódź 2016. editor-in-chief of a journal Ekonomia Międzynarodo- wa (International Economics) published at the Uni- versity of Lodz. His international didactic experience includes courses held for foreign students at the Uni- versity of Lodz as well as courses run for the Interna- tional College of the Zhengzhou University in China.

Faculty members Economics 14 Jerzy Gajdka Full Professor, Head of the Department of Capital Market and Investments

Field of expertise: nity. He worked as a consultant to several companies and was a member of several boards of directors, including Financial markets, Investments, Corporate Finance the Board of Directors of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (1999-2002). In 1991 he worked as an adviser for the Ministry of Ownership Transformations and since 1993 Professional experience: till now he has been a Member of Examination Commit- tee for Chartered Investment Advisers within the Polish Prof. Jerzy Gajdka is a head of the Department of Indus- Financial Supervision Authority. trial Economics and Capital Market at the University of Lodz where he earned his Ph.D. degree and Habili- tation degree. His main areas of interest are: financial Three recent publications: markets, investments and corporate finance. He is an author of over 100 publications (books and papers) pub- Gajdka Jerzy, Schabek Tomasz (2018), Performance of lished in domestic and foreign journals such as: “Emerg- Textile and Apparel Companies listed on the Warsaw ing Markets Finance and Trade”, “International Review of Stock Exchange, “Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe” Economics and Finance”, “Investment Management and 5/2018 (forthcoming) Financial Innovations”, “International Advances in Eco- nomic Research” or “Argumenta Oeconomica”. As a visit- Brzeszczynski, Janusz, Gajdka, Jerzy and Kutan, Ali (2017), ing scholar he stayed at the Durham University Business Central bank communication and the impact of public School (1990), the University of Maryland (1991-1992), announcements of new monetary policy data on the re- the University of Pittsburgh (1994), University of Hud- action of foreign exchange and stock markets: Evidence dersfield (2011 (Erasmus)) and Tomas Bata University in from Poland, “Argumenta Oeconomica” , 39, pp. 21-60. Zlin (2017 (Erasmus)). As a result of his stay at the Uni- versity of Maryland the Polish American Management Brzeszczynski, Janusz, Gajdka, Jerzy and Kutan, Ali (2015) Center (PAMC) was established at the University of Lodz Investor response to public news, sentiment and institu- with financial support of USAID (grant). In the period of tional trading in emerging markets: A review. “Interna- 2004-2007 he was the Director of Executive MBA Pro- tional Review of Economics & Finance”, 40. pp. 338-352. gram at PAMC. Prof. Gajdka also cooperates with the business commu-

Faculty members Economics 15 Paweł Gajewski Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Regional economics, economics of monetary union, mac- Gajewski, P. and A.M Kutan (2018), Determinants and roeconomics Economic Effects of New Firm Creation: Evidence from Polish Regions, Eastern European Economics 56 (3), 201- 222. Professional experience: Gajewski, P. and G. Tchorek (2017), What drives export Pawel Gajewski holds a ph.D. in economics and works as performance of firms in Eastern and Western Poland?, an assistant professor in the Institute of Economics. He European Planning Studies 25(12): 2250-2271. gained professional experience as senior specialist and advisor in the National Bank of Poland (2008-2017). He Gajewski, P Monetary Policy Stress in EMU: What Role for also worked as an assistant professor in the Polish Acade- Fundamentals and Missed Forecasts? (2016), Emerging my of Science (2016-2018), a lecturer in the Łazarski Uni- Markets Finance and Trade 52(5), 1226-1240. versity in Warsaw (2015-2018) and an external collabo- rator in the United Nations’ International Labour Office (2014-2015). Currently Pawel is a senior editor in Inter- national Journal of Emerging Markets. At the Faculty of Economics and Sociology he is responsible for the EKSOC Visiting Fellowship Programme.

Faculty members Economics 16 Patryk Gałuszka Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Creative industries, media studies, political economy, Galuszka, P., & Brzozowska, B. (2017). Crowdfunding and popular music studies the democratization of the music market. Media, Culture & Society, 39(6), 833-849, doi:10.1177/0163443716674364

Professional experience: Galuszka, P., & Wyrzykowska, K. (2017). Artist and Reper- toire Goes Online: Evidence from Poland. Media Industries, Patryk Galuszka holds a PhD in management from the 4(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mij.15031809.0004.103 University of Lodz, Poland, an LLM in law and economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Galuszka, P., & Brzozowska, B. (2017). Crowdfunding: To- and a postdoctoral degree (habilitation) in media stud- wards a redefinition of the artist’s role–the case of Meg- ies. Currently, he is an assistant professor in the Facul- aTotal. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 20(1), ty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Lodz. 83 - 99. doi:10.1177/1367877915586304 Patryk was a visiting researcher at the Institute for Ad- vanced Study - Central European University (Budapest), Institute of Law and Economics - University of Hamburg, Berkeley Law - University of California, Berkeley and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (Co- logne). He worked as a consultant for Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Polish Society of Authors and Composers (ZAiKS) and Polish Society of the Phono- graphic Industry (ZPAV). He is a member of International Association for the Study of Popular Music.

Faculty members Economics 17 Mariusz Jerzy Golecki Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Director of Laboratory for Cognitive Research in Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz

Field of expertise: man of the GAAR Panel in the Polish Ministry of Finance (2016-), Chairman of the Main Adjudicating Commission Beh. Law & Economics, Comparative Law, Tax Law , Ju- for the Infringement of Public Finance Discipline (2017-), risprudence Member of the Codification Commission for General Tax Law (2018-).

Professional experience: Three recent publications: Mariusz Jerzy Golecki-Professor and Director of Labora- tory of Cognitive Research in Law at the Faculty of Law Towards Adverse Spillover Effect? The Judicialization of and Administration, University of Lodz, (LL.D. Lodz, the EU Law and the Changing Nature of Judicial Govern- Ph.D. Lodz, LL.M. Cambridge.). Educated both in Civ- ance after Enlargement [in:] T. Hashimoto, M. Rhimes il Law (1998 University of Warsaw) and Common Law (ed.) Reviewing European Union Accession, Brill Nijhoff, (LL.M. 2002, University of Cambridge, Trinity College). Leiden, Boston 2018, pp. 7-23. Marie-Curie Fellow at the Institute of Law and Econom- ics, University of Hamburg, Germany (2002-2003). 2004- Consumer Protection in Energy Markets: Selected Insights 2008 Associate Professor in Department of Economics, from Behavioural Law and Economics and regulatory WSB-National Louis University in Nowy Sącz. Visiting Practice [in:] K. Mathis, B.R.Huber, Energy Law and Eco- Scholar in the Centre for European Legal Studies in the nomics, Springer, Cham, Heidelberg, New York, Dordre- Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge (2008-2009), cht, London 2018, pp. 253-271. (with. P. Tereszkiewiczem) KEIO University in Tokyo (2010) and International Chris- tian University in Tokyo (2010), University of Debrecen Creating Social Norms Through Media, Cascades and (2013-2014), University of Lucerne (2018). An author or Cognitive Anchors: Judicial Activism and the Quality of co-author of 5 monographs and about 70 articles. Energy Law from the Perspective of Behavioural Law and He was appointed as Director of Legal Department in the Economics [in:] K. Mathis, B.R.Huber, Energy Law and Polish Ministry of Finance (2016-17), Director of Depart- Economics, Springer, Cham, Heidelberg, New York, Dor- ment of International and European Law in the General drecht, London 2018, pp. 193-210. (with. J. Bełdowskim). Counsel to the Republic of Poland (2017), Deputy Direc- tor of Polish Delegation at UNCITRAL (2016-2017), Chair-

Faculty members Economics 18 Mariusz Górajski Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Computational Economics, International Journal of En- vironmental Research and Public Health, Computers & Applied mathematics, econometrics, monetary econom- Mathematics with Applications. ics, stochastic dynamic equilibrium models, uncertainty in macroeconomic policy rules, credit risk Three recent publications:

Professional experience: Górajski M., Machowska D. (2018) The effects of techno- logical shocks in an optimal goodwill model with a ran- Mariusz Górajski is a researcher in the field of applied dom product life cycle, Computers & Mathematics with mathematics. His MS is from the Lodz University of Tech- Applications, vol. 76(4), 905-922. nology. He earned a PhD in mathematics from the Univer- sity of Lodz in 2012. His dissertation concerns stochastic Górajski M., Serwa D., Wośko Z. (2018) Measuring expect- evolution equations with delays. His recent principal sci- ed time to default under stress conditions for corporate entific interests have focused on optimal control theo- loans, Empirical Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/ ry with its applications in economics. He has performed s00181-018-1435-6. several research grants funded by the National Bank of Poland (NBP) and the National Science Centre in Poland Górajski M. (2018) Robust Monetary Policy in a Model of on the following topics: modelling and forecasting in- the Polish Economy: Is the Uncertainty Responsible for flation, financial stability analysis, optimal advertising the Interest Rate Smoothing Effect? Computational Eco- strategies in goodwill models and optimal macroeconomics, vol. 52(2), 313–340. nomic policy rules in the models with parameter uncertainty. Each year he participates in several international conferences. He is in the organising committee of the International Conference FindEcon and a member of the Society for the Study of Emerging Markets. He has published in JCR journals including Nonlinear Analysis TMA, Integral Equations and Operator Theory, Mathematical Methods of Operational Research, Empirical Economics,

Faculty members Economics 19 Alina Jędrzejczak Associate professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Statistical size distributions, income inequality and pov- Jędrzejczak, A., (2015), Asymptotic Properties of Some erty measurement, inequality decomposition, survey Estimators for Gini and Zenga Inequality Measures: a sampling, small area estimation Simulation Study, Statistica & Applicazioni, Vol. XIII, pp. 143-162.

Professional experience: Jędrzejczak A., Kubacki J. (2017); Estimation of Small Area Characteristics using Multivariate Rao-Yu Model, Alina Jędrzejczak is a researcher in the field of statistical Statistic in Transition, 18 (4) pp. 725-742. methods and a specialist in income inequality measurement. She holds a postdoctoral degree in economics. Jędrzejczak A., Zenga M. , Valli I. (2017), Contributions Currently she holds a position of an associate professor from Macro-Regions and from Income Components to at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at University the Zenga Index: An Application to Data from Poland and of Lodz and is the head of the Institute of Statistics and Italy, [in:] Classification and Data Analysis Group- Book Demography and of the Department of Statistical Meth- of Papers, eds. F. Greselin and F. Mola, Milano. ods. Simultaneously, she is an expert in the Centre of Mathematical Statistics in the Statistics Poland Branch in Lodz, conducting the research on survey sampling and small area estimation. Since 2009 she is the Chair of the Regional Branch of the Polish Statistical Association. Ali- na is also a member of the Editorial Board in the top Italian statistical journal Statistica and Applicazioni and in Folia Oeconomica Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Her previous professional experience includes cooperation, as a foreign expert and a visiting professor, with the De- partment of Quantitative Methods and Statistics of the University of Milan-Bicocca.

Faculty members Economics 20 Andrzej Kacprzyk Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Economic growth, economic development, innovation Kacprzyk, A. & Świeczewska, I. (2018). Is R&D always growth-enhancing? Empirical evidence from the EU countries, Applied Economics Letters. Published online: Professional experience: 23 Feb 2018.

Andrzej Kacprzyk is a researcher in the field of economic Kacprzyk, A., & Doryń, W. (2017). Innovation and eco- growth. He holds a PhD degree in economics. Currently nomic growth in old and new member states of the Euro- he holds a position of an assistant professor at the Fac- pean Union, Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja ulty of Economics and Sociology at University of Lodz in 30(1): 1724–1742. Poland and a position of deputy head of Institute of Eco- nomics. Andrzej served as a referee for Emerging Mar- Kacprzyk, A. (2016). Economic freedom: growth nexus kets, Finance and Trade; Economic Research; Economic in European Union countries, Applied Economics Letters Change and Restructuring, among others. He is a mem- 23(7): 494–497. ber of AEA (USA) and SIdE (Italy).

Faculty members Economics 21 Agnieszka Kłysik-Uryszek Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Internationalization of companies and economies, for- Kłysik-Uryszek. A., Kuna-Marszałek, A. (2017) Dilem- eign direct investments, international strategies, mar- mas on OFDI Measuring and Interpreting: The Case of keting, international marketing, international economics Poland, in: Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Emerging Market Economies, eds. T. Dorożyński, A. Ku- na-Marszałek, IGI Global, s.141-160 Professional experience: Buczkowski, B., Kłysik-Uryszek, A., Kuna-Marszałek, A., Agnieszka Kłysik-Uryszek holds a Ph.D. degree in eco- Świerkocki, J. (2015) Poland’s Outward Foreign Direct In- nomics. She works as a researcher and lecturer in the vestment. Experiences of Enterprises from the Łódź Re- Department of International Trade, Institute of Econom- gion, Publishing House Wydawnictwo UŁ, Łódź ics, University of Łódź (Poland). From the very beginning of academic career her interests focused on different Kłysik-Uryszek. A., Kuna-Marszałek, A. (2015) Geograph- aspects of the process of internationalization of compa- ical breakdown of Polish OFDI – explanatory potential of nies: organizational, strategic, marketing and financial. Uppsala model, Journal of International Studies, Vol. 8, She has been involved in several research projects (of No 1, pp. 150-163. which 3 were financed by EU Funds and National Science Center) which resulted in more than 40 publications (books, chapters and articles). She is a member of Eura- sia Business and Economics Society. Her professional experience include also a position of Editorial Secretary of Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Oeconomica (2009 – 2012) and Dean’s Plenipotentiary responsible for managing the EU programme of international internships for students - Leonardo (2004-2008). Additionally, she actively cooperates with business entities helping companies to analyze their strategic position and prepare their international development strategies.

Faculty members Economics 22 Kamil Kowalski Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Economic history, postwar history of the US, internation- Dzionek-Kozłowska J., Kowalski K., Matera R., The Effect al political economy of Geography and Institutions on Economic Develop- ment: The Case of Lodz, “The Journal of Interdisciplinary History” Spring 2018, vol. 48, no. 4, 523–538 Professional experience: Dzionek-Kozłowska J., Kowalski K., Matera R., Geography Kamil Kowalski is a researcher in the field of econom- Matters. Environmental Factors that Affected the “Take- ic history in the Department of History of Economic Off” of Lodz, “Roczniki Dziejów Społecznych i Gosp- Thought and Economic History in the Institute of Eco- odarczych”, t. LXXVIII, 2017, 223–248 nomics in the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at Uni- versity of Lodz in Poland. Kamil Kowalski is a member Kowalski K., American Economic Aid Plans on the Exam- of International Cooperation Committee Team within the ple of the Marshall Plan and the Alliance for Progress: Development Committee. He holds a doctoral degree in Similarities and Differences, ”Humanities and Social economics. He conducted research on postwar recovery Studies” 2017, vol. 4 (22), 77–93. and America labour at the University in Oslo, Stockholm University and Technische Universität Chemnitz. He is a member of the revision Committee of Polish Association of Economic History.

Faculty members Economics 23 Maciej Kozłowski Associate professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Industrial democracy, entrepreneurship, workers owner- ”Financial Participation In Poland In Comparison To Oth- ship, workers cooperatives, financial participation er EU Countries”, w: Comparative Economic Research, Central and Eastern Europe, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2015, volume 18, issue 3, August 2015, Professional experience: pp. 59-79

Permanent research activity (Foundation of Industrial “Employee financial participation in Polish listed compa- Democracy and Center of Participational Management), nies – a management approach“; w: S. Fietze, W. Mat- preparing TQM in companies, participating in Action Re- iaske (reds), Dimensions and Perspectives on Financial search in Sweden, cooperation with Work Research Insti- Participation in Europe, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, tute in Oslo and with Cornell Institute in New York, taking Baden-Baden, Germany 2016; pp. 155-194 part in investigating the ability of Polish textile industry firms in adjusting to market economy (with University of “The Consequences of the Privatization for Employ- Birmingham), interviewing the presidents of joint stock ee-Owned Companies. Polish case in comparison to other companies and chairmen of Supervisory Boards and do- EU countries”, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Om- ing research in Spanish cooperatives in Basque Country. niScriptum GmbH & Co. KG, Bahnhofstraße 28, D-66111 Participation in more than 40 international conferences Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf 2017, pp. 318 and different project and workshops (Ireland, Belgium, Denmark). He holds a post of head of full-time and part- time PhD Studies in Economics. He is a member of different committees, member of Editorial Advisory Board and Review Committee of the Journal of Global Economy, Sci- encedomain, AEA, etc., reviewer of articles to Social In- dicators; Environmental Science and Pollution Research; Journal of Business Economics and Management.

Faculty members Economics 24 Zbigniew Kuchta Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models, macro- Kuchta Z. (2014) “Nominal Wage Rigidities in Small- economics Scale DSGE Models: An Empirical Analysis for the Polish Economy”, Gospodarka Narodowa, 6/2014, 31 – 56. (text in polish) Professional experience: Kuchta Z. (2012) „Wpływ utraty autonomicznej polityki Zbigniew Kuchta is a researcher in the field of macro- pieniężnej na absorpcję zaburzeń egzogenicznych” [in:] economics. He is interested in the dynamic stochastic Krajewski P. (red.) Gospodarka Polski w perspektywie general equilibrium models. He holds Ph. D. degree in wstąpienia do strefy euro, Polskie Wydawnictwo Eko- Economics. Currently, he holds a position of an assistant nomiczne, Warszawa, 86 – 123 professor at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Uni- versity of Lodz. Kuchta Z., Piłat K. (2010) „The Hansen Real Business Cycle Model and Its Application in the Polish Economy”, Gosp- odarka Narodowa, 11-12/2010, 19 – 39. (text in polish)

Faculty members Economics 25 Anetta Kuna-Marszałek Senior lecturer

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

International economics, international business, inter- Dorożyński T., Kuna-Marszałek A., Świerkocki J. (2017), national trade, trade policy, environment in economics, Motives of Poland’s Outward Direct Investments from the foreign direct investment Lodz Region: Results of a Direct Study, “Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review”, Vol. 5, Nr 2, s. 101-122.

Professional experience: Dorożyński T., Kuna-Marszałek A. (eds.) (2017), Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Emerging Market Eco- Anetta Kuna-Marszałek is a researcher in the field of in- nomics, IGI Global, 377 s. ternational economics and international business. She holds a doctoral degree in economics. Currently she holds Kuna-Marszałek A. (2016), Liberalizacja handlu a position of a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Econom- międzynarodowego a środowisko przyrodnicze. Przykład ics and Sociology at University of Lodz in Poland. She is Unii Europejskiej, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź a member to several international organisations includ- 2016, 245 s. ing Polish European Community Studies Association and Association for the Study of East European Economies and Cultures. Anetta participated in several national and international research projects (including projects co-financed by the EU and the National Science Centre) and teaching projects. She cooperates as an expert with the Enterprise Europe Network Centre at the Foundation for Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Lodz.

Faculty members Economics 26 Agnieszka Kurczewska Associate professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, business Kurczewska, A., Kyrö, P., Kohonen O., Lagus K., Lindh-Kn- ventures, start-ups, experiential learning uutila, T. (2017). The interplay between cognitive, cona- tive, and affective constructs along the entrepreneurial learning process, Education + Training, Vol. 60 Issue: 7/8, Professional experience: 891-908,.

Agnieszka Kurczewska is a researcher in the field of en- Tegtmeier, S., Kurczewska, A. & Halberstadt, J. (2016). trepreneurship. She holds a postdoctoral degree in eco- Are Women Graduates Jacquelines-of-all-trades?: Chal- nomics. Currently she holds a position of an associate lenging Lazear’s View on Entrepreneurship. Small Busi- professor at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at ness Economics, 47, 1, 77-94. University of Lodz in Poland and a position of vice-dean, responsible for the Faculty’s development. Previously Hägg, G., & Kurczewska, A. (2016). Connecting the dots: Agnieszka worked as an assistant professor in Entre- A discussion on key concepts in contemporary entrepre- preneurship Unit at Aalto University in Helsinki. She neurship education. Education and Training, 58(7-8), also spent 10 months at the University of Tampa (USA) 700-714. conducting the research on academic entrepreneurship education. Agnieszka is a member of the Board of Direc- tors of the European Council for Small Business & En- trepreneurship (ECSB). She is also an associate editor in Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM) and a member of the editorial board of Journal of Entrepre- neurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies. Her previous professional experience includes traineeships in European Commission in Brussels and Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

Faculty members Economics 27 Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Associate professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Macroeconomics, labour economics, labour market policy Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (2016) Why have Labour Markets reacted to the Global Crisis in different ways?, “COMPAR- ATIVE ECONOMIC RESEARCH. CENTRAL AND EASTERN Professional experience: EUROPE”, 4/2016, ss: 5-26, ISSN: 1508-2008.

Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski is a researcher in the field of la- Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (2016) Controversies on the Eco- bour economics and macroeconomics. He holds a title of nomic Effects of Fixed-term Employment - Evidence from professor in economics. In his academic history he held a the OECD Countries, “Olsztyn Economic Journal”, 11(3), number of administrative positions including: vice-rector ss: 195-210, ISSN: 1897-2721. of the University of Lodz, dean and vice-dean of the Fac- ulty of Economics and Sociology, director of the Institute Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, Przemysław Włodarczyk (2017) of Economics and a head of the Chair of Macroeconomics Employment Protection Legislation and Its Impact on the at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Elasticity of Employment in OECD Countries, “Gospodar- Lodz. He is a member of the Polish Academy of Science. ka Narodowa”, 3 (289), ss: 29-53, ISSN: 0867-0005. In the 1990’s he spent 10 months at the London School of Economics conducting the research on labour market issues. Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski is an author of 5 books in economics (the most important: Bezrobocie. Podstawy teoretyczne – Unemployment. Theoretical Background, PWN, Warszawa 2002) and a co-author of 5 textbooks in economics as well as many papers in economic journals.

Faculty members Economics 28 Michał Mackiewicz Associate professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Quantitative methods, effects of economic policy, entre- P. Baranowski, P. Krajewski, M. Mackiewicz, A. Szymańs- preneurship ka The Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy Over the Business Cycle: A CEE Perspective, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2016, Vol. 52,Issue 8, pp. 1910-1921 Professional experience: P. Krajewski, M. Mackiewicz, A. Szymańska Fiscal sus- Michał Mackiewicz - associate professor at the Universi- tainability in cental and eastern European countries – a ty of Lodz, holds a Ph. D. and habilitation in economics. post-crisis assessment, Prague Economic Papers, 2016, Head of the Chair of Applied Economics at the Universi- Vol. 25, No 02, pp. 175-188 ty of Lodz. His scientific interests focus on the assessment of the effects of state policy and their impact on P. Krajewski, M. Mackiewicz, K. Piłat The optimal fiscal the behavior of economic agents, in particular small and rule in the context of accession to the Eurozone, Eco- medium enterprises. Author of monographs and articles nomic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2015, Vol. 28 about problems of the institutional environment of fiscal No. 1 (398-406) policy. Besides his academic interests, he is also a serial entrepreneur, founder of a number of companies and, as well as an active blogger.

Faculty members Economics 29 Aleksandra Majchrowska Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Labour market, regional labour markets, labour market Aleksandra Majchrowska, Paweł Strawiński (2018) Im- policy, wage discrimination, gender wage gaps. pact of minimum wage increase on gender wage gap: Case of Poland, Economic Modelling, Volume 70, April 2018, Pages 174-185. Professional experience: Pawel Strawiński, Aleksandra Majchrowska, Paulina Bro- Aleksandra Majchrowska is a researcher in the field of la- niatowska (2018) Occupational segregation and wage bour market. She holds a doctoral degree in economics. differences: the case of Poland, International Journal of Currently she holds a position of an assistant professor Manpower, Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 378 – 397. at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at University of Lodz in Poland. She also works in the Economic Anal- Paweł Strawiński, Aleksandra Majchrowska, Paulina Bro- ysis Department in the National Bank of Poland. Previ- niatowska (2018) Wage Returns to Different Education ously she worked in the Bureau for Integration with the Levels. Evidence from Poland, Ekonomista, Nr 1, Strony Euro Area preparing the analyses of costs and benefits 25-49. of joining the Euro Area. During last years she has been participating in many research projects concerned with different aspects of labour market in Poland and other European economies.

Faculty members Economics 30 Maciej Malaczewski Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Growth theory, natural resource economics, mathemat- Malaczewski, M. (2018). Complementarity between ical modelling, mathematical economics, econometrics. energy and physical capital in a simple model of economic growth. Economic Research-Ekonomska Is- traživanja, 31(1), 1169-1184. Professional experience: Malaczewski, M. (2018). Natural resources as an energy Maciej Malaczewski holds a doctoral degree in econo- source in a simple economic growth model. Bulletin of metrics and is a researcher in this field, focused on math- Economic Research, 70(4). ematical economics. Currently he holds a position of an assistant professor in the Department of Econometrics, Malaczewski, M. (2017). Warunki przejścia gospodarki na at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at University odnawialne źródła energii. Gospodarka Narodowa, 28(1), of Lodz in Poland. 33-51. (in Polish).

Faculty members Economics 31 Rafał Matera Associate professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Economic history, history of economic thought, US-Eu- Dzionek-Kozłowska J., Kowalski K. Matera R. (2018), The rope relations Effect of Geography and Institutions on Economic Devel- opment: The Case of Lodz, The Journal of Interdiscipli- nary History, Spring, 2018, vol. 48, no. 4, 523-538. Professional experience: Dzionek-Kozłowska J., Matera R. (2016), New Institution- Rafał Matera is a historian (MSc) and an economist (PhD al Economics’ Perspective on Wealth and Poverty of Na- and habilitation) specializing in economic history and tions. Concise Review and General Remarks on Acemoglu history of economic thought. Currently he holds a posi- and Robinson’s Concept, Scientific Annals of the ‘Alexan- tion of an associate professor at the Faculty of Econom- dru Ioan Cuza’ University of Iasi. Economic Sciences, no ics and Sociology at University of Lodz in Poland and a 62 (SI), 11-18. position of dean (since 2016). Previously he cooperated with University of Wales and Coventry University within Dzionek-Kozłowska J., Matera R. (2015), Ethics in Eco- validated programs in Lazarski University. He also coop- nomic Thought. Selected Issues and Various Perspectives, erated with universities in France, Belgium, Spain, Por- Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Wydawnictwo tugal. Romania and Turkey within ERASMUS programs. Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, pp. 130. He was ERASMUS coordinator between 2012-2016. He is a member of the Board of Directors of COPE (Congress of Political Economists Intl) and Polish Association of Economic History. He is also a member of the editorial board of Annales. Ethics in Economic Life and Interna- tional Economics.

Faculty members Economics 32 Ryszard Piasecki Ordinary Professor

Professional experience: Three recent publications:

Ryszard Piasecki is a full professor, Ph.D., at the Univer- Piasecki Ryszard, Erico Wulf B. ,Fiscal Policy Rules: Ev- sity of Lodz. He studied in Poland, France, United King- idence from Chilean Economy, w: Review of Business dom, Italy and other countries. He has made his academ- &Finance Studies, volume 5, numer 2, 2014, strony 45-54 ic career in Poland but he also was Dean at the University ISSN 2150-3338 (print), ISSN 2156-8081 of Lubumbashi (Zair) 1981-85, Consul General of Poland in Brazil (1993-98), chief of the economic delegation of Ryszard Piasecki, Jan Woroniecki (2017) The European Poland at the UN in New York (1992), adviser to the For- Union in front of the Multiple Challenges: In Search for eign Minister of Poland (1991 – 2008), director of Feder- Unity, “Przedsiębiorczość i Zarządzanie”, tom XVIII, zeszyt alist College in Italy (1989-1993) and the ambassador of 3, część I, ss: 57-71, ISSN: 1733-2486 Poland to Chile (2008-2012) and now the Secretary Gen- eral of Centre International de Formation Europeenne Ryszard Piasecki, Miron Wolnicki (2017) Artificial Intel- in Nice (France) He participated in 200 international ligence and the Western Social Contract, “Przedsiębi- conferences and seminars in 50 countries of the world. orczość i Zarządzanie”, tom XVIII, zeszyt 3, część I, ss: Prof. Piasecki published 5 individual books, 25 books as 101-113, ISSN: 1733-2486Publikacje w czasopismach za- a co-author and 255 scientific papers on the following granicznych poza wykazami A, B, C (wymagana afiliacja themes: economic development of the middle-income UŁ) and developing countries, appropriate technologies, innovations, transition process, European integration and Ryszard Piasecki, Miron Wolnicki (2017) The Challenges globalization. of Artificial Intelligence, “Centre International de Forma- He teaches the following subjects: macro and microe- tion Europeenne Policy Paper”, 52, ss: 1-4, ISSN: 0154- conomics, international business, cross-cultural studies 9928, and international relations. He was rewarded several times (4) by the Ministry of Ed- ucation and Science of Poland for his research work and books.

Faculty members Economics 33 Aleksandra Pieloch-Babiarz Corporate finance, capital market, pay-out policy, management

Professional experience: Three recent publications:

Aleksandra Pieloch-Babiarz has been working at Univer- Pieloch-Babiarz, A. & Sosnowski, T. (2018), Timing of Div- sity of Lodz since 2006. In 2012, she received a doctoral idend Initiations of Polish IPOs. Does the Original Share- degree. Her dissertation concerned the share buy-backs holders Structure Matter?, The Annals of the University on the WSE. Now, her scientific research is focused on of Oradea, Vol. 27(1). the dividend policy of companies. She is an author or co-author of many scientific papers and monographies. Pieloch-Babiarz, A. (2017), Determinants of Payout Pol- The results of her scientific research has been presented icy and Investment Attractiveness of Companies Listed on many scientific conferences in Poland and abroad (i.e. on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, Equilibrium. Quarterly in Spain, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine and Czech Republic). Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, Vol. 12 (4). Currently she works as an assistant professor in Depart- ment of Business Analysis and Strategy at University of Pieloch-Babiarz, A. (2017), Characteristics and Financial Lodz as well as conducts many lectures at foreign univer- Standing of Dividend-Paying Companies Listed on the sities (among others: University of Santiago de Compost- Warsaw Stock Exchange [in:] Development Economics ela, Spain; University of Debrecen, Hungary; University and Innovation: Challenges and Solutions, Sokhumi State of Oradea, Romania; Sokhumi State University, Georgia). University, Tbilisi. She has raised her qualifications by participating in numerous courses, also abroad (i.e. at University of Essex, United Kingdom; Ivey Business School at Western Uni- versity, Canada).

Faculty members Economics 34 Katarzyna Piłat Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Macroeconomics, economic activity fluctuations, busi- Katarzyna Piłat (2017), Synchronizacja wahań koniunk- ness cycle synchronization, optimum currency areas turalnych krajów Europy Środkowo‑Wschodniej ze strefą euro, Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Oeconomica, 2 (328), pp: 201-216. Professional experience: Katarzyna Piłat, Piotr Krajewski (2017), Does a Progres- Katarzyna Piłat research interest are focused on busi- sive PIT Stabilize the Economy? A Comparison of Pro- ness cycle analyses and mutual influence of economic gressive and Flat Taxes, Comparative Economic Research. situation in different countries. More recently, her work Central and Eastern Europe, vol. 20, no 1, pp: 21-34. has taken a focus on inequalities within business cycle. Katarzyna holds PhD degree in economics. She is the Katarzyna Piłat, Michał Mackiewicz, Piotr Krajewski co-author of Podstawy Ekonomii (Principles of Econom- (2015), The optimal fiscal rule in the context of acces- ics) – a handbook for students of economics. She worked sion to the Eurozone, Economic Research-Ekonomska as an expert in the international project: Transnational Istrazivanja, 28, pp: 398-406. solutions adaptation of human resources development on labour market. She is also a subject editor in Prze- gląd Nauk Ekonomicznych (Economic Sciences Review). Her previous professional experience includes working as a business analyst and a finance analysis specialist in stock companies.

Faculty members Economics 35 Radosław Piwowarski Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Microeconomics, Managerial Economics, Mathematical Piwowarski R. (2017), The Impact of Voter Turnout and Economics, Public Sector Economics, Fiscal Policy. Education of Councilors on Public Sector Efficiency: Ev- idence from polish Municipalities, Economic and Social Development, 23rd International Scientific Conference Professional experience: on Economic and Social Development, 354-360.

Radosław Piwowarski specializes in Microeconomics and Piwowarski R. (2017), Czy wskaźnik efektywności zatrud- Public Sector Economics. His last research deals with nieniowej ulega paradoksowi efektywności?; Acta Uni- public choice problems focusing on relationship between versitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, nr 327(1)/2017, voters behaviour (also voters profiles) and public sector 187-202. (Piwowarski R. (2017), Does Employment performance. Effeciveness Indicator Yield a Performance Paradox?; He is the co-author of economics and mathematical eco- Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, No. nomics textbooks and a practical guide on the issues of 327(1)/2017). academic entrepreneurship. Besides typical economic analysis, he carried out several projects about vocational Piwowarski R. (2017), Preferencje społeczne dotyczące education in Lodz region. wielkości sektora publicznego oraz wybranych dóbr pub- He worked as visiting professor at Zhengzhou University licznych a wysokość dochodu; “Studia Prawno-Ekonom- (China), he visited Faculty of Business and Administra- iczne”, 102/2017, 227-241. (Piwowarski R. (2017), Income tion of University of Bucharest and Porto Polytechnic, IS- Distribution and Social Preferences for the Size of Public CAP – School of Accounting and Administration of Porto Sector and Some Public Goods, Studies in Law and Eco- under Erasmus+ Programme. nomics, 102/2017).

Faculty members Economics 36 Magdalena Rek-Woźniak Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Social inequalities, social class analysis, public policy and Rek-Woźniak M. (2016) Młodzi dorośli – wzory mobilnoś- strategic discourse analysis, qualitative research methods ci społecznej w okresie transformacji systemowej [Young adults – patterns of social mobility in times of systemic transformation]. Łódź: Łódź University Press. Professional experience: Rek-Woźniak M., Woźniak W. (2017) ‘From the cradle of Magdalena Rek-Woźniak is a researcher in the field od ‘Solidarity’ to the land of cheap labour and the home of social inequalities and social class. She holds doctoral precarious’. Strategic discourse on labour arrangements degree in sociology and works in the Department of Soci- in post-socialist Poland, Social Policy and Administration, ology of Social Structure at the Faculty of Economics and vol. 51, no 2. Sociology. She has experience in conducting multi-method comparative research including various approaches to Rek-Woźniak M., Kudlińska I., Grotowska-Leder J. (2016) text interpretation, as well as in in teaching communica- Polityka przebiegu życia – teoretyczne i metodologiczne tion skills for helping professions. ramy badań nad procesem osiągania dorosłości [Life course policy – theoretical and methodological framework for researching the process of becoming an adult], Przegląd Socjologiczny [Sociological review].

Faculty members Economics 37 Tomasz Serwach Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

International trade, foreign direct investment, economic Gabrielczak, P., Serwach, T. (2014). The Link between growth. Firm-Level Productivity and Decisions to Export – the Case of Lodz Voivodeship, Theory, Methodology, Practice, Vol. 10 Issue 1, 3-8. Professional experience: Gabrielczak, P., Serwach, T. (2017). The impact of the Tomasz Serwach is a researcher in the field of interna- euro adoption on the complexity of goods in Slovenian tional trade, foreign direct investment and economic exports, Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics : growth. He holds a PhD in economics. Currently he holds Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 35 Issue 1, 45-71. a position of an assistant professor at the Faculty of In- ternational Trade at University of Lodz in Poland. He is Gabrielczak, P., Serwach, T. (2018). The links between also an associate editor in Ekonomia Miedzynarodowa. firm-level productivity and modes of international ex- He has been involved in several research projects, includ- pansion of firms from the Lodz Voivodeship, Economic ing those financed by the National science Centre. Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Vol. 31 Issue 1, 1307- 1329.

Faculty members Economics 38 Anna Staszewska-Bystrova Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Econometrics, time series analysis, computational meth- Lütkepohl H. Staszewska-Bystrova A., Winker P. (2018), ods in economics, forecasting. Estimation of structural impulse responses: short-run versus long-run identifying restrictions, AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 102, 2, 229-244. Professional experience: Grabowski D. Staszewska-Bystrova A., Winker P. (2017), Anna Staszewska-Bystrova is an assistant professor in the Generating prediction bands for path forecasts from SE- Chair or Econometric Models and Forecasts. She holds a TAR models, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Economet- Ph.D. in economics from Warsaw School of Economics. rics, 21, 5. She has been a Marie Curie research fellow at the Univer- sity of Southampton and has received the START program Lütkepohl H. Staszewska-Bystrova A., Winker P. (2015), award for young scientists from the Foundation for Polish Confidence bands for impulse responses: Bonferroni ver- Science (FNP). Anna Staszewska-Bystrova has experience sus Wald, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 77, with international cooperation - for many years she has 6, 800-821. conducted joint research with partners from Justus-Lieb- ig-University Giessen and DIW, Berlin and participated in several international research projects. Her research is focused on improving methods of forecasting, conducting counterfactual analysis and also on evaluating the effects of alternative economic policies

Faculty members Economics 39 Tomasz Uryszek Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Public finance, financial markets, debt instruments, fis- Uryszek, T. (2016). Primary Deficit Indicator, Tax Gap, and cal sustainability. Fiscal Sustainability – Evidence from Central and Eastern EU Member States, Finanse. Czasopismo Komitetu Nauk o Finansach PAN, Vol. 1 Issue 9, 103-116. Professional experience: Uryszek, T. (2015). Long-term Sustainability of Public Tomasz Uryszek is a researcher in the field of finance, Finance in the Central and Eastern EU Member States, financial markets and public debt. He holds a Ph.D. de- Comparative Economic Review, Vol. 18 Issue 4, 47-61. gree in economics (in the field of finance). Currently he holds a position of an assistant professor at the Faculty Uryszek, T. (2015). Long-Term Borrowing and Intergener- of Economics and Sociology at University of Lodz in Po- ational Redistribution of Public Debt. The Case of Central land and a position of the deputy director of the Institute and Eastern EU Member States, Entrepreneurship and of Finance there. Tomasz is a member of the Polish Bank- Management, Vol. 16 Issue 1, 197-210. ing and Finance Association and the Polish Economic As- sociation. His previous professional experience includes traineeships and research stays at the Justus-Liebig Uni- versity in Giessen (Germany), the IC2 Institute at the Uni- versity of Texas at Austin (USA), and Uni-FMU University in Sao Paulo (Brazil).

Faculty members Economics 40 Agata Wieczorek Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Corporate governance, banks, remuneration policy, man- Wieczorek A., Independent supervisory board members agement in Polish public banks, in: Urbanek (ed.), Corporate governance in the banking sector, University of Łódź, Łódź 2013, pp. P.105 – 125. Professional experience: Wieczorek A., Polityka wynagradzania osób zarządzają- Agata Wieczorek is a researcher in the field of corporate cych w bankach, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, governance. She holds a doctoral degree in economics. Łódź 2016. Currently she holds a position of an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at University of Wieczorek A., Determinanty wynagrodzeń członków Lodz in Poland. She is also an editorial secretary in Jour- ad nadzorczych na przykładzie banków notowanych na nal of Studies in Law and Economics. Giełdzie Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie, „Gosp- odarka Narodowa”, 6/2016, s. 43 – 67.

Faculty members Economics 41 Justyna Wieloch Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

International trade, economic integration, regional trade Wieloch J., North American Free Trade Agreement un- agreements, e-commerce. der Trump Presidency - Current Situation and Prospects, Przedsiębiorczość i Zarządzanie, Łódź-Warszawa 2018, pp. 341-352. Professional experience: Buczkowski B., Dorożyński T., Kuna-Marszałek A., Justyna Wieloch is a researcher in the field of interna- Serwach T., Wieloch J., Corporate social responsibility. tional economics. She holds bachelor degree in logistics Case studies of international companies, Lodz University and Ph. D. in economics. Justyna is an author of numer- Press, Łódź 2016, pp.136 [in Polish] ous publications and leader of projects concerning the problem of economic integration. As a Ph. D. student she Wieloch J., Regional trade agreements and the World participated in Summer School project in Quito, Ecuador. Trade Organization regulations, Ekonomia Międzynaro- Her teaching experience includes working with foreign dowa, Vol. 13/2016, Łódź 2016, pp. 27-37. [in Polish] students at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology and providing lectures for the Lodz Summer School partici- pants. She was a visiting scholar running lectures at In- ternational College of the Zhengzhou University in China. She cooperates with business entities preparing analyzes of their strategic position and international development strategies.

Faculty members Economics 42 Janina Witkowska Assistant professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

International economics, European integration, foreign Witkowska J., ( 2018), Capital Movements Between the direct investment (FDI), policy towards FDI, corporate European Union and Turkey, in: Wide-Range Partnership social responsibility. Possibilities Between the EU and Turkey, eds. N. Serim &M. Savrul, IJOPEC Publication, London, Istanbul, pp. 1-19. Professional experience: Witkowska J., (2017), Implications of the Transatlantic Janina Witkowska is a researcher and an academic teach- Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) for Investment er in the field of international economics. She holds PhD Flows Between the European Union and the USA, ‘Com- and a postdoctoral degree from the University of Lodz. parative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Eu- Currently she holds a position of a full professor at the rope’, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 25-39. Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Lodz in Poland. She gained experience in the EU projects Witkowska J., (2016), Społeczna odpowiedzialność as a coordinator and a researcher. She held a position of biznesu (Corportae Social Responsibility), in: Z. Jean Monnet Professor granted by the European Com- Wysokińska, J. Witkowska, Zrównoważony rozwój. Wy- mission (2003-2006). She has worked as an expert for brane aspekty makro- i makro-ekonomiczne (Sustaina- Polish governmental institutions. Her previous profes- ble Development. Selected Micro- and Macroeconomic sional experience also includes fellowships at the Uni- Aspects), the Lodz University Press, Lodz 2016, http:dx. versity of Vienna (governmental fellowship), University doi.org/10.18778/7969-981-0.03, pp. 95-167. of Glasgow (Dekaban Foundation), University of Cologne (Friedrich Ebert Fellowship) as well as research visits at European University Institute in Florence and Cambridge University. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Trade and Finance Association (IT&FA) and a member of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES).

Faculty members Economics 43 Przemysław Włodarczyk Lecture assistant

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Macroeconomics, labour economics, monetary econom- Przemysław Włodarczyk (2017), Monetary Policy Trans- ics, fiscal policy. mission and the Labour Market in the Non‑eurozone Visegrad Group Countries in 2000–2014. Evidence from a SVAR Analysis, “COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC RESEARCH. Professional experience: CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE”, 20 (4), ss: 23-43.

Przemysław Włodarczyk holds a master degree in Eco- Przemysław Włodarczyk, Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (2017) nomics with major in Advanced Economic and Financial Employment Protection Analysis granted by the University of Lodz. He is also a Legislation and Its Impact on the Elasticity of Employ- laureate of the highest award in the 2nd edition of the ment in OECD Countries, “Gospodarka Narodowa”, 3 ‘Contest of the President of Narodowy Bank Polski for the (289), ss: 29-53 best master thesis in the field of economic sciences’. During his Ph.D. studies he spent 2 months at the Pom- Przemysław Włodarczyk (2016) Modele reprezentaty- peu Fabra University where he studied the small open wnych podmiotów gospodarczych jako narzędzie analizy economy DSGE models under the supervision of prof. w nowej syntezie neoklasycznej, “Bank i Kredyt”, 47(6), Jordi Gali. Przemysław Włodarczyk is also an employee of ss: 553-584. the Macroprudential Research Division at the Financial Stability Deartment of Narodowy Bank Polski.

Faculty members Economics 44 Szymon Wójcik Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Applied econometrics, microeconometrics, discrete Dębski W., Feder-Sempach E., Wójcik S. (2018) Statistical choice analysis, travel mode choice modelling. Properties of Rates of Return on Shares Listed on the Ger- man, French, and Polish Markets – a Comparative Study, “Contemporary Economics”, No. 1, Vol. 12, s. 5-16, DOI: Professional experience: 10.5709/ce.1897-9254.248.

Szymon Wójcik holds M. A. degree and analytical eco- Baranowski P., Komor M., Wójcik S. (2017) Whose feed- nomics. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics back matters? Empirical evidence from online auctions, and Sociology at the University of Lodz (Poland). Cur- “Applied Economics Letters”, Vol. 25, Issue 17, p. 1226- rently, he is finishing his Ph.D. thesis entitled The deter- 1229, DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1412070. minants of travel mode choices of the citizens of Lodz. Szymon works as an assistant teacher in the Department Wójcik S. (2017) Private or Public Transport? The Deter- of Econometrics. He conducts mainly the quantitative minants of Travel Behaviour in Post-industrial City – the courses such as econometrics, forecasting & simulation, Case of Łódź, “REAL CORP 2017 - Panta Rhei - A World microeconometrics, big data & business decisions. Szy- in Constant Motion – Proceedings of 22nd Internation- mon constantly enhances his professional skills by tak- al Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development ing part in the schools and traineeships. He participated and Information Society”, pp. 723-728, Vienna, ISSN 2521- in Stata Econometrics Winter School in Porto (Portugal) 3938. and three-week Soft skills and entrepreneurship training at the University of Lund (Sweden).

Faculty members Economics 45 Joanna Wyszkowska-Kuna Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Service economy; international trade in services; knowl- Wyszkowska-Kuna J. (2016), Financial services input as a edge-intensive services/knowledge-intensive business source of economic growth in the European Union coun- services; innovation in services; European Single Market tries, „Przegląd Statystyczny”, 63(3), 289–308. for Services. Wyszkowska-Kuna J. (2017), The role of intermediate de- mand and technology for international competitiveness Professional experience: of the KIBS sector: Evidence from European Union countries, „The Journal of International Trade & Economic De- Joanna Wyszkowska-Kuna is a researcher in the field of velopment”, 26(7), 777-800. services, international trade and European integration. She holds a doctoral degree in economics. Currently she Wyszkowska-Kuna J. (2018), The role of import for KIBS holds a position of an associate professor at the Facul- intensity: A comparative analysis of European Union ty of Economics and Sociology at University of Lodz in countries, „European Journal of Service Management”, Poland. Previously Joanna worked as a clerk in the Of- 26(2), 329–336. fice of the European Integration Committee in Warsaw and in the City Hall in Piotrków Trybunalski. Her previous professional experience includes scientific internship at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge (Great Britain) and diploma internship in the World Bank Mission in Warsaw. Joanna is a member of the Interna- tional Trade & Finance Association. She is also a reviewer in “Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences”.

Faculty members Economics 46 Michał Zaremba Assistant Professor

Field of expertise: Three recent publications:

Development economics, development studies, econom- M. Zaremba, Economic effects of Indian demonetisation ic policy, international economics. in 2016, Research Papers of Wrocław University of Eco- nomics, 2018, Nr 509, pp. 477-488 (paper in Polish).

Professional experience: M. Zaremba, New Silk Road, Economic. The economic importance of Chinese expansion in the modern glob- Michał Zaremba specialises in the field of development al economy, Journal of Polish Economic Association in economics. He finishes his PhD in economics (title of the Zielona Góra, 2017, Nr 6, pp. 198-206 (paper in Polish). work – the Role of Market and State Instruments in Eco- nomic Development of India 1947-2015). Currently he M. Zaremba, Impact of global financial crisis on the in- holds a position of an assistant researcher in Economics ternal imbalances in the euro area, Research Papers of at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at University Wrocław University of Economics, 2016, Nr 439, pp. 384- of Lodz in Poland. Also he is an active member and vice 392 (paper in Polish). president of PhD Students Council at the University of Łódź. He was participant of mamy conferences, Summer Schools (also abroad: Brazil, UK, Maxico) and other scien- tic activities. Michał Zaremba is a member of Polish Eco- nomic Association and Polish Association for Internation- al Studies. His previous professional experience includes internship at Polish Ministry for Finance in Warsaw.

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