Update date 5.06.2026
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
"The Power of Trade as a Driver of Sustainable Industrial Development"
The foundation of the Department on January 1, 2025, is connected with the development of promising directions of scientific research – justification of effective trade and industrial policy instruments that will contribute to the industrial recovery of Ukraine on the basis of sustainable development, democratic principles, strengthening the resilience of the national economy and its competitiveness.
Such systematic researches were initiated in the Department of Sectoral Forecasts and Market Conditions (from 1997 to 2013) by Honored Economist, Doctor of Economics, Professor Viktor TOCHYLIN.
From 2013 to 2023, research on the problematic issues of the development of sectoral markets of the real sector of the economy was conducted under the head of Tamara OSTASHKO, Academician of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine.
Since 2023, the department is headed by Vitalii VENGER, Doctor of Economics, Senior Researcher.
On January 01, 2025, the Department of Sectoral Forecasts and Market Conditions was renamed to the Department of Trade and Industrial Policy.
MAIN DIRECTIONS
- protection of national interests in trade and industrial development
- trade and industrial policy in the context of European integration
- trade development strategising
OUR EMPLOYEES
- Liubov (Lyubov) Bilyk – chief economist
- Oleksandr Bykonya – Ph. D. (Econom), senior researcher
- Vasyl Humeniuk – Ph. D. (Econom), senior researcher
- Tetiana Khaniniova – chief economist, senior researcher
- Oksana Kushnirenko – Dr. Sci (Econom), leading researcher
- Volodymyr Olefir – Ph. D. (Econom), leading researcher
- Tamara Ostashko – Dr. Sci (Econom), chief researcher
- Oleh Pustovoit – Dr. Sci (Econom), leading researcher
- Nataliia Romanovska – Ph. D. (Econom), senior researcher
- Ella Sheludko – Ph. D. (Econom), senior researcher
- Olena Snihova (Snigova) – Dr. Sci (Econom), leading researcher
- Olha Zarudna – junior researcher
- Mariia Zavhorodnia (Zavgorodnia) – Ph. D. (Econom), research officer
SCIENTIFIC LIFE
International conferences, round tables and other scientific events
- Round table “Problems of the country’s goods and services markets under martial law”, 21 May 2026.
- Round table “Extraction of rare-earth elements from technogenic waste in Ukraine: challenges, opportunities and practical solutions for the sustainable development of communities”, 14 May 2026
- Third Round Table of the project “Preparing Eastern Partnership Countries for the European Green Deal” (PROGRESS), 29 January 2026
- Round table “Commercialization of scientific developments of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, 11 December 2025
- Round table “Problems of the markets for goods and services of Ukraine under martial law”, 02 April 2025
- 1st International Scientific Conference entitled “International Legal Aspects of Climate Change”, 23-24 January 2025, Toruń, Republic of Poland
- 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Economic Analytics: Contemporary Realities and Forecasting Capabilities”, 24 January 2025
- International Scientific Conference “Third Halchynski Readings”, 30 October 2025
- 13th International Scientific Conference “Contemporary Problems of Economic Development – Challenges of the Digital Economy”, 30 May 2025, Płock, Republic of Poland.
PUBLİCATİONS
Monographs, monograph sectıons
- Snigova Ołena. (2025). Problemy planowania rozwoju przemysłowego Ukrainy pod kątem międzynarodowych zobowiązań w zakresie przeciwdziałania zmianom klimatycznym. International Legal Aspects of Climate Change. Prawnomiędzynarodowe Aspekty Zmian Klimatycznych. Edited by Magdalena Micińska & Przemysław Osóbka Instytut na rzecz Nauk o Życiu, Środowisku i Klimacie. Institute for Life, Environment and Climate Science
- Regional industrial development under wartime challenges, 2025 [in Ukrainian]
- Energy consumption in key sectors of the processing industry: current state and prospects for the post-war future, 2025
- Impact of multipolar globalization on foreign trade of Ukraine, 2024 [in Ukrainian]
- Development of Ukraine’s titanium and aluminum industry on an innovative basis: prospects and limitations, 2024 [in Ukrainian]
- Strategic planning of the post-war industrial development: new determinants and imperatives, 2024 [in Ukrainian]
- Venger, V.V. (2022). The metallurgical industry of Ukraine: growth factors and directions of state regulation [in Ukrainian]
- Development of the national trade policy to increase the competitiveness of the Ukrainian economy, 2021 [in Ukrainian]
Preprints
- Changes in the trade and industrial policy of leading world economies as a response to the new trade policy of the United States, 2026 [in Ukrainian]
- Transformation of U.S. trade policy and its impact on the development of Ukraine’s industry, 2026 [in Ukrainian]
- Transformation of the market for metallurgical goods under digitalization, 2026 [in Ukrainian]
Articles
- Kushnirenko O. (2026). Business modelling of commercialization and industrial scaling of scientific developments [in Ukrainian]
- Venger, V., Kushnirenko, O., & Bykonia, O. (2025). Formation of global demand for titanium metal products: market prospects and growth segments [in Ukrainian]
- Chornyi R., Venger V., Kushnirenko O., Chorna N. (2025) Innovation-driven and industrial development of ukrainian regions: prospects and limitations [in Ukrainian]
- Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences (Sсopus)
- Harasymchuk I., Kočí V., Tsyplitska O., Venger V., Kushnirenko O., Hakhovych N. (2025). Navigating challenges and opportunities in Ukraine’s steel industry amidst political turmoil and decarbonization initiatives
- Academy review (Web of Science)
- Pustovoit O., Ostashko T., Bykonia O., Olefir V. (2025). Post-war policy for structural modernization of the Ukrainian economy: foreign trade and institutional aspects [in Ukrainian]
- Venger V.V., Ramskyi A.Y., Romanovska N.I., Vasechko L.I. (2024) Current state and prospects for expanding the export of domestic industrial products to rapidly developing countries of Asia
- Scientific Horizons (Sсopus)
- Kushnirenko, O., Venger, V., Valinkevych, N., Hakhovych, N., & Bykonia, O. (2024) Prospects for maize processing for the development of bioeconomy and decarbonisation in Ukraine
- Science and Innovation (Skopus)
- Venger, V., et al. (2024). Development of Titanium Production in Ukraine: Evolving Prospects Based on National R&D
- Danylenko A., Venger V. (2024) Market conditions and the role of the state in post-war economic recovery of Ukraine [in Ukrainian]
- Deineko L., Sheludko E., Zavhorodnia M., Zarudna O. (2024) Chemical industry under the impact of wartime and european integration challenges [in Ukrainian]
- Snigova O. (2024) Endogenous and Exogenous Factors of Industrial Development of Territories of Different Functional Types: Systematization for Establishing the Priorities of State’s Influence [in Ukrainian]
Media publications
COOPERATION
Cooperatıon wıth state authorıtıes (within the Institute's agreements)
- Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine.
- Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.
- National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
- State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
Projects
- Conceptual foundations for extracting rare-earth elements from technogenic dumps and industrial waste for the sustainable development of territorial communities (submitted to the National Research Foundation of Ukraine competition “Advanced Science in Ukraine 2026-2028”)
- PROGRESS (Promoting Green Deal Readiness in the EaP countries)
CONTACTS
- 26, Panasa Myrnoho str., Kyiv, 01011
- +38(044) 280-84-65
- vengerv@ukr.net
