Since September 2023, Olena Besedina has been the Academic Director of the Master’s in Economics Programs at the Kyiv School of Economics.
Olena received her Ph.D. degree from Bocconi University in 20
Since September 2023, Olena Besedina has been the Academic Director of the Master’s in Economics Programs at the Kyiv School of Economics.
Olena received her Ph.D. degree from Bocconi University in 2008 and her Master’s degree in Public Administration and International Development from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 2003. She received a Joint Japan-World Bank Scholarship, which was used to fund her studies at the J. Kennedy School of Government.
Olena focuses on research in international trade, political economy, and the economics of developing countries. Elena Besedina is a member of the Baltic Journal of Economics editorial board and the Center for International Trade Analysis Trade+ KSE.
