prof. Inna Makarenko, Ph.D.
Principal Lecturer
Inna teaches finance-oriented subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She also participates in CRIS (the Centre for Research and Interdisciplinary Studies) activities at PCU.
Inna was appointed an Associate Professor in 2018 and full Professor of Finance in 2022 at Sumy State University, Ukraine. She has a PhD. in Finance from the Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine, a Doctoral degree in Accounting and Auditing from Zhytomyr State University, Ukraine. She also holds a Master's Degree in Accounting and Auditing and a Master's degree in High School Pedagogy and an ACCA Diploma IFR Certificate as a professional in international financial reporting standards.
She is a member of the editorial board for the Agriculture and Resource Economics (WoS, Scopus), Banks and Bank system (Scopus, Q3), and Visnyk of Zhytomyr State Technological University (Series: Economics, Management, Administration), Financial Markets, Institutions and Risks (FMIR) journals. Inna also writes for the Journal of Economic Studies (Scopus, WoS), Agriculture and Resource Economics (WoS, Scopus), Problem and Perspectives in Management (Scopus, Q2).
She is an active member of the Audit Committee of Sumy Regional State Administration, a member of the Chamber of Accountants and Auditors of Ukraine and a Ukrainian National Research Fund Expert. She is a project leader in 2 national R&D projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, a Deputy Leader in 1 R&D project, and three international grants, one of them - a Ukrainian-Austrian bilateral grant.
Inna is an author of more than 150 scientific works, including 30 articles indexed in Scopus and WoS databases and 17 intellectual property documents. Her interdisciplinary research interests are in corporate transparency and accountability, non-financial measurement of business performance and accounting and assurance issues around the incorporation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Education
Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine, UA — Doctor's Degree
Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine, UA — Master's Degree
Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine — Bachelor's Degree
Professional Activities
Research & Practice
Selected Research:
Makarenko, I., Cavagnetto, S., Kozmenko, O., Kozmenko, S. and Bilan, Y., (2024). Sustainability Transparency in Sovereign Wealth Funds: Benchmark & Case Study Approach. Financial & Credit Activity: Problems of Theory & Practice, 2(55).
Makarenko, I. and Makarenko, S., (2023). Multi-level benchmark system for sustainability reporting: EU experience for Ukraine. Accounting and Financial Control, 4(1), pp.41-48.
Makarenko, I., Bilan, Y., Štreimikienė, D. and Rybina, L., (2023). Investments support for Sustainable Development Goal 7: Research gaps in the context of post-COVID-19 recovery. Investment management and financial innovations, 20(1), pp.151-173.
Makarenko, I., Brin, P., Belgibayeva, A., Orlov, I. and Oleksich, Z., (2023). Energy companies’ transparency: Toward competitiveness and SDG 7 progress. Problems and Perspectives in Management., 21(2), pp.603-617.
Plastun, A., Makarenko, I., Grabovska, T., Situmeang, R., Bashlai, S., (2021), “Sustainable Development Goals in agriculture and responsible investment: A comparative study of the Czech Republic and Ukraine”, Problems and Perspectives in Management, 19(2), pp. 65-76.
Makarenko S., Plastun A., Makarenko I., Kozmenko S., Kozmenko O. (2021) “Reforms and competitiveness in the Ukrainian audit market”, Polish Journal of Management Studies, 23 (2), pp. 305-320.
Selected Awards:
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for Ukraine, 2023
Issued by The MSCA4Ukraine implemented by a consortium of Scholars at Risk Europe, the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the European University Association, with the French national PAUSE programme, and the global Scholars. Associated with University of Helsinki.
Supreme Council of Ukraine Fellowship, 2022
Associated with Sumy State University
U4U Non-Residential Fellowship by UC Berkeley Economics/HaasU4U Non-Residential Fellowship by UC Berkeley Economics/Haas, 2022
Associated with Prague City University
Individual Scholarship from the Austrian Service for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD), 2021
Associated with Sumy State University
