During January-February 2025, Dr. Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Milan-Bicocca (Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics, Psychology and Social Sciences - CISEPS). During his stay at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Prof. Dluhopolsky attended a number of seminars and workshops conducted by teachers and PhD students, consulted with Italian scientists on future joint projects and research, and on 24.02.2025 held his own seminar for CISEPS employees on the topic “Technologies of the future: from techno-optimism to techno-pessimism”. During the seminar, there were lively discussions on this interdisciplinary topic and proposals for joint research on AI and IoT.

On December 5, 2024, Doctor of Economics, Professor Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi took part in the kick-off meeting of the ERASMUS+ project team “Education for sustainable development: synergy of competences for the recovery of Ukraine” (ERASMUS-EDU-2024-CBHE-STRAND-1). Teams of partners from EU universities (THUAS (Netherlands), WSEI University (Poland), Danubius University (Slovakia), IDEA Academy (Malta)) participated remotely, while the hospitable Zhytomyr and Polissya National University (Rector - Doctor of Economics, Professor Oleh Skydan) hosted teams of Ukrainian partner universities and their coordinators. During the meeting, the participants discussed expectations and vision of the first joint steps in the project implementation, agreed on a communication strategy and a quality assurance plan.

Advancing Digital Skills and Inclusive Online Education: Professors Kozyuk and Dluhopolskyi Join International AFID Erasmus+CBHE Training

Within the framework of the AFID Erasmus+CBHE project, Head of the Department of Economics and Economic Theory, Doctor of Economics, Professor V. Kozyuk and Professor of the Department of Economics and Economic Theory, Executive Director of the NGO “Civic Synergy”, Doctor of Economics O. Dluhopolskyi took part in the training “Digital Skills for Teachers and Administrative Staff” (April 8-11, 2024). The training was also attended by representatives of several Ukrainian HEIs (DTEK, Lviv Polytechnic National University, HNUE named after S. Kuznets, NTU Dnipro Polytechnic), the University of Alcalá (Spain) and the University of Lisbon (Portugal).
Participants had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with and practice: