Open research questions in Economic Issues in Ukraine

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• The challenge is the significant weakening of the state's institutional capacity. The study identifies the need to develop mechanisms for supporting volunteer initiatives and civic activism.

  Local self-organization as a political mechanism for ensuring the resilience of territorial communities in Ukraine under martial law · 2026 · DOI

• The gap is the need to study the mechanisms of local self-organization in different security contexts. The research gap is the lack of understanding of the role of local self-organization in ensuring the resilience of territorial communities.

  Local self-organization as a political mechanism for ensuring the resilience of territorial communities in Ukraine under martial law · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies a gap in the existing literature on the relationship between exclusion and civic participation in Ukrainian society. The study highlights the need for further research on the level and depth of exclusion, as well as the level of civic participation, in Ukrainian society.

  Exclusion and civic participation in wartime: dimensions, risks, and association · 2026 · DOI

• Inconsistent terminology has led to conceptual ambiguities in academic and policy discussions. The sector lacks harmonized regional policy tools and sustainable inter-municipal cooperation mechanisms. The full-scale military invasion has led to significant destruction of infrastructure and a record decline in the country's economy.

  Reforming Public Administration and Territorial Governance in Ukraine: Strategic Priorities and EU Alignment · 2026 · DOI

• The study identifies a gap in the development of Ukraine's public administration and territorial governance sector. The sector lacks harmonized regional policy tools and sustainable inter-municipal cooperation mechanisms.

  Reforming Public Administration and Territorial Governance in Ukraine: Strategic Priorities and EU Alignment · 2026 · DOI

• The need to formulate an effective policy to support small and medium-sized businesses. The lack of methodological tools for assessing the export, import, and overall ability of SMEs to participate in foreign trade.

  QUANTIFYING THE INTERNATIONALIZATION CAPACITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES · 2026 · DOI

• (small, medium, and identified barriers the Future research should focus on regional differentiation in SME foreign trade activity, the impact of digital export tools on business model efficiency, and the integration of Ukrainian SMEs into global value chains, with consideration for sectoral characteristics and technological development levels.

  QUANTIFYING THE INTERNATIONALIZATION CAPACITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES · 2026 · DOI

• The lack of consideration of gender aspects in the budget process. The need for in-depth methodological support for assessing the risks of the budget process concerning gender aspects.

  GENDER COMPONENT OF THE RISKS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IN UKRAINE · 2026 · DOI

• The study identifies a gap in the existing literature on the effectiveness of economic mechanisms in preventing financial crimes in the tax system. The study reveals certain contradictions with other researchers in terms of the impact of the size of the shadow economy on tax evasion.

  Economic Mechanisms for Preventing Tax Evasion and Financial Crimes: Cross-Country Evidence · 2026 · DOI

• The regulation of pension and social security benefits for Ukraine's customs officials has become urgent amid public service reform and European integration. The customs service requires social guarantees distinct from those of general state pension schemes.

  Institutional and legal challenges of pension and social security systems for customs officers: a comparative study of Ukraine and the EU member states · 2026 · DOI

• The study identifies a gap in understanding the role of paramilitary formations in national security. The study highlights the need for clear criteria and assessment methodologies to determine the nature of paramilitary groups.

  Voluntary formation of a territorial community: Mechanisms of state administration and financing · 2026 · DOI

• Future research should address remaining gaps, particularly the need for system- atic empirical data on paramilitary dynamics, deeper ex- amination of financing mechanisms, and studies on how hybrid armed actors affect state capacity, democratic over- sight and regional security in the long term.

  Voluntary formation of a territorial community: Mechanisms of state administration and financing · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies the lack of systematic fundraising activities in schools as a challenge. The spontaneity of resource attraction in schools is another challenge.

  ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL FOUNDATIONS OF FUNDRAISING IN THE SYSTEM OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION OF UKRAINE · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies the lack of development of organizational and managerial foundations of fundraising in Ukrainian schools as a research gap. The gap in the current research is the lack of systematic fundraising activities in schools.

  ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL FOUNDATIONS OF FUNDRAISING IN THE SYSTEM OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION OF UKRAINE · 2026 · DOI

• The study faces the challenge of understanding the complex dynamics of charismatic leadership. It needs to overcome the limitation of insufficient research on the public demand for charisma.

  PUBLIC DEMAND FOR CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP IN UKRAINE · 2026 · DOI

• The problem of public demand for charisma remains insufficiently revealed. The extent to which external factors condition charisma remains quite debatable.

  PUBLIC DEMAND FOR CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP IN UKRAINE · 2026 · DOI

• The need for comprehensive solutions to address the challenges of war and European integration. The gap in the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation in the field of competition and state aid to the EU acquis.

  FINANCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR COMPETITION POLICY IN UKRAINE · 2026 · DOI

• The gap in the literature is the lack of systematization of the forms and consequences of economic instability. The gap in the literature is the lack of determination of the impact of economic instability on fiscal policy.

  Economic instability as an environment for the formation and implementation of Ukraine’s fiscal policy · 2026 · DOI

• The lack of effective taxation policies and business relocation programs in wartime conditions. The need for a comprehensive analysis of the fiscal challenges and tax mechanisms aimed at supporting the corporate sector during the full-scale war.

  Fiscal adaptation and business relocation: Ukraine’s corporate sector during the first year of full-scale war · 2026 · DOI

• The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the development of the financial services market based on innovative mechanisms. The paper identifies a need for further research on the importance of innovative tools in adapting the economy to conditions of uncertainty and wartime.

  Problems and prospects for the development of the financial services market based on innovative mechanisms: European experience and Ukraine · 2026 · DOI

• The lack of effective implementation of EU cohesion policy in Ukraine. The need for a territory-oriented approach.

  Challenges of implementing EU cohesion policy within the national regional policy of Ukraine · 2026 · DOI

• The study identifies a gap in the understanding of policy transfer in non-EU member states. The research highlights the need to examine the role of international organizations in shaping VET systems.

  Knowledge Monopoly and Policy Change: EU-Backed VET Reforms in Azerbaijan · 2026 · DOI

• The limited use of trust determination conceptions in empirical studies. The lack of suitable methods for testing hypotheses in sociological research on the determinants of trust.

  Conceptual features of sociological research on the determinants of trust in political institutions in Ukraine · 2026 · DOI

• The regulatory and legal framework does not regulate public-private-philanthropic partnerships. There is a lack of research on public-private-philanthropic partnerships in the field of rehabilitation.

  Public-Private-Philanthropic Partnerships as a Promising Investment Tool in the Field of Rehabilitation · 2026 · DOI

• The need for a revision of local governance tools due to wartime fiscal centralization and unequal resource capacity of communities. The lack of a comprehensive toolkit for organizational and managerial mechanisms.

  Organizational and managerial mechanisms of local self-government bodies in ensuring sustainable regional development · 2026 · DOI

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Most recent work

• The Potential for Tax Reforms in Post‐War Ukraine · Scottish Journal of Political Economy · 2026
• QUANTIFYING THE INTERNATIONALIZATION CAPACITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES · Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Economics · 2026
• Beyond the rent-seeking: resilience and civic transformation of Ukrainian business · East European Politics · 2026
• Organizational and managerial mechanisms of local self-government bodies in ensuring sustainable regional development · Actual problems of innovative economy and law · 2026
• Local self-organization as a political mechanism for ensuring the resilience of territorial communities in Ukraine under martial law · Politicus · 2026
• LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE IN THE 19TH CENTURY: INTELLECTUAL PRACTICES OF MUNICIPAL ELITES IN THE PROCESSES OF MODERNIZATION AND THE FORMATION OF THE URBAN PUBLIC SPHERE · South Archive (Historical Sciences) · 2026
• Exclusion and civic participation in wartime: dimensions, risks, and association · Sociology Theory Methods Marketing · 2026
• Forming the Network of Ukrainian Emigrant Organizations in Bulgaria (First Half of the 1920s) · Bulgarian Historical Review · 2026
• Reforming Public Administration and Territorial Governance in Ukraine: Strategic Priorities and EU Alignment · Public Policy And Administration · 2026
• Local Self-government in the Ukrainian Authority’s Territorial Organization: Problems and Priorities of the Development · Public Policy And Administration · 2026

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