Olha Zadorozhna is an Assistant Professor at the Economic Institute
for Empirical Analysis at Kozminski University. She is also a senior
researcher at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Poland.
She has a Ph.D. degree from Bocconi University.
Olha’s research interests lie at the intersection of political and
financial economics. Her main areas of expertise are governance,
institutions, and resilience. Currently, Olha is working on several
projects investigating urban governance, polarization, sanctions, and
economic and social resilience to crises such as the Russian war in
Ukraine, Covid-19 pandemics, and climate change. Previously, she has
been studying the resilience of financial markets as well as their
reaction to armed conflicts and terrorism. Olha has been also studying
the governance of the land market in Ukraine publishing on topics
connected to clientelism and security of property rights for land.
Olha is a founder and a host of Policy Implications Podcast and a
co-founder of the "New Dawn" initiative aimed at advocating EU
membership for Ukraine and searching for best practices for the future
reconstruction of the country.
