Doctor of Economics, Professor
E-mail: larysa.kalachevska@snau.edu.ua
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?hl=ru&user=oTzdCBIAAAAJ
ORСID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7090-2518
Research ID: U-3197-2018
Scopus ID: 57208282009
She was born on July 16, 1975 in the village Kosivschyna, Sumy region, Sumy oblast. After finishing Sumy secondary school №1, she entered Sumy Agricultural Institute, Faculty of Economics. In 1997 she got the diploma with honors.
In 1996, she completed a professional internship at the Allgau Cattle Association (Kempten, Germany), after which she passed the competition and started her study at University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (Germany) under the international program “Agricultural Management”. During the study, she received Goethe-Zertifikat C1 in German language. She had written diploma thesis “The market of dairy products in Germany and Ukraine”, successfully passed exams and received a certificate with honors at the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf.
From 1997 till 1998 she has been working as an assistant at the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf and gathering data on the selected scientific topic.
In May, 2002, she has successfully defended Ph.D. thesis in Economic Sciences, titled “Improving the organizational and economic mechanism of information and consultation providing in agrarian business infrastructure (based on Sumy region)”.
2002-2019 – Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign economic activity management and European integration
November 2019 – successful defence of the dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Economics on the topic ‘Management of innovative development of rural areas: theory, methodology, practice’
Since 2020 – Professor of Public Management and Administration Department
Main study courses: “Business management”, “Production Economics”, “Management consulting” (Ukrainian and German languages of teaching).
Research area: Management of innovative rural development
Grant, state budget and contractual research topics:
Coordinator and executor of international projects:
Project supported by the Swiss Cooperation Office of the Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine and Nestle Ukraine
2020-2022 – public-private partnership for the development of sustainable agriculture in Ukraine.
Projects with the assistance of FAO and EBRD
2017-2018 – “Supporting the Development of Ukrainian Agricultural Cooperatives”.
2017 – “OSRO/UKR/601/CAN Emergency food security assistance through provision of critical agricultural inputs in the conflict-affected areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions”.
2014-2015 – Module Training Program “Successful Grain Agribusiness in a small area”.
Erasmus+ KA2 CBHE projects (development of higher education potential)
2017-2020 – “From Theoretical-Oriented to Practical Education in Agrarian Studies” / TOPAS 585603-EPP-1-2017-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
2017-2020 – “Improving skills in laboratory practice for agrо-food specialists in eastern Europe” /Ag-Lab 586383-EPP-1-2017-1-SI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
2022-2025 рр. – «Development of Aquaculture and Fisheries Education for Green Deal in Armenia and Ukraine: from education to ecology», № 101082557 – AFISHE – ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE, (Grant Agreement № 101082557- AFISHE).
Projects of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2023-2024- Deutschsprachige Studiengänge (DSG) in Ostmittel-, Südost- und Osteuropa sowie dem Kaukasus und Zentralasien
2019–2024 „Digital Modernization of Lecturing in Ukrainian Agricultural Universities“ (Phases 1-3)
Professional development (internships):
| Name of educational institution, organization, including foreign ones | Period of study | Program or subject of professional development | Number and date of issue of the certificate | |
| start | end | |||
| University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany | 06.2022 | 12.2022 | Researcher, supported by DAAD | Confirmed by certificate |
| Kyiv School of Economics in cooperation with the Ukrainian School of Government, Ukraine | 20.09.2021 | 30.06.2022 | Programme ‘Public Finance Management’ | Certificate ЗП 31115684/000044-22 |
| University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany | 09.2021 | 02. 2022 | International internship on ‘Business Planning’, ‘Investment Theory’, ‘Making training videos with Camtasia’ within the framework of the DAAD project № 57514792 ‘Digitalisation of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine’ | Confirmed by certificates |
| Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany | 05.2020 | 04.2021 | THEA Ukraine DAAD project (Internship for Ukrainian higher education administrators in the field of internationalisation) | Certificate as of 05.2021 |
| University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany | 10.06.2018 | 17.06.2018 | Erasmus+staff mobility training | Certificate as of 15.06.2018 |
| Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Switzerland | 4.04.2017 | 9.04.2017 | “Advancing sustainable agriculture – 3600 farm evaluation and participatory strategy development” | Certificate as of 09.04.2017 |
Other information: since 2006, the Head of International Cooperation Department at Sumy National Agrarian University
