Iryna Horbas

Personal information

Job Title: Associate Professor at the Department of Innovation and Investment Management

Academic Degree: PhD in Economics

Academic Title: Associate Professor

E-mail: gorbas@knu.ua

 

Work experience 

2018 – current

Associate Professor, Department of Innovation and Investment Management,

Faculty of Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,

Vasylkivska Str., 90 A , Kyiv , Ukraine, 03022.

  • Guarantor of the educational program “Management of Innovation Activity”
  • Teaching of the following courses: Organisational Design, Organisational Culture, Leadership, Creative Leadership, Management, Strategic Management, Logistics Management, Methods of Innovative Management, Management and Marketing in Medicine.
  • Coordination of International work at the department.
  • Supervision of student research and scientific projects.
  • Participation in scientific and international educational programs.

2006 – 2018

Assistant Professor, Department of Innovation and Investment Management, Faculty of Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

 

Education and training 

2025 Online training course “Empowering women in innovation and startups” (WIPO-Ukraine Women Innovators and Startup Empowerment (WISE) Program, Ukraine-Korea.

2025 Professional Development Program of Alliance of Ukrainian Universities “AUU Global Synergy through Collaborative Online International Learning 2.0” (COIL, TSNUK).

2025 Online Certificate Program «Public Sector Leadership» by Cornell University, USA.

2024 Online Certificate Program «Hybrid Work Strategy» by Cornell University, USA.

2024 Online Certificate Program «Supporting the Creative Economy» by the British Council in partnership with Cultural Associates Oxford.

2023 Scientific and Pedagogical Internship “Innovative educational technologies: European experience and its implementation in the training of specialists in economics and management”, Baltic Research Institute for Problems of Transformation of the Economic Space.

2018 Associate Professor, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

2013 PhD in Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

2002-2004 Master’s degree in Management, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

 

Networks and memberships

2024 – current Member of the jury of the International Competition of Scientific Papers for Higher Education Applicants in the Field of Public and Corporate Management (Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design).

2024 Panellist of the international panel discussion “Increasing Women’s Representation in School Leadership” by GPEKIX EMAP.

2020 – current Trainer at the National Centre for the Development of Creative Entrepreneurship (NCCE), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

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Projects

2018-2022 

Researcher. Project “Creative Spark” by the British Council to support the international university and institutional partnerships to develop enterprise skills and creative economy in Ukraine. The Program supports entrepreneurship and creative economy in higher education.