Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of International Economics and Business, Cherkasy State Technological University, Cherkasy, Ukraine.

Dr. Lesia Petkova graduated from Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University, completing postgraduate course of the Council for the Study of the Productive Forces of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Deputy Editor-in-chief of “Bulletin of Scientific Works of Cherkasy State Technological University, Series: Economic Sciences”, Member of Specialized Scientific Board for PhD dissertation defence in economic sciences. Author of 3 textbooks, 12 monographs, and more than 90 scientific papers in indexed Ukrainian & international journals. Her research interests including regional economics, productive resource development, international economics and finance.

Email: l_petkova@ukr.net

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4519-3726