Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Field of interest: Sustainable Development, Renewable Resources and Conservation, Environmental Economics, Household Analysis
Membership: Microeconomics and Mathematical Methods, PhD Candidates
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PhD study
Tutor: Mgr. Milan Ščasný PhD.
Studying from: 2015
PhDr examination: 09/2019
Final exam: 09/2019
Dissertation Proposal defence: 26.04.2023
Dissertation defence:
Current work:
Drivers of energy-efficiency renovations in Ukraine: A case study of the city of Uzhhorod
Dissertation topic:
Residential Energy Consumption in Ukraine: Does Energy Price Matter for Energy Savings?
Disertation abstract:
The dissertation consists of three chapters. The thesis combines two papers that explain the effect of electricity and gas prices on energy savings in Ukraine and a third paper that describes the implementation of energy-efficient measures in Ukraine as a result of a such price increase. All three papers are based on the data received from original household surveys conducted in a period before and after sharp and repeated energy price fluctuations in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. The first paper exploits extreme variation in tariffs over time and across household customers to estimate the price elasticity of electricity demand from dwellings in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. The findings suggest that the price elasticity of electricity demand is -0.2 to -0.5, with the majority of the estimates around -0.3. The elasticity becomes more evident over the first three months after prices change. Only modest evidence shows that response to the price variations is more pronounced for the respondents who were attentive to their bills, consumption levels, or the tariffs. The second paper exploits the tariff reforms in gas prices, aiming to understand if consumers adopt their consumption in response to such changes and estimate the price elasticity of gas demand. To separate the behavioral aspect, only dwellings without energy-efficient renovations were used. Received results suggest that consumers can decrease gas consumption over time, even without renovations. Dwellings that were subsidized by the government were also able to reduce gas consumption. The price elasticity of natural gas demand is around -0.16. The demand becomes more inelastic for households with higher income and heavy users. The third paper describes the types, rates, and prices of various energy-efficiency measures implemented by households between 2008 and 2018 in Ukraine. Data indicate that households follow a step-by-step approach and implement energy-efficiency measures on average over a three-year period deciding to implement up to five different upgrades. Additionally, homeowners with lower education and income, larger household size, and at least one child, living in multifamily buildings, and with a larger number of rooms are more prone to invest in energy-efficient renovations. This probability increases for households that recently moved into their dwelling and if one or more household members work abroad.
Optional courses:
2015-2022 JED414 Quantitative methods I
2015-2021 JED415 Quantitative methods II
2016/2017 JEM005 Advanced econometrics
2021/2022 JLB103 Czech as a Foreign Language IV
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Education
Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Ecology of Environment, Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Job history
November 2019 - Present - Financial Manager of LIFE APEX project, Slovakia.
March 2013 - Present - Manager, Ukrainian Centre for Environmental Studies, (UCES), Ukraine.
November 2010 – November 2012 - Environmental, Health and Safety leader, management representative, Yazaki Ukraine LLC, Ukraine.
January 2008 – October 2010 - Senior environmental protection expert, Eurocar Ltd., Ukraine.
May 2007 – December 2007 - Project manager on Environmental Impact Assessment, Autotrading Invest Ltd., Ukraine.
June 2006 – May 2007 - Engineer Hydrologist of the 1st category, Uzhhorod Multidistrict Water Management Company, Ukraine.
Teaching Assistantships at IES FSS CU:
2015/2016 WS- European Economic Integration
2015/2016 SS - International Finance
2016/2017 WS - European Economic Integration
2016/2017 SS - International Finance
2017/2018 WS - European Economic Integration
2018/2019 WS - European Economic Integration
2018/2019 WS - Energy Markets & Economics
2018/2019 SS - Economic of Global Business
2018/2019 SS - European Economic Policies
Extra activities
Manager of the environmental-charity project «Bring Paper Waste – Save Life» Uzhhorod, Ukraine, 2014.
Manager of the environmental project «Bring Paper Waste – Save a Tree», Uzhhorod, Ukraine, 2013.
Member of the organisational team of the project ‘’Danube Day’’, Ukraine, 2008 – 2013.
Member of the organisational team at the workshop on the "Strategy of waste management in the Transcarpathian region for 15-year period", EU Project "Waste Management - European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (Eastern Region)", Uzhhorod region, Ukraine, 2012.
Participant of “Side by Side for the Black Sea” project, Capacity Development for Youth NGOs supported by the European Commission through “Youth in Action” Programme, Gura Portitei, Romania, 09/2011.
Participant of projects supported by the European Commission through Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007 - 2013 on writing grant projects, 12/2011.
Topics for supervision
Bachelor theses
All theses must be written in English:
- Residential energy use.
- Household energy efficiency.
Master theses
All theses must be written in English:
- Residential energy use.
- Household energy efficiency.
