Defence of the doctoral thesis by Guan Ran, a postgraduate student in the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations

On 14 October 2026, Guan Ran, a postgraduate student at the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations, on the topic ‘The Development of Inclusive Economic Globalisation in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the specialisation 292 ‘International Economic Relations’.

His supervisor was Anton Serhiiovych Filipenko, Doctor of Economics and Professor at the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations.

The ad hoc specialised academic council comprised academics from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Alfred Nobel University and V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.

Chair of the ad hoc specialised academic council — Denys Mykolayovych Rusak, Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations.

Reviewers:

Rita Oleksandrivna Zablotska, Doctor of Economics, Professor in the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations;

Vasyl Yevhenovych Namonyuk, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Finance.

Official Opponents:

Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Zadoya, Doctor of Economics, Professor at the Department of Global Economics, Alfred Nobel University;

Marina Volodymyrivna Shuba, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor at the Department of International Economics and World Economy, Faculty of Economics, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.

This doctoral research is devoted to topical issues concerning the development of inclusive economic globalisation in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the transformation of the world economy, and the impact of technological change on international economic relations.