General Characteristics of the Scientific School
The academic school of Andriy Diegtiar is an established academic field covering the specializations 25.00.02 – Mechanisms of Public Administration and 281 – Public Administration and Management, based on the long-standing research and teaching activities of the Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Professor, and Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine. The research school’s activities are aimed at substantiating the theoretical and methodological foundations and developing practical recommendations regarding public administration in the socio-economic sphere, information security, and environmental safety; state regulation of socio-economic processes; information-analytical and organizational support for the adoption and implementation of public management decisions; and the digitalization of public management and administration.
Founder of the Scientific School
Andriy Diegtiar (born February 5, 1957) is a Ukrainian scholar in the field of public administration, a systems engineer, Candidate of Economic Sciences (1987), Doctor of Science in Public Administration (2005), Distinguished Educator of Ukraine (2005), and professor (2006), Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2017), and professor in the Department of Economics and Public Administration at the National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”.
Main Research Areas of the Scientific School:
1. Public administration in the socio-economic sphere.
2. Information, analytical, and organizational support for the adoption and implementation of public administration decisions.
3. Public administration in the sphere of socio-economic security.
4. State regulation of socio-economic processes.
5. Digitalization of public management and administration.
Scientific Achievements and Results
Under the academic supervision of Professor Andriy Diegtiar, 6 doctoral dissertations and 40 master’s theses have been successfully defended in the field of 25.00.02—Mechanisms of Public Administration, and a large number of bachelor’s and master’s theses have been successfully defended. Representatives of the research school actively participate in regulatory, expert, and advisory activities at the national and regional levels.
Key Publications and Research Projects of the School
The founder of the research school has published over 300 scientific publications, including indexed articles in Scopus and Web of Science databases; multiple conference proceedings and applied research outputs. He is the co-author of 11 monographs and 50 textbooks in the field of public administration. The most significant achievements of the research school include:
1. Maiia Moroz, Alla Havryliuk, Olena Shershnova, Andrii Diegtiar, Yuliia Mazur. “Higher Education Institutions in Terms of Governance and Collaboration with Municipalities.” OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Ontario International Development Agency, Canada, 2026, pp. 57–70. (SCOPUS)
2. Diegtiar A.O., Naboka L.V. Institutional Capacity of the State in the Sphere of Formulation and Implementation of Youth Policy. Scientific Perspectives: Journal. SERIES “Public Administration.” 2026. No. 3(69). pp. 184–195.
3. Diegtiar A.O., Pokotilo T.V. Theoretical foundations of public youth policy in contemporary models of public administration. Advances and Achievements in Science: Journal. 2026. No. 3(25). pp. 806–817.
4. Diegtiar A.O., Smaglyuk A.A. Participatory models of governance in public youth policy. “Society and National Interests”: journal, SERIES “Public Management and Administration.” 2026. No. 4(24). pp. 1374–1385.
5. Diegtiar A.O., Tataurov I.M. The Development of Public Administration under the Crisis Conditions of Martial Law. Society and National Interests. 2026. No. 2(22), pp. 1063–1080.
6. Diegtiar A., Bilokon M. Institutional Resilience of Public Administration Under Hybrid Threats: Economic and Socio-Humanitarian Countermeasures. Global Scientific Trends: Economics and Public Administration. 2025. Vol. 4.
7. Diegtiar A.O. Rail Freight Transport as a Tool for Economic Recovery in the Postwar Period. “National Interests of Ukraine”: Scientific and Practical Journal. 2025. No. 12(17). Pp. 1312–1327.
8. Naidonov O., Diegtiar A. Models of public administration in the strategic aerospace industry: a comparative analysis of international experience and implications for Ukraine. "Successes and Achievements in Science (Series ‘Law,’ Series ‘Education,’ Series ‘Management and Administration,’ Series ‘Social and Behavioral Sciences’): Journal. 2025. No. 12(22) 2025. pp. 637–646.
9. Diegtiar A.O., Tataurov I.M. International experience in managing emergency response units within the public administration system. “Successes and Achievements in Science (Series ”Law,“ Series ”Education,“ Series ”Management and Administration,“ Series ”Social and Behavioral Sciences"): journal. 2025. No. 12(22). pp. 798–809.
10. Diegtiar A. O. Institutional mechanisms of public management of civil protection during wartime. “Successes and Achievements in Science (Series “Law,” Series “Education,” Series “Management and Administration,” Series “Social and Behavioral Sciences”): Journal. 2025. No. 10 (20). Pp. 443–452.
11. Diegtiar, A. O. International Experience in Public Management of the Consequences of Natural Disasters. Society and National Interests: Journal. 2025. No. 10(18). Pp. 456–467.
12. Diegtiar, A. O. Strategic Directions for the Development of Civil Protection and Crisis Management in the Context of Modern Challenges. “National Interests of Ukraine”: Scientific and Practical Journal, 2025. No. 10(15). Pp. 930–942.
13. Diegtiar A.O. Methodological tools of public administration in the context of implementing international GMP/GDP standards in the domestic pharmaceutical sector. Electronic scientific journal “Society and National Interests.” 2025. No. 6(14). pp. 702–720.
14. Diegtiar A.O. Public management of the structural renewal of Ukraine’s machine-building complex. Journal “Society and National Interests,” Series “Public Management and Administration.” 2024. No. 7(7). pp. 523–534.
15. Diegtiar, A.O. Typology, Functions, and Environment for the Implementation of State Industrial Policy. Journal “Current Issues in Modern Science,” Series “Public Administration.” Kyiv. 2024. Issue No. 9 (27). pp. 391–402. 16. Degtyar, A.O. Invariant and Distinctive Characteristics of State Industrial Policy in European Countries. Advances and Achievements in Science. 2024. No. 7(7). pp. 241–252.
17. Diegtiar, A.O. Strategic Directions for Improving Ukraine’s State Industrial Policy. Journal “Scientific Perspectives.” 2024. No. 9(51). pp. 90–101.
18. Diegtiar A.O., Taraban E.I. The Concept of Digitalization in Public Management and Administration. Journal “Scientific Innovations and Advanced Technologies” (Series “Management and Administration,” Series “Law,” Series “Economics,” Series “Psychology,” Series “Pedagogy”): 2024. No. 5(33).
19. Diegtiar, A.O. Theoretical Aspects of the Formation and Development of Digital Democracy in Ukraine. Electronic Scientific Journal “Public Administration and National Security.” 2023. No. 1.
20. Diegtiar, A. O., & Zablotskyi, V. V. Current trends in the formation of a communication system between public authorities and the public at the regional level. Scientific Innovations and Advanced Technologies. “Public Administration” Series. 2022. Issue No. 6(8). Pp. 482–494.
21. Sych, T. V., Diegtiar, A. O., Lozynska, T. M., Lopushynskyi, I. P., & Vovk, S. M. Areas of Improvement in the Organization and Research of Educational Management Problems. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Vol. 21 No. 15 (2021) SCOPUS.
22. Diegtiar, A. O., & Bubliy, M. P. Functions of Public Administration in the Development of a Regional Innovation System. Journal of Scientific Innovations and Advanced Technologies. 2021. No. 2(2). pp. 22–34.
The academic school founded by Professor A.O. Diegtiar has published the following monographs on public administration:
1. Public Administration Under Martial Law and in the Postwar Period in Ukraine: A Collective Monograph / Edited by Prof. A.O. Diegtiar and Assoc. Prof. N.M. Karpeko. Kharkiv: NAU “KhAI”, 2026, 268 pp.
2. Riabukha N.O., Diegtiar A.O., Bilyk O.M., Pshynka G.V., Borysova A.O. State regulation of culture development in Ukraine: monograph. Kharkiv: State Academy of Culture, Kharkiv, 2024. 165 pp.
3. Diegtiar, A.O. Mechanisms of state management of the cultural sector in Ukraine: monograph / A.O. Diegtiar, A.O. Tserkovnyi, G.V. Pshynka; M.E. Zhukovsky National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute,” Kharkiv State Academy of Culture. — Kharkiv: Osnova, 2023. 146 pp.
4. Kovalchuk V.G., Diegtiar A.O., Shvedun V.O. Information Support for State Management of the Region’s Socio-Economic Development: Monograph. Kharkiv, Publisher: O.A. Miroshnychenko, 2022. 174 pp.
5. Diegtiar А.О., Kalyuga O.O., Nepomnyashchy O.M., Sobol R.G. State Regulation of Financial Markets: Monograph. Kharkiv: “Vodny Spektr GMP” Publishing House, 2017. 292 pp.
6. Diegtiar, А.О., Amosov, O.Yu., Latinin, M.A., Kovalenko, M.M., et al. State Regulation of Innovation Infrastructure at the Regional Level: Monograph / Edited by A.O. Degtyar, Ph.D. in Public Administration, Prof. Kharkiv: Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration “Magistr” Publishing House, 2011. 192 pp.
7. Diegtiar А.О., Khaletskyi A.V., Belai S.V. Interaction between government bodies and the public: theory and practice of public administration. Donetsk: Donbas Publishing House LLC “RA Vash Imidzh,” 2012. 438 pp.
8. Diegtiar А.О., Stepanov V.Yu., Gubarev O.O. State Investment Policy: Problems and Prospects for Development: Monograph / Edited by A.O. Degtyar. Kharkiv: S.A.M. Publishing House, 2013. 276 pp.
9. Diegtiar, А.О. Public Administration Decision-Making in the Social Sphere: Monograph. Kharkiv: S.A.M. Publishing House, 2014. 252 pp.
10. Diegtiar, А.О. Stepanov V. Yu., Degtyar O.A., et al. State and Regional Governance in the Social Sphere: Monograph / Edited by A.O. Degtyar. Kharkiv: S.A.M., 2015. 552 pp.
11. Diegtiar, А. О., Amosov, O. Yu., and Latinin, A. O. Implementation of the Policy of Innovative and Investment Development of the Economy at the Regional Level: Monograph. Kharkiv: Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration “Magistr,” 2008. – 144 pp.
Scientific Community and Continuity
The school’s founder is a member of the editorial boards of several academic journals:
1. The quarterly scientific and practical journal “Leader. Elite. Society”.
2. The international scientific journal “Internauka”. Section: “Public Management and Administration”.
3. The collection of scientific works “State Building,” a specialized electronic scientific publication of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
Mentees
Doctor of Public Administration Dissertations
1. Levchenko, N.M. – Development of Innovative Mechanisms for State Regulation of the Agribusiness Sector (2011).
2. Malikov, V.V. – Development of Mechanisms for State Management of Economic Development in the Regions of Ukraine (2012).
3. Zhadan O.V. – Mechanisms of State Regulation of Social and Labor Relations in Ukraine (2013).
4. Moroz V.M. – State Management of the Development of Ukraine’s Labor Potential (2013).
5. Zablotsky V.V. – The Genesis of State-Building Constructs in the Local Self-Government System (2013).
6. Belay S.V. – Mechanisms of State Regulation of Socio-Economic Crises in Ukraine (2016).
Candidate of Public Administration Dissertations
1. Butenko O.A. – Innovative Mechanisms of Entrepreneurship in Mechanical Engineering (2006).
2. Bespala N.O. – Development of State Tax Policy in Ukraine (2006).
3. Goncharenko M.V. – Organizational and Economic Mechanisms for Managing Local Budget Expenditures (2006).
4. Moroz V.M. – State Competition Policy and Mechanisms for Its Implementation in a Transition Economy (2007).
5. Demidovich V.V. – State Regulation of Investment Activity in Industry (2007).
6. Kotkovsky V.R. – State Regulation of Economic Security in Ukraine (2007).
7. Terekhov I.O. – State Regulation of Employment in Ukraine (2007).
8. Antonov A.L. – State Regulation of Property Relations Regarding Natural Resources (2008).
9. Lesnaya, O.S. – The Institutional Mechanism of State Regulation of Entrepreneurship Development (2008).
10. Umansky, Yu.V. – Information Support for the Public Administration System (2008).
11. Samofalova T.O. – Mobilization Mechanism of State Regulation of Financial Flows in the Process of Innovation-Investment Reproduction (2009).
12. Goloviy V.M. – Mechanisms of Interaction Between the Government and the Media in the Context of the Formation of Civil Society in Ukraine (2009).
13. Kazyuk Y.M. – State Regulation of Interbudgetary Relations: Regional Aspect (2009).
14. Kalitievska L.A. – State regulation of regional market development (2009).
15. Omarov A.E. – State regulation of interregional cooperation in the economic sphere (2010).
16. Bokov, O.V. – Mechanisms for managing the system of compulsory state social insurance for temporary disability (2010).
17. Botezat, O.P. – State management of land resource use in Ukraine (2011).
18. Yeroshkina O.O. – State Regulation of Socio-Economic Development in Depressed Regions (2011).
19. Karminska-Belobrova M.V. – The Tax Mechanism of State Regulation of Socio-Economic Processes in Ukraine (2011).
20. Malafeev T.R. – State Regulation of the Development of the Food Industry in Ukraine (2011).
21. Sobol, M.P. – Risk Management in the System of Formulation and Implementation of Public Administration Decisions in Ukraine (2012).
22. Nuzhnova, Yu.A. – Improving Mechanisms for State Regulation of the Competitiveness of Ukraine’s Agro-Industrial Complex (2012).
23. Perebeynos, Y.V. – State Regulation of the Development of the National Innovation System (2012).
24. Perebeynos, O.M. – State Regulation of Demographic Processes in Ukraine (2013).
25. Kaluga O.O. – Mechanisms of State Regulation of the Stock Market in Ukraine (2013).
26. Kovalenko O.M. – Mechanisms of Interaction Between the State and Business Structures in Ukraine (2013).
27. Skryabina D.S. – Mechanisms of State Regulation of Ukraine’s Foreign Economic Activity (2014).
28. Guskova I.B. – Management of Communal Property as a Resource of Local Self-Government in Ukraine (2014).
29. Shevtsov A.L. – Mechanisms of State Regulation of Migration Processes in Ukraine (2014).
30. Panasenko I.O. – State Management of the Development of Ukraine’s Housing and Utilities System in the Context of Demonopolization (2014).
31. Pomaza-Ponomarenko A.L. – Mechanisms of State Regulation of Land Lease Relations in Ukraine (2014).
32. Hlukha V.V. – Mechanisms of State Regulation of the Development of Depressed Regions in Ukraine (2014).
33. Kutkov V.P. – The Marketing Mechanism of State Management of Regional Development (2014).
34. Pylypenko N.M. – Mechanisms of State Management of Financial Resources Through the Treasury System (2014).
35. Tymoshenko, O.V. – State Regulation of Entrepreneurship in the Context of the Transition to an Innovative Economy (2014).
36. Dulfan, S.B. – Management of Urban Transport Infrastructure Development by Local Self-Government Bodies in Ukraine (2015).
37. Konovalov L.S. – Mechanism of State Audit of the Effective Use of Public Funds (2016).
38. Yevdokimov V.A. – Mechanisms of State Regulation of the Development of the Electric Power Industry (2016).
39. Borodin O.D. – Mechanisms of State Regulation of the Development of the Socio-Cultural Sphere (2017).
40. Seryogina-Berestovskaya O.V. – State Regulation of the Development of Rural Social Infrastructure (2019).
Recognition and Authority of the Scientific School
The high standing of the academic school is confirmed by state awards and professional honors.
Andriy Diegtiar is a full member of the Academy of Public Administration Sciences and has been an Academician since 2018. He is a member of the All-Ukrainian Assembly of Doctors of Science in Public Administration.
In addition, he has been awarded:
- An Honorary Certificate from the Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine (2012);
- An Honorary Certificate from the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture (2017);
- The Honorary Badge of the National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine – the medal “For a Significant Contribution to the Development of Education and Science” (2017);
- A Letter of Appreciation from the Mayor of Kharkiv – “For conscientious and fruitful work, high professionalism, and a significant contribution to the development of education and science in the city of Kharkiv, and on the occasion of the Founding Day National Aerospace University ‘Kharkiv Aviation Institute’” (2024).
