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dr Joseph Yaw Abodakpi
Professor (Assistant)
Krakow University of Economics (Poland)
Department of International Economics
Defence Economics and Geo-economics Research Initiative (DESGRI), UEK
Research and scientific interests
Monetary Policy, Financial Markets and Emerging Markets, International Finance and Trade, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Global Capital Inflows, Development Economics, National Security, Geopolitics
Contact Information
Email: joseph.abodakpi@uek.krakow.pl
Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie (UEK) / Krakow University of Economics
Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland
Office: Building U, room 308
Biographical information
Professor (Assistant) at the Department of International Economic Relations, Krakow University of Economics. Master of Economics (2012, KUE). Graduate of doctoral studies at the Faculty of Finance and Law, KUE (2015). Author of a doctoral dissertation entitled ‘Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Sector Development and Economic Growth in Ghana’ written under the supervision of Prof. Stanisław Owsiak. Visiting Scholar at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (2020-2021).
Author and co-author of scientific publications (articles and monographs) in the field of economics, finance and security sciences. Recipient of several scientific grants, both individual and a group grant from the National Science Centre, Opus 16.
Courses: International Economics, International Finance, International Trade Simulation, Socio-economic Development Project, Global Governance, and Geopolitics and International Conflicts.
As part of postgraduate studies at the Krakow School of Business at the University of Economics in Krakow, he teaches the course: Global Economy and Geopolitics of Corporations. In previous years: Managerial Economics (MBA CSB + Master).
In 2017-2025, he was the supervisor of the student's scientific circle at the Department of Finance and Financial Policy, UEK, and the supervisor of industrial internships in 2020-2025.
Previous professional experience: one-year internship at the Ghanaian Ministry of Education, position of Senior Marketing Executive and acting Managing Director at a private media and communications consulting company in Ghana – Ideas Publicity Ltd.