معرفی
Janna Smirnova is Assistant Professor in Economic Policy (SECS-P/02) at the University of Calabria, Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance. She earned her PhD in Firm, State and Market from the same university, preceded by a Master of Arts in Economics from University College Dublin and earlier degrees from the National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET, Russia). Since 2011 she has taught macroeconomics, growth theory and international economics across Bachelor, Master and PhD curricula and since 2017 has served as Delegate for Internationalization and President of the International Relations Committee of her department.
Research Interests
- Environmental and resource economics, circular economy and renewable energy policies
- Institutional development, rule of law and governance quality
- Gender economics and women’s leadership effects on firm productivity
- Education economics and long-run impacts of remedial programs
- Foreign direct investment, innovation diffusion and firm efficiency
Her empirical work combines panel econometric techniques with large firm-level and cross-national datasets to evaluate policy effectiveness, environmental regulation and the interplay between institutions and economic outcomes.
Research Projects & Funding
- Scientific Coordinator, University of Calabria Local Unit – GPS Education – Green & Pink for Sustainable Education (PNRR-TNE, 2024-2026)
- Member, CERERE agri-food supply-chain resilience project (PRIMA, 2024-2026)
- Member, Institutional Systems and Hospital Performance (PRIN-PNRR 2022, 2023-2025)
- Member, Ecosystems of Innovation – Tech4You PNRR Mission 4 (2023-2025)
- Coordinator, Erasmus+ KA171 & KA107 programs with Vietnam, Russia, Czech Republic and Slovakia (2014-2027)
Editorial & Peer-Review Service
- Editorial board member, Modern Economy (SCIRP) and Economic and Socio-Humanitarian Research (MIET)
- Referee for more than 15 SSCI journals including Energy, Sustainability, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Kyklos, Labour Economics
Teaching & Doctoral Supervision
- PhD supervisor (XXXVII cycle) and tutor (XXXII cycle)
- Lecturer, Advanced Macroeconomics – Theory of Economic Growth (PhD)
- Course leader for Macroeconomics (BSc), International Economics (MSc), Theory of Growth (MSc)
- Invited lecturer, University of Hanoi & University of Danang (2024), Mendel University Brno (2022), Pan-European University Bratislava (2014)
