• dr Izabela Czaja, Assistant Professor

    Professional Profile

    • PhD in Economics (field: economics)
    • Master’s Degree in foreign trade

    Awards and Distinctions

    • Bronze Medal of the Ministry of National Education for Long Service(2008)
    • Second-Degree Rector’s Award of the Cracow University of Economics for team scientific achievements (2013, 2014)
    • Third-Degree Rector’s Award of the Cracow University of Economics (formerly Academy of Economics in Kraków) for individual scientific achievements (1997)
    • Third-Degree Rector’s Award of the Academy of Economics in Kraków / Cracow University of Economics for team scientific achievements (2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)

    International Experience

    • Lecturer at Häme University of Applied Sciences, Finland (1995, 1996)
    • Scholarship holder, University of Oxford

    Memberships

    • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Entrepreneurship Olympiad(2006–2009)
    • Member of the International Schumpeter Society(since 2008)
    • Member of the Polish Economic Society (PTE)(2016–2018)

    Research interests

    • Entrepreneurship
    • Microeconomics
    • History of economic thought
    • Legal and tax determinants of business activity
    • Modelling the development of small and medium-sized enterprisesInnovation studies
    • Inventive methods
    • International economic relations
    • Mass communication
    • Public relations
    • Development dynamics of the private sector in Poland and the European Union
    • Self-employment in Poland and the European Union
    • Small and medium-sized enterprises in Poland, the European Union and globally

    Courses taught

    • Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    • Public Relations
    • Interpersonal Training
    • Design Thinking
    • Innovation in Business
    • Entrepreneurship Support Techniques
    • Bachelor’s and Master’s seminars