Mariia Plotnikova, Associate Professor of the Department of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Tourism at Polissia National University, PhD of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor.
Research interests: socio-environmental aspects of small business development; innovation and investment foundations for entrepreneurship development; innovative approaches to starting a business and employment; problems in the theory and practice of strategic management of territorial development; systematic development of a network of settlements in rural areas through the implementation of the ‘Family Homestead idea, development of ecological and family settlements.
Activities and achievements: head of the research topics ‘Mechanisms for the systematic development of a network of settlements in rural areas’, ‘Administrative, project and cluster foundations for multifunctional socio-economic development of Ukraine and creation of tourist magnets’, secretary of the Research Institute of Management, Business and Law at Polissia National University, member of the editorial board of the journals "Economics. Management. Innovations" (Zhytomyr); "Herald of Kyiv Institute of Business and Technology" (Kiyv); ‘Acta Scientific Agriculture (ASAG)’ (KPHB, Hyderabad, India); head of the Zhytomyr Regional Nongovernmental Public Organisation ‘People's Movement for the Protection of the Earth’.