The main area of current research of the sector is the political economics with the emphasis on the theory of collective choice and information economics. Within these areas research fellows theoretically and empirically study how information impacts the decisions of political agents, how agents receive information, manipulate it and influence its dissemination.

The research of the sector is devoted to analysis of regional development and enterprise performance, covering such areas as innovations, agglomeration externalities, environmental and socioeconomic problems, as well as the related economic policy issues. Our research uses quantitative approach to address the challenges faced by the modern economy with the aim to suggest policy oriented conclusions.

The sector is created for research on social and economic processes, innovative and entrepreneurship models, managerial decisions in different types in international organisations from the perspective of socially responsible management and leadership. We are going to develop a spirit of social responsibility at the university, discuss new research ideas and search for opportunities of adding shared values of the society, state, business and science.

Key areas of research include theoretical and empirical analysis of relevant macroeconomic issues, mainly in the field of macroeconomic policies, environmental and energy economics, institutional economics, financial markets, international trade and technological development.

The main focus of this research group includes analysis of the institutional factors influence on global markets, individual markets, and public health. The studies also focus on the analysis of macroeconomic effects of institutional factors.