On July 03, 2019 Maria Kristalova successfully completed her doctoral colloquium at the University of Bremen. Her cumulative dissertation thesis, entitled “The economic impact of international uncertainties. Sanctioning effects, foreign direct investment and firm behavior in Russia“ includes empirical papers about the economic effects of uncertainties in the context of the Russian economy.

Maria Kristalova graduated from the “Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics” with a diploma in economics and subsequently did her master in business studies with a focus on innovation economics and finances at the University of Bremen. From 2015 to 2018 she was a scientific employee in the working group “Innovation and Structural Change” (Prof. Dr. Jutta Günther) at the University of Bremen.

Since January 2019, Maria Kristalova is a scientific employee (Habilitandin) within the project Mod-Block-DDR at the Faculty of Economics of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena.

We cordially congratulate Maria Kristalova, and we are looking forward to further cooperation.