Dr Oleg Badunenko
Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance
Eastern Gateway 108
- Email: oleg.badunenko@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265111
- Economics, Finance and Accounting
- Brunel Business School
Summary
Personal website: https://olegbadunenko.github.io/
I was appointed as a senior lecturer at Economics and Finance department in College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel University London in December 2019. Before joining Brunel University London, I worked as a research associate at the German Institute for Economics Research (DIW-Berlin), Assistant Professor at the University of Cologne, and Senior Lecturer at University of Portsmouth. My primary research areas parametric and nonparametric efficiency and productivity measurement. Additionally, I am interested in analysing world-wide polarization and inequality, drivers of individual and aggregate competitiveness and well-being.
Qualifications
2007: Ph.D. in Economics, European University Viadrina, Germany
2003: M.A. in Economics, Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine
2001: B.A. in Economics, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine.
Newest selected publications
Badunenko, O., Cordero, JM. and Kumbhakar, SC. (2026) 'Worldwide well-being efficiency and its determinants: New insights from the ordered probit stochastic Frontier model'. Economic Modelling, 164. pp. 1 - 26. ISSN: 0264-9993 Open Access Link
Zadorozhna, O. and Badunenko, O. (2026) 'Local Power, Global Scores: Effects of Decentralization Reform on Ukraine’s School Graduate Outcomes'. Economic Modelling, 163. pp. 1 - 18. ISSN: 0264-9993 Open Access Link
Apostolakis, A., Бадуненко (Badunenko), ОO., Jaffry, S. and Akbar Nasir, K. (2026) 'The Trade-off Between Security and Privacy: An Empirical Investigation Using Pakistani Survey Data'. Technology in Society, 87. pp. 1 - 17. ISSN: 0160-791X Open Access Link
Badunenko, O. (2025) 'Academic resilience and policy reform in England', inRisk, Resilience, and Recovery Across Global Education Systems. Routledge. pp. 15 - 29.
Badunenko, O., Mazrekaj, D., Kumbhakar, SC. and De Witte, K. (2025) 'The effect of funding for disadvantaged students on academic underachievement'. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12 (1). pp. 1 - 9.Open Access Link