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Artem Kornetskyy

Social entrepreneurship scholar and practitioner, working on how ecosystems for social enterprise are built in wartime and recovery economies.

PhD in Economics, Docent / Kyiv, Ukraine

AboutIn brief

I am co-founder and Chair of the Board at the School of Mindful Entrepreneurship, which runs social and youth entrepreneurship programmes across Ukraine and abroad, and Associate Professor at Ukrainian Catholic University, where I designed and lead the Social Entrepreneurship course. I also co-founded the Ukrainian Social Venture Fund and serve as a Field Editor of the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (Emerald). I was a Fulbright Faculty Development Scholar at DePaul University and am currently a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

PositionsHeld now

Co-founder and Chair of the BoardSchool of Mindful Entrepreneurship, Kyiv — since 2018
Associate ProfessorUkrainian Catholic University, Lviv — since 2016
Co-founder and Board MemberUkrainian Social Venture Fund, Kyiv — since 2020
Field EditorJournal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Emerald, Bingley — since 2022

ResearchWhat I work on

Social entrepreneurship theory
Social entrepreneurial ecosystems
Impact investing and venture philanthropy
Youth and student entrepreneurship
Small business development in transition economies

PublicationsSelected, newest first

2026 — Kornetskyy, A. Defining the nature of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem and its modeling. Achievements of the Economy: Prospects and Innovations, 30. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20644089
2026 — Kornetskyy, A., & Zokhniuk, O. Typology and development of social entrepreneurship ecosystems: international experience and prospects for Ukraine. Efektyvna Ekonomika, 3. doi:10.32702/2307-2105.2026.3.149
2025 — Kornetskyy, A. Entrepreneurial ecosystem as a multilevel system of socio-economic development: theoretical analysis and typological approaches. Management and Entrepreneurship: Trends of Development, 3(33), 194–201. doi:10.26661/2522-1566/2025-3/33-15
2025 — Petrunenko, I., Chukhlib, A., Kornetskyy, A., Zlobin, D., & Vlasenko, T. Development of social entrepreneurship in Ukraine as a response to the socio-economic challenges of war. Pacific Business Review (International), 18(4), 182–197. pbr.co.in
2023 — Bardas, A., & Kornetskyy, A. Evolution of approaches to socially responsible management of enterprises in the context of sustainable development. Economics Bulletin of Dnipro University of Technology, 1(81), 20–35. doi:10.33271/ebdut/81.020
2022 — Murphy, P. J., Kornetskyy, A., & Nixon, J. T. Delineating novel aspects of social enterprise theory. Social Enterprise Journal, 18(2), 364–382. doi:10.1108/SEJ-04-2021-0036
2022 — Kornetskyy, A., & Kolchyn, O. D. Social economy: characteristics and agents. Economic Scope, 177, 47–52. doi:10.32782/2224-6282/177-8
2021 — Boychuk, Y., Kornetskyy, A., Kryzhanovska, L., Rozhdestvensky, A., & Stepanyuk, Y. Promprylad.Renovation: impact investing in emerging markets. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 11(2). doi:10.1108/EEMCS-04-2020-0114
2021 — Kornetskyy, A. Evolution of entrepreneurship and its typology. Economy and State, 12, 122–129. doi:10.32702/2306-6806.2021.12.122
2018 — Murphy, P. J., Smothers, J., Novicevic, M. M., Humphreys, J. H., Roberts, F. B., & Kornetskyy, A. Social enterprise in antebellum America: the case of Nashoba (1824–1829). Journal of Management History, 24(1), 99–119. doi:10.1108/JMH-06-2017-0032 Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award, 2019

Complete list of works on ORCID.

Conference papersRecent, with proceedings

2026 — Kornetskyy, A., & Boychuk, Y. Business on the Frontlines at UCU: service-learning as an instrument of territorial recovery in wartime Ukraine. Service-Learning for Ukraine’s Recovery, Ukraine.
2025 — Kornetskyy, A. Theoretical analysis and approaches to the typology of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Innovative Development of Modern Science and Education, Ukraine.
2022 — Murphy, P. J., & Kornetskyy, A. Successful large-scale European applications of the Heptalogical Model: university curriculum, MOOC, and a social enterprise fund. USASBE Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC.

BooksTextbooks, monographs, toolkits

2026 — Social Entrepreneurship in Educational Institutions. Editor and author of seven chapters. Kyiv: Huss. Approved by Ukraine’s Institute for Education Development.
2020 — Social School Entrepreneurship: Your First Startup. Editor and author of seven chapters. Kyiv: VNA. Approved by Ukraine’s Institute for Modernisation of the Content of Education.
2020 — Social School Entrepreneurship: Building a First Real Business. Toolkit for trainers, with V. Konopkin, A. Gladka and O. Kucheruk. School of ME.
2019 — Social Entrepreneurship: Lecturer’s Handbook. Editor and author of seven chapters. Kyiv: Huss.
2017 — Social Entrepreneurship: From Idea to Social Change. Chapter on business planning. Kyiv: VNA.
2016 — Regional Policy for Small Business Development: Modelling and Implementation. Monograph. Dnipro: University of Customs and Finance.

ProjectsTraining and consulting programmes

Project Manager and Accelerator DesignerREDpreneur.UA. Ukrainian Red Cross, with the Austrian Red Cross. 2024–2025.
Programme Author and Lead TrainerCaritas Social Business School. Caritas Ukraine, funded by Caritas Italy. 2025.
Senior ExpertEU4Youth Phase III. Youth employment and entrepreneurship in the Eastern Partnership. 2024.
Consultant and TrainerWomen Included: Nurturing Growth and Security. Pact. 2021–2024.
Project Manager and Lead ConsultantSocial entrepreneurship acceleration programme. UNFPA. 2021–2022.
Co-author and TrainerLocal Communities Development through Social Entrepreneurship. IZ – Vielfalt, Dialog, Bildung, managed by Isar Ednannia. 2020–2021.
Educational Programme Developer and Textbook EditorSocial student companies in small-town and rural Ukraine. German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, managed by the East Europe Foundation. 2019–2021.

University teachingCourses and supervision

Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv — Associate Professor, since 2016
- Social Entrepreneurship — designed and led across several degree programmes
- Business on the Frontlines — UCU Business School
- Master’s thesis supervision and defence committees
University of Customs and Finance, Dnipro — Associate Professor, 2012–2017
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Business Modelling
- Banking
- Product Competitiveness

Open coursesFree and online

Social Entrepreneurship for NGOs — with A. Gladka, Prometheus, 2021.
Social School Entrepreneurship for Educators — Zrozumilo!, 2021.
Social Entrepreneurship — with Patrick J. Murphy, Prometheus, 2017.
Social Entrepreneurship: Design Thinking and Uncertainty — VUM Online, 2017.

FellowshipsVisiting positions and grants

Fulbright Visiting ScholarUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Collat School of Business. 2026–27. Comparative study of social entrepreneurial ecosystem development in the US and Ukraine.
CIVICA Ukrainian Scholar Short VisitLondon School of Economics. 2025. Social Entrepreneurship Context.
Non-Residential Research GrantMacEwan University. 2025. Building a theoretical foundation for social entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Fulbright Faculty Development ScholarDePaul University, Chicago. 2015–2016. Developing a social entrepreneurship course for Ukrainian universities.
Visiting LecturerNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. 2018–2019.

Public engagementArticles, talks and media

2026 — Start career guidance for young people early, Hromadske.
2022 — War as a catalyst for social entrepreneurship, UCU Business School.
2021 — Business that hides its social side and Entrepreneurs don’t have to choose between doing good and making money, Forbes Ukraine.
2021 — The social economy: where is the money?, VoxUkraine, with M. Yazvinska and V. Konopkin.
2019 — School entrepreneurship: how to launch a business before you turn 18, New Ukrainian School, with B. Androshchuk.
2018 — Social entrepreneurship as a tool for social challenges in Ukraine, Ukraine-Analysen, 210, with B. Androshchuk. In German.
2018 — Why entrepreneurship should become social, TEDxMariupol.
Interviews and appearances include The Ukrainian Week, Fakty.ICTV and the Anticrisis Media Center.

Degrees and ranksFormal qualifications

Docent, 2020Academic rank conferred by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, in the Department of Management and Organizational Development at Ukrainian Catholic University.
PhD in Economics, 2015Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Dnipro. Dissertation: Regional Policy for Small Business Development.
MSc and BSc in Finance, 2008 and 2007Dnipropetrovsk State Financial Academy

RecordsWhere to verify, how to reach me

Curriculum vitaeFull record, updated continuously
ORCIDComplete, authoritative record of published work
Google ScholarCitation counts and metrics
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kornetskiy@gmail.comFor collaboration