Veronika Vakulenko

Associate Professor

Nord University Business School

veronika.vakulenko@nord.no

Phone

+47 75 51 78 24

Study location

Bodø

Office

Bodø, Hovedbygget, A262

2025

The role of SAI in the context of war: evidence from Ukraine 2025 Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management - Igor Lyutyy, Veronika Vakulenko, Vitalina Zaichykova, Ihor Stefaniuk

The Crux of Internationalization of Higher Education: Rethinking Mobility and Addressing Emergent Challenges 2025 European Education : Issues and Studies - Veronika Vakulenko, Katarzyna Świerk, Anna CohenMiller

2024

SEA-EU Alliance assistance to the academic community in Ukraine 2024 ST-OPEN - Ana Marušić, Igor Jerković, Gordana Dujmović, Tea Pezo, Maria Alexandra Anica Teodósio, Patrícia Pinto, Marleni Diaz Pereira de Azevedo, Nataliya Butenko, François-Xavier Roux-Demare, Javier Izquierdo Antón, Andrés Santana Arribas, Arnold Kłonczyński, Andreas Ritter, Artur Shageev, Stefania Agius-Fabri, Giovanna Apice, Elena Emilova Popova, Veronika Vakulenko

Debate: The new role of international financial institutions in the era of continuous crises and the war in Ukraine 2024 Public Money & Management - Natalia Konovalenko, Veronika Vakulenko

Addressing accountability challenges with theory of change: the case of a social partnership in Ukraine Handbook of Accounting and Public Governance: Exploring Hybridizations 2024 - Veronika Vakulenko, Olga Iermolenko, Anatoli Bourmistrov

Addressing complexity and planning for the uncertain: local finances in wartime Ukraine 2024 Public Money & Management - Veronika Vakulenko, Massimo Sargiacomo, Veronika Klymenko

2023

Reforming the Public Sector in Eastern European and Former Soviet Union Countries: A Systematic Literature Review 2023 Central European Journal of Public Policy - Veronika Vakulenko, Giorgia Mattei

Revisiting the scope and suggesting novel domains of institutional theory in the public administration research 2023 Teaching Public Administration (TPA) - Herman Aksom, Veronika Vakulenko

2022

"The changing roles of internal auditors in the Ukrainian central government" 2022 Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change - Tamara Volodina, Giuseppe Grossi, Veronika Vakulenko

New development: Accounting for human-made disasters—comparative analysis of the support to Ukraine in times of war 2022 Public Money & Management - Giuseppe Grossi, Veronika Vakulenko

Through the prism of cognition: exploration of local political leaders’ behaviour during incented voluntary municipal amalgamation 2022 Local Government Studies - Veronika Vakulenko, Anatoli Bourmistrov, Giuseppe Grossi

2021

International donors as enablers of institutional change in turbulent times? 2021 Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management - Veronika Vakulenko

2020

Public sector reforms in Ukraine : roles played by global and local agents in implementing converging and diverging changes 2020 - Veronika Vakulenko

Reverse decoupling: Ukrainian case of healthcare financing system reform 2020 International Journal of Public Sector Management - Veronika Vakulenko, Anatoli Bourmistrov, Giuseppe Grossi

Ideological and financial spaces of budgetary responses to COVID-19 lockdown strategies: comparative analysis of Russia and Ukraine 2020 Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management - Veronika Vakulenko, Igor Khodachek, Anatoli Bourmistrov

2026

Receives NOK 3 million to build Ukraine expertise in Northern Norway | Nord.no 2026 - Markus Johnsen Thonhaugen, Veronika Vakulenko

2025

ECoC Bodø2024: Individual and Organisational Perspectives on Volunteering 2025 - Bjørn Willy Åmo, Veronika Vakulenko

ECoC Bodø2024: Cultural Projects as Pathways to Legacy 2025 - Veronika Vakulenko, Alena Nelaeva

ECoC Bodø2024: Should I stay, or should I go?: - Settlement intentions among adolescents in Nordland 2025 - Bjørn Willy Åmo, Lars Kolvereid, Veronika Vakulenko

Kateryna's University Has Been Hit by Bombs Three Times: Still Teaching 2025 - Markus Johnsen Thonhaugen, Anatoli Bourmistrov, Kateryna Maksom, Olga Iermolenko, Valeriia Melnyk, Vitaliy Nosok, Veronika Vakulenko

Editorial: The role of accounting in ensuring financial and social sustainability during crises—a multi-actor perspective 2025 Public Money & Management - Giuseppe Grossi, Veronika Vakulenko

2024

Report 1. TURBO Stakeholders : Mapping multiple needs and methods of assessment 2024 - Veronika Vakulenko, Olga Filina, Volodymyr Rubtsov

Baseline Report : Monitor 2024: Effects of Bodø as European Capital of Culture 2024 2024 - Oliver Henk, Olga Iermolenko, Evgueni Vinogradov, Alena Nelaeva, Veronika Vakulenko, Anastasiya Henk

Report 2. The new model of retraining and social adaptation of IDPs 2024 - Veronika Vakulenko, Olga Filina, Volodymyr Rubtsov

Social retraining as a mechanism of sustainability: Reaching social impact through continuous university cooperation in international projects 2024 Seminar Transforming Institutions and Societies - Olga Filina, Veronika Vakulenko

Soft skills of leaders in times of crises 2024 Training «Crisis governance for university leaders» - Veronika Vakulenko

Social Accountability: Challenges, Solutions, and Partnerships 2024 Seminar - Veronika Vakulenko

Organizational resilience as a co-created phenomenon 2024 Training «Crisis governance for university leaders» - Veronika Vakulenko

PhD thesis as a methodological masterpiece: a guide for young scholars 2024 Guest lecture (digital) - Veronika Vakulenko

Performance management of big societal projects: social accountability and audit 2024 Guest Lecture - Veronika Vakulenko

Facing disasters: lessons for public governance 2024 CIGAR 2024 WORKSHOP - Veronika Vakulenko

Gender Budgeting 2024 Guest Lecture - Veronika Vakulenko, Valentina Santolamazza

Multilevel approach in responding and preventing crises 2024 Training «Crisis governance for university leaders» - Veronika Vakulenko

PhD thesis as a methodological masterpiece: a guide for young scholars 2024 Guest lecture - Veronika Vakulenko

Foundations of crisis governance 2024 Training "Crisis governance for university leaders" - Veronika Vakulenko

Strategic Management and SWOT Analysis: Exploring the external and internal environment for effective strategy 2024 Guest lecture - Veronika Vakulenko

The roles of multi-level change agents in transforming the public sector 2024 EURAM Annual Conference - Veronika Vakulenko

PSA course at university level: Norwegian experience 2024 PULSAR 10th JOINT EDUCATION AND FINANCIAL REPORTING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE WORKSHOP - Veronika Vakulenko

TURBO Stakeholders: Mapping multiple needs and methods of assessment 2024 Nord universitet / FoU-rapport - Veronika Vakulenko, Olga Filina, Volodymyr Rubtsov

The new model of retraining and social adaptation of IDPs 2024 Nord universitet / FoU-rapport - Veronika Vakulenko, Olga Filina, Volodymyr Rubtsov

Categorising arranged overarching cultural and art multi-events: a context-driven conceptualization 2024 Research Workshop “Impacts and Legacies of European Capitals of Culture (ECoCs): Reflecting and Developing Evaluation and Monitoring Practices” - Veronika Vakulenko, Bjørn Willy Åmo, Olga Iermolenko

Preparing for the implementation of sustainability reporting and assurance - Experience of Norway 2024 Sustainability Reporting Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities - Veronika Vakulenko

Sustainability reporting in Norwegian public sector: status and good practices 2024 PULSAR 10th JOINT EDUCATION AND FINANCIAL REPORTING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE WORKSHOP - Veronika Vakulenko

Institutionalizing SDGs Audit in Emerging Economies: an institutional entrepreneur perspective 2024 EGPA CONFERENCE 2024 "Strengthening Democratic Governance for Better Public Policies and Services" - Veronika Vakulenko, Giuseppe Grossi, Enrico BRACCI, Javis Otia

Categorising arranged overarching cultural and art multi-events: a context-driven conceptualization 2024 27th NFF Conference - Veronika Vakulenko, Bjørn Willy Åmo, Olga Iermolenko

UKRAINE’S RECONSTRUCTION: A MACRO CHALLENGE ADDRESSED THROUGH MICRO MECHANISMS OF CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT 2024 Hromada Nordic-Baltic blog on Ukraine - Veronika Vakulenko

Baseline Report Monitor 2024: Effects of Bodø as European Capital of Culture 2024 2024 Nord universitet / FoU-rapport - Oliver Henk, Olga Iermolenko, Evgueni Vinogradov, Alena Nelaeva, Veronika Vakulenko, Anastasiya Henk

Accounting for Democracy: Genealogies of political calculations in early Russo-Ukrainian war 2024 14th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conferenc - Veronika Vakulenko, Giuseppe Grossi, Hans-Jürgen Bruns

Addressing the challenges of sustainable public financial management and social sustainability during crises 2024 EGPA CONFERENCE 2024 "Strengthening Democratic Governance for Better Public Policies and Services" - Veronika Vakulenko, Giuseppe Grossi

2023

Inception Report Conceptual foundation for the evaluation and monitoring of Bodø 2024: Project Monitor 2024 2023 - Anatoli Bourmistrov, Oliver Henk, Olga Iermolenko, Lars Kolvereid, Veronika Vakulenko, Evgueni Vinogradov, Bjørn Willy Åmo

Application of institutional entrepreneurship to management and accounting: reflections from public sector field 2023 PhD course “Contemporary streams of institutional theory and their application to management and accounting” - Veronika Vakulenko

Supervision and academic growth of master students: Experiences from a Nordic business school 2023 Book project seminar "Strengthening capacities of accounting and management profession” - Olga Iermolenko, Evgenii Aleksandrov, Nadezda Nazarova, Anatoli Bourmistrov, Veronika Vakulenko

2022

Why and how do municipalities merge? A view from the cognitive perspective 2022 INLOGOV BLOG - Veronika Vakulenko

Multilevel Financial Responses Supporting Ukraine’s Fight for Democracy 2022 PA Times - Giuseppe Grossi, Veronika Vakulenko

Social Audit: conceptualization and practical implication for the professional and social adaptation of veterans and their family member in Ukraine 2022 - Veronika Vakulenko, Anatoli Bourmistrov, Volodymyr Rubtsov, Olga Iermolenko, Bjørn Willy Åmo, Olga Filina

Performance management of big societal projects: social accountability and audit 2022 Lecture - Veronika Vakulenko

Comparative analysis of Norwegian and Ukrainian doctoral education for collaboration on joint PhD supervision 2022 - Veronika Vakulenko, Mariya Knir

Performance management of big societal projects: social accountability and audit 2022 Lecture - Veronika Vakulenko

2021

Social audit and quality assessment of the project “Norway-Ukraine. Professional Adaptation. Integration into the State System” (NUPASS) 2021 International conference “International cooperation in solving the problem of social and professional adaptation of military personnel, veterans and their family members in Ukraine” - Olga Iermolenko, Veronika Vakulenko

Project model, routines and ways of integration into the Ukrainian state system “Norway-Ukraine. Professional Adaptation. Integration into the State System”(NUPASS) project 2021 - Veronika Vakulenko, Olga Iermolenko, Anatoli Bourmistrov, Volodymyr Rubtsov, Olga Filina, Tetiana Lvova

2020

Transformations of public sector and its financial system in Ukraine Volume 2 Public finances and financial markets: international trends and Ukrainian experience 2020 - Anatoli Bourmistrov, Veronika Vakulenko

Business Practice in Ukraine 2019 Ukrainian business and economic outlook: a growth detected 2020 - Veronika Vakulenko

2019

International donors as enablers of institutional change in turbulent times? The case of Ukrainian public financial management reform 2019 the International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP4) - Veronika Vakulenko

International donors as enablers of institutional change in turbulent times? The case of Ukrainian public financial management reform 2019 the 17th biennial CIGAR conference "Alternative views on Public Sector Accounting and Financial Management" - Veronika Vakulenko

Glossary of basic public sector accounting, budgeting and finance terms 2019 - Veronika Vakulenko

Transformations of public sector and its financial system in Ukraine Volume 1 Current issues of public sector accounting, budgeting and finances in Ukraine 2019 - Anatoli Bourmistrov, Olga Iermolenko, Veronika Vakulenko

Assessment of financial health of Ukrainian local governments in Ukraine: whether decentralisation reform can affect financial distress? 2019 Performance Measure for the Hybrid Public Governance - Veronika Vakulenko

Business practice in Ukraine. Multiplicity of business opportunities in Ukraine 2019 - Veronika Vakulenko

2018

Public Sector Management Reforms’ Trajectories in Eastern European and Former Soviet Union Countries 2018 Modernization,Westernization, and Democratization of Public Financial Management in Central and Eastern European Countries - Veronika Vakulenko

The master thesis (MOPP) – an exciting challenge! 2018 Acquaintance of Ukrainian master students with Norwegian approach to writing master theses - Veronika Vakulenko

Reverse Decoupling: Ukrainian Case of Healthcare Financing System Reform 2018 Modernization,Westernization, and Democratization of Public Financial Management in Central and Eastern European Countries - Veronika Vakulenko

Business practice in Ukraine. Private and public realms of the Ukrainian economy 2018 - Veronika Vakulenko

2017

The “Nocebo effect” or why budgeting reforms bring no (evident) results 2017 NFF Conference - Veronika Vakulenko

Sharing a budget pie: conflicting logics, reform and legitimacy 2017 Accounting and Management Changes in the Public Sector - Veronika Vakulenko

Budgeting Reforms in Eastern European and Former Soviet Union Countries: a Literature Review 2017 16th CIGAR Conference - Veronika Vakulenko, Anatoli Bourmistrov

Business Practice in Ukraine. Management control in Ukrainian Business Environment 2017 - Veronika Vakulenko

The “Nocebo effect” or why budgeting reforms bring no (evident) results 2017 11th CIGAR PhD seminar - Veronika Vakulenko

The “Nocebo effect” or why budgeting reforms bring no (evident) results 2017 PhD International Workshop “Performance Measurement for the smart public governance” - Veronika Vakulenko

Budgeting Reforms in Eastern European and Former Soviet Union Countries: a Literature Review 2017 NFF Conference - Veronika Vakulenko, Anatoli Bourmistrov

2016

Budget reforms and interbudgetary relations in Russian Federation and Ukraine 2016 IPSA World Congress 2016 - Igor Khodachek, Veronika Vakulenko

Guide to Doing Business in Ukraine 2016 - Olga Iermolenko, Veronika Vakulenko

Ukrainian Local Budgeting Reforms: Causes and Consequences 2016 Emerging Scholars' Colloquium "Asia-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting" - Veronika Vakulenko

Ukrainian local government budgeting reforms: causes and consequences 2016 CIGAR PhD colloquium - Veronika Vakulenko

Introduction to Norwegian and Ukrainian business opportunities, comparison of Norwegian and Ukrainian business cultures 2016 “Young Entrepreneurs – Norwegian-Ukrainian Business Development 2016” - Veronika Vakulenko

Regional Variation of Budgeting Practices in The Context of Ukrainian Local Governance 2016 The Research School Conference 2016 - Veronika Vakulenko

Regional Variation of Budgeting Practices in The Context of Ukrainian Local Governance 2016 9th International EIASM Public Sector Conference 2016 - Veronika Vakulenko

Introduction to Ukrainian business opportunities. Comparing Norwegian and Ukrainian business cultures 2016 “Business practice in Ukraine” course - Veronika Vakulenko

Ukrainian local government budgeting reforms: causes and consequences 2016 EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Qualitative Methods in Business Research - Veronika Vakulenko

Ukrainian local government budgeting reforms: causes and consequences 2016 FIBE Doctoral Colloquium and Conference - Veronika Vakulenko

The “Third Dimension” Of Changes in Ukrainian Budgeting: How Central Rules Influence Local Government Decentralization 2016 The 2016 Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research (CIGAR) Network workshop - Veronika Vakulenko

2015

Ukrainian local government budgeting reforms: causes and consequences 2015 Workshop “Current methodological developments in interpretive accounting research” - Veronika Vakulenko

Changes in Ukrainian Local Budgeting Regulation: Who Made Those Happen? 2015 The Research School Conference 2015 - Veronika Vakulenko

Changes in Ukrainian Local Budgeting Regulation: Who Made Those Happen? 2015 15th International Symposium on Public Sector Management - Veronika Vakulenko

Changes in Ukrainian Budgeting Regulation: Local World of Budgeting 2015 ЕЕА Writing to Publish in International Accounting Journals Workshop 2015 - Veronika Vakulenko

Changes in Ukrainian Budgeting Regulation: Local World of Budgeting 2015 15th Biennial CIGAR Conference and PhD seminar 2015 - Veronika Vakulenko