Dmytro is an external PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Economics of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). His research focuses on socio-economic impacts of EU strategies as regards sustainable transition and having access to critical raw materials.
Besides that, Dmytro is Assistant to the Director of Studies in the Department of European Economic Studies at the College of Europe (Belgium). In this role he tutors Master students on different subjects of micro- and macroeconomics, applied econometrics, EU economic policies, EU banking, EU competition policy etc., as well as overlooks master theses. In the past, he also used to teach 20 hours of Microeconomics to political science and law Master students during the introductory courses.
Dmytro holds a MSc in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe (Belgium) and a BA with honours in International Economic Relations and Translation (German language) from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine), with a 2-semester Erasmus+ exchange at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany).
Expertise
Environmental economics, critical raw materials, sustainable transition in the EU and its socio-economic consequences, European economic integration and European economic governance.
Education
2023: MSc in European Economic Studies, College of Europe, Belgium.
2022: BA in International Economic Relations and Translation (German), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021: Erasmus+ in Business and Economics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Conferences
- 27th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (10-12 September 2026 in Exeter, United Kingdom). Paper presentation: "Thinking beyond borders: Global welfare implications of the EU strategic autonomy in the supply of critical raw materials - case of cobalt".
- 2nd International Conference "Circular Economy: the pathway towards a Sustainable Development" of the Hellenic Society for Circular Economy (17-19 September 2025 in Chania, Greece). Paper presenation: "The circular vs extraction dilemma: Impacts of EU critical raw materials strategy on poverty and income inequality in Finland, Greece, Poland, and Spain".
Publications
- Kazakov, D., Brusselaers, J. The Circular vs. Extraction Dilemma: Impacts of EU Critical Raw Materials Strategy on Poverty and Income Inequality – Evidence from Nickel in Finland, Greece, Poland, and Spain. Miner Econ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13563-026-00701-3
- Kazakov, Dmytro. "The role and the scale of investments needed for ‘green’ transformation of Ukraine’s electricity sector." Bruges European Economic Research Papers 43/2023, College of Europe, Bruges, May 2023. Available at:
https://www.coleurope.eu/sites/default/files/research-paper/KAZAKOV_Dmytro_BEER.pdf
