News of the Department of Marketing

MARKETING BEYOND AUDIENCES: “THE FOUNDER” INSPIRES
On October 3, 2025, an informal meeting of #restless marketers of SumDU took place, dedicated to an inspiring film viewing. This time, the event was attended by students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the bachelor’s degree in the specialty “Marketing“, as well as teachers of the department.

FUTURE MARKETERS ON THE FRONTLINE: PARTICIPATION IN AI MARKETING AUTOMATION DAY
On September 30, 2025, first and third year students of the Marketing specialty took part in the AI Marketing Automation Day online conference by WebPromoExperts. This event was a great opportunity for students to see how basic theoretical concepts are implemented in practice using artificial intelligence and automation. The

5 MISTAKES OF BEGINNERS IN TARGETING THAT BLOW UP THE BUDGET
On September 24, 2025, first-year marketing students joined a practical webinar on mistakes in targeting that blow up the budget. The event aroused considerable interest among beginners in the field of targeted advertising and gathered a large number of participants. Olga Polishchuk, a well-known marketer, targeting expert, entrepreneur, and

On September 23, 2025, third-year Marketing students a guest lecture organized by Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law and the Ukrainian Marketing Association.
On September 23, 2025, third-year Marketing students, as part of the course Marketing Research (lecturer — N. Ye. Letunovska), attended a guest lecture organized by Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law and the Ukrainian Marketing Association. The speaker of the event was Oleksandr Ustyan — an expert with over 14

Annual reporting by Phd students of the Marketing Department
From 12 to 19 September, the annual reporting of postgraduate students of the Marketing Department on the progress of their dissertations, the results of their publishing activity, the implementation of the curriculum and the testing of research results took place. We congratulate the postgraduate students on completing the reporting campaign.

A postgraduate student at the Marketing Department of Sumy State University presented his debut detective novel, Murder on Perun’s Day
detective novel by Pavlo Pigul, a postgraduate student at the Marketing Department of Sumy State University, entitled Murder on Perun’s Day.

ABOUT STUDYING AT VILNIUS UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ACADEMIC MOBILITY
Andriy ARUSHANIAN, a 3rd year student, shares his impressions of academic mobility: “Studying in Vilnius gave me the opportunity to take a new look at both the format of education and the specialty itself, in which I study. In short – more practice, less theory. There were many tasks where

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND INNOVATION
Oleksii LYULYOV and Tetyana PIMONENKO represented Sumy State University at the BENI Conference 2025, organized by Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid, Spain), which brought together researchers from all over the world. 👨🏫 Oleksii Lyulyov chaired a conference session where the latest research in the fields of entrepreneurship, digitalization, and innovation

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING ON TWO FRONTS
The Department of Marketing of Sumy State University was distinguished by significant achievements in 2024, winning two awards for the results of its activities. In particular, the department took second place in the nomination “Best University Departments by Results of International Activity in 2024” (in the competition “Best Unit by

MARKETING SCHOLARS AMONG THE BEST YOUNG RESEARCHERS OF SUMDU-2025
On the occasion of Science Day and with the aim of encouraging the active scientific work of young researchers, in accordance with the regulations of the “Best Young Scientists of SumDU” competition, faculty members of the Department of Marketing were awarded winner diplomas. Head of the Department, Tetyana PIMONENKO, and

SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE OF BACHELOR’S THESIS: FUTURE SPECIALISTS ARE READY FOR THE CHALLENGES OF MODERNITY
During June 16–26, 2025, the atmosphere of intense but fruitful work reigned at the Department of Marketing of Sumdu. It was during this period that the defenses of qualification theses of applicants for the first (bachelor’s) level of higher education in the specialty 075 “Marketing” took place. The graduates presented

COMPLETED BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS COURSE FROM CERGE-EI FOUNDATION
Congratulations to our #restless students on the successful completion of the international distance learning course “Behavioral Economics”, organized by CERGE-EI Foundation (Czech Republic) During the training, the participants: 🔹 investigated how we make economic decisions; 🔹 studied the effects of bias, risk and choice; 🔹 got acquainted with the practices