The Chair of Econometrics and Statistics was established in 2000 after the transformation of the Chair of Statistics and Econometrics functioning at the Faculty of Management since 1994. The first Head of the Department was prof. dr hab. Jadwiga Suchecka, who held this position until 2012.
The research activities of the Chair concentrate on the application of statistical and econometric methods in economic and social research. Research topics include: analysis of innovation, modelling of innovative activity and expenditure on healthcare, health accounts, research on technical efficiency of hospitals, modelling and forecasting electricity consumption, use of renewable energy sources in heat and electricity production, theory of stochastic process of risk management, statistical methods of risk measurement on financial markets, quantitative analysis of environmental activities of enterprises, as well as modelling logistic processes.
Since 1999, the Chair has promoted eight doctoral degrees in economics in the field of management sciences. In 2012 two academics obtained postdoctoral degrees.
The Chair staff are members of numerous scientific associations: PTE, Commission of Management and Organization Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences Katowice Office, PTS, Europejskie Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych.
The Chair of Econometrics and Statistics organized and co-organized the Polish-French seminar “Marché – Innovations – Développement Économiques. Rynek – Innowacje – Rozwój ekonomiczny”, which was held at Łódź University (1999), the conference: XIV Konferencja Naukowa Sekcji Klasyfikacji i Analizy Danych PTS „Klasyfikacja i analiza danych – teoria i zastosowania” (2005), the conference „Ryzyko w działalności podmiotów gospodarczych” (2011), the seminar for the 3rd degree students „Badania empiryczne w zarządzaniu” (2015), scientific forum devoted to current problems of managing sustainable energy economy (2016 and 2017, co-organizer – Biuro Inżyniera Miejskiego Urzędu Miasta Częstochowy), the conference „Zarządzanie produkcją i bezpieczeństwem w przedsiębiorstwach” (2017), and it was a co-organizer – Podkarpackie Centrum Usług Dydaktycznych w Rzeszowie and Stowarzyszenie Menedżerów Jakości i Produkcji.
The cooperation with the Ministry of Health resulted in the publication of The Report on Financing Healthcare in Poland – the Green Book. The Chair staff members participated as national experts in the works of the team preparing the report at the Ministry of Health in Warsaw. Additionally, the Chair cooperates with the Chair of Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automation, Informatics and Biomedical Engineering at AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków and the Faculty of Business Management at the University of Economics in Bratislava based in Košice.
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Prof. P.Cz. dr hab. Marek SzajtStanowisko: Kierownik – profesor nadzwyczajny |
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Prof. P. Cz. dr hab. Agata Mesjasz-LechStanowisko: Zastępca kierownika |
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dr inż. Marcin ZawadaStanowisko: Zastępca kierownika, adiunkt |
dr Agnieszka StrzeleckaStanowisko: adiunkt |
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dr Jan KowalikStanowisko: adiunkt |
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dr Sylwia NieszporskaStanowisko: adiunkt |
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dr Wioletta SkrodzkaStanowisko: adiunkt |
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dr Aneta WłodarczykStanowisko: adiunkt |