Seminar related topics:
1. Bond Portfolio Management
2. Alternative Investments
3. Interest rate risk measurement / management
4. Liquidity risk measurement / management
5. Fixed Income portfolio management
6. Yield curve analysis
7. Monetary policy
8. Green finance
9. Emerging markets and sustainability
10. Climate risk
11. ESG and its impact  

Sample topics of dissertation:
1. Comparing portfolio strategies: Mutual Funds and ETFs
2. Portfolio’s Alignment with Low-Carbon Trajectories
3. Green bond issuance and corporate ESG performance
4. Measuring Climate Impact with Total-Portfolio Carbon Footprinting
5. Extreme Values Theory On Polish Stock Market
6. A Universal Method For Measuring GHG Emissions Of An Investment Portfolio
7. The improvement of portfolio efficiency by diversification with precious metals as gold, silver and platinum
8. Developing prospects for the green bond market 

dr hab. Andrzej Piosik, prof. UE
Department of Accounting

Seminar related topics:
1. Cost accounting systems, Methods and instruments of management accounting; Financial analysis; Financial reporting; Earnings management Cost accounting systems - identifying product costs, cost allocation, variable costing, activity-based costing, life-cycle costing, target costing;
2. Methods and instruments of management accounting (variable and fixed costs,standard costing, CVP analysis, budgeting, budgetary control, measuring and managing performance, capital budgeting, decision trees);
3. Financial Analysis;
4. Financial reporting (according to Polish standards and IFRS, valuation of assets and liabilities, consolidated financial statements, intangible assets, revenue recognition, financial liabilities, financial assets, deferred income tax, statement of comprehensive income, cash-flow statement, non-current tangible assets, provisions);
5. Accounting policy, accounting and real earnings management - determinants and instruments of earnings management, income smoothing.

Sample topics of dissertation:
1. Mergers and acquisitions in CEE area;
2. Liquidity and profitability relationship analysis – case of WSE automotive industry

Seminar-related topics:

1.     Financial reporting and financial statements – preparation and analysis of financial statements according to Polish standards and IFRS; valuation of assets and liabilities; recognition and measurement of revenue, provisions, etc.; consolidated financial statements; statement of comprehensive income and cash-flow statement; disclosure quality.
2.     Behavioural aspects of accounting and control – behavioural biases in budgeting and financial reporting; incentive systems and performance evaluation; earnings targets and managerial behaviour.
3.     Taxation and tax reporting – book–tax differences; impact of tax regulations on financial reporting and corporate decisions; international tax issues in CEE; transparency of tax disclosures.
4.     Accounting policy, earnings management and ethics – determinants and instruments of earnings management; accounting policy choices under Polish GAAP and IFRS.
5.     Cost and management accounting systems – identifying and allocating product costs; variable and absorption costing; activity-based costing; cost-volume-profit analysis; performance measurement systems and management control.

Sample topics of dissertation:

1.     Behavioural aspects of budgeting – survey evidence from Polish manufacturing companies.
2.     Creative accounting and accounting fraud – factors influencing ethical decision-making
3.     Determinants of consolidated profit – financial condition of subsidiaries and capital allocation mechanisms within a corporate group
4.     Interpretation challenges regarding VAT rates in Poland
5.     Motivation to pay taxes among taxpayers from the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Y and Z cohorts
6.     Foreign tax systems and the location of subsidiaries of Polish corporate groups outside Poland
7.     Leasing as a source of financing – barriers and challenges and its attractiveness for SMEs
8.     Mergers and acquisitions in the CEE area – financial statement effects and value creation analysis.
9.     Impact of IFRS xx implementation on key financial ratios – evidence from WSE-listed companies.
10.  The impact of IFRS 9 on the recognition and measurement of derivative instruments in companies from the fuel sector

Seminar-related topics 

· Comparative Economic Systems
· Economic Crises and Cyclical Economic Development
· Market Analysis (Particularly of Commodity Markets)
· Alternative Investments
· Emotional Investments
· Intellectual Property Protection (patents, utility models, trademarks, and copyrights)
·Behavioural Economics (including heuristics and experiments)
· Circular Economics
· Climate Change Economics

Sample topics of dissertation

1. Institutional Path Dependence in Comparative Economic Systems: Divergence, Convergence, or Hybridisation?
2. Market vs. State: A Comparative Efficiency Analysis of Coordinated and Liberal Market Economies
3. Comparative Resilience of Capitalist Systems in the Face of Global Shocks
4. Early Warning Indicators of Economic Crises: A Behavioural and Macroeconomic Approach
5. Nonlinear Business Cycles and Crisis Propagation in Open Economies
6. Market Power, Subsidies, and Global Competition: A Comparative Study of the Cotton and Soybean Markets
7. Geopolitics and Supply Chain Shocks in Metal Markets: Empirical Evidence from 2000–2024
8. The Rise of Luxury Goods as Investment Vehicles: An Empirical Study of Handbag and Watch Markets
9. Art, Wine, and Collectibles: Behavioural Drivers and Financial Returns of Passion Investments
10. Emotional Returns in Consumer Decision-Making: The Case of Luxury Goods and Identity Signalling
11. From Utility to Identity: Understanding Emotional Investments in High-End Markets
12. The Strategic Role of Patents and Trademarks in Innovation-Driven Economies
13. Comparing Patent Regimes Across Economic Systems: Implications for  Technological Progress
14. Heuristics and Climate-Relevant Behaviour: Experimental Evidence on Sustainable Choices
15. Behavioural Biases in Financial Decision-Making: An Experimental Approach
16. Circular Economy Adoption in the EU: Barriers, Enablers, and Behavioural Determinants
17. Behavioural Drivers of Climate Inaction: An Economic and Psychological Synthesis
18. Macroeconomic Impacts of Climate Change: Risk, Adaptation, and Growth Pathways
19. Carbon Pricing, Green Subsidies, and Market Incentives: Evaluating Policy Effectiveness