CURRICULUM VITAE – Marta Anita Karaś, PhD

Marta Karas, PhD

Skills:

Problem-solving and abstract thinking;
Analytical thinking, creativity, and commitment;
The ability to transfer knowledge and support the development of the student
Flexibility, ability to work independently and in a team;
Knowledge of a foreign language and experience in working in an international environment; Interpersonal skills, including ease of communication and relationship building;
Organizational skills, including planning and time management

Experience:

Wroclaw University of Economics and Business (EFMD, CFA, CIMA, ACCA accredited)

2019-2023 – Assistant Professor

2017-2019 – Research Assistant

2012-2017 – Ph.D. Candidate (Contractual Academic Teacher)

Courses taught:

Responsibilities (among others):

Conducting tutorials, lectures, and computer-based laboratories (in English, BA, and MA level courses)
Teaching onsite and online, preparing materials and multimedia presentations,
Organizing and conducting case studies together with foreign visiting professors (e.g., from the USA and Great Britain)
Preparing and conducting classes based on the conducted research
Organizing and teaching international workshops on consulting for start-ups together with Henley Business School
Designing and conducting workshops and workshop projects
Preparing tools for assessing teamwork, presentations, and projects; conducting exams

2012 – 2019 Project Developer: EFMD accreditation process for Bachelor and Master Studies in Finance, Wrocław University of Economics

Responsibilities (among others):

Operational project management before and after EPAS accreditation, including:
Analysis of academic processes in relation to accreditation requirements
Contributing to the development of a strategic plan for BSF and MSF
Implementation of changes required by the accreditation (including work within the Education Quality Committee, development, and implementation of a new website for accredited studies, and conducting an information campaign on accreditation)
Involving University units in the accreditation process – leading from below
Creating University self-assessment reports (in English, 100 pages)
Organization and conduct of accreditation visits – four-person international committees (from Great Britain, Portugal, Denmark, Hungary, Japan, USA, and France) and 47 external participants (individual meetings with all participants, logistics management)
Recruiting and managing a team of volunteers
Continuous communication with the accreditation body (EFMD, Belgium)
Providing training seminars at the invitation of EFMD (Italy, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany)

2016 – 2017 University PR Specialist for International Relations with Business

2012 – 2020 Coordinator of international cooperation with CIMA

2004 – present Translator in speech and writing: English, specialization: economics, finance and business (freelancing)

Research grants:

2019-2022 Project Leader National Science Center: Analyzing and measuring systemic risk in developing European countries
2012 – 2016 Main Researcher National Bank of Poland: Financial system risk. Assessment methods and their verification in selected countries
2016 – 2017 Junior Researcher – Young Researcher Grants: Applying a new measure of stability for the Polish financial system based on a simulation analysis
2015 – 2016 Building a stability measure for the financial system in Poland
2014 – 2015 Building a prototype model for measuring financial stability in Poland
2013 – 2014 Researching the impact of financial sector stability on the effectiveness of monetary policy

Research awards:

Double Distinction for Exceptional Ph.D. Thesis in finance
Award of the President of the National Bank of Poland for the best master’s thesis in economics
A scholarship by the National Bank of Poland

Education:

2019 PhD in economics, specialization: finance
2016 National Bank of Poland, 5th NBP Summer Workshop, advanced models for macroeconomic environment, inflation, and stability
2015 University of London, The London School of Economics and Political
Science, Methods Summer Programme, modeling latent variables
2013 Universitat Fabra, Centre de Recerca en Economia International), Barcelona Macroeconomics Summer School, advanced modeling, forecasting and macroeconomics
2011 – 2018 doctoral studies in economics (full-time studies), Wroclaw University of Economics and business
2008 – 2010 MA in Social Sciences, Master Studies in Finance (full-time studies), Wrocław University of Economics and Business
2008 – 2011 MA in Philological Sciences, English Philology (full-time studies), Wrocław University
2010 Stony Brook University (the State University of New York), cognitive linguistics;
2009 – 2010 English translator, Postgraduate studies in translation specialist, Wrocław University of Information Technology
2005 – 2008 BA in Philological Sciences, English Philology and qualifications in pedagogy, University of Wrocław,

Professional training:

2014 Brussels, European Foundation for Management Development, Advanced EPAS XXL Accreditation Seminar in modern didactics
2014 Brussels, European Foundation for Management Development, EQUIS and EPAS Accreditation Seminar in modern didactics,
2008 Wrocław, CJO Moose, “Teaching professionals” training for foreign language teachers
2006 Wroclaw, Cambridge ESOL Centre, Intensive Methodological Seminar „Speak Them Up”

Languages:

Computer skills:

Interests and hobbies: