Dr Milena Kowalska
Assistant Professor, Department of Corporate Finance and Public Finance
Socio-economic Policy, Local Government and Public Administration
Dr Milena Kowalska is an economist, researcher and expert in corporate finance, public finance and social policy. As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Corporate Finance and Public Finance at Wrocław University of Economics and Business, she conducts research on universal basic income, social-benefit systems and their economic and social effects. She is the author of a monograph and academic publications on universal basic income and the consequences of public policies.
She chairs the Council of Young Scientists (9th term), an advisory body to Poland’s Minister of Science and Higher Education, and was appointed by the Minister to the advisory team for the “Perły nauki” (Pearls of Science) and “Perły nauki II” programmes. She serves as a financial expert for the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) and as an expert and evaluation-panel member for the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). She is a member of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and of international research and expert teams.
She combines academic experience with advisory work, local-government practice and management in the non-governmental sector. Active in local government since 2014, she has extensive experience in local-government finance, budgeting and the functioning of local-government units. She chairs the Supervisory Board of Wrocławskie Inwestycje Sp. z o.o., bringing together research competence and practical experience in ownership supervision and corporate governance. She co-authored the Institute of Finance report “Property Taxation in Poland against the Background of European Systems: Selected Problems and Proposals for Change” (2023).
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Services for business
- Financial-condition analyses and economic expert studies for companies, local governments and organisations, including efficiency and risk analyses and decision-support recommendations
- Socio-economic research and analyses of markets and the institutional environment
- Evaluation of programmes, projects and public policies
- Design of financing models and development strategies for companies, local governments and non-governmental organisations
- Assessment of the economic and social effects of planned measures, regulations and programmes
Sector expertise
- Corporate finance: financial analysis, business financing, financial management and financial-condition assessment
- Public finance, local-government financial management and local economic policy
- Social policy, benefit systems and universal basic income (UBI)
- Economic and social effects of cash transfers
- Labour markets, economic activity and household economic security
- Public-sector economics, public-policy design and regulatory and programme impact assessment
- Management and financing of non-governmental organisations; cooperation between the public sector, business and NGOs
- Data analysis and socio-economic research
Research expertise
- Author of a monograph and academic publications in finance, social policy and universal basic income
- Chair of the Council of Young Scientists (9th term) to the Minister of Science and Higher Education
- Member of the advisory team for the “Perły nauki” and “Perły nauki II” programmes, appointed by the Minister of Science and Higher Education
- Financial expert for the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR)
- Expert and evaluation-panel member for the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA)
- Member of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and of international research and expert teams
- Chair of the Supervisory Board of Wrocławskie Inwestycje Sp. z o.o.; experience in ownership supervision and corporate governance
- Local-government practitioner since 2014; experience in local-government finance, budgeting and the functioning of local-government units
- Participant in international research projects, academic conferences and expert initiatives
Selected projects and commissioned work
- Institute of Finance at the Ministry of Finance (2022–2023): co-author of the report “Opodatkowanie nieruchomości w Polsce na tle systemów europejskich. Wybrane problemy i propozycje zmian” (Property Taxation in Poland against the Background of European Systems: Selected Problems and Proposals for Change), prepared by an interdisciplinary team of experts from SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Wrocław University of Economics and Business and the University of Białystok. The report analyses the shortcomings of the Polish property-tax system against European solutions and identifies directions for its rationalisation, with particular attention to the consequences for municipal finances and local communities. Presented at the Ministry of Finance on 21 March 2023. https://infin.gov.pl/raporty/opodatkowanie-nieruchomosci-w-polsce-na-tle-systemow-europejskich-wybrane-problemy-i-propozycje-zmian/
Evidence of cooperation
- Report page, Institute of Finance (2023): https://infin.gov.pl/raporty/opodatkowanie-nieruchomosci-w-polsce-na-tle-systemow-europejskich-wybrane-problemy-i-propozycje-zmian/
- WUEB news on the Council of Young Scientists leadership (23 March 2026): https://uew.pl/milena-kowalska-w-kierownictwie-rady-mlodych-naukowcow/
- WUEB news on the “Perły nauki” advisory team appointment (23 September 2025): https://uew.pl/dr-milena-kowalska-perly-nauki-2025/
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