Prof. Dr. Renata Marks-Bielska | Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie | Poland
Prof. Dr. Renata Marks-Bielska is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Economic Science, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, where she has served since January 2023, following her tenure as Professor from 2011 to 2023 and Associate Professor from 2003 to 2011, after beginning her academic path as a PhD student in 1999. Her scientific work spans agricultural economics, land management, policy analysis, sustainability transitions, and rural development, with a strong focus on agricultural real estate markets, the Common Agricultural Policy, and environmental and climate-related transformations. She has served as Head of a national research project examining conditions of trade in agricultural real estate in relation to the Agricultural Property Resource of the State Treasury (2020), and as contractor in multiple international and national projects including the UpWaste modular cascade system for sustainable upcycling of agricultural residues under the ERA-NET FACCE SURPLUS program (2022–2023), a study on diagnosis and development of farms in Warmia and Mazury in the context of the EU Green Deal (2023), and the Horizon-Europe WAMA project focused on transformative climate change adaptation and resilience building in north-eastern Poland (2024–2026). Her research has contributed to evidence-based policy design supporting agricultural sustainability, climate resilience, farm development strategies, and efficient land-use governance. Prof. Marks-Bielska has been recognized with multiple awards, including the prestigious Scholarship of the Minister of National Education for outstanding scientific achievements (1999) and numerous Rector’s Awards from 2003 to 2023 for excellence in research, teaching, and organizational leadership, as well as a Statuette from the Mayor of Kurzętnik for scientific contributions supporting business. Her scholarly impact includes 38 publications, 606 citations across 557 documents, and an h-index of 11, reflecting her long-standing contribution to agricultural economics and regional development research. Through decades of academic leadership, rigorous scholarship, and international collaboration, she continues to shape scientific dialogue on sustainable agriculture, resource management, and rural policy at national and European levels.
Featured Publications
Marks-Bielska, R., Bielski, S., Kurowska, K., & Zielińska-Chmielewska, A. (2025). First-generation biofuels vs. energy security: An overview of biodiesel and bioethanol. Energies, 18(22), 6055.
Marks-Bielska, R., & Koshkalda, I. (2025). Land and its rents in the process of land management: An overview of Poland and Ukraine as examples. Land, 14(11), 2177.
Kryszk, H., Kurowska, K., & Marks-Bielska, R. (2024). The importance of measures undertaken to improve the quality of life in the problem areas: A case study in Warmia and Mazury region in Poland. Sustainability, 16(16), 6786.
Novikova, A., Zemaitiene, R., Marks-Bielska, R., & Bielski, S. (2024). Assessment of the environmental public goods of the organic farming system: A Lithuanian case study. Agriculture, 14(3), 362.
Kryszk, H., Kurowska, K., Marks-Bielska, R., Bielski, S., & Eźlakowski, B. (2023). Barriers and prospects for the development of renewable energy sources in Poland during the energy crisis. Energies, 16(4), 1724.
Rudnicki, R., Biczkowski, M., Wiśniewski, Ł., Wiśniewski, P., Bielski, S., & Marks-Bielska, R. (2023). Towards green agriculture and sustainable development: Pro-environmental activity of farms under the Common Agricultural Policy. Energies, 16(4), 1770.