In the field of scientific research, the department focuses on the issues of European and world integration, the theory of integration processes, the EU internal market, regional development, and the development of the business environment in the EU. The members of the department model trade flow, monitor and evaluate the competitiveness of economies, states, and regions in an environment of deepening integration, define and analyze the factors of their growth. Another area of scientific research at the department is the process of economic convergence of EU member states.