Hanna Makhavikova is a graduate from the Belarus State Economic University and completed her doctoral degree at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg in 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Karl-Heinz Paqué and Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Gerhard Schwödiauer. Her research interests are in the fields of foreign direct investment, transition economies, European integration and international economics.