Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2000-1
RUSSIA
Nakhimovsky prospekt 47 117418 Moscow
Tel.: (+7 095) 129 3911; 129 3722
E-mail: okulagin@nes.cemi.
rssi.ru
Internet: http://www.nes.cemi.rssi.ru/english/index.htm
Management: Makarov, Valerij, Prof. (Rector)
Year of foundation: 1992
Founder members: Central Economics and Mathematics Institute (CEMI) of
the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow State University and the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
Main fields: The New Economic School (NES) is the first non-state
graduate School in modern economics in Russia. The purpose of the School is to
provide a standard graduate economics curriculum to students from Russia and
other parts of the former Soviet Union. The School's goal is to train
world-class professional economists to serve the growing needs of the academic,
public and private sectors in the region. Upon successful completion of the
two-year program of graduate studies, students are awarded a Master's Degree in
Economics.
Research: Research is an integral part of the academic process at NES.
An essential component of the program for each student is the preparation of a
Master thesis. The writing of the thesis is closely supervised either within the
research centre's program or through research workshops offered to second year
students. Both Russian and visiting professors serve as project directors and
thesis advisers.
In 1995 with the help of the Ford Foundation NES established a research
centre where students, visiting scholars and NES faculty (including those
returning from training abroad) work together on research projects related to
the economic transition. The initial core program of the centre is the study of
the problems of "Transforming Government in Economies in Transition"
(GET). Some recent areas of research have included macroeconomic stabilization,
financial industrial groups, banking and financial markets, reform in Volga
cities, fiscal federalism, rent seeking and corruption, income distribution and
poverty, pensions, health care, and environment.
Research is conducted in cooperation with CEMI, the Russian Government, the
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Russian European Centre for Economic Policy (RECEP),
and a number of other research groups in Russia. NSE also cooperates with the
London Business School and other institutions in Western Europe and North
America.
Research topics: Broad spectrum of important research topics was
covered by the projects. The list includes strictly policy oriented projects
like Pension Reform in Russia, Reform of Social Protection in Russia, Health
Policy and Management, empirical projects (Banking and Finance, Government,
Education and Science in Transition Economies: Russia in a world context,
Poverty in Russia: relative deprivation and social exclusion, Banking and
Central Banking in an Emerging Capital Market, Developments along the Volga) as
well as theoretical research such as Russian Industry after Privatisation,
Regulation, Rent-seeking and Growth, Financial Industrial Groups. Thus, the
students had the opportunities to choose a topic in accordance to their
preferences.
Research projects: 1999-2000
* Russian Social and Policy Reforms. Project leaders: Irina Denisova (RECEP)[2], Ksenia Yudaeva (RECEP), Anthony Shorrocks
(Univ. of Essex and RECEP)
* Corporate Governance in Russian Firms. Project leaders: Sergei Guriev (NES),
David Brown (SITE)
* Restructuring the Financial System and Banking Sector in Russia. Project
leaders: Evsey Gurvich, Arkady Dvorkovich (Expert Group of Ministry of Finance
of Russia), Michael Dmitriev (Carnegie Moscow Center), Anatoly Peresetsky (CEMI,
NES), Giovanni Urga (London Business School):
* Economic Liberalization and Spatial Organization of the Russian Economy.
Project leaders: Oleg Eismont (NES):
* The Role of Regional and Local Governments in the Economic Reforming in
Russia. Project leaders: Valery Makarov (CEMI, NES), Daniel Berkowitz
(University of Pittsburgh)
* Political Economy of Russian Transition: Incentives of Policy Makers and
Quality of Governance. Project leaders: Victor Polterovich (CEMI, NES), Leonid
Polishchuk (Univ. of Maryland)
* Bankruptcy Procedures in Russia: Improving Efficiency, Combating
Corruption. Project leaders: Constantin Sonin (CEMI, NES, RECEP), Ariane
Lambert-Mogiliansky (CERAS-ENPC[3], Paris)
* Tax Optimisation under Corruptible Tax Administration. Project leaders:
Alexander Vasin (MSU), Francisco Marhuenda Hurtado (University of Alicante,
Spain)
* Foreign Direct Investment in Russia. Project leaders: Ksenia Yudaeva (RECEP),
Sergei Kadotchnikov (Ural State Univ.), Rudiger Ahrend (DELTA and RECEP)
* Enterprise Financing, Investment and the Role of the Government. Project
leaders: Ekatherina Zhuravskaya (RECEP), Enrico Perotti (Univ. of Amsterdam)
Teaching: The academic program is designed to promote the development
of the discipline of economics, and to train a new generation of academic
economists. To this end, NES actively encourages the best of its graduates to
complete their Ph.D. studies abroad at the world's top universities in the hope
that, on their return, these NES graduates, together with locally trained
teachers, will form the core of new faculties at NES, other universities, and
research institutions in the region. In this way, with the establishment of a
permanent local faculty, it is hoped that NES will expand and offer a full range
of economics education from undergraduate to doctoral programs.
Degree courses: The teaching Program includes a vast variety of fields
in addition to advanced micro, macro and econometrics courses. These include
public economics, international economics, growth and development, finance, and
labour economics. Special attention is given to courses on economics of
transition and the Russian economy. The two-year Masters program begins with
intermediate level undergraduate instruction in macroeconomics, microeconomics
and econometrics. These courses introduce students to the fundamental concepts
of the discipline. These are followed by graduate level instruction that
conforms to the standard curriculum of courses in the world's best graduate
(Ph.D.) economics programs.
Lectures/Seminars: Public Seminar: NES conducts a weekly public
seminar and regularly scheduled conferences. Presentations tend to focus on
topics related to the economic transition in Russia and other formerly planned
socialist governments. Among the many guest speakers there are Russian
Government Ministers, senior Russian Government officials, distinguished Russian
and Western academics and representatives of international organizations and
large corporations.
Publications/papers: In 1998, two working paper series were initiated
at NES. One series presents the recent research of NES-affiliated faculty and
staff; the second series is devoted to the best papers prepared by NES students
in their thesis work.
Events: The results of the research conducted by students and project
directors are presented in two annual conferences, in the spring and in the
fall. The conferences are attended by the Moscow academic community and by
invited scholars from abroad.
Research funds
Grant Program
The European University under the initiative and with assistance of the
Spencer Foundation (USA) offers a grant program directed on support and
stimulation of Russian social studies on education. The Foundation believes that
scholarly insight from many different disciplines can contribute to an
understanding of education as a fundamental human endeavour and advance the
ability to address significant current issues in education.
The aims of the program:
* Support of scientific dialogue and formation of the scientific community,
* Further education of young scientists,
* Formation of new directions of research,
* Financial support by individual grants.
For more information please contact:
Dr. Alexandrov
E-mail: spencer@eu.spb.ru
Novocheremushkinskaya 46
117418 Moscow
Tel.: +7 095 120-82-00
Fax: +7 095 310-70-61
E-mail: imepi@transecon.ru
Internet: http://unix.transecon.ru/english/index.htm
Management: Nekipelov, Aleksandr, Prof. (Director)
Year of foundation: 1961
Historical development: Until 1990 the work of the Institute was
focused on the analysis of economic, political, foreign trade and foreign policy
issues in the socialist countries, and it was known as the Institute of
Economics of the World Socialist System, the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
The Institute has had its present name since 1990. The Institute is a member of
the Department of Economics of the RAS.
Staff: The Institute has 200 staff members employed on a permanent
basis.
Centres: The Institute has ten centres:
* Centre for Comparative Transition Studies
* Centre for Comparative Political Studies
* East European Studies Centre
* Asian Studies Centre
* Centre for Post-Soviet Economic Development and Cooperation
* Industrial Policy Centre
* Interregional and Migration Studies Centre
* Information and Publishing Centre
* Centre for Advanced Research and Professional Training
Research: Main points of research:
* Theory and practice of transition to democracy and market economy;
* Integration of states undergoing a process of socio-economic transformation
into the system of international economic and political relations and their
economic and political relations with Russia;
* Political and socio-economic processes in the post-Soviet sphere.
Co-operations: The Institute cooperates with the Federal Institute for
Eastern and International Studies (FRG, Cologne), World Institute for
International Comparative Economic Studies (Austria, Vienna), Institute of the
Countries of Eastern Europe and Russia (PRC, Beijing), Institute of World
Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary, Budapest), Institute of
International Relations (the Czech Republic, Prague), Institute of Development
of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata), University of Mong Ji (South Korea,
Seoul), German Institute for Economic Studies (FRG, Berlin), Institute of
Applied Studies (FRG, Halle), Institute of Economics of the Mongolian Academy of
Sciences (Mongolia, Ulan Bator), Scientific Centre for Social Studies of the
Institute of European Studies (Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City), European Economic
Commission, European Association for Labour Economics, European Centre for
Ethnic and Regional Studies of the Standing European Conference under the
Council of Europe "Inter-Ethnic Relations in the Europe of the
Future", International Working Group "Europe and the Balkans"
(Italy, Bologna) and others.
Place of publication: Moscow
Published by: Maik / Nauka / Interperiodica / Publishing
Profsoujuznaya ul. 90
117864 Moscow
Tel.: +7-(095) 336-1600
Fax: +7-(095) 336-0666
E-mail: compmg@maik.rssi.ru
Edited by: Institute of Economic Forecasting, RAS
Nakhimovskii pr. 47,
Moscow, 117418 Russia
Tel.: 7-(095) 129-3633
Internet: http://ecfor.cemi.rssi.ru
Editor- in-chief: Leonid M. Lyamshev (Professor, Moscow, Russia)
Subject area: "Studies on Russian Economic Development" (Problemy
Prognozirovaniya) is a scholarly journal published by a distinguished group of
scientists at the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of
Sciences. The journal provides the reader with the most up-to-date information
on socio-economic problems in Russia and CIS countries and is of great interest
to those in the world of international business relations and Russian and
international political studies.
Headings: The subject matter of the journal is topical, and some
issues are dedicated to one particular theme (e.g., conversion, prospects
of market economy).
The journal appears in English.
Kolpachnyi per. 9a
101831 Moscow
Tel.: +7 (095)917 94 63
E-mail: ilyin@glasnet.ru
Internet: http://www.rapn.ru/
Management: Ilyin, Mikhail, Dr. (President)
Main fields: The Russian Political Science Association is an
interregional non-profit organization of political scientists and their groups
from different regions of the Russian Federation. The major goal of the
Association is to promote the consolidation of the professional scientific
community and the development of political studies in Russia.
The general priorities of the Russian Political Science Association are:
* creation of professional standards and ethic norms of political scientists'
work
* development of infrastructure of the political scientists' community
* development of national traditions of Russian political science
* development of political education and political science teaching
* increase of the influence of Russian political science
Publications: "Information Bulletin" (Russian version only);
a bi-monthly scholarly journal "Polis" (Political Studies)
(In Russian)[4] * Bobrov, M. 1999. Laws
of historical sociology and methods of their investigations. Barnaul: Altai
State Univ. -190 p.
* Egorova, L. 1999. Life strategies - gender aspect. Ivanovo: Junona,
- 60 p.
* Gasparyn, Ju. 1999. Family on the threshold of the 21st
century. St. Petersburg: Petropolis, - 320 p.
* Golenkova, Z. (Ed.). 1999. Social stratification and social mobility.
Moscow: Nauka, - 191 p.
* Gorshkov, M. et al (Eds.). 1999. Middle class in modern Russian society.
Moscow: RNICiNP, - 303 p.
* Ivanenkov, S. 1999. Socialisation problems of modern youth. Orenburg:
Dimur, - 291 p.
* Kostjushev, V. (Ed.). 1999. Public movements in modern Russia: from a
social problem to a collective action. Moscow: Inst. of Sociology, - 172 p.
* Kovalev, E.; Steinberg, I. 1999. Quantitative methods in sociological
field research. Moscow: Logos, 1999. - 383 p.
* Kozlov, A. 1999. Young patriots and citizens of a new Russia:
sociological essay. St. Petersburg: Acad. of Humanities, 1999. - 229 p.
* Lapaeva, V. 1999. The law and multiparty system in modern Russia.
Moscow: Norma, - 304 p.
* Regent, T. 1999. Migration in Russia: problems of state management.
- Moscow: Inst. of Socio-economic Problems of Population, - 304 p.
* Russia and its neighbours: correlation of national interests inside the
CIS. 1999. Moscow: INION, - 203 p.
* Shanin, T. 1999. Informal economy. Russia and the world. Moscow:
Logos, - 576 p.
* Shenaev, V. (Ed.). 1999. Moral spirit of the Russian army. Moscow:
Inst. of Europe, - 153 p.
* Shevkulenko, D. 1999. Interethnic relations in Russia. Samara:
Samara State Unib. -191 p.
* The Russian society: formation of democratic values? 1999. Moscow:
Gendalf, - 239 p.
* Tikhonova, N. 1999. Factors of social stratification under conditions of
transition to market economy. Moscow: Roccpen, - 320 p.
* Volgina, N. 1999. The impact of social changes in the Russian society on
status characteristics of intelligentsia. Saratov: Techn. State Univ., - 29
p.
* Woman. Gender. Culture. 1999. Moscow: MZGI, - 368 p.
* Zdravomyslov, A. 1999. Sociology of Russian crises. Moscow: Nauka, -
351 p.
[2] In December 1997, Stockholm Institute of
Transition Economics and East European Economies (SITE) took over the management
of the Moscow research center and policy think tank RECEP (Russian European
Centre for Economic Policy), one of the largest projects in the European Union's
Tacis program. In this effort, SITE is joined by two partner institutions, the
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, and the Département et
Laboratoire d'Etudes Théoriques et Appliquées (DELTA) in Paris. (Eds.)
[3] Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
[4] Compiled by V. Sycheva, Institute of
Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences
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