Academic Director

Since the project exists unchallenged leader is Nina Belyaeva, professor, Head of the Chair of Public Policy of State University - Higher School of Economics.

Education

- 1981 - She graduated from faculty of law of Moscow State University of M.V. Lomonosov (constitutional right chair).

- 1986 - She defended Ph.D. thesis on the theme "Law providing of civil organizations' political activity in USSR".

- 1987 - UNESCO training in London University's School of Low (Great Britain).

- 1991 - Training in J.Hopkins University's Institution of political research (USA).

Professional interests

- Legal foundation of political institutions' initiation and activity.

- Constitutional foundation of political processes in Russia and foreign countries (compairing analisis).

- Public sphere and public policy.

- Organization and conducting of policy analisis of government's specific sphere (educational, social, housing, migratory policy).

- Civil society and state.

- Authorities and society's collaboration including law regulation of different forms of dialog and cooperation (social chambers foundation, consulting committes, civil forums, civil debate, voters' mandates, civil expertise).

- Civil activity as a form of political activity.

- Modern technologies using for constant communications between social and state institutions, including the "e-democracy" facilities.

Duties as the Academic Director

During the preparation for the Summer Seminar (October-June)

· Works out a concept of the Centre Project as a corporate event of the SU-HSE that unites the research capacity of different departments in several creative scholarly client-oriented projects which encourage student involvement.

· Encourages the heads of the SU-HSE departments to participate in the Summer Seminar.

· Encourages the leading professors of the SU-HSE to become academic supervisors of the research groups.

· Encourages Russian and foreign experts to participate in plenary meetings of the Summer Seminar.

· Chooses (at the suggestion of the group academic supervisors) the clients that would find Summer Seminar’s research applicable and incorporation of their strategic interests into the research programme.

· Works out the final daily and hourly schedule for the Summer Seminar jointly with the group academic supervisors and group student tutors.

At the Summer Seminar (July)

· Holds plenary meeting – jointly with the chair of the meeting

· Approves all the changes in the working schedule

· Chairs the Academic Council

· Facilitates the organization and conduct of debates between the groups

· Holds a meeting of the Academic Council every evening to monitor the work progress

· Worksout the scenario of the final results presentation by the research groups

· Chairs during the final presentation and its evaluation by the experts

· Organizes the preliminary “Winter Seminar” in January for students and professor, and the conference for Summer Seminar participants and administrators.

· Organizes the short-listing conference for the Summer Seminar participants in May

· Works out the programme of the Summer Seminar