Daniel B. Tsygankov

• Faculty of Public Administration | Department of Theory and Practice of Public Administration: Associate Professor
• Center for Regulatory Impact Assessment: Director

Education and degrees

Degrees

Doctoral degree in Sociology (candidate of science), speciality 22.00.05 "Political Sociology": Doctoral council D.063.57.57 at the Department of sociology at the St. Petersburg state university. Doctoral thesis "Sociological analysis of the political outlooks and social activities of Alexander Solzhenitsyn".

 CV Daniel Tsygankov in English

Research ans scientific points

• Regulatory impact assessment / smart regulation / regulatory risks management
• Program and policy evaluation & monitoring (scientific supervisor of the Moscow-sity Colloquium on Evaluation, from 2004 to present)
• Policy analysis
• Modern German history

Teaching

2010-2011: 

• February - June 2011: HSE, Faculty of Public Administration (BA Program, 3th year) - compulsory course "Policy analysis and program evaluation" (in co-operation with Dmitry Platygin);
• January 2011: St. Petersburg HSE brunch, Faculty of Management  - elective class "Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation and Regulatory Impact Assessment" (supported by the academic mobility grant № 10-07-0009 from "HSE Scientific Fund" Program);
• September - November 2010: HSE, Faculty of Law (MA Program, 2th year) - compulsory course "Regulatory Impact Assessment".

2009-2010: 

• May - June 2010: St. Petersburg HSE brunch, Faculty of Management  - elective class "Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation and Regulatory Impact Assessment" (supported by the academic mobility grant № 10-07-0007 from "HSE Scientific Fund" Program);
• September - December 2009: Faculty of Public Administration (BA Program, 3th year - compulsory course & M.Sc. Program, 2th year - elective course) "Policy analysis and program evaluation" (in co-operation with Dmitry Platygin).

2008-2009:

• May - June 2009: St. Petersburg HSE brunch, Faculty of Management  - elective class "Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation and Regulatory Impact Assessment" (supported by the academic mobility grant № 09-07-0005 from "HSE Scientific Fund" Program);
• October 2008 - March 2009: Faculty of Public Administration (BA Program, 3th year - compulsory course) "Policy analysis and program evaluation" (in co-operation with Dmitry Platygin).

Research projects & grants

1. Projects:

• The project “Methodological approaches to public services quality assessment, including approaches to regulatory impact assessment”, commissioned by the HSE Center for Fundamental Studies, 2011, co-executor.

2. Grants:

• 13.01.2010 - 15.12.2011: Chancellor's grant "Teacher - Students. 2010-1011" (the program "HSE Scientific Foundation"). Topic: "Further development of a research direction 'Public and Policy evaluation and regulatory impact assessment' in SU-HSE", Head of the project (№ 10-04-0010). Link to Moscow-sity Colloquium on Evaluation web-page; 
• 01.09.2009 - 30.06.2010: Individual research grant (the program "HSE Scientific Foundation"). Topic: "The comparative analysis of installation's tools of  Regulatory Impact  Assessment in Russia, CIS and abroad" (№ 09-01-0039);

Membership (professional associations, networks, editorial boards)

• DegEVal - Evaluation Society
• European Evaluation Society     
• International Sociology Association
• Impact Evaluation Social Network
• International Regulatory Reform Network
• E-Journal "Project Making, Monitoring & Evaluation" - member of the Editorial Board

Sample topics of the PhD theses, graduation and term papers in 2011/12 studying year

1) PhD theses
1. Regulatory impact assessment methodlogy;
2. Competition assessment;
3. Social & economic effectiveness evaluation of different markets regulation (advertisiment, alcohol, labour migration, etc.);
4. Dilemma "Effectiveness vs. Justice" in the economic analysis of law.

2) Graduation papers
1. Analysis of legislation costs;
2. Comparative analysis of regulatory impact assessment introduction (in Russia, in CIS countries, abroad, on regional and central levels);
3. Regulatory risks management in corporations;
4. Smart/better regulation.

3) 4th-year term papers
1. Evaluative approaches in law making (RIA, law monitoring, anticorruption expertise, financial-economic assessment);
2. Sunset legislation;
3. Strength and weakness of economic methods use (cost-benefit analysis, etc.) in non-government social programs evaluation.

4) 3th-year term papers
1. Impact assessment abroad (competition assessment, enviromental impat assessment, social assessment, pubic health assessment, etc.);
2. Analysis of RIA introduction in Russia on central and regional levels (2000 to present);
3. Comparative analysis of Standard cost model introduction in the Netherlands and in Germany;
4. Webblogs and social networks signifacance in program evaluation development.

Scientific supervising of post-graduate and bachelor students in 2010/11 studying year

• Kiseleva Elena: post-graduate studying, topic of PhD-thesis - "Comparative analysis of approaches to competition assessment";
• Derman Dmitry: 5th-year student, topic of graduation paper - "Working out of methodological approaches to regulatory impact assessment during the process of Russian public sector reforming";
• Klyeva Tatyana: 5th-year student, topic of graduation paper - "Regulatory risks management in the corporate sector (on the example of tobacco industry)";
• Baydalina Natalia: 4th-year student, topic of term paper - "Introduction and practice of the regulatory impact assessment in France";
• Vasiljev Pavel: 4th-year student, topic of term paper - "Regulatory risks analysis and management as a government relations instrument".

Publications

131. Pietari valmistautuu vallanvaihtoon // Ulkopolitiikka, 2010. № 3. [new]

130. Suurten suunnitelmien kaupunki // Ulkopolitiikka, 2010. № 3. [new]

129.Valentina Matvienko's Second Term: From Ambitious Projects to Threats of Removal // Russian Analytical Digest, Bremen-Zurich 2009. № 67. pp. 9-12. 

128. Integrating evaluation in the practice of Russia's Public Sector / Program Evaluation: Methodology and Practice // ed. by Kuzmin, A., O'Sullivan, R., Kosheleva, N. - Moscow, 2009. – p.170-192.

126. Inroduction to collection of materials  / Colloquium “Program and Policy Evaluation: Methodology and Implementation”: collection of materials, Vol. IV ed. by Tsygankov D.B. – M.: SU-HSE, CPPE, 2008. - pp. 4-5.

125. Delivering courses on the regulatory impact assessment: international experience and practice of Russia  // Politanaliz.Ru, 05.03.2008. (co-authored with Dmitry Sobol)

121. Policy evaluation of science, innovation and technology: international experience and potential application in Russia / Russia: Trends and Prospects. Annual. Vol. 2 / man. ed. Pivovarov Y.S. – M., INION RAN, 2007. – pp. 622-625. (co-authored with Valentina Yakhnina)

120. Agensification in administrative reform: achievements and deficits in policy cycle / / Modernization of Economy and State // man. ed. Yasin E.G. – SU-HSE, 2007. – Vol. 1. pp. 279-285. 

116. Russian policy cycle: evaluation approach’s deficits, in col.: Evaluation Policy and the new political economy: tools for analyzing economic reform / ed. by Dankov A.N., Tsygankov D.B. – M.: CEMI RAN, 2006. - pp. 5-12. [see in Russian]

115. Evaluation of public policy in Russia: a new mechanism for the state impact? // Materials of the 4-th annual international conference on “Governance in the XXI Century: Traditions and Innovations” Department of Public Administration of Moscow State University (May, 24-26, 2006) – M., 2006. p. 343-346.

114. Performance measurement and evaluation in public sector: international experience. HSE Preprint WP8/2005/01. – M.: SU-HSE, 2005. 56 pp. (co-authored with Alexander Belyaev et al.)

112. Possible approaches to policy effectiveness evaluation by “designated” Governor: a review and interpretation of international experience / Speech at the II All-Russia scientific-practical conference “Information and analytical support for strategic management: Theory and Practice”, Moscow: INION, 20.05.2005. (co-authored with Ekaterina Kuznetsova)

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