Irina Pavlova became the new academic director of DASS

Since August 2025, Irina Pavlova has become the new academic director of the Master's program "Data Analytics and Social Statistics".

In 2021, with a PhD in Economics, extensive experience in teaching and academic leadership of undergraduate and graduate programs at leading Russian universities, Irina joined the team of the International Laboratory of Applied Network Research.

Over the past three years, Irina has been actively involved in the development of the Master's program "Data Analytics and Social Statistics" (formerly "Applied Statistics with Network Analysis"), improved the experience of students and teachers, taught courses for master's and bachelor's students, completed the "Administrative Personnel Reserve" program and received the title of the best teacher at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

We congratulate Irina on her new professional role and wish the program to achieve new educational and scientific heights!