Alexander Kalgin

Associate Professor:Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Public Administration / Department of Theory and Practice of Public Administration

Alexander Kalgin has been at HSE since 2010.

Education and Degrees

2015
PhD
University of Birmingham
Thesis Title: Implementation of performance management in regional government in Russia
2015
Postgraduate programme in PhD
University of Birmingham, International Development Department
2008
Master
University of Birmingham
2008
Master in MSc International Accounting and Finance
University of Birmingham, Business School
2007
Bachelor in Economics
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Economic

Professional Interests

public administration theory of bureaucracy performance management

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher – 2018

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2018)
Category "New Lecturers" (2014-2015)

Student Term / Thesis Papers

Bachelor
A. Mikhaylin «The Relation Between Religiosity and Trust in Public Institutions». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2018
E. Paskar «The Relationship Between Religiosity and Work Values of Public Sector Employees». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2018
M. Kruglova «The Motivation for Civil Service among Religious Students». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2018
N. Saveliev «Performance Management in the Public Sector». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2017
A. Popova «Analysis of Factors Affecting the Turnover Intention of Public Employees in the USA». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2017
Master
D. Sizova «Electronic Document Management as a Tool of Process Optimization in Govenrment». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2017
C. Adu «Motivation, Satisfaction and Migration of Ghana Public Health Workers». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2017
A. Yashin «Process Approach if Public Administration (Using the Example of Open Joint Stock Company "Russian Railways")». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2017

Full list of of student term / thesis papers

Courses (2018/2019)

Governance technologies and policy analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration"; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Introduction to Public Administration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "State Personnel Management", "Public Administration")Rus
Models of Bureaucracy in Public Administration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration")Rus
Public Administration (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration")Rus
Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration"; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration")Rus
Theory and Practice of Public Administration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Population and Development")Eng
Theory and Practice of Public Administration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration")Rus
Theory and Practice of Public Administration (Master’s programme; Institute for Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "State Personnel Management", "Health Care Administration and Economics", "Управление в социальной сфере")Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2017/2018)

Governance technologies and policy analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration"; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Introduction to Public Administration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration", "State Personnel Management"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Models of Bureaucracy in Public Administration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Modern public management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Population and Development"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration"; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration"; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Research seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Population and Development"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Research seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Population and Development"; 2 year, 1, 2, 4 module)Eng
Theory and Practice of Public Administration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Public Administration", "State Personnel Management"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Theory and Practice of Public Administration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; programme "Population and Development"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng

Editorial board membership

2017: Member of the Editorial Board, Журнал международных исследований развития (МИР).

Conferences

2017
25th NISPAcee Annual Conference, 2017: "Innovation Governance in the Public Sector" (Казань). Presentation: Motivations for Public Service in Post-Soviet Russia: Exploring the Negative Self-selection Hypothesis
2016
XVII АПРЕЛЬСКАЯ МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ НАУЧНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ ПО ПРОБЛЕМАМ РАЗВИТИЯ ЭКОНОМИКИ И ОБЩЕСТВА (Москва). Presentation: Управление по результатам, удовлетворенность и желание сменить работу: роль интеграции индивидуальных и организационных целей.
International Symposium on Development and Governance in the BRICS (Шанхай). Presentation: Self-selection into government bureaucracy in Russia: is the negative selection hypothesis justified?

Publications¹⁴

Article Kalgin A., Parfenteva D., Podolskiy D., Campbell J. Performance management and job-goal alignment: A conditional process model of turnover intention in the public sector // International Journal of Public Sector Management. 2018. Vol. 31. No. 1. P. 65-80. doi
Chapter Kalgin A., Minchenko O. S. Performance-Based Governance, Russia, in: Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Switzerland : Springer, 2018. doi P. 1-5. doi
Preprint Klimenko A., Kalgin A. Strategic Planning in the Russian Federal Government: Implementation, Costs, and Conditions of Effectiveness / NRU HSE. Series WP BRP Series "Public and Social Policy". 2018. No. 17/PSP/2018.
Preprint Gans-Morse J., Kalgin A., Klimenko A., Yakovlev A. A. Motivations for Public Service in Corrupt States: Evidence from Post-Soviet Russia / NRU HSE. Series WP BRP Series "Public and Social Policy". 2017. No. WP BRP 13/PSP/2017.
Article Калгин А. С., Двинских Д. Ю., Парфентьева Д. С. Повышают ли системы управления по результатам удовлетворенность работой государственных служащих? // Вопросы государственного и муниципального управления. 2017. № 3. С. 129-148.
Article Kalgin A. Implementation of performance management in regional government in Russia: evidence of data manipulation // Public Management Review. 2016. Vol. 18. No. 1. P. 110-138. doi
Chapter Лебедева А. А., Волконская М. А., Адемукова Н. В., Урсул Н., Калгин А. С. Инклюзивному образованию - быть: рефлексия опыта НИУ ВШЭ // В кн.: Современный университет между глобальными вызовами и локальными задачами. VII Международная конференция Российской ассоциации исследователей высшего образования / Под общ. ред.: Д. В. Козлов, Н. Г. Малошонок. М. : Издательский дом ГУ-ВШЭ, 2016. С. 153-157.
Preprint Kalgin A., Eliseenko V. Why manipulate? Performance measurement and data manipulation in regional and local government / ИГиМУ НИУ ВШЭ. Series Серия WP8 "Государственное и муниципальное управление". 2015. No. 05.
Preprint Kalgin A., Eliseenko V. Оценка результативности и намеренное искажение данных на региональном и муниципальном уровнях власти / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP8 "Государственное и муниципальное управление". 2015. No. WP8/2015/05.
Preprint Минченко О. С., Калгин А. С., Двинских Д. Ю., Попова Е. В., Подольский Д. А., Парфентьева Д. С., Савельев Н. А., Соболев Н. А. Роль лидера в условиях внедрения систем управления по результатам в публичном секторе / ИГиМУ НИУ ВШЭ. Серия Серия WP8 "Государственное и муниципальное управление". 2015. № 06.
Preprint Калгин А. С. Административная реформа и административные ценности: анализ реформ в русле нового государственного управления / Высшая школа экономики. Серия WP8 "Государственное и муниципальное управление". 2014. № 05.
Preprint Двинских Д. Ю., Калгин А. С., Минченко О. С., Парфентьева Д. С., Соболев Н. А. Жизненный цикл концепции управления по результатам: анализ публикационной активности / Высшая школа экономики. Серия WP8 "Государственное и муниципальное управление". 2014. № 06.
Article Калгин А. С. Управление по результатам на региональном уровне: контроль или результативность? // Вопросы государственного и муниципального управления. 2012. № 3. С. 35-60.
Article Kalgin A. Structuring mass higher education: the role of elite institutions. Book Review // Evaluation and Research in Education. 2011. Vol. 24. No. 4. P. 297-298.

Certificates

Certificates

Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults);

Certificate in teaching Russian as a foreign language (Lomonosov Moscow State University);

GMAT Total Score 680 (86%).

Summer schools and workshops

17.08.15-21.08.15. Utrecht Summer School. Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling with MPlus.
20.07.13-02.08.13 Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis - Doing Discourse Analysis: Politics, Subjectivity & Policy
07-13.06.13 HSE Summer School on higher education research “Creating effective universities” , St-Petersburg.
22-24.03.2013. Workshop on Local Governance Today: European and Turkish Experience in Local Politics, Democracy and Governance and Reciprocal Lessons. Ankara, Turkey. "Performance management in the Russian public sector: evidence of data manipulation at the regional level"
18-23.09.2011. Summer School of EURA and EUROLOC "Rescaling Government: Reforming Public Administration and Local Government"
12.11.2010. British-Russian Society (West Midlands), Birmingham, UK - "Russia - Today and Tomorrow".

Conferences, presentations

12.11.2010 - British-Russian Society (West Midlands), Birmingham, UK - "Russia - Today and Tomorrow".

Scholarships received

2007-2008 - University of Birmingham International Student Scholarship;

2010-2013 - University of Birmingham International Doctoral Researcher Scholarship.

Timetable for today

Full timetable

May

2018

Impressions from the 19^th April Conference

After the conference is over it’s time to reflect on what this year has brought to plan for the participation in the next year’s event, and The HSE Look talked to several internationally recruited HSE faculty members about what they value most about participating in the April Conference and what topics and discussions they found most interesting this year.

Oct

2016

From Shanghai to Guangzhou and Back: HSE Lecturers Visit Chinese Universities

Staff members from the HSE Faculty of Social Sciences have made over 50 trips to international conferences in the past year. Alexander Kalgin, Lecturer at the School of Public Administration, shared his impressions about the International Symposium on Development and Governance in BRICS countries in Shanghai, and a visit to Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou to discuss a joint research project and to meet with representatives of the university administration responsible for international education cooperation.

Sep

2016

International Symposium on Development and Governance in BRICS

On September 24-25, the International Symposium on Development and Governance in BRICS was held at Fudan University in Shanghai. The event was organized with the support of the Chinese Society for Public Sector Reform.

Jul

2014

Young Political Scientists from the HSE Take Part in Organizing Conference in Austria

A young scientists’ conference organized by the European Consortium for Political Research recently took place at the University of Innsbruck (Austria). Students of the HSE Institute of Education’s Master’s programme on Contemporary Political Conflicts organized a session called ‘Political Power & Foreign Policy Analysis’.

Sep

2012

NRU HSE delegation at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre

As part of the research conducted by NRU HSE into the economic and organisational aspects of space activities, a meeting was held in Star City between Vice Rector Andrei KLIMENKO and a group of experts with the head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Russian Federation, cosmonaut Sergey KRIKALEV and his deputies.