Vladimir Benevolenski

2017:

11-14 April 2017. XVIII April International Conference on  Modernizing The Economy and Society. NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia

Presentation: "The Effectiveness of Nonprofit Providers of Social Services in Welfare Mix Systems (Theories and International Experience)".

25-26 May 2017. International Conference of Researchers of Vounteerism "Volunteerism: Directions of Research and the Contribution to Peace and Sustainable Development". NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia. Organizers of the conference: Center for Studies of Civil Society and the Nonprofit Sector and UN VOLUNTEERS Program.

Presentation: "Estimating the Input of Volunteers to Social and Economic Development at the National Level"

2016:

19-22 April 2016. XVII April International Conference on  Modernizing The Economy and Society. NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia

Presentation: "Problems of the development of cross-sectoral cooperation in the social sphere: the experience of post-socialist countries and the potential to expand the role of Russian NPOs in the provision of social services"

28.06 - 01.07. 2016. ISTR's 12th International Conference "The Third Sector in Transition: Accountability, Transparency, and Social Inclusion" (Stockholm)

Presentation: Nonprofits in Post-communist Welfare Systems: doomed to remain a “boutique operation”?

2015:

07-10 April 2015. XVI April International Conference on  Modernizing The Economy and Society. NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia.

Roundtable panel speaker: Is Russia Ready for the New Era in Government-Nonprofit Relations?

2014:
22-25 July 2014. 11th International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research. Hosted by the University of Muenster, Germany.
Presentation: Government Regulation in the Russian Nonprofit Sector: the Case of Socially Orientend NGOs.
02-04 April 2014. XV April International Conference on  Modernizing The Economy and Society. NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia.
Presentation: Special Features of the Evolution of Institutions of the Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe in 1990-2000, and the Outlook for Institutionalization of Civil Society in Russia. (Session: The Third Sector and Civic Self-Organization).
Chair of Session "Third Sector and Innovation in NGO Management"

1993-2011: Vice President, since 2001 President (CEO), Moscow Public Science Foundation (MPSF). MPSF was a Russian charitable NGO active in the field of supporting research in social sciences and social policy studies through open grant competitions.

2002-2005: Delivered over 40 training sessions on such topics as "Relations Between Local Governments and Citizens", "Conflict Prevention and Resolution at the Local Level", "Participatory Approaches to Local Development", etc.

1991-1997: Assistant Director for Research Planning and Managemnt at the Institute for USA and Canada Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

1985-1990: Research Fellow with the Institute for USA and Canada Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow

1992    Teaching Russian Post-Soviet Economic Policy at Lewis& Clark College, Portland, Oregon (3 months)

1989 – 1990  Visiting Scholar (Columbia University, Harvard University) (12 months)

• International comparative studies of the nonprofit sector;
• Economic dimensions of the nonprofit sector and the management of nonprofit organizations;
• Local self-government and citizens' self-organization at the local level;
• Theory of economic order and the modern social market economy in Germany;
• Theory and practices of philanthropy in the USA.

2015:

07-10 April 2015. XVI April International Conference on  Modernizing The Economy and Society. NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia.

Roundtable panel speaker: Is Russia Ready for the New Era in Government-Nonprofit Relations?

2014:
22-25 July 2014. 11th International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research. Hosted by the University of Muenster, Germany.
Presentation: Government Regulation in the Russian Nonprofit Sector: the Case of Socially Orientend NGOs.
02-04 April 2014. XV April International Conference on  Modernizing The Economy and Society. NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia.
Presentation: Special Features of the Evolution of Institutions of the Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe in 1990-2000, and the Outlook for Institutionalization of Civil Society in Russia. (Session: The Third Sector and Civic Self-Organization).
Chair of Session "Third Sector and Innovation in NGO Management"
 

1993-2011: Vice President, since 2001 President (CEO), Moscow Public Science Foundation (MPSF). MPSF was a Russian charitable NGO active in the field of supporting research in social sciences and social policy studies through open grant competitions.

2002-2005: Delivered over 40 training sessions on such topics as "Relations Between Local Governments and Citizens", "Conflict Prevention and Resolution at the Local Level", "Participatory Approaches to Local Development", etc.

1991-1997: Assistant Director for Research Planning and Managemnt at the Institute for USA and Canada Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

1985-1990: Research Fellow with the Institute for USA and Canada Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow

1992    Teaching Russian Post-Soviet Economic Policy at Lewis& Clark College, Portland, Oregon (3 months)

1989 – 1990  Visiting Scholar (Columbia University, Harvard University) (12 months)