Experts

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.

К.и.н., заведующая Центром истории и культурной антропологии Института Африки РАН, эксперт РСМД

Director of the MGIMO Centre for Sustainable Development, RIAC Member

Consultant at PIR-Center for Policy Studies

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Ph.D. in History, Deputy Chair of the Post-Soviet Foreign Countries Department at the Russian State University for the Humanities

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Head of International Cooperation Department, Integration Development Department, EEC

Journalist, Sinologist

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

PhD in History, Expert on Latin America expert

Scientific director of the Lobachevsky Sate University of Nizhny Novgorod

Ph.D, Senior lecturer at People’s Friendship University of Russia

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Doctor of Economics, Senior Research Fellow and Professor at the Department of World Economy and World Finance, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Assistant Professor at the Odintsovo branch, MGIMO University

PhD, Tenured Professor, Member of the HSE Academic Council, Academic Supervisor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University

Head of Digital and Innovations Research, Associate Professor of Business Practice, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

MA in International Studies and Diplomacy, Political Risk Analyst

Candidate of Political Sciences, European Integration Faculty, MGIMO-University

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent