Efremov Sergey
PhD student, Analyst, junior research fellow, project manager, ex-member of the teaching staff reserve, National research university - Higher School of Economics

Date of birth: 1990-04-29
Nationality: Russian Federation
Cell-phone: +79035004690
Work: +7 (495) 628 15 88
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Education: complete higher education (2006-2011), national degree of specialist in public administration, National research university - Higher School of Economics (HSE), School of public administration (SPA), chair for science and innovation management (specialization: state innovation policy)
Degree: manager in public administration
Oxford-Russia Fund specialization: economics
Research thesis defended with distinctions (final mark 10 out of 10). Recommended by the final certification and defense commission for the doctoral school starting from the academic year 2011-2012.
Student ranking: several times best of the cumulative student ranking (including marks, achievements in social work, school's life, academic involvement and scientific achievements). Average ranking (only marks): 9th out of 140 students.
Professional experience
08.09.2008-till now – analyst, international project manager, Centre for cooperation with France, Canada and French-speaking countries of Europe, HSE
Responsibilities:
- analysing international mobility flows, coordinating institutional cooperation programmes, professors exchange
- responsible for international cooperation in public administration (Institute for public administration and territorial management, University of Aix-Marseille 3, SciencesPo Aix, SciencesPo Toulouse, University of Franche-Comté) - scientific and academic cooperation
- assisting major international and national events and conferences, including University conferences (speaker, organizer)
- preparing cooperation agreements with the universities of Canada, France, Switzerland, and Luxemburg.
01.09.2008-30.06.2010 – Director of the PR and marketing Department, SPA, HSE
01.09.2007-31.08.2008 – Deputy to the Director of the PR and marketing Department, SPA, HSE
Training (8.06.09-21.06.09) – Association "Russian House for International Scientific and Technological Cooperation"
Training (January 2009) - "Institutional cooperation" (University Aix-Marseille 3, France)
Research work and teaching
01.09.2009-31.12.2010 - junior research fellow, Institute for educational studies, HSE
01.11.2010-till now – seminarist of the course "Organisation and management in S&T", HSE (October-December 2011 - seminarist to the visiting lecturing professor Jean Guinet, OECD)
2009-till now – multiple trainings, and international research studies conducted in the Institute for statistical studies and economics of knowledge (in nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, energy technologies and gas and oil technologies), HSE
Other, including individual research projects
2010 – 2011 - innovative project manager "Visualizing SPA curriculum" (aimed at improving the equality of the educational process in public administration) - to be presented during the APPAM conference in 2011 in Washington.
2010 – project «Where SPA graduates work» - social network of SPA alma mater
2010 – organiser of the Russian-American round table "Government-public relations in Russia: perspectives and challenges" (jointly with prof Paul Dezendorf, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Fulbright office, NDI and US Embassy in RF)
2009-2010 – co-organiser of French-Russian scientific conference "Economy, politics, society: new challenges, new perspectives" in Moscow (150 international speakers - Russia, France, US, England - Embassy said it was the "largest event in the history of French-Russian scientific relations").
2009-2010– examinator and manager of the TEF centre in HSE (French equivalent of TOEFL), jointly with CCI of Paris
2010-2011 - co-coordinator of institutional cooperation in continued education with ESCP Europe Business School (Financial Times 1st ranked for Master's programmes) - jointly with CCI of Paris (elaborating curricula, promoting the project).
March-June 2008 - coordinator of the students' research group on the project "Think tanks: Analytical support for Governmental organizations in international political and economic decision-making"
2008-2010 – project «Where our students come from?" - visualized data base of SPA students
2006-2011 - organiser, co-organiser, participator of multiple round tables and scientific conferences (with France, US, and Germany) and international summer schools (Germany, France, Russia) jointly with the Embassy of France in RF and with the Embassy of US in RF, as well as CCI of Paris and its representation in RF, and the Luxemburg Economic Mission to RF.
Personal research projects
- Assessment of research management and technology commercialization in companies and corporations and the role of universities and government (RF)
- Delivering educational services: public-private cooperation in aerospace industry
- Leading universities in aerospace industry in Russia: a retrospective comparative analysis of the experiences of universities in AerospaceValley in France and their potential application in the newly established national research universities in Russia
- Geographically Dispersed State Universities
- Tools of public support for small innovative Entreprises in the Russian Federation, France and China
Foreign Languages
French (Fluent) – simultaneous interpretation experience
English (Fluent) – simultaneous interpretation experience (Training course on advocacy for Russian NGO heads by prof Karen K Diop, Director of training and institutional development, America's Development Foundation/USA)
German (advanced)
Italian (advanced)
Publications:
Efremov S., Maltseva I. "French-Russian discussions in Higher School of Economics", 2011, peer-reviewed journal "Questions of Economics", Academy of national economy, №4.
Efremov S., Maltseva I. "French-Russian cooperation for innovative development: scientific summary of the year of France in Russia", 2011, peer-reviewed journal "Questions of Economics", Academy of national economy, №2, P. 152-175.
Efremov S., Maltseva I. "Innovations in Education: International Aspect"// Review "Business-education", №2 (29), 2010.
Efremov S. "Innovations in international academic projects: factors of success"// Public administration in students' focus, Winter School of public administration, 2010.
Efremov S. "Tools of support for small innovative Entreprises in the Russian Federation"// Public administration in students' focus, 2009, p.150-166
Efremov S. RUSSIAN SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION DURING ITS INTEGRATION INTO THE BOLOGNA PROCESS: TASKS AND CHALLENGES// Russia and Germany. Cooperation in the EU context: Case-studies in five fields of special interest. Academic Papers of the 7th International HSE Youth Summer School "Baltic Practice", Centre for public policy and global interaction of the International nongovernmental fund of political and law studies "Interlegal". - 2008. – 392 pages.
Grants, credits, nominations
2007 – Nominated for the prize "Golden HSE"
2007-2008 - grant winner of NGO support Fund "Interlegal": Grant "in support of public organizations and initiatives - development of student group in support of the Bologna Process in HSE"
2008 – linguistic scholarship of the French Embassy in the Russian Federation
Fellow of the Oxford Russia Fund 2008-2011 (for educational, scientific and public achievements)
Letter of gratitude from the President of HSE Professor Shokhin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs - for substantial contribution to the Summer Academy "Summer Academy: the Art of Start-up" - 2008.
Letter of gratitude for participation in University's academic life from the Vice-Rector and for participation in SPA's social life from the Dean of the School of Public Administration professor Alexey Barabashev.

Supplementary social workand participation in the university's life
01.10.2006 - Decemer 2009 - elected (re-elected for 3 times by the majority vote) Member of the Students' Council of the School of Public Administration, HSE.
Represented the studentship of the School in Rector's elections.
Diplomas

DALF (fluency in French)
Edexcel (A-levels) – passed in English

Core mathematics (4 levels) – mark А.
Microeconomics and macroeconomics – А, B.
Physics – А
Statistics – А (maximal possible score achieved)
Politics – В
English Language - A (score corresponding to the first 2% of the best).
Diploma of CCI of Paris "French of Business Communication" (mark A)
Personal qualities
initiative, responsibility, teamwork skills (including international), a multilateral approach to solving problems (scientific, administrative - with privilege to the first), friendliness, creativity, "conflictlessness", result-oriented
Sports
Figure skating (professional), tennis
Leisure
Painting (oil on canvas)