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HIGH-LEVEL
CONSULTATION
IIASA Futures Initiative
“Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Integration
within a wider European and Eurasian Space”
IIASA
25-27 June 2017
Short biographies
Pavel Kabat
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Short bio note:
Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat, Director General and Chief Executive
Officer
Pavel Kabat became the tenth Director of the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in February
2012. As Director General Professor Kabat is the Chief Executive
Office of the Institute, responsible for the formulation,
management, and administration of all research programs and
other activities at IIASA.
Born in Czechoslovakia in 1958, Professor Kabat lived and worked in Canada and the Netherlands
before moving to Austria to direct IIASA. Previously, he held the Chair of the Earth System
Science and Climate Change Group at Wageningen University and Research Centre in the
Netherlands, where he was also Chair of the Board of the Wageningen Climate Centre, and Science
Director and Council Chair of the Dutch National Climate Research Program. As leader of these
groups, Professor Kabat helped raise €150 million in funding for integrative research while the
Earth System Science Group was evaluated as “excellent” in two consecutive reviews by
independent international committees in 2007 and 2010.
Professor Kabat remains a Professor of Earth System Science at Wageningen University, and
Director and Chair of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Institute for Integrated
Research on Wadden Sea Region.
Professor Kabat has over twenty years’ experience of leading interdisciplinary and international
research teams investigating global environmental change. During this time with support from the
European Commission and other large international agencies such as the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA), he has pioneered large-scale research on global change that has
provided the foundation for a new generation of thinking in global change research. His roles have
included being Co-Chair of two of the International Scientific Steering Committees of the
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programmes, ILEAPS from 2004 to date and BAHC from
1994 to 2003; and the Science Director of the International Dialogue on Water and Climate and
the International Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate from 2001 to 2009.
Since his PhD in Hydrology, Water Resources and Amelioration in 1986; he has built scientific
expertise in climate hydrology and water cycle, water resources and climate, land interactions with
the atmosphere and biogeochemical feedbacks, climate system and climate change, and global
change. During this time, Professor Kabat has authored or co-authored over 200 refereed
publications, including 8 books. He is on the editorial board of range of international scientific
journals and is also a member of a variety of academies of sciences and learned societies, ranging
from the Finnish Academy of Sciences to the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Professor Kabat has provided science and policy advice to numerous organizations and
governments in various roles such as Chief Scientist for an Asian Development Bank project in
Bangladesh from 2008 to 2010, Member of the Advisory Group on Climate to the Dutch
Parliament, Member of the High Level International Mekong Delta Committee and Review Editor
for the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC.
E-mail: [email protected]
EAEU
Tatyana Valovaya
Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), EAEU
Short bio-note:
Member of the Board (Minister) in charge of Integration and
Macroeconomics, Eurasian Economic Commission.
Date of birth – April 11, 1958.
In 1980 she graduated from the Moscow Financial Institute,
Department of International Economic Relations.
Doctor of economic sciences.
1999 to 2012 – Deputy Director and then Director of the Department of International Cooperation
of the Government of the Russian Federation at Office of the Government of the Russian
Federation.
Since February 1, 2012 - Member of the Board (Minister) in charge of Integration and
Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Oleg Karachun
Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), EAEU
Short bio-note:
Head of Methodology and Analysis Division in Macroeconomic
Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Commission.
Date of birth – June 12, 1977.
Professional career from 2002 to 2012 had been closely tied with
National Bank of Belarus where held a variety positions in Department
of Foreign Exchange Regulation and Control, Department of Banking
Supervision, Department of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis.
In 2010 was appointed Deputy Head of Monetary Policy Directorate.
In May 2012 joined Eurasian Economic Commission as Adviser of Macroeconomic Policy
Department.
Studied international economic relations at Grodno State University during 1994-1998. In
1999 obtained Magister degree in Economics from Belorusian State Economic University. In
2005 received national Ph.D. at the same university.
EU
Petros Sourmelis
European Commission (EC), EU
Short bio-note:
Petros SOURMELIS took up his new duties as Head of the Russia,
CIS, Western Balkans, EFTA/EEA, Turkey and Central Asia Unit in
January 2016.
He was Head of Unit of the Market Access Unit from 2009 until 2015.
As of 2012, his responsibilities were extended to energy, raw materials
and industry related matters. In the period 2005-2009, Petros
SOURMELIS was the Head of the DG Trade Unit in charge of
international negotiations in the area of trade in services and
investment. In this capacity, he was directly involved in the GATS negotiations under the Doha
Development Agenda, in WTO accession negotiations as well as in bilateral and regional
negotiations conducted by the EU. From 2001 until 2004, Petros SOURMELIS was the Head of
the trade section of the EU's Delegation in Washington. In previous postings, he was responsible
as Deputy Head of Unit for WTO dispute settlement matters and for the implementation of the
Trade Barriers Regulation. Petros is Greek. He has post-graduate (DEA) degrees in international
public law and international private law from the University of Paris-I. He joined the European
Commission services in 1989.
Vassilis Maragos
European Commission (EC), EU
Short bio-note:
Vassilis Maragos is Head of Unit for Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus & Eastern Partnership in the European Commission's
Directorate-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement
Negotiations (DG NEAR).
Vassilis Maragos has been dealing with EU external relations and
enlargement since the 1990s. He served in the EU Delegations in Sofia and Skopje between 1996
and 2005. Since 2005 he held various posts in the European Commission related to enlargement
policy and regional cooperation in South-East Europe and Eastern Neighbourhood. Between 2012-
early 2015 he was Head of Unit for Albania, managing EU-Albania relations and monitoring the
country's EU integration process. Thereafter, until November 2015, he was acting director for the
Eastern Neighbourhood.
Vassilis was born in Athens in 1963 and studied law and political science. He holds a PhD in
Political Science from the University of Athens and a MA in International Politics from the
Université Libre de Bruxelles. He has written and published numerous essays on issues related to
the EU and the history of the Balkans.
Péter Balás
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Short bio-note:
Péter Balás works as part-time Senior Research Scholar at IIASA. He
is involved in the Eurasian Project of IIASA.
From November 2005 until his retirement in April 2016, Dr. Balás
worked at the European Commission, where he was Deputy Director-
General at the Directorate-General for Trade until July 2014. From
2014 to December 2015 he was Head of the European Commission's
Support Group for Ukraine. He re-joined DG Trade in December
2015 and was Conseiller Hors Classe, Special Adviser to the Director
General of the DG Trade until his retirement.
From 2002 to 2005, prior to joining the EC, he was Ambassador at the Permanent Representative
of Hungary to the WTO. Between 1994 and 2002, he worked first at the Ministry of Economy and
later at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Budapest. He was appointed Deputy State Secretary for
international economic relations in 1996 and from 1991 to 1994, Dr. Balás was also Director-
General at the Ministry of International Economic Relations in Budapest. During the years 1991
to1986, he worked in Geneva as Deputy Head of the GATT Representation of Hungary and prior
to this (1982 to 1986), he held the post of Director at the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Between 1978
and 1982, he worked as Commercial Counselor at the Commercial Representation of Hungary in
Colombo, Sri Lanka and from 1972 to 1978, as Desk Officer for South East Asia at the Ministry
of Foreign Trade in Budapest.
Dr. Balás holds a Doctoral degree in Economics from the Budapest University of Economic
Sciences. He speaks English, French, German and Russian.
E-mail: [email protected]
Zukhra Bektepova
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Short bio note:
Zukhra Bektepova is an Economic Affairs Officer at the Office of
the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities.
Zukhra has many years of experience in international relations in
government sector.
She started her career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Kazakhstan, where she served as the Third Secretary of the
Multilateral Co-operation Department.
Later she served at the Senate (Upper Chamber) of the Parliament
of Kazakhstan as the Head of Sector of International relations focusing co-operation with the
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and other inter-Parliamentary organizations.
For the past several years she worked at the Delegation of Kazakhstan to the OSCE focusing on
economic and environmental activities, co-operation with the OSCE PA and the Office of the
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
Zukhra received her Master’s degree from Al-Farabi Kazakh State University and Master’s degree
in law from Abay Kazakh National University. She also holds a PhD in political sciences.
E-mail: [email protected]
Hana Daoudi
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Short bio-note:
Education:
Hana Daoudi is an economist at the United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe (UNECE), responsible for research and analysis work in the area
of trade development with a special emphasis on the economic consequences
of non-tariff measures.
Before joining the UNECE, she worked at the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) from 2000-2010.
Her research interests include international trade and structural transformation, political economy,
post-conflict social and economic reconstruction.
She holds a PhD in economic development from the Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
E-mail: [email protected]
Michael Emerson
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Belgium
Short bio note:
Michael Emerson is Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for
European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, since 1998, and Associate
Research Fellow at IIASA since 2015
A graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy,
Politics and Economics. He holds doctorates h.c. for the universities of
Kent and Keele.
Emerson first worked as an economist at OECD, Paris (1966-1973).
He then moved to the European Commission (1973-1996), with positions including economic
adviser to the President, Roy Jenkins (1977-1978). He was research direct for several projects of
central significance for European integration, resulting in ‘The Economics of 1992 – Economic
assessment of the Single Market’ (Oxford, 1988) and ‘One Market, One Money’ (Oxford, 1991).
In 1986-1987 Emerson was a visiting fellow at the Harvard Center for International Affairs, where
he published ‘What Model for Europe?’ (MIT Press, 1988)
In 1991 he was appointed the European Commission’s first ambassador to the USSR and then
Russia (1991-1996).
He was then Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics (1996-1998), Publishing
‘Redrawing the Map of Europe’ (Macmillan. 1998).
Upon joining CEPS in 1998 Emerson embarked on an extensive series of research projects. One
group concerned conflicts of the wider European neighbourhood (Balkans, Caucasus, Cyprus,
Middle East). Another group concerned radical Islam and multiculturalism. A further group
concerned the shaping of European neighbourhood policy. Recently he has published extensively
on the Brexit, hoping (without success so far) to bring greater rationality to this process. His major
current project concerns the Association Agreements and DCFTAs between the EU and Ukraine,
Georgia and Moldova.
E-mail: [email protected]
Wolfgang Ernst
OMV Group, Austria
Short bio-note:
Since 2002 Senior Expert /Corp. Strategy-Energy Economics
(Business Environment, Economics, Energy &
Climate Policy)
1994 – 2002 Corporate Development & Strategic Controlling
1992 – 1994 Assistant / Commercial Business / Refining &
Marketing
1988 – 1992 Advisor / Strategic Planning / Gas & Upstream
1975 – 1987 Strategy and Coordination
Education
2009 International Institute for Management
Development – Lausanne / Step to Excellence
1987 Vienna University of Economics and Business /
Controlling
1975 TGM – Schule der Technik Vienna / Operating
Technology
Nominations
Since 2002 World Energy Council – National Comittee (Board
of Directors)
Since 1990 Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) / Committee
Resources, Energy, Ecology
1997 – 2004 Institut für Wärme und Öltechnik – IWO (Chairmanship
of the Board)
Guest Lecturer
Since 1998 University of Applied Sciences Johanneum - Energy
& Transport Management / Lecture „Petroleum
Engineering – Global Aspects of the Oil Industry“
Gabriel Felbermayr
Institute for Economic Research (Ifo), Germany
Short bio-note:
Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, PhD, was born on June 24, 1976 in Steyr,
Austria.
After his studies in Economics and Trade at the University of Linz, he went
to Florence, Italy, for his doctoral studies and to Tübingen, Germany, for
his habilitation.
Since 2011, he holds both a position as Director International Economics
at the Ifo Institute and as Professor of Economics, esp. International
Economics, at the Department of Economics of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.
Before that, he was Professor at the University of Hohenheim (near Stuttgart, Germany (2009-
2011)), Assistant Professor at the University of Tübingen, Germany (2005-2009), worked as an
Associate Consultant for McKinsey & Co. in Vienna, Austria (2004-2005), and was an Assistant
Professor at the Institute for Economics at Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria.
Gabriel Felbermayr has various roles and positions. The most important are: Member of the
Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, Associate
Editor European Economic Review; Associate Editor, International Review of Economics and
Finance; Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Applied Economic Research, Tübingen; External
Research Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalization and Economic Policy (GEP),
University of Nottingham.
For his research, Felbermayr was awarded several prices. His research deals with international
trade agreements, trade and labor market outcomes, trade and environment.
E-mail: [email protected]
Yuri Fenopetov
Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austria
Short bio-note:
Mr. Fenopetov is an Adviser for Central Asia as well as for Economic
and Environmental Affairs at the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship Task
Force.
He joined the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and
Foreign Affairs in July 2016. Before, he worked at the OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly after completing his Master studies at the
Diplomatic Academy in Vienna in 2015.
From 2010, he has had the opportunities to gather experience in various positions at the UNODC,
UNIS, the OSCE Secretariat-Central Asia Desk, and the EU Delegation in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Mr. Fenopetov has a political science background and gained experience on political issues
concerning mainly countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
He is fluent in German, Russian, English, has working proficiency in French and is currently
learning Turkish and Farsi.
E-mail: [email protected]
Bernd Forster
Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austria
Short bio-note:
Dr. Bernd Forster is Counsellor for Economic and Environmental
Affairs at the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship Task Force.
He has joined the Chairmanship Task Force within the framework of an Austrian-German
diplomatic exchange program.
Bernd is member of the German diplomatic service since 2005. He held different responsibilities
in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, including on International Economic Policy and on Eastern
Europe.
From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy Head of Mission at the German Consulate General in
Mumbai, and from 2015 to 2016 as Political Officer for Economic and Environmental Affairs at
the Permanent Mission of Germany to the OSCE in Vienna.
Bernd has gained extensive experience in global economic governance issues.
He holds a doctoral degree in economics from LMU Munich University.
Makar Ghambaryan
Ministry of International Economic Integration and Reforms, Armenia
Short bio-note:
In 2005 Makar Ghambaryan graduated and received a qualification
of a manager.
In 2013 he graduated the international masters program „Public
Procurement Management” at the University of Rome Tor
Vergata.
He started his work career in the Central bank of Armenia from a
junior specialist in the financial supervision department and
reached the chief specialist level (on-site supervision team leader).
In 2011 Mr. Ghambaryan moved to the Ministry of Finance of RA as the head of Internal Audit
Department and than after several months changed the position to the head of Public Internal
Financial Control and Public Procurement Methodology department.
In 2016 Mr. Ghambaryan was appointed Deputy Minister of International Economic Integration
and Reforms of the Republic of Armenia.
Peter Havlik
Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Austria
International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Short bio note:
Peter Havlik is staff economist and former Deputy Director at The Vienna
Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and guest research
scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
(IIASA).
His main research areas currently cover economic transition in Central and
Eastern Europe, foreign trade, competitiveness, EU integration, EU-
Russian relations and analysis and forecasts of macroeconomic
developments. He is also country eixpert for Russia and the Newly
Independent States (NIS) at wiiw.
During his career he participated in and coordinated various large projects, for instance ‘Industrial
Restructuring in the NIS: experiences of and lessons from the new EU Member States
(INDEUNIS), funded by the EU Sixth Framework Programme (2005-2007) and ‘European energy
security‘, a project on energy security for the OENB Jubilee fund (2008-2010).
He has also contributed to and coordinated various chapters to the EU Competitiveness Reports
(2003, 2009, 2012) and conducted a study on the Economic Development of the Black Sea Region
for the Austrian Ministry of Economy in 2009.
E-mail: [email protected]
Andrea Hofer
Austrian National Bank (OeNB), Austria
Short bio-note:
Born in 1964 in Vienna. Married, five children.
Education and training:
1982 – 1987 Master Degree in Economics, Vienna University of
Economics and Business
2001 PhD in Economics and Social Science, Vienna University of
Economics and Business
Professional experience:
1989 – 1991 Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB), Securities Division
1991 – 1994 Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), Euro-Traineeship
1994 3,5 months OeNB Representative Office, Brussels
1995 3,5 months European Commission, Internal Market and Services Directorate General (DG
MARKT), Unit H3: Retail financial services and consumer policy
Since 1994 Oesterreichische Nationalbank, various divisions.
Since 2002 Oesterreichische Nationalbank, European Affairs and International Financial
Organizations Division, Economist for EU issues, since 2004 Economist for IMF issues, since
2011 Economist for G20, since 2016 Economist for EU Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood Policy
2013/14 4,5 months OeNB Treasury Department (Back Office, Front Office, Strategy
Division)
2015/16 5 months Austrian Ministry of Finance, Division for European and international
stability mechanisms
Languages:
German (mother tongue), English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch.
E-mail: [email protected]
Andrey Klepach
State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank),
Russia
Short bio-note:
Andrei Nikolayevich Klepach was born 4 March 1959 in Moscow.
In 1987 he received his PhD in Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow
State University, where he continued to work at the Faculty of
Economics as Associate Professor of the Department of Economic
Problems of Modern Capitalism.
From 1991 to 1998, Klepach worked at the Institute of Economic
Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he was the
leading research fellow, and then - the head of the laboratory. Klepach has published about 50
scientific publications. Simultaneously with research, he began to engage in high-level
business consulting.
In 2004 he became the Head of Macroeconomic Forecasting Department of the Ministry of
Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and since then all the ministry’s socio-economic
forecasts have been made under his supervision.
In 2008 he was nominated the Deputy Head/Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economic
Development of Russia.
In July 2014, he assumed the posts of Vice President, Chief Economist, Member of the Board,
State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs
(Vnesheconombank).
Alexander Knobel
Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Russia
Short bio-note:
Education
July 2008 – December 2010 Post-graduate study at Institute for the
Economy in Transition (IET), Specialization: Economic Theory.
PhD in Economics. PhD thesis is “Theoretical aspects of tariff trade
restrictions in international trade”
July 2006 – July 2008 New Economic School (NES) Masters of Art in Economics. Diploma
average grade 4.5 (Master thesis “Vertical Integration, Technology Cohesion, Opportunistic
Behavior and Economic Growth” with special distinction)
July 2006 – July 2008 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) Master’s degree.
Department of General and Applied Physics. Diploma average grade 4.7
September 2001– June 2006 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) Bachelor’s
degree. Department of General and Applied Physics. Diploma average grade 4.6
Work Experience
April 2005 – Till now Institute for Economic Policy (IEP, Gaidar Institute). Head of International
Trade Department.
April 2007 – Till now Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
(RANEPA) under the President of the Russian Federation. Center for International Trade, Head of
Center.
April 2007 – Till now Russian Foreign Trade Academy (VAVT) under the Ministry of Economic
Development. Head of Institute for International Economy and Finance.
September 2008 – 2012 New Economic School (NES). Teacher Assistant (Econometrics 4,
Macroeconomics 1–6, Theory of Economic Reform, Open Macroeconomics, Monetary Theory,
International Finance)
E-mail: [email protected]
Jurij Kofner
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Short-bio note:
Jurij Kofner is a research assistant at the Advanced Systems Analysis
Program, where he contributes to the IIASA Futures Initiative
"Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Integration within a Wider
European and Eurasian Space".
Since September 2016 he is the director of the Center for Eurasian
Studies in Moscow.
Mr. Kofner is a PhD student at the Higher School of Economics (HSE),
writing his thesis in “Global economics” on the topic of non-tariff barriers
in the Eurasian Economic Union.
Graduate of the MGIMO University master’s program with a master’s degree in "World trade and
international economic organizations". The topic of his master’s thesis - "The Eurasian Economic
Union in the global economy".
Born 1988 in Munich, Germany. Fluent in German, English, Russian and French.
E-mail: [email protected]
Nadejda Komendantova
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Short bio-note:
Dr. Nadejda Komendantova is currently active as a research scholar at the
Risk, Policy and Vulnerability Program at IIASA, where she is also
coordinator of the Risk Governance Theme, and a senior research scholar
at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She received her PhD in development
economics with the focus on sustainable industrial development in regions
of the Russian Federation.
Her research interests include perceptions of risks and barriers for foreign direct and portfolio
investment into projects in transition and developing economies. She is the author of several peer-
reviewed publications at the Energy Policy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Natural
Hazards, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction and others. Her works received awards
from the Academic Council of the United Nations and the Julius Raab Foundation. She was
nominated by Austria as a reviewer of the IPCC report and is associated editor of the International
Relations and Diplomacy Journal.
E-mail: [email protected]
Christoph Leitl
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO), Austria
Short bio-note:
Mr. Leitl is married and father of two children.
In 1973 he attained a Doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences at the
Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
From 1977 to 1990 Mr. Leitl served as president of Bauhütte Leitl-
Werke Ges.m.b.H., a family owned construction materials business.
On 6 June 2017 Christoph Leitl was nominated unanimously by the
European Chamber Association EUROCHAMBRES as their new President, effective from 1
January 2018.
Member of the Federal Party Board of the ÖVP (Austrian Peoples Party).
Chin-Min Lee
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Short bio-note:
Professor Chin-Min Lee currently serves the International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), an international multidisciplinary
scientific research organization based in Laxenburg/Vienna, Austria, as
Senior Research Scholar and Special Advisor to its Director-General and
Chief Executive Officer.
Before joining IIASA as Special Advisor in 2000, he served the United
Nations World Health Organization (WHO) for over 30 years in various
capacities at different duty stations, such as Port Moresby, Manila, New
York, Geneva and Vienna. His last responsibility during the years of 1995 to 1999 was the WHO
Director-General's Special Representative to the United Nations (UN) and other International
Organizations, and the Director of WHO in Vienna.
Born in the Republic of Korea, he holds a bachelor's degree in English Language/Diplomatic
Science from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and a master's degree in Organizational
Management from the Konkuk University Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul. He
further studied Management Development at the Asia Institute of Management (AIM), Manila,
and International Studies at the New York University, New York.
He is a columnist, a Visiting Professor (international relations) of the Konkuk University and an
Adjunct Professor of the Korea University, Seoul. His interests include classical music and fine
arts.
E-mail: [email protected]
Veronica Movchan
Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER), Ukraine
Short bio-note:
Position
Academic Director, Head of the Center for Economic Studies
Biography
Main research interests are in the sphere of trade policy, including
WTO and EU related issues, regional integration, non-tariff measures,
quantification of trade policy instruments, and modelling of policy
changes, including the CGE modelling.
Worked as research fellow at Stanford University (USA) and the DIW-Berlin, Germany. Worked
as a consultant at the World Bank Resident Mission in Kyiv and the Harvard Institute for
International Development (Ukraine).
Graduated from the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" / EERC (MA magna cum laude
in Economic Theory). Completed post-graduate studies at the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla
Academy". Specialization: economic modelling.
E-mail: [email protected]
Сlaus Raidl
Austrian National Bank (OeNB), Austria
Short bio-note:
Personal Data
born in Kapfenberg, Austria, November 6, 1942
married, three children
Education
1960/61 High school diplomas from the U.S.A. and Austria
1961–1966 Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration,
master’s degree in commerce (1966) and doctoral degree in economics
(1971)
Professional background
1970–1971 Senior assistant at the Institute for Applied Social and Economic Research
1971–1974 Worked in banking and for a certified public accountant, provided consultancy services
to the OECD on international tax law and multinational corporations
1974–1981 Worked for the insurance company Österreichische Volksfürsorge Allgemeine
Versicherung AG
1981–1982 Member of the Executive Board of Wiener Holding Ges.m.b.H.
1982–1986 Member of the Executive Board of ÖIAG (Österreichische Industrieverwaltungs AG)
1986–1988 Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President of VOEST-ALPINE AG
1988–1992 Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President of VOEST-ALPINE STAHL
AG
1993–1994 Member of the Executive Board AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIES AG
1991–2010 Chairman and CEO of BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG
2007–2010 Member of the Executive Board of voestalpine AG
as of Sept 1, 2008 President of the OeNB
Supervisory board positions
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Science and Technology (I.S.T.) Austria
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Technisches Museum Wien
Member of the University Council of the University College of Teacher Education in Lower
Austria
Vice-President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
Publications
Various articles on current economic affairs and financial issues in economic journals and other
publications.
Marco Ricceri
The Institute for Political, Social and Economic studies (EURISPES), Italy
Short bio note:
Marco Ricceri, expert, European social and labour policies, is acting as
secretary general of the EURISPES, a primary Italian research institute
in the economic, social, territorial development (see web site
www.eurispes.eu). Ricceri is also: coordinator of the Ethic Committee
of the A.E.I. – European Agency of Investments, Geie, (Florence-
London); chairman, Committee of High Consultancy-CEC, I.T.A.-
Italian Trade Commission, (Rome); Co-Chairman of the Russian-
Italian Committee for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development, at the RANEPA Academy
(Russia); member of the Steering Committee of the International Association for Social Quality-
IASQ (Amsterdam-The Hague); enrolled in the list of “Pool of Reviewers” of the European
Science Foundation-ESF.(Strasbourg) for: “European Social Policy”, “Industrial Relations”.;
chairman, Scientific Committee, European Network on Labour Market Monitoring, Goethe
University (Frankfurt a.M).; co-founder and coordinator of the European Research Group
“European Social Model” (London-Bremen-Rome); co-founder of the European Research Group
“Social Incertainity and Precarity”- S.U.P.I. (Berlin).
Previous working experiences have been done: at the National Study Office of the CISL (Italian
Free Trade Union); at the Parliamentary Groups of the Italian Chamber of Deputies as Chief
Officer for the Economic Policies. Ricceri was substitute member of the E.E.S.C.– European
Economic and Social Committee (Brussels), advisor of the Italian Ministry for Scientific Research.
University docent in Italy of “History of the European Integration Process”, “European
Institutions” at Link University-Rome, ”Global Government-Global Governance” at University of
Venice Ca’Foscari; Visiting Professor at the Kuban State University (Krasnodar), the
Communication Management Centre of the Academy of National Economy under the Government
of Russian Federation – RANEPA (Moscow), the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
(Moscow), FEFU – Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostock)
On 2012, Ricceri was awarded the Degree Honoris Causa in Scientific Cooperation by the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Institute of Europe, IE-RAS.
E-mail: [email protected]
Elena Rovenskaya
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Short bio-note:
Elena Rovenskaya is the Advanced Systems Analysis (ASA) Program
Director. She is also a Research Scholar at the Optimal Control
Department of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and
Cybernetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. Her
scientific interests lie in the fields of theory of optimal control, ill-posed
problems and economic-environmental modeling.
Dr. Rovenskaya graduated in 2003 from the Faculty of Physics,
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. She received her PhD in
2006 from the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Lomonosov Moscow State
University, Russia. The title of her PhD thesis was “On solving the problem of finding the optimal
compatibility parameter value for a class of equations in a normalized space.” In 2005, Dr.
Rovenskaya participated in the Young Scientists Summer Program and since 2006 she has been
collaborating with the Dynamic Systems Program (now Advanced Systems Analysis Program). In
2012 she was appointed Deputy Program Leader for the ASA Program. In 2014 she was appointed
Advanced Systems Analysis (ASA) Program Director.
Dr. Rovenskaya's current research is focusing on modeling of optimal forest management,
exploring systemic risks in ecological networks, modeling economic growth with environmental
constraints and agent-based modeling of regional development.
E-mail: [email protected]
Kairat Sarybay
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Born 8 June 1966 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
1988 Leningrad State University, USSR
1988 – 1991 Senior Research Fellow of the Oriental Studies Institute of the Academy of
Sciences of the Kazakh SSR and Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of
Sciences, USSR
1991 – 1996
Service at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as at the
Kazakhstan Embassy in Ankara
1996 – 1997
1997 – 1998
1998 – 1999
1999 – 2003
2003 – 2007
2007 – 2008
2008 – 2010
2010 – 2014
4 Feb. 2014
11 Aug. 2014
Head of the Presidential Protocol Service
Press Secretary to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Head of the
Presidential Press Office
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan
to the Republic of Turkey
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan
to the Federal Republic of Germany
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Coordinator for interaction with
the European Union
Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan
to the Republic of Austria, Permanent Representative to the International
Organizations in Vienna
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan
to the Republic of Slovenia
Married, four children.
Awarded by Medals and Orders of Honor (Qurmet) and Friendship (Dostyq) of the Republic of
Kazakhstan, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, “Karel Kramer” medal of the
Czech Republic.
Frank Schauff
Association of European Businesses (AEB)
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Education
JAN. 2012 – APR. 2016: Master of Business Administration (MBA),
PFH Private University of Applied Sciences, Göttingen
DEC. 2000 – DEC. 2003: Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. Phil.), University
of Cologne
OCT. 1992 – SEPT. 1993: Master of Science (MSc), London School of Economics and Political
Science (LSE),
APR. 1989 – SEPT. 1992: Studies at the University of Cologne and at the Volgograd State
University, USSR
Career overview
JUN. 2007 – PRESENT: Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses in the
Russian Federation (AEB)
JUL. 2001 – JUN. 2007: Advisor, Foreign Policy to the Party Executive of the Social Democratic
Party of Germany (SPD), Berlin
OCT. 2001 – APR. 2005: Lecturer, Institute for East European Studies, Free University, Berlin
JULY 1999 – JUNE 2001: International Secretary, Young Socialists, Bonn/ Berlin
DEC. 1998 – DEC. 2003: Chairman, German Youth Council (DNK) JULY 1996 – JUNE 1999:
Managing Director, Social Democratic Youth Organisation in the Rhineland, Cologne
SEPT. 1995 – AUG. 1996 Research in the Russian Archives, Moscow
MAY 1995 – MAY 1996 Project Manager, Association for Social Security Policy and Research
(GVG), Cologne
APR. 1994 – MAY 1995 Clerk, City Administration of Cologne
Languages
English, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
Ulf Schneider
SCHNEIDER GROUP, Germany
Short bio-note:
Ulf Schneider is the founder and CEO of SCHNEIDER GROUP.
The group has offices in Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg), Belarus
(Minsk), Ukraine (Kyiv), Kazakhstan (Almaty, Aktau, Astana),
Poland (Warsaw) and Germany (Frankfurt, Berlin) and provides
consulting services to Western companies with a major focus on
practical support in such areas as Legal Entity Set-Up, Accounting
Outsourcing, Import, Internal Audit / Due Diligence, Interim
Management, Taxation and IT-/ERPSystems.
Ulf Schneider is also CEO and Publisher of the OWC Foreign Trade Publishing House, whose
print and online media focus on Eastern European markets, China, Iran and Turkey.
Before setting up SCHNEIDER GROUP, Ulf Schneider worked as CFO in the Moscow office of
Allianz Insurance Company.
After studying economics in Kiel and at the University of Illinois Ulf Schneider worked for 5 years
with Procter & Gamble in financial management at different cities in Germany and in Brussels,
Belgium.
Ulf Schneider regularly gives presentation and speeches on the following topics: Economic
development, Business Set-up and Development in the Russian speaking countries, Global trends
in foreign trade, the Common Economic Space from Lisbon to Vladivostok and the New Silk Road
project.
Ulf Schneider is a longtime member of Rotary. He held the presidency of the Metropol Club
Moscow and supports the Charity Service of the Order of Malta in Russia.
Source: [email protected], [email protected]
Wolfgang Schüssel
Federal Chancellery, Austria
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2000 – 2007 - Federal Chancellor of Austria.
1995 – 2000 Foreign Minister of Austria.
Wolfgang Schüssel served as Federal Chancellor of Austria between
2000 and 2007, a period which saw the introduction of the Euro, a
comprehensive reform of Austria’s pension system, the
consolidation of the country‘s budget, the privatization of
nationalized industries, as well as restitution payments to the victims
of National Socialism.
Public Career
Wolfgang Schüssel was born in Vienna in 1945 and received his doctorate in law from Vienna
University in 1968.
From 1995 to 2007 he was National Chairman of the Austrian People‘s Party. From 1989 to 1995
he served as Minister of Economic Affairs, and from 1995 to 1999 as Vice Chancellor and Federal
Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr Schüssel played a key role in Austria’s accession to the European
Union and chaired the European Council during Austria‘s EU Presidency in the first half of 2006.
Activity after Public Politics
Since retiring from active politics Wolfgang Schüssel has been involved with a number of boards
and organisations and is a renowned speaker on the subjects of Europe and European integration,
international energy policy and economic development, as well as transatlantic relations and
relations between Europe and Russia.
Alexander Sergeev
En+ Group, Russia
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Managing Director (Energy&Power Business)
Member of the Board of Directors, EuroSibEnergo
In January 2010, Alexander Sergeev was appointed Managing
Director (Energy&Power Business) of En+ Group. He is responsible
for the energy business of the Group.
Prior to joining En+ Group in November 2009, Alexander Sergeev was a Board member and head
of the Sales business unit of OAO RusHydro in the period February 2005 — July 2009. In 2002–
2004, Mr. Sergeev was one of the RAO UES of Russia officers responsible for drafting the
competitive electricity market regulations; Mr. Sergeev’s experience prior to his employment with
RAO UES includes a position at OAO SverdlovEnergo.
Alexander Sergeev is a Board member of Krasnoyarsk Kray Development Corporation, South
Yakutia Development Corporation and Transbaikalia Development Corporation.
Alexander Sergeev graduated with honours from the Economics and Management Department
(Fuels and Energy) of the Urals State Technical University, and took a postgraduate course there.
Alexander Sergeev is also a part of Working Group for Research and Development in Energy
Technologies in Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) advisory group.
Alexander Shirov
Institute for Economic Forecasting (IEF) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Short bio note:
Alexander Shirov was born February 9, 1975.
Institution
Moscow Institute of National Economy named by G.V. Pleckhanov,
1992-1998
Postgraduate course in the Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian
Academy of Sciences (RAS), 1999-2002
Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003
Degree or Diploma obtained M. Sc. in Economics
Main topics Using of the world economic development indicators for constructing a foreign trade
block of inter-industry model.
Doctorate in Economics (Ph. D)
Ph.D. Thesis: The analysis and the forecast of the Russian economy and foreign trade
Membership in professional bodies
Deputy Director, Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences
Other skills
The member of editorial board of The Eurasian economic integration
Present position
Deputy Director, Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences
Key qualifications
Scientific interests are connected with the analysis and forecasting of the Russian economy, Input-
Output macroeconomic models. Participant of the International IO Modelling INFORUM project
since 1998.
Professional Experience
1998- 2014
Institute of Economic Forecasting RAS
Deputy Director,
Head of department,
Senior Researcher
Researcher
Macroeconomics, National economy analysis and forecasting, Input-Output Modelling,
Econometrics, Foreign trade.
2004-2005
Russian-European Centre for Economic Policy (RECEP), under Tacis AP2005
Senior expert
Macroeconomics, monitoring of foreign trade and WTO accession progress.
E-mail: [email protected]
Sergey Sizov
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Sergey Sizov, LL.M., born on February 14, 1983 in Moscow,
Russia.
Mag. Sizov is a Science Diplomacy Officer at the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analyses (IIASA) in Austria.
He holds a Master of Laws degree (with honors) from the Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University),
where he specialized in public and private international law and the
European Union legislation. While graduate student, he acted as
assistant to Barrister at “Finance, Law, Management”, LLC on legal consultation, Moscow. He
also completed advanced courses of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research
(UNITAR), the European Studies Institute (ESI, MGIMO University) and the Institute of
Postgraduate European Studies, College of Europe.
After graduation, Mag. Sizov joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
His progressively responsible experience in multilateral diplomacy amounts to 10 years and
includes, inter alia, assignments to MFA Department of Economic Cooperation, Permanent
Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union (Brussels, Belgium), MFA All-European
Cooperation Department and Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the International
Organizations in Vienna. He was actively engaged in a number of negotiations, also at the highest
level, with national governments and international global/regional organizations on a large range
of issues.
At IIASA Mag. Sizov assists in coordinating Institute’s interaction with relevant ministries and
agencies, intergovernmental organizations and NGOs, diplomatic corps, academic and business
communities, supports IIASA science diplomacy activities and performs other duties.
Mag. Sizov holds a diplomatic rank of First Secretary. He speaks English, French and Russian.
E-mail: [email protected]
Anastasia Stepanova
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Anastasia Stepanova holds a PhD in economics, docent of
D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. She
lectures on the subjects: "Financial markets and institutions," "Price
formation," and "Risk management".
Anastasia has two certificates from the Federal Service for Financial
Markets of Russian Federation 1.0 "Broker, dealer
activities and management securities activities" and certificate 4.0 "Depositary activity".
Anastasia was a Vice Chairman and Head of the programs "Pure Water" and "Ecology" of the
Student Parliamentary Club of the State Duma of Russia (2008-2011).
Dr. Stepanova was assistant deputy Pavel Medvedev in State Duma of the fifth convocation, the
Chairman of the Sub-Committee on the Law of Banks and Banking activity of State Duma of the
State Duma Committee on Financial Markets on a voluntary basis. From September, 2013 she is
a member of the Expert Council of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Since January, 2014 she works at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
as a Research scholar and Eurasian project manager of IIASA international and interdisciplinary
research project «Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Integration within a Wider European
and Eurasian Space».
Research interests: politics, integration, investment and public-private partnerships, sustainable
development. Anastasia is the author of more than 20 scientific and non-fiction works, including
six books and monographs: "Russian National unifying idea "Russian Zdrava"(2007); "The project
of the All-Russia Political Party "United Russia" "Pure Water": from idea to the State
program"(2010); "Water. Earth. Human" (2012); "Eurasian Union and Ukraine" (2013); "Ensuring
financial stability of small and medium-sized enterprises" (2014), "Attracting and realization of
investments" (2015).
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Florian Stermann
Austrian-Russian Society of Friendship (ORFG), Austria
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Education
Oct. 1988 - Sept. 1991 University for economics and business
administration St. Gallen, Switzerland. (HSG)
Oct. 1984 - July 1988 University for economics and business
administration Vienna, Austria
1986 - July 1987 Export academy at the University for economics and
business administration Vienna
Profession
2000 – till present co-founder of the Austrian-Russian-Friendship Society (ORFG), current
position: General Secretary of ORFG.
CEO and founder of EMB Expert Management Beratung Ges.m.b.H.; CEO and shareholder of
EMB Russia GmbH; CEO and founder of KAMPAG GmbH; CEO and founder of Schneiders
1895 Ges.m.b.H.; CEO and Shareholder of Schneider Vienna Ges.m.b.H.; CEO VPB Beteiligungs
GmbH
Vice-president of the advisory board of the Russisch Österreichische Lotterien Holding
Ges.m.b.H.
More than 100 privatization-, M&A- and consulting projects as well as trading and project finance
in CEE (Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia), 1991 – 2010
E-mail: [email protected]
Sergey Tkachuk
Scientific Center for Eurasian Integration, Russia
Short bio-note:
Sergey Tkachuk is a Project Director of "Scientific Center for Eurasian
integration."
He is a graduate student of the Department "World Economy", Russian
Economic University named after G.V. Plekhanov.
Permanent member of the joint program of the Russian Academy of
Sciences and the International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis (Austria) "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic
Integration within a wider European and Eurasian Space".
He is co-author of the monograph "The European Union and the Eurasian Economic Community:
similarities and differences between the processes of integration of construction."
Sergey Tkachuk was awarded of the gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation for the
contribution to the creation of the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space.
Research interests - investigation of forms and mechanisms of modern regional economic
integration, as well as approaches to the creation of a wide zone of a harmonious (barrier-free)
economic cooperation in Eurasia.
E-mail: [email protected]
William Tompson
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Education
D.Phil., Politics, University of Oxford, 1991
M.A., Political Science, Emory University, 1988
B.A., Political Science and Russian, Emory University, 1988
Professional experience
OECD, 2003–present
School of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London, 1996–2003
Oxford Analytica Ltd, 1991–1996
E-mail: [email protected]
Evgeny Vinokurov
Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), Centre for Integration Studies
Short bio note:
Dr. Evgeny Vinokurov is the founding director of the EDB Centre for
Integration Studies since 2011. The Centre specializes in quantitative
research but also engages in qualitative analysis and carries out
activities in the following fields: economic integration in the Eurasian
Economic Union, mutual investment and corporate integration, trade
economics, fiscal and monetary issues, cooperation in the market for
financial services, systematic research of Eurasian integration based
on the theories of regional and global integration. Over the last four
years, the Centre realized 50+ projects and published 30+ reports. The Centre works extensively
for national ministries, presidential administrations and the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Dr. Vinokurov was educated at the universities of Kaliningrad, Fairfield, Göttingen, Grenoble and
Moscow. He earned a Ph.D. in economy from Pierre Mendes-France University (Grenoble II) and
Dr. hab. in economy from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO),
Moscow. After several years of experience in applied economy research projects at the Centre for
European Policy Studies (CEPS), Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Jena he
proceeded to working with the EDB, being responsible for macro- and microeconomic analysis in
particular, as well as the development bank's research program.
He has actively been engaged in studying economic and political integration. In the EDB,
Vinokurov focused on the issues of economic integration in the post-Soviet space and Eurasia.
Vinokurov argued in favor of solidifying ‘the integration core’ in the post-Soviet space, thus
providing conceptual underpinning for the emerging EEU. Together with A. Libman he developed
a theory of ‘holding-together regionalism’ to explain the patterns of regional re-integration
processes. His research also focuses on integration processes across the Eurasian continent,
spanning Europe, Russia, Central, South and Eastern Asia. This approach differentiates itself by
the continental scope, covering the fastest growing regions of the world and concentrating on the
emerging economic and political linkages in Eurasia. It provides a coherent view of Eurasian
continental integration. The concept of Eurasian continental integration was the subject of the
book ‘Eurasian Integration: Challenges of Transcontinental Regionalism’. Vinokurov argues that
cooperation in should be based on multiple overlapping integration projects of primarily functional
nature involving governments, sub-national and supranational institutions. He further argues that
open regionalism in Eurasia is an economically optimal supplement to regional integration
initiatives, in particular to post-Soviet integration.
Member of the International Studies Association (ISA) and the University Association for
Contemporary European Studies (UACES). Editor of the Journal of Eurasian Economic
Integration (2008-) and Eurasian Integration Yearbook (2008-2013). Author and co-author of six
individual monographies and editor of 10 collective monographies, including: Eurasian
Integration: Challenges of Transcontinental Regionalism. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2012 (with A. Libman); Holding-Together Integration: 20 Years of the Post-Soviet
Integration. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 (with A. Libman); System of
Indicators of Eurasian Integration I and II. EDB: St. Petersburg, Almaty, 2010 and 2014; Eurasian
Continental Integration, EDB: Saint-Petersburg, 2012 (with A. Libman); Adapting to European
Integration? The Case of the Russian Exclave Kaliningrad. Manchester University Press,
Manchester, 2012 (with S. Gänzle and G.Müntel); A Theory of Enclaves. Lexington Books,
Lanham, MD, 2007; The CIS, the EU, and Russia: Challenges of Integration, Palgrave Macmillan,
London, 2007 (with K. Malfiet and L. Verpoest); Kaliningrad: Enclaves and Economic
Integration. CEPS, Brussels, 2007.
He published in the Journal of Common Market Studies, Review of International Political
Economy, Post-Communist Economies, European Urban and Regional Studies, Problems of
Economic Transition, and the Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies.
E-mail: [email protected]
Andreas Wörgötter
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Education
1969 - 1981 Student of Technical Mathematics (Mathematical
Economics and Operations Research) at the University of Technology,
Vienna; graduated as Dipl.Ing. (1973) and Dr.techn. (1981)
1987 Habilitation for economics (Volkswirtschaftslehre) at the
University of Technology, Vienna
Profession
1973 - 1986 Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Policy at the
University of Technology, Vienna
Fall 1981- Winter 1982, Visiting Assistant Professor at New York University, Department of
Economics and Adjunct Research Affiliate, NBER
Summer 1983 Visiting Professor at New York University, Department of Economics
1986 - 1999 Head of the Departments of Economics and Transition Economics at the Institute
for Advanced Studies, Vienna
Sept. 1, 1997- Sept. 30, 1999 Recurrent Visiting Professor and Chairman at the Economics
Department, Central European University, Budapest
2 January 2000- 31 May 2016 Head of Division V of the Country Studies Branch in the Economics
Department of the OECD, Paris, during part or all of this time responsible for OECD Economic
Surveys and Projections for Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine and
South Africa.
Since 1 September 2016 Visiting Research Fellow at the Economics and Statistics
Department of the South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria
Author of numerous academic publications in refereed journals and books on empirical economics,
stabilisation policy in small open economies, transformation economics, regional economics and
labour economics.
E-mail: [email protected]