Academic council

The Academic Council is the supreme governing body of academic activities of the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy. It is composed of leading researchers of the Institute and representatives of academic community. 

In-house members

  • Sergey Vasiliev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Center for Political Economy and Institutional Development
  • Alexey Vedev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Financial Sector Department
  • Sergey Drobyshevsky, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Assistant Professor, Principal Researcher at the Center for Macro-Economics and Finance
  • Elena Ershova, Financial Director
  • Anna Zolotareva, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Center for Political Economy and Institutional Development
  • Andrey Kaukin, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Acting Director of the Center for Real Sector, Head of the Industrial Markets and Infrastructure Department
  • Alexander Knobel, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher at the International Trade Department
  • Vladimir Mau, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Head of the Center for Political Economy and Institutional Development
  • Andrey Polbin, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Head of Macroeconomic Modeling of Economic Processes Department
  • Yuriy Ponomarev, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Head of Department for Quantitative Methods of Analysis of Economic Processes
  • Sergey Prikhodko, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Executive Director
  • Alexander Radygin, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Principal Researcher at the Center for Political Economy and Institutional Development
  • Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Academic Director
  • Irina Starodubrovskaya, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Center for Political Economy and Institutional Development
  • Pavel Trunin, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Center for Macro-Economics and Finance
  • Marina Turuntseva, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Shor-Term Forecasting Department
  • Revold Entov, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Academician of RAS, Principal Researcher at the Center for Macroeconomics and Finance

Invited members

  • Abel Aganbegyan, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Academician of RAS
  • Natalia Volchkova, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Vice-Rector for academic affairs and research, VAVT
  • Pavel Golosov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Director of ION RANEPA
  • Vladimir Nazarov, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Director of FSBI Financial Research Institute (FRI)
  • Maria Sigova, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Rector of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka)

The term of office for members of the Academic Council is 5 years.
On February 15, 2024 Alexander Radygin, Doctor of Economic Sciences, was elected Chairman of the Gaidar Institute Academic Council for a period of 2 years.