Guest lecture by Professor Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po, Paris. Topic: "Economics and Politics of modern Russia"

Sergei Guriev, a Russian economist., was Morgan Stanley Professor of Economics and Rector at the New Economic School (NES) in Moscow until he resigned in April 2013 and moved to France (as government investigators were reported to have been expressing interest in his political opinions and his support of the political opposition in Russia, demanding access to 5 years of personal records and submitting to searches of his home and office). He is now visiting professor of economics at the Instituts d'études politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris.

In 2001, Sergei Guriev was appointed the Best Academic Manager in Social Sciences by the Science Support Foundation. In 2000 and 2005, he was awarded a Gold Medal for Best Research in Development Economics by the Global Development Network. In 2006, he was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He was also board member of some big Russian banks and insurance groups.

His primary interests are in contract theory, corporate governance, labour mobility, political economics, economics of development and transition. His work is frequently published in various Russian and international journals, including American Economic Review, Journal of European Economic Association and Journal of Economic Perspectives. He is running a monthly column in Forbes Russia and a biweekly column for the leading Russian business daily Vedomosti. He has also written numerous columns in the New York Times, SmartMoney, Moscow Times and Expert.

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