Alexandra A. Moskovskaya

Contact details

Address: National Research University “Higher school of economics” (HSE), Center for social entrepreneurship and social innovations studies, Pokrovsky bulv., 8 of. 207

Work tel.: +7 (495) 7253016, mobile: +7 905 7246512, e-mail: amoskovskaya@hse.ru

Education

Department of economics, Moscow State University (specialist, 1988, Hons.), specialty: economic theory/ political economy/

Academic degree

PhD in Economics (Rus.: Candidate of sciences, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1994)

Employment

2012 – present: director of the Center for social entrepreneurship and social innovations, HSE

2005 – 2011: deputy director of the Institute for social development studies, HSE

1995 – 2005: Senior research fellow, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

1994 - 1995: Research fellow, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

1990 – 1994: Junior research fellow, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

1988 – 1990: Research probationer, Institute of Economics, USSR Academy of Sciences

Main Research projects

Russian Labor flexibility Survey, ILO, 1991-1994 (expert)

Enterprise restructuring and unemployment in Russia, ACE TACIS, 1995-1997 (expert)

Women in a reforming economy, ILO, Canadian Labor Congress, 1994-1995 (expert, report editor)

Labor surplus in Russian industry as a form of adaptation of enterprises into economic changes, Moscow Public Scientific Foundation, 1996 (project head)

Human development report – Russian Federation, 1996 (expert)

Promotion of Trade Union Education within TU Russia organizations, ICFTU, TACIS 1995, 1997 (expert)

Creating an Unemployment insurance system in Russia, University of Calgary - Gorbachev foundation, 1996-1997 (expert)

Evaluation of System of Monitoring of Labor market and Unemployment in Russia, SPIL, 1998 (expert, report co-editor)

Implementation Completion Study on reforming of Social protection system in Russia, World Bank, 2000 (local coordinator, expert)

Women and labor market in Russia, CIDA, 1999-2002 (local coordinator, expert)

Innovation management and modernization in Post-Soviet Russia, INCO-COPERNICUS, 1999-2001 (expert)

Work and Family in Russia. ILO, 2004 (expert)

Relationships between management and trade unions, TNK – BP, 2004-2005 (expert, report co-editor)

Basic peoples social security: conception, forms and methods of measurement, HSE, 2007 (expert)

Analysis of state and development of social entrepreneurship in terms of applicability of the experience of industrially developed countries to contemporary Russia, The Fund of regional social programs "Our Future," 2007 (project head)

Creation and development of informational and analytical web platform for dialogue between Non-profit organizations and social policy researchers “Socpolitika.ru”, 2006-2009, Russian Civil Society Support Program "Dialogue" IREX (with support from USAID) (project head)

Models of social entrepreneurship in Russia, OXFAM, UK, 2009-2010 (research supervisor)

Professionals in business organizations: what is going on with knowledge monopoly under organizational control? HSE, 2010-2012 (project head)

Key qualifications: 

Methodological and sociological issues: co-author of methodology of economic and sociological surveys on employment, unemployment and labor relations, including Russian Labor Flexibility Survey (RLFS), conducted within several projects by Center for Labor Market Studies Russian Academy of Sciences in 1992-2002); Women and labor market in Russia (CIDA, 1999); Relationships between management and trade unions at a corporation (TNK – BP, 2004-2005). Author - Models of social entrepreneurship in Russia (OXFAM, UK, 2009-2010); Professionals in business organizations (HSE, 2010-2012).

Research:

Ø Situation in the Russian labor market and employment structure dynamics in the 1990-es;

Ø Internal labor market in industrial enterprises: managerial strategies, position of different occupational groups 1995-2005;

Ø Labor relations and employees social benefit package at business enterprises 1995-2009;

Ø Evolution of reforms in social sphere in the 1990-2000-es: employment, hidden and open unemployment, income security (Russia and the CIS countries);

Ø Adoption of “priority national projects” and evaluation of their results in housing, education and healthcare, 2006-2009;

Ø Professional models, professionals under the pressure of state and business control, 2007-present;

Ø Social entrepreneurship: conceptions and practice in different countries, 2007 –present.

Consulting:

TNK-BP (Russia); Aeroflot; Cargill Russia; The Fund of regional social programs "Our Future.

Delivering policy recommendation to government: Labor market and employment policy issues: RF Ministry of Labor, Regional State Employment Offices, Federal Body of State Statistics. Social security issues:  RF Ministry of Health and Social Development. Social entrepreneurship: RF Ministry of Economics.  

Courses

Social entrepreneurship in Russia and abroad (part of entrepreneurship minor course), HSE, 2012

Formation of human resource strategies. Department of management (master’s course), HSE, 2007-2010 

Selected publications, 1998-2011[1]

Социальное предпринимательство в России и в мире: практика и исследования. Отв. Ред. А.Московская. М., Издат.дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2011

[Social entrepreneurship in Russia and in the world: practice and research.Ed. By A.Moskovskaya Moscow: Higher school of economics publ., 2011 (coll.monograph)]

Профессионализация менеджмента в России: цели, барьеры, перспективы

[Professionalization of management in Russia : aims, barriers, perspectives. Sotsiologicheskieissledovania (Sociologicalstudies), М. №7, 2011. PP. 26-37]

The role of the Russian Business in Formation of a New Professional Model: an Industrial Focus In: Russian Sociology in Turbulent Times / Ed. by V.A. Mansurov. Moscow: The Institute of sociology Russian Academy of Science, 2011. P. 379—397

Практика социального предпринимательства в России

В кн.: XI Международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и обшества в 3-х книгах (отв. ред.Е.Г.Ясин). Москва: Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2011

[Practice of social entrepreneurship in Russia. In: XI International scientific conference on economic development and society( in 3 vol.) Ed. By Ye.Yasin. Moscow: Higher school of economics publ., 2011]

Проблемы становления модели профессии: российский опыт в западном исследовательском контексте. Мир России, №3, 2010

[Formation of professional model: the Russian experience from the western research perspective. Mir Rossii (UniverseofRussia), No3, 2010 ]

Динамика компенсационных выплат компаний: по какому пути идет Россия? Экономическая наука современной России,  № 11,  2009

[The dynamics of corporate compensation costs in Russia: Does paternalism still matter? Ekonomicheskaya nauka sovremennoy Rossii (Economics of contemporary Russia),  No 11,  2009]

Профессионализм, доверие и проблемы России. Свободная мысль - XXI, № 11,  2009

[Professionalism, trust and problems of Russia. Svobodnaya mysl (Free Thought) - XXI, № 11,  2009]

Способствует ли российский бизнес развитию профессионализма? В сборнике: Профессиональные группы: динамика и трансформация. Отв. ред.: В. Мансуров. М.: издательство Института социологии РАН, 2009

[Does the Russian business contribute to the rise of professionalism? In: Professional groups: dynamics and transformation. Ed. V.Mansurov. Institute of sociology RAS, 2009]

О роли российского бизнеса в развитии профессионализма работников. В сб.: Современный менеджмент: проблемы, гипотезы, исследования (науч.ред. М.Шерешева). - М.: изд. ГУ-ВШЭ, 2009

[On the role of the Russian business in advancement professionalism of employees. In: Contemporary management: problems, hypotheses, researches. Ed. M.Sheresheva. M., HSE, 2009]

Социальное предпринимательство как гибрид бизнеса и некоммерческой деятельности и его социальный потенциал в России. В: Модернизация экономики и глобализация. В 3-х книгах (отв.ред. Е.Г.Ясин). Т.2. М.: ИД ГУ-ВШЭ, 2009

[Social entrepreneurship as a hybrid between business and non-profit activity and its social potential in Russia. In: Modernization of economy and globalization. Ed. Ye.Yasin. Vol.2. M., HSE, 2009]

Обзор опыта и концепций социального предпринимательства с учетом возможностей его применения в современной России (в соавт. с М. Баталиной и Л. Тарадиной). WP-1/2008/02. ГУ-ВШЭ, 2008.

[Review of experience and conceptions of social entrepreneurship (co-auth.: M.Batalina, L.Taradina).  WP-1/2008/02. Higher school of economics, 2008 ]

Развитие социального предпринимательства в России: возможности микрофинансирования (в соавт. с М.Мамутой). В: Социальное партнерство и развитие институтов гражданского общества: практика межсекторного взаимодействия. М., АСИ, 2008

[The rise of social entrepreneurship in Russia: the potential of microfinance (co-auth.: M.Mamuta). In:  Social partnership and civil society institutions developments. M., ASI, 2008]

Корпоративная социальная политика как экономическая необходимость. Отечественные записки №3 (37), 2007

[Economic reasons for corporate social responsibility policy of the Russian firms. Otechestvennye zapiski №3 (37), 2007]

Рынок как фактор возрождения советских форм предоставления социальных льгот и услуг работникам. Журнал исследований социальной политики, Том 5, №3, 2007

[The renaissance of soviet forms of social benefits and services for workers at the industrial firms. The Journalofsocialpolicystudies, Vol. 5, No 3, 2007]

Пути экономической и социальной трансформации стран СНГ. Модели системной трансформации и социальная цена реформ. М., ИМЭПИ РАН, 2005

[The ways of social and economic transformation in CIS countries. Models of system transformation and social cost of reforms. M. IMEPI RAS, 2005]

Защита занятости и доходов населения: проблемы стран СНГ; Социальные реформы в переходной экономике России; в книге: Обучение рынку, под ред. С. Глазьева. М., Экономика, 2004

[Problems of employment and income security in CIS countries; Social reforms in Russia transition economy (two chapters of monograph) In: Studies of market. S.Glaziev Ed. M., Ekonomika, 2004 ]

Кадровые стратегии промышленных предприятий: по результатам выборочных обследований // Проблемы теории и практики управления, М №3, 2003

[Human resources strategies of industrial enterprises (by results of sample surveys). Theoretical and practical issues of management. M., No3, 2003]

Cтереотипы или конкуренция? -  Социологические исследования, М. №3, 2002

[Stereotypes or competition? Analyzing certain gender preferences among employers. Sotsiologicheskie issledovania (Sociologicalstudies), М. №3, 2002]

Кадровая политика предприятий (гл.6). В: Российская промышленность: институциональное развитие. Вып.1. М., ГУ – ВШЭ. 2002. (в соавт.)

 [Enterprises employment policy, Ch. 6. In: Russian industry: institutional development. Issue 1. M., Higher School of Economics, 2002 (co-auth.: S.Lomonosova, I.Soboleva, T.Tchetvernina)]

Влияние инновационной деятельности на реструктуризацию предприятий. В: Инновации в постсоветской промышленности. М., ИСИТО, 2001

[Influence of innovation activity on the enterprise restructuring. In: Innovations in post-soviet industry. M. ISITO, 2001]

Гендерное равенство в России М. Изд. дом РЕАТЕ. 2001. (соавт.)

[Gender equity in Russia. M., REATE. 2001 (collective monogtaph)]

Labour Market Flexibility  and Employment Security. Russian Federation Employment Paper 2001/31 Russian Federation ILO, Geneva. 2001 (co-auth.: T.Tchetvernina, I.Soboleva, N.Stepanchikova )

Качественные и количественные сдвиги в сфере занятости. Вопросы экономики, М. № 11, 1999 (соавт.)

[Qualitative and quantitative shifts in the employment sphere. Voprosy ekonomiki, No11, 1999 (co-auth.: V.Moskovskaya)]

Избыточная занятость на промышленных предприятиях России: pro et contra. Вопросы экономики, М. №1, 1998

[Labor Surplus in Industrial Enterprises: Pro et Contra. Voprosy ekonomiki, No1. 1998]

[1]  In brackets[ ] - English translation of the book/article titles available only in Russian.