Anna V. Shkuropat

Dr. Anna Shkuropat is Adjunct Research Professor at EURUS and concurrently Professor of International Economics and Principal Researcher of the Council for the Study of Productive Resources/Russian Foreign Trade Academy under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and Leading Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow), where she is currently working on issues of implementation of Russian Spatial Strategy and Regional Policy Development.

She has held positions as Professor of International Economics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Vladivostok State University of Economics, and Far Eastern State University. She has been Chair, Dept. of International Economic Relations, and Director, Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies, Vladivostok State University; Dean of the School of International Affairs, Far Eastern State University; and Leading Researcher, Central Economics & Mathematics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

She holds the distinction of Doctor of Economic Sciences, as well as Russian national awards for contributions to higher education and research. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C., as well as with the British Academy, the University of Washington, the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and California State University (Hayward).

Her experience includes undertaking and leading teaching and research programs at universities and research institutes in Ukraine, Russia, the U.S., the U.K. and Canada in various fields of socio-economic development and public policy. As the head of teaching and research departments and a leading researcher and senior professor, she has had extensive experience in advising government officials on public policy reforms and transformation processes of Soviet and post-communist societies and economies. She has also led several economic management Technical Assistance projects in Tajikistan for the EU and the World Bank in 2009 -2015.

Research and Teaching Experience

Research areas have covered various levels of public policy from enterprise level to local and regional governments and the national economy, international relations and participation in the world economy. This has included a focus on interconnections between domestic and foreign policy. She has undertaken research on economic and social policies, regional policies and foreign policy for economies in transition, including relations between former soviet republics, and participation of former soviet states in regional groupings aimed at economic cooperation or integration.

Her studies and research have included economics, systems analysis, cybernetics, national economic management, international economic and foreign policy, models of economic and social development, and international and regional economic integration, including of transition and post-transition economies in the European and Eurasian context. Her publications include numerous papers, journal articles, book chapters, monographs and books.

Current Research Interests

Policy and transformation in post-communist societies and economies, including the interconnections of domestic and foreign policies and development economics. Integration into the world economy as a means to greater efficiency for post-transition economies. Participation in regional and multilateral economic groupings and multilateral governance. Comparative analysis of socio-economic models as a contribution to the debate on socio-economic policies. Economic and ecological cooperation in resource development between post-communist economies and with Europe.

Courses Taught

At Carleton: Social and Political Discourse in Russia (EURR 4007/5007); Special Studies in Economics: Regional Economic Integration (ECON 3402); Introduction to Economics: Macroeconomics (ECON 1000).

Other courses: International Economics, Research Methods, Quantitative Methods in Social Studies, Quantitative Methods in International Economic Relations, World Economy, Regional Economy, Economy of Transition, Principles and Theory of Management of the National Economy, International Economic Relations, History and Theory of International Relations.

For TA professional development: Macroeconomic Modeling for Policy Assessment, Public Finance Management, Macroeconomic Forecasting, Econometrics in Excel, Econometrics in E-Views, Revenue Forecasting Modeling, Public Policy Evaluation Methodology.

Recent Publications

• Strategy of Spatial Development of Russia: Methodological Approaches to Development of Economic Block, Monograph in co-authorship/ edited by I. V. Grishina; Russian Foreign Trade Academy under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. – M.: 2018. – 281 p. (ISBN 978-5-9547-0175-3).
• “Models of spatial development management in Canada and the US and applications for Russia”, in Models of spatial development management in developed countries, RANHIGs: Moscow, 2018 (preprint in co-authorship as a result of the project).
• “Substantiation of methodological approaches to the definition of principles, priorities, goals and objectives of spatial development of the Russian Federation”, in “Principles of Strategic planning: methodology and practice”: Council on Study of Productive Resources, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Moscow, October 2017 (co-authorship).
• Таджикистан в переходный период: Роль макроэкономической политики в решении проблемы бедности (Russian edition) as a result of an EU-financed project in Tajikistan, Editor and contributor. 2014. Riga: TWA academic publishers, ISBN 978-9934-508-15-8.
• Tajikistan in Transition: Can good macroeconomic policy combat poverty? (English edition) as a result of an EU-financed project in Tajikistan, Editor jointly with Paul Hare and contributor. 2014. Riga: TWA academic publishers, ISBN 978-9934-508-14.
• “Macroeconomic Forecasting and Macroeconomic Policy in Tajikistan”, Dushanbe 2012, principal author-supervisor and editor of proceedings published as a result of a Macroeconomic Conference designed and organized for an EU project in Tajikistan.
• “Economic Trends in Tajikistan”, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Dushanbe, 2010, editor of proceedings published as a result of a Macroeconomic Conference designed and organized for an EU project.
• “Strategy of Human Resource Development and Training Strategy in Action”, Ministry of Finance of Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 2015.
• “Economic Trends and Government Policy in Tajikistan”, in Tajikistan in Transition, Riga, 2014.
• “Capacity Development for Economic Policy Formulations”, in Tajikistan in Transition, Riga, 2014,
• “Development Plan for the Centre for Advanced Education”, Dushanbe, Ministry of Finance, 2013.
• “Main goals of the macroeconomic conference and project results”, in Macroeconomic Forecasting and Macroeconomic Policy in Tajikistan, Dushanbe 2012.
• “Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment for Tajikistan”, contributions to a report for the World Bank and other donors, 2012.
• “Economic Trends and the Role of Macroeconomic Policy: Methodological Approaches”, in Economic Trends in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 2010.
• “Adaptation of Keynesianism and the Modern Paradigm in Models of Government Regulation of Socio-Economic Development in a Market Economy,” in Priorities and Values of Socio-Economic Policy of the Countries of the European Union, edited by Academician N. P. Shmelev and V. V. Perskaya; recommended by the National Educational Methodological Board for use in study of the world economy (Moscow: Publisher of the Russian Academy of the Public Service, 2008) (ISBN 978-5-77729-0336-0).
• Prospects for Ukrainian-Russian Co-operation in the Sea of Azov Region: Methodological and Applied Aspects of Research (Odessa: Phoenix, 2008, for the Institute for Market Economy Studies and Sustainable Development, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and Council for the Study of Productive Resources and Economic Cooperation, Russian Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (ISBN 978-966-438-166-3).
• “Leontief’s Functions in Applied Economic-Mathematical Models for Policy Development in a Market Economy: From the 20^th to the 21^st Century,” in Macro Models of Wassily Leontief and Development Prospects for the Russian and World Economies: Materials of the XXth Interdisciplinary Discussion of Senior Russian Academic Institutes, conference on the occasion of the 100^tth anniversary of the birth of Nobel Laureate Wassily Leontief, October 2006, held at the Russian Academy of the Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation, with sponsorship of the Russian Fund for Fundamental Research (Moscow: Prospect, for the Russian Academy of the Public Service, 2007) (ISBN 5-98597-062-0).
• “Problems of Economic and Ecological Transformation in the Azov and Black Sea Areas (in the context of the interests of Ukraine and Russia),” in Economic Innovations, Issue 34: Conflicts and Economic-Ecological Safety in the Sea of Azov Region (Editor-in-Chief: B. V. Burkinskiy), Odessa: Institute for Market Economy Studies and Sustainable Development, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2008. Prepared in the framework of joint research project # 06/52 between National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Russian Fund for Fundamental Research (Project 08-06-90401).
• “Problems and Prospects of Ukrainian-Russian Co-operation in the Sustainable Development and Security of the Sea of Azov Region,” in Economic and Environmental Problems of the Azov Region, monograph edited by B.V. Burkinskiy and others (Odessa: Institute for Market Economy Studies and Sustainable Development of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and Southern Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2009).
• “Prediction of Prospects in the Development of the Azov Sea Region,” chapter 15 in Economic and Environmental Problems of the Azov Sea Region, monograph edited by B.V. Burkinskiy and others (Odessa: Institute for Market Economy Studies and Sustainable Development, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Southern Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2009).
• “Psychological Aspects in the Study of a Modern Economy,” in materials of the scientific and practical conference, Innovative Potential of Psychology in Development of the Modern Person, supported by the Russian Social Sciences Scientific Fund (Project N09-06-14213g) (Vladivostok: Vladivostok State University of Economics, 2009).
• “National Policies for Socio-Economic Development: Lessons from the Swedish Model”, in Models of Socio-Economic Development, invited study for comparative analysis as a contribution to the study and debate of current socio-economic policy issues in Russia. Analysis of Swedish experience over the period from the 1920s up to 2006, and its potential relevance to the Russian socio-economic model. (Moscow: Russian Academy of Public Service, 2007).
• International Economic Relations, second edition, revised and expanded. Textbook for courses in international economic relations and world economy, covering issues in methodology for analysis of foreign economic policy, international trade theory, international factor movements, economic integration and trade policy. Includes results of author’s 18 years of research on Russia’s integration into the world economy. Additional chapters include “Russia’s integration into the Asia-Pacific region”. (Vladivostok: Vladivostok State University of Economics, 250 pp., 2007).
• “Russian Economic Integration into the Asia-Pacific Region,” invited keynote paper at the Regional Academic Conference on the Role of Science and Education in Sustainable Development of the Far East, held in connection with the 35th Anniversary Celebrations of Vladivostok State University of Economics. Published in expanded form (Vladivostok: Publisher of Vladivostok State University of Economics, 2004).
• “The Arrival of New Russia on the World Economic Scene”, Working paper for invited presentation to a senior academic and government policy seminar at Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados.
• New Dynamics in Northeast Asia: The Russian Factor (Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution, CNAPS Policy Paper, 2002). Analysis of changes in foreign and economic policy, with definition of the economic regions of Pacific Russia and Northeast Asia, including comparisons of macroeconomic indicators and indicators of economic integration. https://www.brookings.edu/author/anna-shkuropat/
• Assessing Russian Membership in APEC, Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Working paper, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1999.

Recent Papers and Other Professional Contributions

• Guest Lecturer Presentation on “Transition & Role of Regional Policy in Russia”, including on some results of Dr. Shkuropat’s recent work as Principal Researcher at the Council for the Study of Productive Resources/Russian Foreign Trade Academy under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and as Leading Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow), where she is currently working on Russian Spatial Strategy and Regional Policy Development. (Presented at the Institute of European, Russian & Eurasian Studies on 7 February 2019, Carleton University, Ottawa).
• “Canadian experience in implementation of OECD regional typology and applications for Russia”, Council for the Study of Productive Resources / Russian Foreign Trade Academy under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. – Moscow, 2018 (working paper for a report for the Ministry of Economic Development)
• “Assessment of prospective centers for growth in mineral resources in Russia”, Council for the Study of Productive Resources / Russian Foreign Trade Academy under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. – Moscow, 2017 (working paper for a report for the Ministry of Economic Development)
• “Methodology for assessment of specialization and application for Russia”, Council for the Study of Productive Resources / Russian Foreign Trade Academy under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. – Moscow, 2017 (working paper for a report for the Ministry of Economic Development)
• “Methodology of ecological assessment of projects for spatial development”, Council for the Study of Productive Resources: Moscow, 2016 (working paper for a report for the Ministry of Economic Development)
• “Interregional cooperation in the framework of Spatial Strategy for Russia”, Council for the Study of Productive Resources / Russian Foreign Trade Academy under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. – Moscow: Moscow, 2016 (working paper for a report for the Ministry of Economic Development)
• Developed and introduced new training programmes for the Centre for Advanced Qualifications, Institute of Finance under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe (2013- 2015):
• Budget revenue planning (course package for the Centre of Advanced Qualifications, Institute of Finance under the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan, developed & implemented under World Bank financed project for the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan in 2013 -2015).
• Budget expenditures planning (course package for the Centre of Advanced qualification, Institute of Finance under the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan, developed & implemented under World Bank financed project for the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan in 2013 -2015).
• Budget execution (Treasury): revenue (course package for the Centre of Advanced qualification, Institute of Finance under the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan, developed & implemented under World Bank financed project for the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan in 2013 -2015).
• Budget execution (Treasury): expenditure (course package for the Centre of Advanced qualification, Institute of Finance under the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan, developed & implemented under World Bank financed project for the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan in 2013 -2015).
• Specially designed series of training seminars delivered at Tajikistan State University, Dushanbe (under EU – financed capacity development project), (2009 – 2012):
• Econometrics in Excel (course package for advanced qualifications for university trainers, developed & implemented under EU financed project).
• Macroeconomic modeling and policy analysis (course package for advanced qualifications for university trainers, developed & implemented under EU financed project, including lectures, supplementary readings, tests, assignments, sources of information, statistics).
• Structural econometric models (course package for advanced qualifications for university trainers, developed & implemented under EU financed project).
• Budget Analysis for Journalists and Parlamentarians (course package for advanced qualifications for Universities in Tajikistan, developed & implemented under EU financed project).
• Economic Policy Analysis for Journalists (course package for advanced qualifications for Universities in Tajikistan, developed & implemented under EU financed project, including lectures, PPP, supplementary readings, tests, assignments, sources of information, statistics).
• “Economic Integration Trends in East Asia and the Pacific: The Northeast Asia Factor,” paper presented in a Panel on Northeast Asia’s Impact on Global Economic and Security Challenges, Conference of the Canadian Asian Studies Association, Vancouver, October 2009.
• Canada – China WTO Capacity Building: End of Project Evaluation, prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency, 2009.
• Social and Political Discourse in Russia, on-line WebCT course teaching materials. Lecture notes, guidelines for seminars and for term papers, reading materials and references. 3^rd edition, Ottawa: Carleton University, Institute of European and Russian Studies, 2007.
• “Macroeconomic modelling in economic policy evaluation for a small oil producing economy: methodological approaches”, Ottawa: IDMAG, for presentation to the Center for Economic Reforms, Ministry of Economic Development, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2005.
• Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific Region, on-line WebCT course teaching materials. Lecture notes, guidelines for seminars and for term papers, and reading materials. Ottawa: Carleton University, Department of Economics, 2004.
• “General equilibrium models in policy evaluation for Ukraine’s accession to the WTO”, methodological approaches, Ottawa: IDMAG, Kiev: Institute for Economic Forecasting (National Academy of Sciences) and Odessa: Institute for Market Economy Studies and Sustainable Development of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, for presentation to the Ministry of Economy and European Integration, 2004.