Areas of Expertise: regional politics, investment analysis, economics.

Professional experience:

- Expert in the areas of regional politics, investment analysis, development of industries in Russia.

- Participation in grant projects: grants from the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research – Assessing Investment Attractiveness of Russian Regions: Methodological and Methodical Approaches; Modern Regionalisation of Russia as a Territorial Basis for Managing and Regulating Socio-Economic Processes: Methodological and Methodical Approaches; Socio-Economic Impacts of Climate Change for Russia: Major Approaches and Assessment Methods; Predicting the Impact of Major Innovative Projects on the Socio-Economic Development of Regions; Socio-Economic Effectiveness of the Development of Transport and Communications Infrastructure in Siberia and the Far East.

- In various years, head of grant projects of the Russian Geographic Society: Students and the Sustainable Development of Olympic Sochi; Geography for Investors; Crimean Combined Expedition.

- Extensive experience in applied research. Principal researcher in the project “A Study of the Influence of the Olympic Games “OGI. Sochi 2014”.