Institute of Social Sciences

Project:

The project imagines developing an Institute of Social Sciences in Armenia with multiple divisions targeting under-developed areas of the Social Sciences. The various divisions might be hosted at various existing institutions and draw the participation of international scholars.

Task Forces

History - Sociology & Anthropology - Economics - Political Science

Task Force on

Economics

Members

Core Team

Zareh Asatryan

Deputy Head, Department of Public Finance, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Public Economics

Germany

Vladimir Asriyan

Senior Researcher, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional

Economics

Spain

Ruben Enikolopov

Rector and Professor, New Economic School

Finance

Moscow, Russia

Armen Hovakimian

Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Baruch College, The City University of New York

Finance

New York, USA

Vahagn Jerbashian

Associate Professor, University of Barcelona

Economics

Spain

Tatevik Sekhposyan

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Texas AM University

Economics

Texas, USA

Advisors

Daron Acemoglu

Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Economics

Massachusetts, USA

Victor Agadjanian

Professor, Department of Sociology and the International Institute, University of California Los Angeles

Demography

California, USA

Armenak Antinyan

Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral and Experimental Economics

United Kingdom

Levon Barseghyan

Professor, Department of Economics, Cornell University

Economics

New York, USA

Aleksandr Gevorkyan

Henry George Chair in Economics and Associate Professor, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John

Diaspora Studies

New York, USA

David Joulfaian

Economist, US Department of the Treasury

Economics

Washington D.C., USA

Gor Khachatryan

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Department of Economics and Management, Yerevan State University

Mathematics

Armenia

Rafael Oganesyan

Program Manager, Office of Undergraduate Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Political Economy, Political Science

Nevada, USA

Vahagn Vardanyan

Principal, Han Academy (Secondary)

Diaspora Studies, General Education, International Relations

Hong Kong

Vahan Zanoyan

Energy, Political Science

Armenia

Task Force on

History

Members

Core Team

Boris Adjemian

AGBU Nubar Library, Paris

History

France

Anna Aleksanyan

Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenian

Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, Genocide Studies, History

Armenia

Melissa Bilal

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Associate Director of the Armenian Music Program and Lecturer in Ethnomusicology; American University of Armenia, Gender Studies Minor Program, Core Team Member

Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, History, Music, Sociocultural Anthropology

California, USA; Turkey; Armenia

Dzovinar Derderian

University of California, Berkeley

History

California, USA

Lori Khatchadourian

Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University

Anthropology, Archaeology

New York, USA

Nelli Sargsyan

Associate professor, Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College

Anthropology, Gender, Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies

Massachusetts, USA

Gayane Shagoyan

Leading Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

Cultural studies, Ethnology

Armenia

Advisors

Hrag Papazian

Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies, California State University, Fresno

Anthropology

California, USA

Task Force on

Political Science

Members

Core Team

Georgi Asatryan

Associate professor, Moscow State University

International Relations, Political Science, Political Theory

Moscow, Russia

Nerses Kopalyan

Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

International Relations, International security

Nevada, USA

Vahan Zanoyan

Energy, Political Science

Armenia

Advisors

Boris Adjemian

AGBU Nubar Library, Paris

History

France

Zareh Asatryan

Deputy Head, Department of Public Finance, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Public Economics

Germany

Vladimir Asriyan

Senior Researcher, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional

Economics

Spain

Ruben Enikolopov

Rector and Professor, New Economic School

Finance

Moscow, Russia

Sossie Kasbarian

University of Stirling

Diaspora Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science

United Kingdom

Hakob Matevosyan

Senior Researcher, Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)

Global and Diaspora Studies

Germany

Taline Papazian

Sciences Po (Aix-en-Provence), Ecole de l Air

International Relations, Political Science

France

Tatevik Sekhposyan

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Texas AM University

Economics

Texas, USA

Sarkis Shahinian

Secretary General of the Switzerland-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group

Architecture, Translation

Switzerland

Henry Theriault

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Worcester State University

Genocide Studies, Philosophy

Massachusetts, USA

Task Force on

Sociology & Anthropology

Members

Core Team

Victor Agadjanian

Professor, Department of Sociology and the International Institute, University of California Los Angeles

Demography

California, USA

Yulia Antonyan

Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of History, Yerevan State University

Anthropology, Cultural studies

Armenia

Hakob Matevosyan

Senior Researcher, Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)

Global and Diaspora Studies

Germany

Hrag Papazian

Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies, California State University, Fresno

Anthropology

California, USA

Advisors

Levon Abrahamian

Head of the Department of Contemporary Anthropological Studies, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

Anthropology, Comparative Mythology

Armenia

Hourig Attarian

Associate Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, American University of Armenia

Gender, General Education, Oral History

Armenia

Houri Berberian

Professor of History, Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies, University of California Irvine

History

California, USA

Anaid Donabedian

Professor, Chair of Armenian Studies, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco)

Armenian Linguistics, Language typology, Sociolinguistics

France

Lerna Ekmekcioglu

Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gender, Historical Sociology, History

Massachusetts, USA

Lori Khatchadourian

Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University

Anthropology, Archaeology

New York, USA

Christina Maranci

Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University

History, History of Art and Architecture, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Massachusetts, USA

Stephen Riegg

Assistant Professor, Department of History, Texas AM University

History

Texas, USA

Vahe Sahakyan

Research Associate, Senior Information Resources Specialist, Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Diaspora Studies, Middle Eastern Studies

Michigan, USA

Nelli Sargsyan

Associate professor, Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College

Anthropology, Gender, Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies

Massachusetts, USA

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