OLGA GASPARYAN 25 August 2015 Curriculum Vitae/Resume Ольга Тиграновна Гаспарян Personal Data Data of Birth: 11 April 1991 E-mail: olgasparyan@gmail.com Personal Page on the HSE WebSite: http://www.hse.ru/staff/olgasparyan Education 2015 University of Rochester, Department of Political Science, Graduate Student; 2014 National Research University Higher School of Economics, Graduate School of Political Science; 2012 2014 National Research University Higher School of Economics, M.A. in Political Science (with honours); 2008-2012 National Research University Higher School of Economics, B.A. in Political Science (with honours); Working Experience August 2012-2015, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Laboratory for Political Studies, Junior Research Fellow; August 2012 2015, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Department of Higher Mathematics, Lecturer; Teaching Experience in 2012-2015: Mathematics in Politics: Introduction (BA, 1st year); Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics II (BA, 2nd year); Causal Analysis and Spatial Econometric Modeling: Introduction (BA, 4th year); Quantitative Methods in Social and Political Studies (MA, 1st year). August 2009 August 2013, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Department of Higher Mathematics, Assistant; July 2010 August 2012, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Laboratory for Political Studies, Research Assistant; 1
Research Projects BRP Project "The Impact of Feedback Loops in State-Society System on the Resource Redistribution and Economic Growth Perspectives in Democratic, Autocratic and Hybrid Regimes"(February - December 2015) BRP Project "Public expectations, political priorities and resource redistribution"(february - December 2014); BRP Project "Good enough governance in the conditions of regime transformations: the quality of transplanted institutions in the the "catching-up"states"(february - December 2013); BRP Project "State Capacity as a Prerequisite of the Democracy? (Empirical Analysis of the Interaction between State Capacity and Regime Transformation Trajectories in the "third wave"states)"(february - December 2012); BRP Project "Factor Analysis of Stateness Development and Decline in the Postsocialist European and Asian States" (including QCA, Qualitative Comparative Analysis)"(February - December 2011); BRP Project "The Analysis of Regime Transformation Анализ in the Contemporary World: New Democracies and (or) New Autocracies?"(July-December 2010 г.); Political Science Digests (January November 2009). Publications 1. Gasparyan O.T. Institutional Factors of Government Efficiency: Cross-Country Comparative Analysis / Working papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PS "Political Science". 2014. (Full text: http: // papers. ssrn. com/ sol3/ papers. cfm? abstract_ id= 2556215 ) 2. Gasparyan O.T. The Application of Spatial Econometric Models in the Contemporary Applied Political Researches // In book: Moscow Annual Handbook of Social Reaerches. 2014 (in print) (in Russian) 3. Gasparyan O.T. Decentralization and Legitimacy of the Central Authorities: Cross- Country Empirical Analysis // In book: XIV April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development: Book No.2 / Edit.: E.G. Yasin. Moscow: Higher School of Economics, 2014. pp. 327-337 (in Russian). 4. Nisnevich Y.A., Stukal D.K., Gasparyan O.T., Kamalova R.U., Kocheshkova E.A., Movsisyan A.A. Indices of States Development/ Ed.: Y.A. Nisnevich. Мoscow: Higher School of Economics Press, 2014 (in Russian). 5. Gasparyan O.T. Political Decentralization and Legitimacy: The Cross-Country Analysis of the Possible Interactions/ Preprints of Higher School of Economics. WP14 "Political Theory and Political Analysis"./2013/9. Moscow: Higher School of Economics, 2013. - 48 p.(in Russian); 2
6. Gasparyan O.T. Party Systems and Government Effectiveness // Political Science ("Politicheskaya Nauka ), 2013. No.1. pp.293-300 (in Russian) ; 7. Gasparyan O.T. Influence of Political Decentralization on the Legitimacy of Central Government: Empirical Analysis// In book «The Analysis of Political Situation in Contemporary Russia: Problems and Tendencies». Мoscow: Higher School of Economics Press, 2012, pp. 57-78 (in Russian); 8. Gasparyan O.T. The Influence of Formal Political Institutions on the Economic Development: Cross-Country Analysis // In book. XI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. The Collection of Students s Papers. Мoscow: Higher School of Economics Press, 2011. pp. 299 308 (in Russian); 9. Gasparyan O.T. The Influence of Formal Political Institutions on the Economic Performance //Business. Society. Power, 2011. 8. pp. 38-55 (in Russian); Conferences and Seminars 1. 73nd Annual MPSA Conference (16-19 April 2015, Chicago, USA) Paper Title: "Political Decentralization and Government Effectiveness: Cross-Country Analysis of the Probable Influence"Paper Presentation; 2. XVI International April Conference "Economics and Society Modernization"(07-10 April 2015, NRU HSE, Moscow) Paper Title: "Institutional Factors of Government Efficiency in the Russian Regions: Spatial Econometric Analysis"(in Russian); 3. BASEES Annual Conference (28-30 March 2015, Cambridge, UK) Paper Title: "Institutional Factors of Government Efficiency in the Russian Regions: Spatial Econometric Analysis" 4. Russian Political Science Association Conference (21-22 November 2014, Moscow, Russia) Paper Title: "The Application of Spatial Econometric Models in the Contemporary Applied Political Researches" 5. Laboratory for Comparative Social Research HSE Summer School (30 June - 12 July 2014, Saint-Petersburg, Russia) Paper Title: "The Interaction of Public Expectation and Budget Redistribution in Democratic and Hybrid Regimes" 6. 72nd MPSA Annual Conference (3-6 April 2014, Chicago, USA) Paper Title: "Political Decentralization and Legitimacy: Cross-Country Analysis of the Probable Influence" 7. XIV International April Conference "Economics and Society Modernization"(02-05 April 2013, NRU HSE, Moscow) Paper Title: "Political Decentralization Influence on the Legitimacy of the National Authorities" 3
8. Laboratory for Political Studies Seminar (06 December 2012г., NRU HSE, Moscow) Paper Title: "Political Decentralization Influence on the Legitimacy of the National Authorities" 9. Chair of Political Theory and Political Analysis Seminar (02 December 2011г., NRU HSE, Moscow) Paper Title: "Political Decentralization Influence on the Legitimacy of the Federal Tie of Government". 10. Round Table "Interactions between Russia and the EU"(03-04 March 2011 г. University of Kent, Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels) Paper Title: "Russia and the WTO: economic, administrative and political consequences". 11. Open Student Scientific Conference (31 January 2011 г., NRU HSE, Moscow) Paper Title: "The Influence of the formal political institutions on the economic development". 12. Department of Politics Seminar (28 January 2011 г., NRU HSE, Moscow) Paper Title: "Electoral Support of the Ruling Parties and Economic Developmet" 13. Laboratory for Political Studies Seminar (30 September 2009 г., NRU HSE, Moscow) Paper Title:"Political Methodology by G.King", with Svetlana Zarubina Additional Education 1. Laboratory for Comparative Social Research HSE Summer School (NRU HSE, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 30.06-12.07.2014): Categorical Data Analysis, Latent Class Analysis (Instructor: Jacques Hagenaars) 2. Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (University of Essex, Colchester, UK, 05-16.08.2013): Spatial Econometrics (Instructor: Jude C. Hays) 3. ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques (University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 17-22.02.2013): Statistical Modeling of the Spatial Theory of Voting (Instructor: Paul W. Thurner, University of Muenchen) 4. ICPSR Summer Program (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA 18.07.-12.08.2011): Regression Analysis II: Linear Models (Instructor: Brian Pollins, Ohio State University): Certificate of A level; Advanced Game Theory (Instructor: James Morrow, University of Michigan): Certificate of B+ level; 4
Introduction to the R Statistical Computing Environment 5. Internship European Politics and International Relations (Brussels, 03-10.03.2011); 6. Additional Course "Econometrics"(NES HSE, Moscow 30.06.-14.07.2010). Achievements and Awards June 2015 Best Teaching Instructor HSE - 2015 June 2014 Best Teaching Instructor HSE - 2014 November 2013 Acknowledgement by Higher School of Economics June 2013 Best Teaching Instructor HSE - 2013 December 2012 Golden Vishka Award December 2012 Student Scientific Papers Contest HSE - First Degree Award HSE Scholarship for the Research Activity (2010, 2011, 2012 ); Oxford Russian Fund Scholarship (2010, 2011, 2012 ); "Lukoil"Scholarship (2011 ); Moscow Government Scholarship (2011 ); December 2010 г. Student Scientific Papers Contest - First Degree Award HSE Scientific Contest «Junior Political Scientist» - First Degree Award (2008 ); Skills Foreign Languages: English (free), German (basic). Programs: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, Adobe Photoshop, L A TEX. Statistical Packages: SPSS, STATA, E-Views. Computer Languages : R and Python (basic knowledge) Professional Interests Quantitative Methods in Political Science Researches Quantitative Causal Analysis Political Economy Game Theory Modeling Decentralization Processes Electoral Studies and Electoral Geography 5