International Competition "Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project" for Prospective Graduate Students

1. Group theory, topology and dynamics
2. Dynamics on surfaces: foliations and flows

• dynamical systems
• geometric group theory

The scientific interests are concentrated on some aspects of dynamical systems (mainly, ergodic theory and symbolic dynamics), geometric group theory (including studying of automorphisms of free groups) and low-dimensional topology as well as possible intersections of the main subjects with other branches of mathematics (like probability theory, complex geometry, algebraic geometry and combinatorics).

Strong background in pure mathematics, physics or computer science.

1. Artigiani M., Fougeron C., Hubert P., Skripchenko A. A note on double rotations of infinite type // Transactions of the Moscow Mathematical Society. 2021. Vol. 82. No. 1. P. 157-172.
2. Lanneau E., Marmi S., Skripchenko A. Cohomological equations for linear involutions // Dynamical Systems. 2021. P. 1-13
3. Krichever I. M., Lando S., Skripchenko A. Real-normalized differentials with a single order2 pole // Letters in Mathematical Physics. 2021. Vol. 111. No. 2. Article 36.
4. Fougeron C., Skripchenko A. Simplicity of spectra for certain multidimensional continued fraction algorithms // Monatshefte fur Mathematik. 2021. Vol. 194. No. 4. P. 767-787.
5. Skripchenko A., Troubetzkoy S. On the Hausdorff dimension of minimal interval exchange transformations with flips // Journal of London Mathematical Society. 2018. Vol. 97. No. 2. P. 149-169.

1. School Engagement and Math Performance in Schools, 2017-2019
2. Pick project (Plurilingual Intercultural Creative Keys), 2020-2022
3. Wearable cognitive Assistants, 2018-2019
4. Job stressors and well-being, 2019-2020

1. Behavioral Test development, Scale Validation and standardization, University Admission Tests (UAT)
2. Education-Job Mismatch, Education-Personality mismatch
3. Longitudinal and Cross-Cultural studies
4. Educational and Technology
5. Stress and wellbeing in schools and workplaces

• Health psychometric in schools: it refers to development of scales that are used to measure the health status of students and teachers in an educational setting (e.g., stress scale, wellbeing scale)
• Using new technologies (e.g., smart watches, HoloLens) and new ways (e.g., e-learning, e-communication,) of communication in schools
• Replication studies using new and complex research designs (e.g., diary studies, multi-resources, longitudinal)
• Prevalence, rates and causes of educational inefficacy (e.g., job-education mismatch, personality-performance mismatch)
• Efficacy of University Admission Tests in Russia

Applicants can request to work under the supervision of Morteza Charkhabi an assistant professor at the Center for Psychometrics and Measurement in Education and actively participate in the projects, seminars and meetings. Although the supervisor can provide the applicants with research topics and databases to work on, the applicants strongly are encouraged to develop their own original research ideas and then request for a primary meeting with the supervisor. Morteza is open to new research ideas that could be interesting and applied.

• Being able to develop an original research idea
• Being able to speak and write English properly
• Being able to work with statistical programs such as SPSS etc.
• Be disciplined and wants to become a scientist in future.
• Being responsible and take care of deadlines

1. Dolzan, M., Sartori, R., Charkhabi, M., & De Paola, F. (2015). The effect of school engagement on health risk behaviours among high school students: Testing the mediating role of self-efficacy. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 205, 608-613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.09.091
2. Habibi Asgarabad, M., Charkhabi, M., Fadaei, Z., Baker, J. S., & Dutheil, F. (2021). Academic expectations of stress inventory: A psychometric evaluation of validity and reliability of the Persian version. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 11(11), 1208. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111208
3. Charkhabi, M., Khalezov, E., Kotova, T., S Baker, J., Dutheil, F., & Arsalidou, M. (2020). Correction: School engagement of children in early grades: Psychometric, and gender comparisons. PLOS ONE, 15(1), e0228605. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228605
4. Doos Ali Vand, H., AhmadianVargahan, F., Charkhabi, M., Ghaleh Bandi, M. F., Sadeghniiat Haghighi, K., & Habibi, M. (2020). Validity and reliability of the Persian version of the insomnia diurnal impact scale (IDIS). Sleep and Breathing, 25(1), 449-457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-020-02116-y
5. Kharkhurin, A. V., & Charkhabi, M. (2021). Preference for complexity and asymmetry contributes to an ability to overcome structured imagination: Implications for creative perception paradigm. Symmetry, 13(2), 343. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13020343
6. Dutheil, F., Charkhabi, M., Ravoux, H., Brousse, G., Dewavrin, S., Cornet, T., Mondillon, L., Han, S., Pfabigan, D., S Baker, J., Mermillod, M., Schmidt, J., Moustafa, F., & Pereira, B. (2020). Exploring the link between work addiction risk and health-related outcomesusing job-demand-Control model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(20), 7594. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207594

Total number of publications indexed in WoS and Scopus : 22

• Developing a new kind of methodology
• Working to develop a joint data collection platform

Transformation of business models, strategies and structures of international companies in the context of the "new" global economy: prerequisites, motives and management features

Transformation of business models, strategies and structures of international companies in the context of the "new" global economy: prerequisites, motives and management features

Growing markets, internationalization, institutional features and their impact on strategies, international operations and their sustainability

The only postgraduate program in Russia management in the PhD format with a strong educational and research component, involvement in research projects

• The presence of at least 1 publication in a journal indexed in the WoS / Scopus journal
• Possession of statistical methods of analysis and the ability to work in SPSS / Stata

1. Aray Y., Veselova A., Knatko D., Levchenko A. Drivers for adoption of sustainability initiatives in supply chains of large Russian firms under environmental uncertainty // Corporate Governance (Bingley). 2021. Vol. 21. No. 2. P. 322-338.
2. Dikova D., Veselova A. Performance Effects of Internationalization: Contingency Theory Analysis of Russian Internationalized Firms // Management and Organization Review. 2021. Vol. 17. No. 1. P. 173-197.
3. Aray Y., Dikova D., Garanina T., Veselova A. The hunt for international legitimacy: Examining the relationship between internationalization, state ownership, location and CSR reporting of Russian firms // International Business Review. 2021. Vol. 30. No. 5. Article 101858.
4. Panibratov A., Dikova D., Veselova A. Investment motives, ownership advantages and institutional distance: An examination of Russian cross-border acquisitions // International Business Review. 2019. Vol. 28. No. 4. P. 625-637.
5. Latukha M., Veselova A. Talent management, absorptive capacity, and firm performance: Does it work in China and Russia? // Human Resource Management. 2019. Vol. 58. No. 5. P. 503-519.

Scientific and educational group "Psychology of the environment"  (head)

1. Psychology of the environment
2. The psychology of climate change
3. Psychology of health

Environmental psychology, psychology of sustainable development, psychology of climate change, social psychology, health psychology, evaluation of programs and policies, complex adaptive systems, mindfulness research

1. Sautkina E.V., Agisova F.B., Ivanova A.A., Ivande K.S., Kabanova V.S. Pro-ecological behavior in Russia. Systematic review of research // Experimental psychology. 2022. Vol. 15. No. 2. pp. 172-193. doi
2. Agisova F., Sautkina E. The role of personal and political values in forecasting environmental attitudes and pro-ecological behavior in Kazakhstan // Frontiers of Psychology. 2020. Volume 11. p. 3660. doi
3. Ivanov A. A., Agisova F. B., Sautkina E. V. Pro-ecological behavior in Russia: adaptation of the Cameron Brick scale and the relationship with environmental concern // Psychological research: an electronic scientific journal. 2020. Vol. 13. No. 70. P. 7.
4. Thomas G. O., Sautkina E., Portinga U., Wolstenholme E., Whitmarsh L. E. The accusation of using plastic bags in England changed behavior and strengthened support for other accusations of reducing the amount of plastic waste // Frontiers of Psychology. 2019. No. 10:266. pp. 1-12. doi
5. Nash N., Whitmarsh L., Capstick S., Hargreaves T., Portinga W., Thomas G., Sautkina E., Xenias D. Behavioral side effects associated with climate and the potential contribution of the theory of social practice. // / Climate change. 2017. Volume 8. No. 6. pp. 1-16. doi

The work of graduate students will be carried out on the basis of one of the three laboratories of the faculty and on relevant topics:

1. International Laboratory of Microphysiological Systems
2. Laboratory of Molecular Physiology
3. Laboratory for Research on Molecular Mechanisms of Longevity

• molecular mechanisms of longevity
• molecular oncology
• bioinformatic methods in molecular biology

• molecular oncology
• molecular mechanisms of longevity
• bioinformatic methods in molecular biology

The Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology has the most modern technological and hardware base, which allows conducting scientific research at the world level. The faculty also has a strong scientific and educational partnership with IBH RAS, which is a leader in the field of bioorganic chemistry. The faculty also has stable international partners in Germany, England and other countries.

1. Zhiyanov A., Maltseva D., Tonevitsky A. A novel approach for a joint analysis of isomiR and mRNA expression data reveals features of isomiR targeting in breast cancer // Frontiers in Genetics. 2022. Vol. 13. P. 1-10.
2. Vitobello A., Mazel B., Lelianova V. G., Zangrandi A., Petitto E., Suckling J., Salpietro V., Alexander G. Tonevitsky, Yuri Ushkaryov. ADGRL1 haploinsufficiency causes a variable spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders in humans and alters synaptic activity and behavior in a mouse model // American Journal of Human Genetics. 2022. Vol. 109. No. 8. P. 1436-1457.
3. Nersisyan S., Zhiyanov A., Zakharova M., Ishina I., Kurbatskaia I., Mamedov A., Galatenko A. V., Shkurnikov M., Gabibov A., Tonevitsky A. Alterations in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta peptides presentation by HLA molecules // PeerJ. 2022. Vol. 10. Article e13354.
4. Volynsky P., Maltseva D., Tabakmakher V., Bocharov E. V., Raygorodskaya M., Zakharova G., Britikova E., Tonevitsky A., Efremov R. Differences in medium-induced conformational plasticity presumably underlie different cytotoxic activity of ricin and viscumin // Biomolecules. 2022. Vol. 12. No. 2. Article 295.
5. Nersisyan S., Novosad V., Galatenko A. V., Sokolov A., Bokov G., Konovalov A., Alekseev D., Tonevitsky A. ExhauFS: exhaustive search-based feature selection for classification and survival regression // PeerJ. 2022. Vol. 10. Article e13200.

Total number of publications - 48

1. National idea/identity of the "Western" East: Japan (Head)
2. Prospects of European integration in a globalized world (head, executive Officer)
3. Monitoring of the social well-being of residents of the Moscow region (head)
4. Research of the archetypes of the youth of modern Russia (based on products of mass culture) (head)
5. Russian ideological movements through the prism of the Runet (co-head, responsible executor)
6. Mapping the latest Russian protest movement based on qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data corpus of mainstream and social media (responsible executor)
7. Memory at War. Wars of Memory: Cultural dynamics in Russia, Poland and Ukraine (Special Consultant, researcher)
8. Identification strategies of post-Soviet migrants (responsible executor)

Russia-Asia-Pacific, Russia-East Asia, Europe, Japan-USA: problems and prospects of bilateral and multilateral relations, institutions of political and economic integration and cooperation, factors of ensuring national security, etc.

National security and cybersecurity; Russia-Asia-Pacific region, Russia-East Asia, Europe, Japan-USA: prospects of bilateral and multilateral relations, institutions of political and economic integration and cooperation, factors of ensuring national security; EU.

Background in Political Science/International Relations/Governance/Region Studies/Human Geography (with special focus on East Asia, Asia-Pacific, EU countries or regions)

1. Youth and Youth policy in the UK / Nikiporets-Takigawa G.Y. Modern Europe. 2018 No. 1 (80). pp. 47-58
2. What should a political scientist be like? Existing trends and possible prospects / Nikiporets-Takigawa G.Y. Political expertise: POLITEX. 2019. Vol. 15. No. 1. pp. 17-35
3. Internetization of the political space on the example of Russia / Takigawa G.Y. Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Political Sciences / St. Petersburg State University. Saint Petersburg, 2020
4. The problematic field of European integration / Nikiporets-Takigawa G.Yu., Belokhvostkina D.S., Filatov O.V. Moscow, 2021.
5. Trust of the Generation Z in Artificial Intelligence in the Assessment of Historical Events / Vinichenko M.V., Nikiporets-Takigawa G.Y., Makushkin S.A., Oseev A.A. Relacoes Internacionais no Mundo Atual. 2022. Т. 1. № 34. С. 224-243.

Total number of publications: 17 (Web of Science), 15 (Scopus), 44 (RSCI)

1. Monitoring the effectiveness of University educational services promotion programs in target markets in Russia and abroad / Nikiporets-Takigawa G.Yu., Avtsinova G.I., Komissarova N.V., Markova T.S., Golubeva T.I., Tortunova I.A., Selezneva L.V.
Certificate of database registration 2022620609, 03/23/2022. Application No. 2021622841 dated 01.12.2021.

2. Analysis of the target markets of educational services University / Nikiporets-Takigava G.Yu., Avtsinova G.I., Otyutsky G.P., Kuzmenko G.N., Lobazova O.F., Martynova M.Yu., Melikov I.M.O., Skorodumova O.B.

3. Certificate of registration of the database 2021621040, 05/21/2021. Application No. 2021620938 dated 05/17/2021.

4. Multimedia textbook "Political, socio-cultural and legal space of Russia and the world" / Otyutsky G.P., Nikiporets-Takigawa G.Yu.

5. Certificate of registration of the computer program RU 2018611865, 08.02.2018. Application No. 2017663225 dated 19.12.2017.