Vladimir V. Popov
Principal Researcher, Doctor of Sciences in Economics
Biography
Vladimir Popov is working in CEMI as a principal researcher
since 2016. He is also a professor emeritus at the New
Economic School in Moscow, and an adjunct research
professor at the Institute of European and Russian Studies
at Carleton University in Ottawa.
In 2009-15 he worked in DESA, UN, as a Senior Economic
Affairs Officer and Interregional Adviser. He
participated in preparing World Economic Vulnerability
Monitors in 2009-10, World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014-15 and World Economic
Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2015 and 2016. As an
Interregional Advisor in the UN in 2010-2014 he took part in
capacity building missions, workshops and conferences in
Bhutan, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. He
wrote a number of papers and policy notes on general
macroeconomic policy issues (managing trade and financial
shocks, exchange rates, foreign exchange reserves and
sovereign wealth funds), as well as on country specific
issues (Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan).
In 1996-98 he was a Senior Research Fellow in the World
Institute for Development Economics Research of the United
Nations University (WIDER/UNU)
in Helsinki, Finland, co-directing a project "Transition
Strategies, Alternatives and Outcomes".
In the 1990s and 2000s he was also teaching at the Academy
of National Economy (Moscow), at Queen's University,
University of Toronto and Carleton University in Canada,
Helsinki School of Economics in Finland, University of
Kaiserslautern in Germany; he was doing research in Italy,
Japan, Sweden, US.
He taught courses
in Macroeconomics-1; Macroeconomics-2; International
economics; Comparative economic systems; European economic
integration; Economics of transition; International aspects
of economic transition; Russian economy in transition.
He published extensively on world economy and development
issues (editor of 2 books, author of 10 books and hundreds
of articles, including in Journal of Comparative Economics,
World Development, Comparative Economic Studies, New Left
Review, as well as essays in the media).
His books and articles were published in Chinese, English,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.
His 1990 book “The
Turning Point” about the Soviet economy (co-authored
with N. Shmelev) was published in English by Doubleday (and
also in Russian and Korean). In 1999 г. the book on currency
crises co-authored with M. Montes was published in
Russian ("Азиатский
вирус" или "голландская болезнь": теория и история
валютных кризисов. М. Издательство "Дело") and
English (Asian
Crisis Turns Global. Singapore, Institute of Southeast
Asian Studies). His most recent book – “Mixed
Fortunes: An Economic History of China, Russia, and the
West” (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Member of the board/editorial board:
- Committee for Development Policy, ECOSOC, UN (2008-09)
- World Institute for
Development Economics Research (WIDER/UNU) in 2000-2009
- Global Development
Network (2000-2010)
- Economic Education and
Research Consortium (EERC-Russia)
- Prognozis
Прогнозис. Журнал о будущем
- Journal
of International Economic Policy
- Journal of New Economic Association (Журнал Новой
экономической ассоциации)
In 2010 Russian magazine "Russkiy
Reporter" listed Popov among 10 most influential
Russian economists and sociologists of 2000-10. In 2011 his
book “Strategies of Economic Development” was awarded the
prize “Social Thought”.
He graduated from the Economics Department of the Moscow
State University in 1976 and holds PH.D.s (Candidate of
Science, 1980; and Doctor of Science, 1990) from the
Institute of the US and Canada of the Academy of Sciences of
the USSR.
Personal websites: www.carleton.ca/~vpopov/
, www.nes.ru/~vpopov.