Leader of the Research Group, The Science and Industrial Policy Group, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow
She received her Ph.D. in economics in 1992 from the RAS Institute of National Economic Forecasting, and her D.Sc. degree in economics in 2007 from the RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
Dr. Dezhina has been a Fulbright Scholar at the MIT Program “Science, Technology, and Society” (1997), a fellow at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies in Washington, D.C. (1994 and 2013). In 1998-1999 she was a Science Policy Analyst at SRI International, Washington, D.C. She has also served as a consultant for the World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, CRDF, OECD, APEC, EU Framework Program, Russian Foundation for Technological Development, and other organizations. She is a member of Editorial Boards of the journals “Sociology of Science and Technology” (published by RAS), “Information Society” (Russia), and the Triple Helix Journal (USA).
Her current research interests include studies of science and technology policies. She has published 10 monographs (one in English) and over 180 articles on these and related topics.
The key areas of analysis and research activities of the Research Group at Skoltech are:
- Priorities of science policy in the context of the modernization of the economy and building innovation policy;
- Organizational changes in Russian science;
- Regional aspects of science and technology policies;
- Internationalization of the Russian science;
- Mobility, networks, the circulation of professionals in the fields of technology, scientists and researchers;
- Ways for development of Russian science as an integral part of the educational process;
- Management system of Russian science;
- The alignment of technological industrial priorities for the formation of a competitive environment on the international market;
- New mechanisms of interaction between science and industry.