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Vyacheslav Baburin

Vyacheslav Leonidovich Baburin (; born 31 May 1951) — Soviet and Russian economic geographer and regional scientist, educator, made a contribution to understanding of dynamic aspects in economic geography, particularly examining innovation cycles in Russian social and economic system. One of the Russian researchers of interaction between society and environment (effects of climate change on socio-economic development of countries and regions, assessment of damage from natural disasters, impact on society of time zones reduction, influence of mountain environment on economy, the cycles of forestry development, etc.)

Biography

Baburin was born in Moscow. In 1968 he joined the economic faculty of Moscow State University, but he left faculty because of ideological conflicts. During 1969-1971 he served in the Soviet Army in the Strategic Missile Forces.

He graduated from Department of Economic And Social Geography of Russia Moscow State University in 1976. (Specialty - "Economic geography").

Ph.D. in geography (Moscow State University, Department of Geography, Department of Economic And Social Geography of Russia) (1985). His thesis "Territorial organization and management of industry during scientific and technological revolution (on example of the Moscow region)" is devoted to location of the military-industrial complex in Moscow region (it had been marked as "For Official Use Only").

Doctor of Geographical Sciences (Moscow State University, Department of Geography, Department of Economic And Social Geography of Russia) (2002).

Career

From 1996 to 2002 V. Baburin was an assistant professor of economic and social geography of Russia, Faculty of Geography Moscow State University. Since 2002 Baburin is professor of Department of Economic And Social Geography of Russia. From 2012 - head of the department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia.

He participated in the preparation of Russian federal programs:

  • "The decision of the social, economic and environmental problems associated with the rise of the Caspian Sea"
  • "Integrated Development of the Russian Federation, adjacent to the Caspian Sea" (1994–1998)
  • "Kemerovo Region: a regional diagnostics for evaluation of investment attractiveness" (1998).

During last 30 years Baburin engaged in regional analysis and strategic regional planning in Russia.

Teaching

Teaching conducted in Moscow, Ufa, Khabarovsk, Sevastopol and other cities. Today Baburin is a professor of Moscow State University at the Faculty of Geography, as well as in his office in Sevastopol, and the Faculty of Public Administration (Course "Economic and Political Geography").

Research

The participation and leadership of research projects:

  • "Pskov highway: an innovative approach to regional development" (Pskov Region Administration, 1997)
  • "The main provisions of the strategy and the concept of social and economic development of Krasnodar Region" (Krasnodar Territory Administration, 2000)
  • "Assessment of investment attraction and development of proposals for the formation of the promising directions of social and economic policies of the Pskov region" (Pskov Region Administration, 2000)
  • "Characteristics of social and economic conditions. / Assessment / Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Project" Sakhalin - 1 "(2001-2002).
  • "Assessment of the population living in mountain areas of Russia, for the purpose of budget alignment" (Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, 2001–2002.)
  • "Macroeconomic analysis of the uneven economic and social development of regions" (state contract to perform research and development activities, 2002)
  • "Economic-geographical problems of restructuring of the Russian economy: the experience of the 1990s and trends in the beginning of the 21st century.» (01.2.00.168001)
  • "The development of concepts and conceptual apparatus of the national regional (rayon) school of economic and social geography» (01.2.00.108025),
  • "Geographical problems of economic and social development of Central Russia in market conditions."
  • "Zoning of Russia as a basis for territorial control and regulation of social and economic processes and methodological approaches (06-06-80277)."
  • "Forecasting of impacts of major innovation projects on socio-economic development of regions" (12-06-00400).

Contributions to science

Baburin is the founder of new direction in economic geography in Russia - innovation geography, the researcher of innovation cycles in Russian economy.

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