Alexey Naumov

Education:   

1978–1983 Undergraduate student, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University; M.S. equivalent Degree in Geography

1983–1988 Postgraduate student, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University

1986            Participant, Exchange Program of postgraduate studies, Universidad de  Los Andes (Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia)

1990           Cand. Sci. Degree (equivalent Ph.D.) in Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dissertation: “Economic Geographic Study of Developing Agricultural Systems (case of Colombia)”

Majors:          Social and Economic Geography, Regional (subnational) Geography, Geography of Land Use and Agriculture,                           Geography of Agribusiness,  Rural Development (Regional (subnational) issues),Geographical Education

Experience:

Full-time enrollment:

1983–1985      Researcher, USSR-UNEP project "Impact of The World Agriculture on The Environment"

1987–1992      Research fellow, Faculty of Geography, MSU                      

1992–1996      Assistant Professor, Faculty of Geography, MSU; Lecturer on courses “Geography of Agriculture”, “Geography of Latin America”; Supervisor, Field Training Program for Students        

1997–2007     Deputy Dean on International Relations, Faculty of Geography, MSU

1996–2014      Associate Professor, Faculty of Geography, MSU; Lecturer on courses  “Fundamentals of Agriculture”, “Geography of World Agriculture”, “Geography of Latin America” “Frontier areas of the world: geography, economy, culture, politics”

2014–             Head, Department of Social and Economic Geography of Foreign Countries, Faculty of Geography, MSU; Lecturer on courses “Introduction to Social and Economic Geography of Foreign Countries”, “Typology of Countries”, “Geography of World Agriculture”, “Geography of Latin America”

Part-time enrollment:

1981–1982      Field researcher, expeditions of the Laboratory of Land Resources,  Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University

1989­–1991     Developer, Secondary Education Geographic Curriculum, Moscow Institute for Development of Systems in Education

1988–1992      Contributor, Reference Magazine VINITI USSR "Geografiya"

1989–1991      Member, Working Group on Regional (subnational) Studies, European Council for Social Research on Latin America

1991–1992      Contributor, Russia–USA Geography Curriculum Exchange Project

1990–1992      Contributor, Russia–USA Project on Comparative Regional (subnational) Geography

1991                Participant, Global Change Institute on Land Use and Land Cover Changes (Aspen, Colorado, USA)

1992                Senior Researcher, Department of Analysis and Forecasting, Presidium of The Supreme Soviet of Russia

1992                Contributor, Report on the Social and Economic Stage of Russian Regions for Russian Government

1995–1996      Chief of Geographical Division, “Otkritiy Mir” Publishing house

1991–1999      Vice-President of Organizing Committee, National Olympiad for Secondary Level Students on Geography

1992–2017     Chair, Commission for Geography Olympiads, Ministry of Education of Russian Federation

1998               Visiting professor, Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia)

1998                Participant, National Foundation for Training Specialists Program on Evaluation of Teaching Materials

1997 – 2004    Stanford University – Moscow Center, lecturer on courses “Environmental problems”, “Russia: its land and people”

1997 – 2003    Co-President, Council for Evaluation of Geography Textbooks, Ministry of Education of Russia

1997 – 2002    Scientific Supervisor, Project on Geography Olympiad Tasks Elaboration, Federal Academic Program “Integracia” (integration)

2001                Visiting professor, University La Habana, Cuba

2000–2011     Coordinator for Latin America, International Potash Institute, Switzerland

2003               Expert on Russia–Latin America R&D cooperation, UNIDO (United Nations Organization on Industrial Development)

2003–2011     Consultant on markets developing, International Potash Company, Moscow, Russia

2005                Lecturer, Summer school of Central-European University on Sustainable Development, Simferopol, Ukraine

2005                Lecturer, School-Conference on Environmental Management, Moscow, Russia

2007                Lecturer and trainer for field practices, International Center of Moscow State University at Geneva, Switzerland

2016-2017      Contributor, Forecast of Technological Development of Russian Agriculture Higher School of Economics, Russia

2017-              Member, Commission for Geography Olympiads, Ministry of Education of Russian Federation

2018                Consultant, World Bank Food Security/Sovereignty in Eurasia Case Studies Project

2019-              Head of Department for Rural development Studies, Institute for Agrarian Studies, Higher School of Economics, Russia

2019-2020      Head, grant program “International Olympiads” of the Russian geographical Society

Participation in Congresses (main):

1991      Global Change Institute (Snowmass, CO, USA)

1992      27th International Geography Congress (Washington, D.C. USA)

1996      Royal Colloquium on Sustainable Development of Batlic Agriculture (Stockholm, Sweden)

1997      Yale/Tubingen Summer Seminar on Economic Policy for the  Agribusiness Sector in the Transition Economies (New Haven, CT, USA)

2001      International Potash Institute Symposium (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

2002      28th International Geography Congress (Seoul, Korea)

2002       International Potash Institute Golden Jubilee Congress (Basel, Switzerland)

2003       International Geographical Union Conference (Barnaul, Russia)

2004       Stanford–Siemens–Lufthansa Symposium on Globalization (Berlin, Germany)

2004       Symposium “Potash in Brazilian Agriculture” (Sao Pedro, Brazil)

2005       Lomonosov Symposium (Moscow, Russia)

2005       Conference on Soil Fertility and Stability of Agriculture (Minsk, Belarus)

2006       Symposium “Fertilizing Practices for Poor Soils of the Tropical Savannas of South America” (Bonito, Brazil)

2006       Seminar “Environmental Education for Sustainable Development: Exchange of Experience between Italian and Russian Universities” (Viterbo, Italy)

2008       Session for development syllabus for MS programs in environmental sciences in the countries of East Europe (central European University, Budapest, Hungary)

2009       International Fertilizers Producers Association Regional (subnational) Conference (Moscow, Russia)

2011       Regional (subnational) Conference of the International Geographical Union (Santiago, Chile)

2015       Regional (subnational) Conference of the International Geographical Union (Moscow, Russia)

2015       International conference BRICS: political ambitions and opportunities (Moscow, Russia)

2016       International Geographical Congress (Beijing, China)

2017       International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) - IX(Umea, Sweden)

2017       Agroinvestor – Russian Crop Production 2016/2017 Conference (Moscow, Russia)

2017       International Conference “BRICS Initiatives in Critical Agrarian Research: New Extractivism, Peasantry and Social Dynamics” (Moscow, Russia)

2018       International Geographic Union Moscow Conference (Moscow, Russia)

2018       International Geographic Union Regional (subnational) Conference (Quebec, Canada)

2019       International Conference “Regional (subnational) development strategies for sustainable agriculture and rural areas” (Moscow, Russia)

2019       International Geographic Union Thematic Conference “Transformation of Traditional Cultural Landscapes” (Koper, Slovenia)

Main Professional Publications: 200 articles, 45 books and textbooks (author and co-author)