Universities as the scientific centers. The leading scientific schools in my sphere of interests

Topics for candidate exams

   

List of topics for candidate exam

1. Мои научные интересы и научная деятельность. Моя кафедра.

2. Перспективы моей научной карьеры.

3. Университеты как научные центры. Ведущие научные школы в моей области знаний.

4. Наука в исторической перспективе (появление и развитие моей научной области).

5. Современное состояние науки в моей области знаний.

6. Роль иностранного языка в международном сотрудничестве и решении научных проблем.

7. Международные и российские программы поддержки молодых ученых.

8. Вопросы научной этики и гражданской ответственности ученых.

1. My scientific interests and scientific works. My department.

My scientific interests and the dissertation are devoted to the risk management in sphere of innovation and investment. Adam Smith is the patron saint of classical economics, Keynes of Keynesian economics, and Joseph Schumpeter is the patron saint of innovation economics. Innovation is a major force for business, economic and social progress. The issues of innovation development are increasingly dealt with in various scientific works. However, there is a wide range of problems which have not been solved yet, for instance the risk management in sphere of innovation and investment. There is a lot of foreign literature on this subject, especially in English. I can read the works of foreign writers, scientific books, magazines in original. Due to numerous sources in English my dissertation can become more profound and interesting.

I study at the faculty of International Graduate School of Management, at the department of international economic relations. Our faculty was founded in 1994 and now it includes four departments: international business, international management, organization theory and my department – International Economic Relations.

Professors, lecturers, postgraduate students and students of my department conduct scientific research in different spheres: accounting, audit, financial analysis, risk management. All the professors, lecturers, postgraduate students and students of my department write and publish scientific papers, monographs and textbooks under the direction of professor Okorokov V.R. The works of our department are presented at many international scientific venues, published in economical journals, monographs and textbooks.     

 

Prospects of my scientific career

     I think science is important for most people living in modern world for a number of reasons. In particular, science is important for mutual understanding, as it involves cooperation among scientists and scholars and sharing knowledge.

Making a decision about a potential scientific career can be a daunting and time consuming endeavor. My future scientific career, as I can see it at present, should be connected with risk management. Therefore, my dissertation is devoted to the risk management in the spheres of innovation and investment. The problems of innovation process are reflected in numerous publications of both domestic and foreign researchers. Frank Knight was the founder of risk management and Harry Markowitz is a patron saint of modern portfolio theory that was introduced by him in 1952 in the Journal of Finance.

During my postgraduate course I would like to take part in different conferences and symposia, make presentations and write articles. Soon after defending my dissertation and getting my Ph.D., I am going to find an appropriate job in a Russian or maybe a foreign company. I intend to apply my scientific knowledge and to help people support their policies and programs. I would like to take part in some international projects in order to use the results of my PhD research to the fullest extent. I am also willing to work in collaboration with my foreign colleagues and partners from different countries. To my mind, conducting joint research is very beneficial for science and is a really good opportunity for my scientific career development.

I also think that teaching is quite a good way of scientific career development. Proceeding with my research into the sphere of economics, I’ll do my best to obtain my doctoral degree in the same sphere and after defending my rehabilitation dissertation I could possibly become a full professor at my university.

Universities as the scientific centers. The leading scientific schools in my sphere of interests

  In most countries universities have developed as educational and scientific centers. People enter universities in order to broaden their knowledge in a certain sphere of science of their choice. They are determined to have a career and to feel independent in their professional and social life. Besides, any university is also a scientific center as most professors are well-known scientists who keep in touch with production sector of economy to develop their sphere of science. The activities of a university as a scientific centre include scientific research; organization of conferences; publication of scientific studies; consulting; training; implementation of scientific projects. Given all the features mentioned, modern successful university can be regarded as a scientific center.

  The St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University is a good example of a scientific center numbering 23 scientific directions. The university maintains close relations with Russia’s Academy of science and over 100 foreign universities. Among the scientists who studied and worked in the Polytechnical University are the Nobel Prize winners: Nikolay Semionov for research into the mechanism of chemical reactions; Piotr Kapitsa for basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics; Zhores Alfiorov for basic work on information and communication technology; developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed and optoelectronics.

The leading scientific school in my sphere of interests in Russia is the Great Active Laboratory. It is the unity of people who develop control management in economic and social systems. The leading scientists of this Lab, Dmitry Novikov and Vladimir Burkov, are well-known in our field. We are also trying to establish mutually beneficial contacts with analogous research Labs at Helsinki and Warsaw universities.