Alexander Auzan

Aleksandr Auzan (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ауза́н, born 11 July 1954) is a Russian Economist, dean of the MSU Faculty of Economics, doctor of science, author of more than 130 scientific publications, member of numerous state councils and committees on strategic development of the Russian economics.

Aleksandr Auzan
Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ауза́н
Born1954 (age 67–68)
Norilsk
NationalityRussian
FieldInstitutional economics
Alma materMoscow State University

Biography

Auzan was born in Norilsk on July 11, 1954. According to Alexander, his parents were employed in the nuclear industry and assigned to a production site in Norilsk after graduation. The family moved back to Moscow when Alexander was two month old.[1][2]

According to Auzan, he failed his entry exams at the MSU Faculty of Economics in 1972 and promised himself not only to enter the following year, but to become a professor there someday. He actually succeeded to enter the university in 1973 and started teaching there in 1983.[3][4]

Auzan started teaching in 1983, he was promoted to senior lecturer in 1987 and became an assistant professor in 1989. In 1994 he defended his doctoral thesis.[4] In 2011 he became chair of the Faculty of Economics and in 2013 he was promoted to dean.[5]

In the 1990s Auzan was one of the founders of the Russian Consumer's Protective Rights Association.[6][7]

In 2005-2011 he headed the Association of Russian Economic Think-Tanks.[8]

During his career, Auzan headed and took chair in various governmental committees, including:

  • Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
  • Head of the Advisory Working Group of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation
  • Presidential Commission for Modernization and Technological Development of Russia's Economy
  • Governmental Commission on Administrative Reform
  • Public Council under the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
  • Expert Council on Contractual Relations with the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
  • Head of the Expert Group "Optimization of State's Presence - Reducing Regulatory Functions and Ensuring Transparency and Feedback from Citizens and Businesses"[5]

Auzan is a strong believer in cultural effect on economics,[9][10] he sees perspectives in modernization and development of ‘human capital’.[11]

References
  1. "Aleksandr Auzan". Всемирный Экономический форум. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  2. "Прямая речь: Александр Аузан" [Direct speech: Alexander Auzan] (in Russian). Postnauka. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  3. "Лучшие преподаватели страны Александр Аузан, экономист: "Капитал" — это серьезная вещь»" [Best Teachers of Russia: Economist Alexander Auzan] (in Russian). Afisha Daily. 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  4. "Александр Аузан" [Alexander Auzan] (in Russian). MSU Chronicles. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  5. "Aleksandr Auzan". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  6. Kloss 2001, p. 214.
  7. McAuley 2015, p. 138.
  8. "Alexander Auzan". Roscongress. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  9. Lehtisaari, Katja 2017.
  10. Tambovtsev 2015.
  11. "People Are Better Than Institutions: Who Will Launch Modernization in Russia" (in Russian). Economic Conversations. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

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