Alexander N. Chumikov, IPC General Director

Occupation:

Professor of the State Administration Department in The MSU. Expert in Public Relations and crisis management, journalist.

Date of Birth: November, 10, 1954

Place of Birth: Moscow

Education:

1981 - Journalistic department of the Moscow State University (MSU);

1985 – Foreign languages department of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute;

1991 – post-graduate courses at the Russian State Service Acedemy.

International activities:

1995-2002 – academic and special seminars and projects within international programs in Russia, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia, Canada.

Academic degrees and status:

1991 - Candidate of Philosophical Science (Ph.D. thesis: “ Socio-political conflict: the particularities of diagnostics and management”);

1995 – Doctor of Political Science (Doctoral thesis: “The conflict in the system of socio-political process during the transition period”);

1997 - Senior lecturer;

2001 – Professor.

Professional career:

1972-1992 – Mass media (newspapers and magazines) – reporter, columnist, editor, editor-in-chief;

1992-1995 – Head of the public relations department of the joint-stock company “City”;

1994-1996 - Senior staff scientist at the Sociologial Institue of the Russian Acedemy of Science (RAS), coordinator of the Conflict Situations Research Center, RAS;

1995-1996 – Head of the research and PR-programmes of the International Foundation of the politics and law exploration/analysis “Interlegal”;

1996 – present time – Professor of the State Administration Department in The MSU;

1996 - present time – CEO iof the PR-agency “Interrnational Press-Club. Chumikov PR & Consalting”

Public Activities:

Since 1995 - Member of the Political Science Academy;

Since 2000 - Vice President of the Political Science Academy;

1997–2003 - Member of the board of the Russian Journalists’ Union;

Since 2001 - Vice President of the Russian PR Assotiation;

1998 – 2002 – Member of the Advisory committee of the “Silver Archer”, National Award in the field of public relations development;

Since 2001 – Chairman in the Advisory committee of “Crystal Orange”, All-Russian contest students’ works in the field of PR.

Achievements, awards and publications:

More than 300 publicistic works in newspapers and magazines;

More than 100 scientific works, including monographs “ Socio-political conflict: theoretical and practical aspects” (1993), “Management the conflict situations” (1995), textbooks: “Negotiotions: strategics, communications, facilitation, mediation” (1997), “Creative Technologies in PR” (1998 – National Award in the field of public relations development in the “Best Teoretical Work of the Year” nomination); “Public Realtions” (2000 – 1-st edition, 2001 – 2-nd and 3-rd editions), “Public Realtions: theory & practice” (2003, 2004)

Personal projects: concepts of working up and accomplishment:

1990 – 1991 – Politically-public newspaper “Point of View”, Moscow;

1995 – Public relations department of the Moscow International Busines

Center “City”;

1994-1995 – Exclusive courses “Conflictology” at the Moscow State Pedagogocal University, series of publications in this sphere;

1994-1996 – All-Russia Conflictorlogy examination, series of researches and publications in this sphere;

Since 1996 – Courses “Public Realtions” and “Ways of Negotiations” at the MSU, a number of publuications in this sphere.

Since 1996 - Close corporation “International Press-Club. Chumikov PR & Consalting”, management of more than 300 political and business projects.