
The Research Ambassador of the University of Bremen
Andrei Yakovlev, the director of IIMS and ICSID, is accepted as a Research Ambassador at the University of Bremen (Germany). He was appointed by the Rectorate of the University at the suggestion of the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics. Professor Yakovlev will represent the University in Russia and Eastern Europe and act as a liaison between any prospective students and researchers and the University of Bremen.
Waiting for Change
Andrei Yakovlev gave a comment on constitutional reform and change of government. The comment was published in the latest issue of Russian Analytical Digest

SIDE-ISLE 2019 Conference
At the end of December 15th annual conference SIDE-ISLE 2019 (Italian Society of Law and Ecomonics) was held at the University of Milan. Anton Kazun, research fellow of the ISCID took part in the conference
New publication in Russian Politics
The article by Andrei Yakovlev and Anton Aisin "Friends or Foes? The Effect of Governor-Siloviki Interaction on Economic Growth in Russian Regions" was published in the 4th volume of the Russian Politics (RUPO).
2019 ASEEES Convention in San Francisco
51st Annual Convention of Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies was held in San Francisco (USA) on November 23-26, 2019. ICSID staff members Andrei Yakovlev, Ekaterina Borisova, Israel Marques, Amanda Zadorian and Guzel Gariffulina as well as ICSID associate fellows Michael Rochlitz and Alexander Libman took part in the convention.

Analytics for Management and Economics Conference 2019
Andrei Yakovlev and Yulia Rodionova took part in the Analytics for Management and Economics Conference (AMEC 2019) that was held in St. Petersburg on September 27-28, 2019.
