Nina Belyaeva

During her scientist career, Nina Belyaeva taught courses on political science and law in universities of Georgetown, Colorado, Baltimore (USA), Salzburg (Austria), Cape Town (South Africa); particularly, courses in English on Russian political and legal reform, on the development of new social and political movements, on comparative constitutional law etc. Since 2000 Nina Belyaeva works in Higher School of Economics. She is a member of the HSE Scientific Council, head of the Public Policy Department and academic head of the Master program “Political Analysis and Public Policy”, which is the only English-language program on Public Policy in Russia.

Nina Y. Belyaeva was an initiator and main drafter of the Russian State Law “Concerning Social Associations” (1995), as well as, being panelist of State Duma working groups on:

Since 1985 till present Nina Y. Belyaeva works with voluntary associations of citizens; carried out various social projects, providing them with legal assistance; advises on legal issues Russian and international projects for the implementation of social and charity programs.

In 1981 Nina Belyaeva had graduated summa cum laude from the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University (MSU). In 1986 she had passed PhD in Law defense with thesis topic: “Legal groundwork for NGO’s political activities in USSR” at Institute of State and Law (ISL) of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Nina Y. Belyaeva completed an internship of UNESCO in School of Law of University of London in 1987 and in 1991 she had finished her internship at Institute for Policy Studies in the Johns Hopkins University. In 1992 Nina Y. Belyaeva worked in Center for Strategic & International Studies (USA) as visiting fellow. Since 1993 she worked as a senior visiting fellow at United States Institute of Peace