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Oleg Vasilievich Inshakov
An outstanding Russian economist, researcher in the field of evolutionary economic theory, the history of Russian economic institutionalism, institutional economic theory, theory of economic mechanisms. The author of the evolutionary-genetic theory of production factors and the “development core” model of economic systems, the theory of economic genetics and nanoeconomics, the originator of the theory of the global economic system and expanded notion of the object and subject of economic theory based on the evolution of its level structure.
Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Honored Worker of Higher School of the Russian Federation, Cavalier of the Orders of Friendship and Honor, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Rector of Volgograd State University in 1995–2014, President of Volgograd State University in 2014–2016, Director of the Research Institute for Social and Economic development of the Region at Volgograd State University in 2016–2017.
Founder of a powerful scientific school "Patterns of evolution, methods of transformation and strategic modernization of economic systems" on the problems of functioning, structuring and evolution of economic systems of various kinds, types, levels and scales. 26 Doctors’ Dissertation and 51 Candidate's Dissertation have been performed under the supervision of O.V. Inshakov
Honorary Professor at Jilin University, China (2009), Honorary Doctor at Southern Federal University (2014), Distinguished Professor at Volgograd State University (2017), Honorary Professor at Economic Research Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2017).
Oleg Vasilievich Inshakov was born on June 30, 1952 in the town of Kozlov, Ternopol Oblast in Ukraine, in the family of an employee. In 1953, the family moved to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, where in 1969 he graduated fr om secondary specialized mathematics school and entered the economics department of Rostov State University.
Professional activity. Working in higher education in Russia for over 43 years, O.V. Inshakov went from a laboratory assistant to the rector of a classical university, actively accumulating and fruitfully realizing his creative and organizational potential in scientific, educational and social activities.
In 1974, he graduated with honors from the economics department of Rostov State University with a degree in political economy, wh ere after then he studied in graduate school under the supervision of Professor A.F. Tarasov and worked until 1986: first as a laboratory assistant, then a senior researcher at the Institute of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics; assistant, teacher, associate professor of the Department of Political Economy at Rostov State University. Candidate of Economic Sciences since 1981, he was awarded the academic title of the Senior Researcher in the specialty “Political Economy” in 1983.
Since 1986, O.V. Inshakov began working at Volgograd State University, wh ere in different periods until 1995 he headed the Department of Political Economy, was the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Law, then of the Faculty of Economics; he worked as vice-rector for socio-economic work, vice-rector for scientific work and international relations, and first vice-rector. The academic title of professor was given to O.V. Inshakov in 1993, and the degree of Doctor of Economics was awarded in 1996.
O.V. Inshakov actively trained, gave lectures, studied the experience of managing and organizing the scientific and educational process at universities in Austria and Bulgaria, Great Britain and Germany, Holland and Spain, Russia and the USA, Switzerland and Sweden.
In 1995, O.V. Inshakov was elected for the first time as Rector of Volgograd State University. In 2000, 2005 and 2010 he was again successfully elected as Rector of the University, serving fruitfully in this position until April 2014.
During the period of the active work as University Rector from 1995 to 2014 O.V. Inshakov became the initiator and leader of creating:
- Foundations and symbols of the Volgograd State University corporate culture, including the anthem, crest and flag;
- Package of strategic documents for the development of a higher education institution (“Concept of the development of Volgograd State University for the period 2000–2005”, “Development Program of Volgograd State University for 2005–2010”) and regulatory documents of VolSU (charter, collective agreement, internal labor and school regulations);
- Unique mechanism of multi-channel financing of the university’s activities, stimulation and social protection of the VolSU community in the context of market transformation in the sphere of higher professional education in Russia;
- Academic journals “Bulletin of the Volgograd State University” (1996–2011) in 12 series and “Regional Economy. South of Russia” (since 2013; previously, “Economy of Regional Development”, 2000), in which he was the editor-in-chief, chairman, member of the scientific editorial board; as well as a series of publications “Scientific Schools of VolSU”;
- 5 new faculties, the Center for Information Technology (Internet, 1998), the University Website (2002) and the University Web Portal (2009);
- Information systems of management and performance of main university departments;
- University Media Center, including newspaper “Forum”, student radio and television “UTRO”, faculty student newspapers, 2005 – 2013;
- Museums: of the history of VolSU (1997), of the Lower Volga region archeology (1996); The Board of Trustees of VolSU and the Council of Veterans of the University;
- University Endowment Fund (2010); VolSU Volunteer Center “Proryv” (2011);
- Construction and putting into operation a) the Building of the Information and Education Center – Scientific Library of VolSU with the total area of about 13.5 thousand square meters (1996–2014); and b) the Student garden area of about 2.5 thousand square meters (2012).
O.V. Inshakov contributed to the significant strengthening of the university staff, the scientific, educational and economic potential of the university, the development of its material base, the development and implementation of a unique system of the distance organization of the university research.
On the results of the successful and fruitful work in the position of rector for over 18 years, in 2014 O.V. Inshakov was recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for the position of President of Volgograd State University and awarded the Diploma of the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Thereafter, until April 2016, he worked as the Volgograd State University President, and then he took the initiative to leave this post and focus on research work as Director of the Research Institute for the Socio-economic Development of the Region at Volgograd State University. At the new stage, he managed to make effective use of the accumulated and rethought experience in the research, educational, and organizational activities in higher education.
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