Irina Eliseeva

 Affiliation and official address: St. Petersburg University of Statistics and Finance, 21, Sadovaya str., 191023 St.Petersburg, Russia
Date and place of birth: 17.11.1943,  Russia

Nationality: Russian
Education (degrees, dates, universities)

  • Graduation, 1965, Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute named after N. Voznesenskiy (now St.Petersburg University of Statistics and Finance)
  • PhD, 1974, Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute named after N. Voznesenskiy
  • D.Sci., 1984, Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute named after N. Voznesenskiy

Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates)

  • Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute named after N.Voznesenskiy, assistant, 1965-1968
  • Ibid, PhD student, 1968-1971
  • Ibid, assistant, 1971-1974
  • Ibid, senior lecturer, 1974-1976
  • Ibid, assistant professor, 1976-1985
  • Ibid, professor, 1986-1989
  • Ibid, Chair of the Department of Statistics, 1990-now
  • Director  of  Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2005-now)

Specialization (specify)
(i) main fieldStatistical methods – general theory, history, social statistics, econometricsother fieldsinternational science policy(iii) current research interestsocial statistics, econometrics

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies

  • Leader of Socio-economic research section at St-Petersburg House for Scientists (1986)
  • Scientific secretary of St-Petersburg House for Scientists (1994)
  • Associate member of Russian Academy of Sciences (1994)
  • Academician of International Academy of Higher Education (1994)
  • Member of Editorial Committee of All-Russian Journal ”The problems of Statistics” (1994)
  • Member of Editorial Committee of ”Proceedings of St.-Petersburg University of Economics and Finance” (1994)
  • Member of International Statistics Institute (1995)
  • Member of European Society of History of Economic Thought (1997)
  • Head of Scientific Council for Social – economic problems, St.-Petersburg Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Science.

Number of publications: more than 250
Number of communications to scientific meetings: 58
Books:

  • Structure and functions of family group, Moscow, Finance and Statistics, 1983 (Go – author).
  • The dynamic of USSR population 1960-1980, Moscow, Finance and Statistics, 1985(co-author).
  • The poverty in Russia: alternative approach to determination and measurement, Moscow, Centre Carnegi at Moscow 1998 (co – auth).
  • The History of Statistics, Moscow, Finance and Statistics, 1990 (co – auth).
  • The General Theory of Statistics. 4-th ed. – Moscow, Finance and Statistics, 1999 (co – auth).