| Nina Belyaeva | |
| Birth Name: | Nina Yurievna Belyaeva |
| Birth Date: | 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Education: | PhD in Law |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow State University |
| Occupation: | Scientist, Political and Social Activist |
| Known For: | Head of Public Policy department HSE 2000 - 2022 |
Nina Yurievna Belyaeva (Russian: Нина Юрьевна Беляева) is a Russian public policy researcher, PhD, professor and head of the Public Policy Department.[1] at National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE),[2] Moscow 2000 - 2022, Russia, Academic Supervisor of the International Master's Program "Political Analysis and Public Policy" with a specialization in "Human Rights and Democratic Governance" (2006-2022), Russia. Member of Russian Political Science Association,[3] .
Nina Belyaeva was born in 1957.
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.[4] 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[5] [6]
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.[6] [7] 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.[4]
At loose hours, Nina Belyaeva goes in mountain climbing, theater and choreography.[5]
The scope of Nina Belyaeva's professional research interests include the legal basis for the creation and functioning of political institutions; public sphere and public policies; civil society and the state; attitude of authorities and society, including legal regulation of different forms of dialogue and cooperation (the creation of the Public Chamber of advisory committees, conducting civic forums, civil debate, civil mandates and civilian expertise); civic participation[5] [6] [8]
Zaytsev D. G., Belyaeva N. Y. Determinants of the Policy Impact of Analytical Communities in Russian Regions: Cases of Karelia, Tatarstan and Saratov // Central European Journal of Public Policy. 2017. Vol. 11. No. 2. P. 23-42Belyaeva N. Y. Citizen Plenums in Bosnia Protests: Creating a Post-Ethnic Identity, in: Non-western social movements and participatory democracy: Protest in the age of transnationalism / Ed. by E. Arbatli, D. Rosenberg. Switzerland : Springer, 2017. P. 115-138.Belyaeva N. Y. The Dynamic Nature of Policy Capacity: Internet Policy in Italy, Belarus and Russia, in: Policy Capacity and Governance. Assessing Governmental Competences and Capabilities in Theory and Practice. Springer, 2018. Ch. 18. P. 411-439.Belyaeva N. Y. at al (2023). Narrative strategies in a nondemocratic setting: Moscow’s urban policy debates // Policy Studies Journal 51(1), 79-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12445