Mikhail Blinkin Appointed Acting Dean at Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism
Mikhail Blinkin, Acting Dean at the HSE Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism
Mikhail Blinkin is one of Russia’s leading experts in urbanism, city planning, and urban transport. He has headed the HSE Institute for Transport Economics and Transport Policy Studies since 2011 and has been HSE Tenured Professor since 2013. In 2017, Mikhail Blinkin was the recipient of an HSE Honour Award 1st Class, as well as the Golden HSE award for Best Expert.
As Acting Dean of the Graduate School of Urbanism, Professor Blinkin will be concentrating on developing the school further, together with the young GSU staff. He will remain Head of the HSE Institute for Transport Economics and Transport Policy Studies throughout his term as Acting Dean.
Professor Blinkin considers that his goal in this position is to increase the efficiency of the School. ‘This relates both to commercial results (contract work) and academic achievements, such as publications’, he explained.
The core of the new management team at GSU will consist mainly of young lecturers. The professor plans to engage them in drafting curricula for new educational programmes.
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