Meet our team

We are an international team of experts with many years of management and research experience in such fields as GR, higher education, science, the world’s leading universities, consulting, and media
Membership
  • European Association for International Education, EAIE
  • World Education Research Association, WERA
  • International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI
Egor Yablokov
CEO
Expertise
  • National academic excellence programs (being expert or co-developer in 4 academic excellence programs)
  • Launching new projects in the field of higher education and science
  • Science & Education policy
  • Transformation and development of universities (being reviewer or co-developer of 50+ roadmaps)
  • Transfer of knowledge and technologies
  • University rankings
Strategic Management
Analytics & Data
Strategic Management
Analytics & Data
Expertise
  • Implications of ranking methodologies
  • Comparative studies of strategic planning approaches and capabilities in the universities
  • Comparative studies of higher education systems
  • Advice on the development of country specific university classification systems
  • Higher education governance
  • Development and implementation of university strategic plans
  • Performance management and benchmarking to support evidence-based decision making
  • Measurement and development of Key Performance Indicators
  • Advice on governmental university classification and evaluation systems such as the Teaching Excellence Framework
  • Chapter author in ‘Higher Education Strategy and Planning: A Practical Guide’
  • Published research papers in fluid dynamics journals
Miscellaneous
Nicola Horseman
Head of Strategic Management, PhD
Expertise
Membership
  • University rankings deep analytics and forecasting
  • Analytics and data visualisation for decision making purposes
  • Strategic management in higher education and science
  • International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI
  • IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, IREG
Liudmila Solntseva
Head of Analytics & Data
Strategic Management
Analytics & Data
Expertise
  • University transformation
  • Strategic communications
  • Science communication
  • International communications
  • Education marketing
  • Brand strategy
  • Academic HR
Anna Veklich
Head of Communication
Global Collaboration & HR
Communication
Expertise
  • Science communication
  • Third mission, science engagement and citizen science
  • Media management
  • Marketing and PR in science and education
  • Science & Technology Studies
Membership
  • Public Communication of Science and Technology Network, PCST
  • European Federation for Science Journalism, EFSJ
  • Science Writers in Italy, SWIM
Miscellaneous
  • Contributor (The Moscow Times, The Insider, Wired Italia, Forbes Russia)
  • Physical chemistry and crystallography
Alexandra Borissova Saleh
Communication and Engagement Expert, PhD
Strategic Management
Communication
Expertise
  • Development and implementation of academic excellence programs
  • Analytical support for managerial decision making
  • Sociology of science and higher education
  • Academic HR
  • Evidence-based science policy
Sergey Damberg
Head of Collaboration with Research and Educational Organisations
Global Collaboration & HR
Analytics & Data
Expertise
  • Strategies for the development of higher education
  • Data analysis
  • Scientific event management
Membership
Miscellaneous
  • Senior Researcher, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
  • Author of scientific publications and school encyclopaedias
Anton Stepikhov
Senior Analyst, PhD
Strategic Management
Analytics & Data
Expertise
  • Strategic development and management of universities
  • Marketing and brand promotion
  • International marketing and recruitment of international students
  • Complex project management
  • Team building
  • Development and management of educational programs
  • Event management
Membership
  • European Association for International Education, EAIE
Olga Krylova
Senior Expert
Strategic Management
Global Collaboration & HR
Analytics & Data
Expertise
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Scientific communication
  • Life sciences, medical & pharmaceutical sectors
  • Comparative analysis of science & education sectors in different countries
  • Biochemistry and molecular biology, genetic engineering, preclinical studies, cancer research
Miscellaneous
Roman Trikin
Senior Researcher, PhD
Communication
Vsevolod Bylevsky
Lead Analyst, PhD
Expertise
  • Open data analytics and data journalism
  • Audiovisual content production
  • Information security in universities
  • Evaluation of university communication and policies in terms of cultural identity
Global Collaboration & HR
Analytics & Data
Expertise
  • Scientometrics
  • Sociology of science, sociology of education, sociology of social networks
  • Data analysis for social research
Marina Valeeva
Scientometrics Expert, PhD
Strategic Management
Analytics & Data
Expertise:
  • Motion design and animation
  • Graphic design and branding
  • UI / UX
  • Web design
  • Data visualization
  • 3d design
Egor Vasilev
Designer
Communication
Expertise
  • Qualitative analysis of educational and social systems in developing countries of the world
  • Theory in Philology and Philosophy
  • Science and Society
  • Oral negotiations: bringing together different points of view effectively, mediation
Walker Trimble
Senior Expert, PhD
Global Collaboration & HR
Communication
Larisa Ryndina
Senior Analyst
Expertise
  • Extracurricular activities design for university students
  • Journalism and corporate media management
  • Content analysis of communication practices and PR strategies of the organisation
  • Economic analytics
  • Business event management
Analytics & Data
Communication
Olya Sealy
Marketing Communications Expert
Expertise
  • Science communication
  • Digital marketing
  • Marketing and PR in Science and Education
  • International Academic Mobility
  • Internalisation of HEI
  • CRM Systems for Academic Mobility
  • International student recruitment
  • Double-Degree and Joint programs
Communication
Expertise
  • Data visualization
  • Graphic design and branding
  • Web design
  • UI / UX
  • Qualitative research for digital product development
Membership
Diana Solkazian
Senior Designer
Communication
Olgun Cicek
Senior Advisor, PhD
Expertise
  • Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education
  • Internationalisation
  • Education & Training
  • Research & Business Development
  • Rankings
Quality Assurance
Global Collaboration & HR
Membership
  • INQAAHE (International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education)
  • CEENQA (Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education)
  • Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education)
  • IQA (Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World)
  • CHEA-CIQG (Council for Higher Education Accreditation International Quality Group)
  • British Accreditation Council
  • ECA (European Consortium for Accreditation Germany)
  • Reviewer/ evaluator for many institutional
  • and program accreditation organizations in America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East (QAA from the UK, NVAO from the Netherlands, AQAS from Germany, OCQAS from Canada, etc.)
  • External evaluator and advisor for TKTA and IAAR
  • YÖKAK (Higher Education Planning, Evaluation, Accreditation and Coordination Council, 2014-2022)
Maria Yudkevich
Head of Research, PhD
Expertise
  • Higher education research (author and co-author of multiple books and articles)
  • Academic excellence initiatives
  • Research evaluation
  • Comparative study of higher education
  • Economics of higher education
  • History of higher education
  • Development and implementation of academic research strategies
  • Development and implementation of faculty development programs
  • Academia in a comparative perspective
Strategic Management
Analytics & Data
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