Aleksandr Auzan (, born 11 July 1954) is a Russian

Economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

, dean of the MSU Faculty of Economics, doctor of science, author of more than 130 scientific publications, member of numerous state councils and committees on strategic development of the Russian economics.

Biography

Auzan was born in

Norilsk Norilsk ( rus, Нори́льск, p=nɐˈrʲilʲsk) is a closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90 km east of the Yenisei, Yenisey River and 1,500 km north of Krasnoyarsk. Norilsk is 300 ...

on 11 July 1954. According to Alexander, his parents were employed in the nuclear industry and assigned to a production site in Norilsk after graduation. The family moved back to

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

when Alexander was two month old. According to Auzan, he failed his entry exams at the MSU Faculty of Economics in 1972 and promised himself not only to enter the following year, but to become a professor there someday. He actually succeeded to enter the university in 1973 and started teaching there in 1983. Auzan started teaching in 1983, he was promoted to senior lecturer in 1987 and became an assistant professor in 1989. In 1994 he defended his doctoral thesis. In 2011 he became chair of the Faculty of Economics and in 2013 he was promoted to dean. In the 1990s Auzan was one of the founders of the Russian Consumer's Protective Rights Association. In 2005-2011 he headed the Association of Russian Economic Think-Tanks. During his career, Auzan headed and took chair in various governmental committees, including: *Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights *Head of the Advisory Working Group of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation *Presidential Commission for Modernization and Technological Development of Russia's Economy *Governmental Commission on Administrative Reform *Public Council under the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia *Expert Council on Contractual Relations with the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia *Head of the Expert Group "Optimization of State's Presence — Reducing Regulatory Functions and Ensuring Transparency and Feedback from Citizens and Businesses". Auzan was among the few professors who recommended revoking

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's doctorate during the plagiarism scandal.

Academic and professional interests

Auzan specializes in

New institutional economics New Institutional Economics (NIE) is an economic perspective that attempts to extend economics by focusing on the institutions (that is to say the social and legal norms and rules) that underlie economic activity and with analysis beyond earlier ...

social contract In moral and political philosophy, the social contract is an idea, theory, or model that usually, although not always, concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual. Conceptualized in the Age of Enlightenment, it ...

Consumer protection Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent business ...

Civil society Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts have been aimed at ...

(2012) for ; * Medal by 'Association of Independent Centres of Economic Analysis' (2014); * Yegor Gaidar Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Economics; *

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Medal for 'Achievements in the Economics' (2015); * All-Russian 'Reputation' prize for Financiers in the category ''Scientist of the Year'' (2019); * Honorary professor of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (2019).

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