Director, Head of Scientific Direction,
PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
Born on 9th of May 1982 in Kapan.
Contacts
Tel: +374 10-56 53-50
Email: meri.g.manucharyan@gmail.com
mmanucharyan@economics.sci.am
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=ru&authu%20ser=1&user=IdeLCuoAAAAJ
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meri-Manucharyan – Research Gate profile
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-5376 – ORCID ID
Education
In 1999 graduated from Kapan No. 1 Secondary School with a gold medal.
1999-2003: Faculty of Economics of the Armenian Agricultural Academy (now ANAU), Bachelor’s degree( withexcellence)
2003-2005: Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Economics of the Armenian Agricultural Academy (now ANAU), Master’s Degree (with excellence)
In 2014 defended PhD thesis on “The state of property insurance and the ways of development in the agrarian system of the Republic of Armenia” in the Specialized Council 014 Council of the RA SCC, acting at the ASUE.
Associate Professor from 2020.
Work experience
September 2023 to date: Director, the Institute of Economics after M. Kotanyan NAS RA,
From July 2022 until May 2023:Deputy Director, the Institute of Economics after M. Kotanyan NAS RA,
2019-2022:Lecturer, Chair of Labor Economics (now Chair of Business Administration), Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE, jointly),
2018 to date: a member of the Scientific Council and Editorial Board of the Institute of Economics after M. Kotanyan NAS RA,
March to December 2018:“Transition from Theoretical Orientation to Practical Education in the Agrarian Sector (TOPAS), “Erasmus + HG2” program implementer, ANAU,
2015 to date: Junior Researcher, Researcher, Senior Researcher, Leading Researcher, Head of the Scientific Direction, Deputy Director, Director,the Institute of Economics after M. Kotanyan NAS RA,
2011to date: Lecturer, Faculty of Agribusiness and Economics, National Agrarian University of Armenia (ASUE, jointly)
2005-2006: Economist, “Nairi Insurance”, Insurance LLC,
Trainings, conferences, and courses
Participated in a number of international (Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Germany, USA, Ukraine, RF, Georgia) and local conferences, workshops, and training courses, which are presented below according to the schedule.
15.12.2022: “Challenges and Risks of the Trade and Economic Cooperation Of EAEU Member States”international online conference, Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences,co-chaired by the Institute of Economics after M. Kotanyan, moderator, reporter.
09.12.2022:“Contemporary issues of socio-economic development in the Republic of Armenia”, scientific conference dedicated to the 65th anniversary of late V.L. Harutyunyan, organized by the Institute of Economics after M. Kotanyan NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia,
11.11.2022: Scientific conference dedicated to the 95th anniversary of late M. Kotanyan, organized by the Institute of Economics after M. Kotanyan NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia,
31.10-04.11.2022: 8 hours of teaching in English at the University of Evora, Portugal, Evora, Portugal,
23-27.09. 2022: “Equal educational opportunities” training, ANAU, Yerevan, Armenia,
27.06-01.07.2022: Methods of social research, Qualified expert interviews course, Radboud
University Summer School, Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
15.06-17.06.2022: 13th International Scientific and Practical Online Meeting “Modern Directions of Scientific Research Development”, Chicago, USA,
May-June 2022: “Development of soft skills as a key tool for employment”, V4 experience transfer,
“Conflict and Time Management” module training, Hungary (online),
23-27.05.2022: “International Workforce Week” at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
May 2022: “Research Methodology”, “Commercialization of Scientific Innovations”, “Student-Centered Teaching Methodology”, training courses organized within the SciNova program of the Science and Technology Foundation of Armenia (FAST), Yerevan, Armenia
26.04.2022:ScienceDirect,“Knowledge at Your Fingertips”, Researcher Academy On Campus, ELSEVIER (online),
14-17.09.2021:“The Thermal Plant Establishment and Management course”, Training, USAID, ICARE
24-28.05.2021:“International week”, a five-day online learning program with an emphasis on the development of pedagogical and educational skills, organized by the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece,
04-12.05.2021:Training, “Digital Solutions in the Agriculture”, “Sustainable agriculture”
courses, ANAU, Yerevan, Armenia,
28.04.2021:“The Damage Assessment Course in the Field of Agricultural Insurance”, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture,
11-12.03.2021:“Mastering the experience of the Visegrad Quartet in the field of knowledge and technology transfer”,workshop on technology transfer in Yerevan, ASUE,
07-18.12.2020: Training for university professors and lecturers,“New Methods of Teaching Food and Nutrition Policy”, Eurasian Center for Food Security, Lomonosov Moscow State University, World Bank, (online),
11.05-12.06.2020: FAO-UNITAR e-learning course on “Trade, Food Security and Nutrition” (online),
27-31.01.2020: training for university professors on “The application of the “Case Study” method in food and nutrition policy training programs”, Eurasian Center for Food Security, Lomonosov Moscow State University, World Bank, Moscow, Russia,
27.11.2019: International conference “Digital challenges for the global economy. Eurasian prospect plus”, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia,
29-31.10.2019: participation in the 4th annual conference “Eurasian Food Security 2019”, Yerevan, Armenia,
22.10.2019 – 29.11.2019: “Training of personnel management specialists”, ASUE, Yerevan, Armenia
17-19.10.2019: Women’s Leadership School in Science, UNDP, British Embassy Yerevan, RA Regional
Ministry of Management and Infrastructure, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia,
16-22.05.2019: 8 hours of teaching in English in the”Labor Economics” course at Tusha University in Italy.
on Chinese topics, Viterbo, Italy
17.05– 7.06.2019: The FAO-Unitar e-Learning Course on “Agriculture in international trade agreements”, FAO, UNITAR
29.04.2019 – 03.05. 2019: “Teaching and development of student-centered education” within the framework of Topaz Erasmus + HG2 program, ANAU, Yerevan, Armenia,
23-25.04.2019: GIST Caucasian region startup training, US State Department, Tbilisi,
25-27.02.2019: “Training of loss assessment experts in the field of agricultural insurance in Armenia”, KFW, MF STRATEGY, Yerevan, Armenia,
3.12.2018: “Contemporary issues of socio-economic development in the Republic of Armenia”, scientific conference dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, organized by the Institute of Economics after M. Kotanyan NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia
28.11.2018: International conference “Digitalization of Eurasia: a new channel of economic cooperation and developmentprospects”, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia,
24-27.10.2018:Training, “Remuneration and normalization of staff work”, Russian Scientific Research Center, “Modern Educational Technologies”, Lipetsk, Russia,
29.11.2017: “Poland’s political and economic strategy and geopolitical situation in Central and Eastern Europe”, within the Erasmus + KA1 ICM program, Yerevan, Armenia,
April-June 2016:Training, ASUE, Department of Labor Economics, Yerevan, Armenia,
Subjects taught
International Human Resource Management
Labor economics
Economics of the agro-industrial complex
Economics of water management
Research Methodology
Insurance
Agricultural insurance
Social Security and Insurance
Research areas
Labor economics
Agrarian economics
Insurance (Agricultural insurance etc.)
Economics of water management
Problems of Innovative Development of RA Agriculture
The role of loan and renting in the RA Agricultural sector
The role of the digital economy in the RA agri-food system
Publications
Authored more than 90 scientific publications (3 monographs, 3 methodological instructions, and 79 scientific articles, including 49 in international peer-reviewed journals, of which 2 are WOS indexed, and 4 are Scopus indexed).
Language skills
Armenian, Russian, English, French (beginner)
ICT skills
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, SPSS, Stata