Center for Interdisciplinary Research

Focus of research:

• Examination of outlines of global transformations:
  • research on the formation of a new polycentric world order and the role of BRICS+ in this process;
  • development of the interdisciplinary project “New Populism”, including the study of Donald Trump’s phenomenon;
  • comprehensive analysis of the impact of digitalization and artificial intelligence technologies on the advancement of expert support mechanisms in policymaking, scientific libraries, and other contemporary information storage and processing institutions.

• Study on the interrelationship between globalization and regionalization processes:
  • scientific support of the Eurasian Information and Analytical Consortium;
  • study of Russia's economic turn to the East and the global South.

• Development of technologies for the promotion of Russian scientific results abroad:
  • research of think tanks in Russia and other countries of Greater Eurasia;
  • publishing bibliographic indexes of Russian-language publications (by Russian authors) on current topics in English.

The Center was founded at the behest of Prof. Dr. Alexey Kuznetsov, Director of the INION RAN, to enhance interdisciplinary scientific research conducted by the Institute’s researchers, including collaboration with scholars from other prominent scientific and educational centers in Russia.

Key researchers:

• Alexey V. KUZNETSOV, Dr.Sc. (Economy), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, chief researcher; specialist in world economy, FDI and multinationals, European and Eurasian integration, international relations, economic and political geography; editor-in-chief of “Outlines of Global Transformations”
• Dmitry V. EFREMENKO , Dr.Sc. (Political Sciences), chief researcher; specialist in social and political theory, international relations, political culture, politics of memory, and Eurasian integration
• Mikhail V. ILYIN, Dr.Sc. (Political Sciences), chief researcher; specialist in epistemology and methodology, cognitive science, semiotics, political science, and intellectual history
• Andrey G. VOLODIN, Dr.Sc. (History), chief researcher; specialist in Indian studies, contemporary history of Asia, and problems of modernization
• Petr P. YAKOVLEV, Dr.Sc. (Economy), chief researcher; specialist in Latin American studies, and foreign economic relations
• Alla G. GLINCHIKOVA, Dr.Sc. (Political Sciences), leading researcher; specialist in value systems in Europe and in Russia, and problems of R&D sociology
• Maksim V. VILISOV, PhD (Political Sciences), leading researcher; specialist in post-Soviet think tanks, and public-private partnership
• Olga P. BIBIKOVA, PhD (History), senior researcher; specialist in Arab regions; editor-in-chief of “Russia and the Moslem World”
• Daria P. SHATILO, PhD (Geography), Laureate of the Metropolitan Macarius Memorial Award, senior researcher; specialist in urban studies, and migration to Europe
• Konstantin V. VIGURSKIY, PhD (Technical Sciences), chief specialist, expert in IT aspects of libraries

Latest major publications:

Books

• Kuznetsov A.V. (ed.). (2020). The Trump Phenomenon. Moscow: INION, 642 pp. (in Russian)
• Kuznetsov A.V. (ed.). (2021). Atlas of Analytical Centers in the EAEU. Moscow: INION, 206 pp. (in Russian)
• Kuznetsov A.V., Yakovlev P.P. (eds.). (2022). Russia and Latin America: Interaction in the Context of a Changing World Order. Moscow: INION, 133 pp. (in Russian)
• Kuznetsov A.V. (ed.). (2023). Atlas of Analytical Centers of Greater Eurasia: Volume 1. Moscow: INION, 264 pp. (in Russian)
• Efremenko D.V. (2024). Beyond the Unipolar Moment. Moscow: INION, 212 pp. (in English)

Articles

• Efremenko D.V. (2022). Mnemonic Security Dilemma. Memory as Casus Belli. Russia in Global Affairs, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 142-164 (in English)
• Efremenko D.V. (2022) The Westphalian World Order in the Digital Space: on the Emerging Phenomenon of Cybergeopolitics. Social Novelties and Social Sciences, no. 1, pp. 7–12 (in English)
• Efremenko D.V. (2023) Gaining Certainty in Our Own Past: Russian Identity and the Politics of Memory at a New Crossroads. Social Sciences, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 4-23 (in English)
• Kuznetsov A.V. (2023). Outward and Inward Foreign Direct Investments: History of Major Russian Losses since the Beginning of the 20th Century. Studies on Russian Economic Development, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 450-455 (in English)
• Kuznetsov A.V. (2022). The Crisis of Country Studies in Russia: Reasons and Consequences. Russia and the Moslem World, no. 4, pp. 5-32 (in English)
• Kuznetsov A.V. (2022). Russian Direct Investment in Countries of Latin America. Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, vol. 92, no. S9, pp. S859-S864 (in English).
• Volodin A.G., Kuznetsov A.V. (2023). The BRICS Platform as a Prototype of the Polycentric World Model. India Foundation Journal, no. 5, pp. 12-22 (in English)
• Volodin A.G. (2023). India-Africa: Development Cooperation in Healthcare. In: Africa and the Formation of the New System of International Relations, vol. II, Springer, pp. 269-282 (in English)

The Center hosts regular scientific seminars and Public Lecture Series on Regional studies.

The Center has implemented several projects funded by the Russian Science Foundation and the Expert Institute for Social Research.