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Wladimir Andreff

Title:

 Wladimir Andreff
Professor of Economy, Paris-Sorbonne

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Paris-Sorbonne

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Presentations

Sports financing in times of global recession - Play the Game 2009 (Pdf.)

A Coubertobin Tax Against Muscle Drain - Play the Game 2005 (Pdf.)

Academic degrees

  • “Maîtrise” (4 year degee) in Econometrics, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, June 1969.
  • Bachelor in Sociology, University 5 Sorbonne, June 1970.
  • Master in Economics, University 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, October 1970.
  • Master degree in Applied Economics, University Paris 9 Dauphine, June 1971.
  • Ph.D in Economics, University Paris 9 Dauphine, June 1975 (honoured with a publication subsidisation from the Ministry of Education, and the first dissertation award of the University Paris 9 Dauphine); dissertation: Expansion of multinational corporations and sectoral globalisation of production, examining board : H. Bartoli, A. Bienaymé, A. Cotta (President), C. A. Michalet, C. Palloix.
  • Second (so-called “complementary”) Ph.D dissertation in Economics, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, December 1976, topic: Variations in the level of centralisation in Eastern European countries since the reforms, examining board: H. Bartoli (President), M. Lavigne, J. Marczewski.
  • “Agrégation des Universités”, i.e. nation-wide accession examination to Full Professorship in Economics, November 1977


Professional career

  • Assistant-Professor (1971-1976), then Senior Lecturer (1976-1977) in Economics at the University 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Department of Economics.
  • Full Professor (1977-1980) in Economics at the Limoges University, Department of Law and Economics.
  • Full Professor (1980-1990) at the  University of  Social Sciences of  Grenoble 2, Department of Economics.
  • Full Professor at the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Department of Economics, 1st September 1990 - 1st September 2008
  • Professor Emeritus at the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, since 1st September 2008.


Distinctive positions

  • Member of the examining board of Ecole Nationale d'Administration (the French highest administrative school) in 1986.
  • Elected member of the French Republic Commission at UNESCO, (October 1990 - October 1996); Deputy-president of the "Social Sciences - Humanities" Committee of this Commission (September 1991 - October 1996).
  • President of European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (1997-1998), Vice-president (1995-1996) and elected member of the Executive Committee (1990-2002).
  • President of International Association of Sport Economists (2002-2005), Vice-president (1999-2002), Honorary President since 2006.
  • President of the French Economic Association (2007-08), Vice President of the French Economic Association (2005-07), member of the Executive Committee since September 2002.
  • Jury member of the Hungarica Prize, since 2004.
  • President of the Scientific Council of the National Observatory for the Economy of Sports in 1988.
  • Vice-President of the Observatory for the Socio-Economy of Sports, of the Rhône Alpes Region, 1989-1990.
  • Honorary President of the Scientific Committe of the Scientific Conference in Social Sciences at the Winter Olympic Games, Albertville 1992.
  • Appointed by the Minister for the Youth and Sports as a member of the National Council for Physical and Sporting Activities, April 2001 – June 2008.
  • Appointed as a member of the Committe for Sport Ethics, next to the French Olympic Committe, May 2002 – May 2008.
  • President of Economix & Sport, Association for the Study and Research on Economics and Sports, since March 7, 2009.


Research

Publications : see List of publications by topics and List of publications by publication type

Statistical summary: 365 scientific publications in Economics and 97 published scientific book reviews.

In Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese languages.

Including :

  • 10 books as an author.
  • 12 books as an editor.
  • 56 articles in refereed economic journals (EconLit listed)

Areas of the 22 books:

  • 12 in Transition Economics and Comparative Economic Systems.
  • 5 in the Economics of Sports.
  • 4 on Multinational Corporations and Globalisation.
  • 1 in Economic Analysis.

Areas of the 343 published articles :

  • 171 in Transition Economics and Comparative Economic Systems.
  • 94 in Economics of Sports.
  • 43 on Multinational Corporations and Globalisation.
  • 13 in Development Economics.
  • 10 in Industrial Economics.
  • 8 in History of Economic Thought and Economic Methodology.
  • 3 on the French Planning and Economy.
  • 1 on Other topics.

Participation to 307 scientific conferences since 1973 (of which 134 abroad in 38 countries) and 18 keynote speeches.


Research heading

  • Founding director of ROSES (Reforming and Opening post-Socialist Economic Systems), Research Laboratory associated to CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), in 1990-1992 and 1995-1999; Honorary director until December 31, 2005 when ROSES was merged into the Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne (UMR 8174 du CNRS).
  • Founding director of URGENSE (Grenoble Research Unit on the Economies of Existing Socialism), research team of the University Grenoble 2, in 1981-1989.
  • Head of GREFIG (Research Group in Quantitative International Economics and Finance) at the University Grenoble 2, 1981-1990, grouping four research teams affiliated to the CNRS network on Quantitative International Economics and Finance.
  • Associated researcher of the Centre of Sport Law and Economics,  Limoges University, since 1978.
  • Scientific director of the research project "Les effets d'entraînement des Jeux Olympiques d'Albertville" (The economic spin-offs of Albertville Winter Olympics), in the Multi-annual Programme in Humanities of the Rhône Alpes Region and CNRS, from July 1988 to January 1991; 16 researchers involved.
  • Scientific director of the research project “Les échanges entre la CEE et le CAEM à l’horizon 1992” (EEC-CMEA trade at the 1992 horizon) achieved by ROSES for the French Central Planning Agency, September 1989 - November 1991; 6 researchers involved.
  • Scientific director of the research project “Les perspectives du secteur public à l’Est et à l’Ouest” (Public sector perspectives, East and West), French Ministry for Research, January 1991 - November 1994; 14 researchers involved.
  • Scientific director of the research project “La transition post-communiste” (Post-communist transition),  gathering 5 research teams of the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, financed by the Ministry of Higher Education, 2002-2005, 40 researchers involved.
  • Scientific director of the research project “La consolidation du changement institutionnel” (Consolidating institutional change),  gathering 4 research teams of the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, financed by the Ministry of Higher Education, 2006-2009, 30 researchers involved.
  • Supervision of Ph.D dissertations and “habilitations à diriger des recherches” (post-doc examination giving access to Ph.D supervision)
  • Supervisor of 53 Ph.D dissertations in Economics completed yet, and 7 Ph.D dissertations in the making.
  • Supervisor of 6 “habilitations à diriger des recherches”, post-doc exam.


Research evaluation

  • Expert involved in the experts’ task force evaluating the "1999 Five-Year Assessment of the RTD Framework Programmes and their Specific Programmes", in charge of evaluating the INCO Programme, within the GD XII of the European Commission, Brussels (September 1999-May 2000).
  • Expert at the French Ministry for National Education, Higher Education and Research, Department of Social Sciences, since 2007.
  • President of the Evaluation Committee of the PHARE Multi-Country Programme in Higher Education in charge of evaluating the Department of Economic Policy and the Department of Economic Cybernetics at the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest 1998.
  • Expert of the Evaluation Committee of the PHARE Multi-Country Programme in Higher Education in charge of evaluating the Department of Enterprise Economics at the University of Bitola, Macedonia 1998.
  • President of the Evaluation Committee convened by the Higher Education Quality Assessment Centre of the Ministry for Education of Estonia. Evaluation of economic research achieved in five Estonian universities, Tallinn, Tartu December 11-16, 2000.
  • Evaluation of research projects submitted to the French Ministry for Higher Education, 1991-1992.
  • Evaluation of one research project achieved for the French Central Planning Agency, 1994.
  • Evaluation of one research project achieved for the Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom, 1995.
  • Evaluation of research project applications for subsidisation by the Rhône-Alpes Region, 1991 and 1995, and the Aquitaine Region, 1998 and 2001.
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the CNRS network on Quantitative International Economics and Finance, 1983-2001.
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the PhD. Programme (“Ecole doctorale”) of Political Economy at the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, 1992-2004.
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the PhD. Programme (“Ecole doctorale”) of Economics Panthéon-Sorbonne at the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, since October 2004.
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Inter-university Centre for Hungarian Studies, University Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle, since 1999.
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Regional research network on Sport of the European Universitary Pole of Lille Nord-Pas de Calais, since September 2001.
  • Member of the screening committee for the Hungarica Award rewarding the best French research in social sciences devoted to Hungary, since 2004.
  • Member of 188 Ph.D dissertation examining boards in Economics.


Editorial work and referee work for scientific journals

  • Co-editor with Marc Lavoie of the book series New Horizons in the Economics of Sport with Edward Elgar (Cheltenham, United Kingdom), since 2006.
  • Co-editor with Janos Kornaï, Bruno Dallago and Hans-Jürgen Wagener of the book series Studies in Comparative Economic Systems with Edward Elgar (Cheltenham, United Kingdom), 1996-2002.
  • Member of the Editorial board of Economic Systems (Munich and Washington), 1993-2006.
  • Member of the Editorial board of MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies (Bologna), published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993-2001.
  • Member of the Editorial board of Cuadernos del Este (Madrid), 1990-1998.
  • Member of the Editorial board of International Journal of Development Planning Literature (Spellbound Pub., Rohtak, India), since 1999.
  • Member of the Editorial board of Journal of Sports Economics (Sage, Hayward, USA), since 2000
  • Member of the Editorial board of East-West Journal of Economics and Business (Rethymno, Greece), since 2000.
  • Member of the Editorial board of European Sport Managment Quarterly (Routledge, Colchester, UK), since 2000.
  • Member of the International Advisory Board of Contemporary Europe Research Centre Working Paper Series (Melbourne), since 2000.
  • Member of the Editorial board of The International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (Inderscience, Bucks, UK), since 2004.
  • Member of the Editorial board of The Journal of Sport Management (Novi Sad, Serbia-Montenegro), since 2005.
  • Member of the Editorial board of The International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies (Inderscience), since 2006.
  • Member of the international scientific committee of Revue Management & Goveranance, Grenoble, since 2009.
  • Member of the Editorial board of Sport dlya bcekh (Sport for all, Moscow), since 2000.
  • Member of the Editorial board of STAPS: Revue internationale des sciences du sport et de l’éducation physique (De Boeck, Brussels), since 1990.
  • Member of the Editorial board of Corps et Culture (Body and Culture), since 1995.
  • Member of the Editorial board of Revue Juridique et Economique du Sport (The Journal of Sport Law and Economics), since 1999.
  • Director of Cahiers de la Faculté des Sciences Economiques de Grenoble,1983-1990.


Referee for the following journals

  • Acta Oeconomica (Budapest).
  • Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics (Liège, Belgium).
  • Development and Change  (The Hague).
  • East-West Journal of Economics and Business (Rethymno, Greece).
  • Economic Systems  (Munich, Washington).
  • Economics of Transition (EBRD  London, Edinburgh).
  • European Journal of Comparative Economics (e.journal, Torino).
  • European Journal of Economic and Social Systems.
  • European Sport Management Quarterly (Bedford, UK).
  • Economie appliquée (ISMEA, Paris).
  • Economie rurale (AFCA, Paris).
  • Economics of Transition (EBRD  London, Edinburgh).
  • Economie appliquée (ISMEA, Paris).
  • Economies et Sociétés (ISMEA, Paris).
  • Economie internationale (CEPII, Paris).
  • Etudes Internationales (Quebec city).
  • European Journal of Comparative Economics (e.journal, Torino).
  • European Sport Management Quarterly (Routledge, Colchester, UK).
  • International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (Bucks, UK).
  • International Management (Montreal, Canada).
  • Journal of Communist Studies and Transitional Politics (Routledge, Colchester, UK).
  • Journal of Comparative Economics (Middletown, USA).
  • Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Elsevier, Amsterdam & USA).
  • Journal of International Relations and Development (Ljubljana).
  • Journal of Sports Economics (Sage, Hayward, USA).
  • Management International (Montreal, Canada).
  • Revue d'Economie du Développement (CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand).
  • Revue d'Economie Financière (Paris).
  • Revue d'Economie Industrielle (Paris).
  • Revue d'Economie Politique (Paris).
  • Revue d'Economie Régionale et Urbaine (Bordeaux).
  • Revue d’Etudes comparatives Est-Ouest (CNRS, Paris).
  • Revue Economique (Paris).
  • Revue Française d'Economie (Paris).
  • Revue Tiers Monde (IEDES, Paris).
  • STAPS: Revue internationale des sciences du sport et de l’éducation physique (De Boeck, Bruxelles).

Teaching

Delivered at the University of  Paris  1 until 2008

  • Economics of transition, Master of Economics (1rst year), 1990-2008.
  • International economics and industries, Master of Economics (1rst year), 2001-2008.
  • Transition and European enlargement : Trading and investing in Eastern Europe, Master of International Trade (2nd year), 2001-2008.
  • Development and integration of transition countries into the global economy, Master of International Economics (2nd year), 2002-2008.
  • Globalisation of the sport industry (and the economics of sport), Master of Economics of the Industry and Services (2nd year), 2006-2008. 

Previously delivered in various universities

In the Universities of : Paris 1, Paris 5, Paris 10, Limoges, Grenoble 1, Grenoble 2, Grenoble 3, Lyons 1, Algiers, Istanbul (Marmara), Rio de Janeiro, San Marino, Quebec city (Laval), Peking (Beida), Moscow (Lomonosov and Higher School of Economics), Novosibirsk, Tashkent, Ekaterinburg, Prague (High School of Economics, VSE) at the Institute for Political Science of Grenoble and at the Higher Business School of Lyons :

  • Comparative Economic Systems,
  • Contemporary Economic Issues,
  • Economic Analysis,
  • Economic Planning and Industrial Structures,
  • Economics of Sports (namely at San Marino 1997, Prague 2006, taught in English),
  • Economics of Transition (namely at Moscow 1995, taught in English),
  • Enterprise  Organisation,
  • Foreign Trade and Investment in Transition Economies (Tashkent 2004, Ekaterinburg 2008, taught in English),
  • Globalisation of the sports economy (VSE Prague, since 2006, taught in English),
  • Institutional Economics and Privatisation: Application to Russia,
  • International Economic Relations of Socialist Countries,
  • International Economics,
  • Introduction to the History of Economic Thought,
  • Money and Finance,
  • Multinational Corporations and the Third World,
  • Multinational Organisation and Strategies,
  • National Accounting,
  • Opening Eastern Europe to the Global Economy,
  • Privatisation and Residual State Property in Transition Economies (Moscow 1999, taught in English),
  • Privatisation in Transition Economies (Novosibirsk 2004, taught in English),
  • Public Enterprises,
  • Socialist Economies (namely at Algiers 1979,  Quebec city 1985,  Peking 1991),
  • Socialist Economies and the Third World,
  • Statistics,
  • The Multinational Corporation and Globalisation.

Teaching missions abroad

  •  University of Algiers (April 1979).
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (August-September 1980), UNESCO/UNDP project.
  • University Laval at Quebec city (September-October 1985).
  • President of the Summer University : "The Soviet economic reform", Spanish-American University at Santa Maria de la Rabida, Huelva, Spain (August 1989).
  • Beida State University at Peking  (June 1991).
  • Lomonosov State University at Moscow (March 1995), TEMPUS project involving : London School of Economics, University of  Paris 1, Tilburg  and  Lomonosov University.
  • Institute of Political Science, Marmara University, Istanbul (May 1996)..  University  of  San Marino (June 1997).. Higher School  of  Economics at  Moscow  (April 1999).
  • Novosibirsk State University (February 2004).
  • Tashkent University for the World Economy and Diplomacy (September 2004).
  • Higher School of Economics  (VSE), Prague (March 2006, March 2007, March 2008).
  • University of the Urals, Ekaterinburg (April 2008).
  • Lectures delivered in 37 foreign countries.


Educational and administrative tasks

  • Director of the Master “Economics of transition: comparative analysis” at the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (1991-2002).
  • Director of the Master “Foreign trade” at the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (1993-1995).
  • President of the recruitment Commission in Economics at the University of Grenoble 2 (1986-1988).
  • Member of the recruitment Commission in Economics at the  Limoges University  (1978-1981), at the University of  Grenoble  2 (1982-1993)