SHAROVA Anna Yurievna

Ph.D. (Economics)
Senior Researcher, Centre for Global and Strategic Studies

SPIN RSCI AuthorID: 914760
ResearcherID: B-3022-2018
Scopus Author ID: 57189250225
ORCID: 0000-0003-4439-9028

Research Interests:
Energy Sector of Arab and African countries
Electric Power Complexes
Energy Policy, Development of Renewable Energy
International Cooperation

Contacts:
30/1 Spiridonovka St., 123001, Moscow, Russia
Tel.: +7 (495) 690-63-85
E-mail: sharova.inafr@gmail.com

Education:
2016 Ph.D. in Economics from the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Thesis topic: “International Cooperation in the Electricity Sector of the Arab Countries of Asia”
2010 – 2014 full-time postgraduate study, Institute of Asian and African Countries (ISAA) at Lomonosov Moscow State University
2010 Master of Oriental and African Studies in the field of “Oriental Studies, African Studies”, Institute of Asian and African Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Department of Economics and Economic Geography)
2008 – 2010 Professional retraining at the Faculty of Advanced Training of Teachers and Specialists of the State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Moscow Power Engineering Institute (TU)” in the program “Electric Power Systems and Networks”
2008 Bachelor of Oriental and African Studies in the field of “Oriental Studies, African Studies”, Institute of Asian and African Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Department of Economics and Economic Geography)

Knowledge of Foreign Languages:
English – fluent, French – intermediate, Arabic – intermediate, Italian – intermediate

Work Experience:
2017 – present Senior Research Fellow, Center for Global and Strategic Studies, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
2015 – 2019 Junior Research Fellow, Center for Energy Systems, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

Main Research Publications:

Monographs:
• Africa: Sanctions, Elites and Sovereign Development / Fituni L.L., Zakharov I.A., Dmitriev R.V., Sharova A.Yu., Aleshin K.A. Moscow: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2021. 368 p.
• Economics and Management in the Modern Electric Power Industry of Russia / Akushskaya M.I., Ametistov E.V., Barinov V.M., Barkin O.G., Bakhmutsky I.N., Bryancev A.M., Danilin I.V., Dmitriev A.S., Kalanov A.B., Ivanov S.A., Kholkin D.V., Smirnov V.V., Fedorova E.V., Raznyak V.O., Usman E.Yu., Veselov F.V., Makarov A.A., Nigmatulin B.I., Sharov Yu.V., Sharova A.Yu. et al. (2nd edition, revised and supplemented). Moscow: NP "KONTs UES", 2019. 726 p.
• Electricity Sector in the Arab Countries of Asia: Economic Trends and Innovations / Sharova A.Yu. Moscow: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2018. 204 p.

Selected Articles, 2020–2024:
• Sharova A.Yu. Prospects for the Development of Hydropower in Africa // Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2024. Vol. 94. No. 6. Pp. 26–36.
• Abramova I.O., Sharova A.Yu. Geostrategic Risks in the Transition to Green Energies (Using the Example of Africa) // Geology of Ore Deposits. 2023. Vol. 65. No. 5. Pp. 449–462.
• Sharova A.Yu. Electricity Projects in Africa // Journal of the Institute for African Studies. 2022. No. 2 (59). Pp. 17–34.
• Volkov S.N., Sharova A.Yu. The Economy Electricity Sector in the Northern Africa: Opportunities of Interaction for Russian Energy Companies // Journal of the Institute for African Studies. 2022. No. 4 (61). P. 28–47.
• Barinov A.K., Sharova A.Yu. Infrastructure Development in Africa (East Africa Electricity Sector) // Asia and Africa Today. 2021. No. 10. P. 38–45.
• Barinov A.K., Sharova A.Yu. Infrastructure Development in Africa (East Africa Transport) // Asia and Africa Today. 2021. No. 7. P. 38–46.
• Sharova A.Yu. Investments in the Electricity Sector of Africa in the Post-Covid Period. In: Socio-Economic Problems of Regions in the Context of Global Instability. I International Interdisciplinary Scientific and Practical Conference. 2020. P. 178–180.
• Sharova A.Yu. Integration in the African Electricity Sector: Power Systems Interconnection and Regional Electricity Markets. In: Africa in the Context of the Formation of a Polycentric World. Collective monograph. Moscow, 2020. P. 38–46.
• Sharova A.Yu. Electricity Markets in Africa: Current State and Development Problems // Economic Relations. 2020. Vol. 10. No. 4. P. 1157–1174.
• Sharova A.Yu. Investment in the Electricity Sector of Africa and Its Role in Overcoming the Continent’s Energy Poverty // Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2020. Vol. 13. No. 6. P. 181–197.

Experience in Participating in Research Projects:
• Grant from Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation program for research projects in priority areas of scientific and technological development: agreement No 075-15-2024-546 “The «Clean Water» project as the most important component of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the countries of the Global South: socio-economic and technological dimensions” (executor, project coordinator, 2024–2026).
• Grant from Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation program for research projects in priority areas of scientific and technological development: agreement No 075-15-2020-783 “Post-crisis world order: challenges and technologies, competition and cooperation” (executor, 2021–2023).
• Russian Foundation for Basic Research: project 19-014-00019 “Sanction and regulatory targeting of national elites as a tool for global governance and international competition” (executor, 2019–2021).