Centre for Transition Economy Studies

Head of the Centre
MOROZENSKAYA, Evgenia V., Leading Research Fellow, Member of the Scientific Council of the RAS for the Africa’s Problems, Expert of the RAS – PhD (Economics).

RSCI AuthorID: 72566
ORCID: 0000-0001-6311-1718
WoS Research ID: HII-6258-2022
Scopus Author ID: 57210834806

      • Development strategies and socio-economic policies of African economies
      • Promotion of scientific and technological capacity in Africa
      • Problems of inter-African economic integration


E-mail: evmorozen@mail.ru
Tel.: (495) 691-00-61

Key fields of the Centre’s research:
• Strategies and models of socio-economic development of African countries.
• Modernization of the African economies in the context of technological revolution. Africa’s scientific and technological potential.
• Economic integration in Africa.
• The role of the state in the African economies. Public-private partnership in Africa.
• Sectoral structure of the African economies: agriculture, industry, services.
• Economic infrastructure development in Africa: energy and power, transport, ICT.
• Labour resources. Problems of employment and professional education.
• The role of the informal sector in the African economy. Traditional and modern forms of production.


The Centre's Research Fellows:

    DEGTEREV Denis Andreevich, Senior Researcher
    SPIN RSCI AuthorID: 237630
    Researcher ID: D-9134-2014
    Scopus AuthorID: 57194638393
    ORCID: 0000-0001-7426-1383
      • Extracting industry and the economy of conflicts in African countries
      • Economic sovereignty and international assistance to the countries of sub-Saharan Africa
      • Promotion of financial technologies in Africa

    SAPUNTSOV ANDREY LEONIDOVICH Leading Researcher - Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor
    RSCI AuthorID: 429729
    ORCID: 0000-0001-5689-5737
    WoS Research ID: C-7054-2016
    SPIN: 6879-8505
      • Economic activities of TNCs in Africa
      • Developing economies in FDI flows
      • African economies’ external debt settlement
      • International organizational and economic efforts to combat money laundering and terrorism financing

    SIDOROV, Vasiliy A., Senior Research Fellow – PhD (Economics).
    RSCI AuthorID: 821317
    SPIN: 8499-3189
    ORCID: 0000-0003-0725-6431
      • Africa’s international trade and economic relations
      • Economy and international economic policies of the Republic of South Africa and other economies of Southern Africa

    KALINICHENKO, Liudmila N., Senior Researcher
    RSCI AuthorID: 625999
    SPIN: 6948-2402
    ORCID: 0000-0003-0531-9873
    WoS Research ID: HDO-6463-2022
    Scopus Author ID: 57210832244
      • Manufacturing sector in the economies of sub-Saharan Africa
      • Problems of the fuel and energy complex in Africa
      • ICT in Africa

    KRYUCHKOV, Yuriy D., Research Fellow.
    Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Institute for African Studies

    GAVRILOVA, Nina G., Junior Researcher
    RSCI AuthorID: 942599
    ORCID: 0000-0003-0176-7804
    Scopus Author ID: 57217679127
      • Agriculture in African economies
      • International trade in agricultural products
      • Digital technologies in Africa’s agriculture

    BELKINA, Nadezhda A., Junior Researcher
    ORCID: 0009-0009-6813-2388
      • Development of e-government in African states

    NOVIKOV, Alexandr D., Junior Researcher.
    RSCI AuthorID: 1228382
    ORCID: 0000-0001-7759-8440
      • Development economics in Africa
      • Theory and practice of technical assistance
      • Humanitarian cooperation of African countries with foreign entities

    KRYUCHKOV, Denis V., Junior Researcher.
    ORCID: 0009-0002-7765-1074
      • Labour economics and problems of employment
      • Informal economy in Africa



Main publications:

Books:
• Morozenskaya E.V. (Ed.) (2024). Service Sector in Africa. Moscow: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences. 438 p. (In Russ.)
• Vasiliev A.M., Degterev D.A., Shaw T.M. (Eds.) (2023). Africa and the Formation of the New System of International Relations. Vol. II. Beyond Summit Diplomacy: Cooperation with Africa in the Post-pandemic World. Cham: Springer. 305 p. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-34041-3
• Morozenskaya E.V. (Ed.) (2022). Scientific and Technological Potential of Modern Africa. Moscow: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences. 278 p. (In Russ.)
• Amuhaya C.A., Degterev D.A. (2022). A Century of East African Integration. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 263 p. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96705-5
• Vasiliev A.M., Degterev D.A., Shaw T.M. (Eds.) (2021). Africa and the Formation of the New System of International Relations: Rethinking Decolonization and Foreign Policy Concepts. Cham: Springer, 2021. 305 p. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-77336-6

Papers:
• Morozenskaya E.V., Kalinichenko L.N. (2025). Challenges of Industrial Growth in Africa: Searching for New Opportunities. Journal of the Institute for African Studies. Vol. 11. № 3. Pp. 5‒21. https://doi.org/10.31132/2412-5717-2025-72-3-5-21
• Degterev D.A. (2025). The Sahel Belt: in Search of a ‘Positive Peace’ Formula // Russia in Global Affairs. 2025. Vol. 23. № 1 (89). P. 104-122. https://doi.org/10.31278/1810-6374-2025-23-1-104-122
• Degterev D.A. (2024). Re-Sovereignising Africa in the context of the New World Order Formation. Journal of the Institute for African Studies. № 4. Pp. 29–48. https://doi.org/10.31132/2412-5717-2024-69-4-29-48
• Morozenskaya, E.V., Gavrilova, N.G., Kalinichenko, L.N. (2024). Economic Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Possible Ways to Address New Challenges. Journal of the Institute for African Studies. № 2. Pp. 82–101. https://doi.org/10.31132/2412-5717-2024-67-2-82-101
• Degterev D.A. (2024). Collective Self-Reliance: Restarting the Concept in the Sahel in the Context of a Multipolarizing World Order. Journal of the Institute for African Studies. № 2. Pp. 60–81. https://doi.org/10.31132/2412-5717-2024-67-2-60-81