Faculty and Staff

Ruben Mnatsakanian

Head of the Department

Contact Details: Faculty Tower #702
Telephone: 327 3071
e-mail: mnatsaka@ceu.hu

Education:

Ph.D. in Geography from Moscow State University in 1985.

Working Experience:

Associate Professor, CEU Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy (since 1994)
Visiting Research Fellow, IFEN (Institute Francais de l'Environment), Orleans, France (1993-1994)
Head of Department, Institute for Natural and Cultural Heritage, Moscow, Russia (1992- 1993)
Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Human Ecology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (1991-92)
Research Fellow, Department of Geography, MoscowState University (1984-91)
Participant in the UNEP/GEO (Global Environment Outlook) project since 1996, head of CEU/ UNEP Collaborating Centre
Occasional consultancies for WHO (World Health Organisation), EEA (European EnvironmentAgency), OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).

Featured Publications (for a full list click here)

Environmental Legacy of the Former Soviet Republics.Book. 220 pages, 25 original maps. Published by the Centre for Human Ecology, University of Edinburgh, 1992 [IN ENGLISH].

L'HéritageÉcologique du Communisme.Book. 286 pages.Éditions Frison-Roche, Paris, 1994. [IN FRENCH]

Nature protection in Russia form Gorbachev to Putin(together with I. Chestin, V. Larin and E. Shvartz) 2003, KMK Publishing house, Moscow, 416 pages [ IN RUSSIAN]