Ruben Mnatsakanian

Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy
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Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
Room: 
707
Phone number: 
327-3071
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Qualifications: 
Ph.D. in Geography from Moscow State University in 1985.
MSc in Geography from Moscow State University in 1981.
Academic/Professional Experience and Achievements: 

Working Experience:

  • Professor, CEU Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy (since 2005)
  • 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).

 

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Affiliations: 
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy
UNEP Global Environment Outlook (GEO) Collaborating Center
Academic/Research Areas: 
Development Studies
Environmental and Energy Studies
Selected Publications: 
Environmental Health in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Newly Independent States of the Former USSR ; WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, 1995
Contributions to: UNEP Global Environment Outlook- 3 ; Earthscan Publications, 2002

Courses taught by Ruben Mnatsakanian
Humans & the Biosphere
2008/2009
2009/2010
2010/2011
2011/2012
2012/2013
Air Pollution and Climate Change
2007/2008
2008/2009
2009/2010
2010/2011

Publications

Book
Cherp, A., A. Antypas, and R. A. Mnatsakanian. Environment and Security : Transforming Risk into Cooperation : The Case of Eastern Europe. The United Nations Environment Programme, 2007.
United Nations Environment Programme. Global environment outlook 4 : environment for development, Edited by R. A. Mnatsakanian, E. G. Bellinger and D. Ürge-Vorsatz. Nairobi, Kenya London: United Nations Environment Programme ; Stationery Office distributor, 2007.
Nowicki, P. L., and R. A. Mnatsakanian. Scenar 2020 : scenario study on agriculture and the rural world. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publication of the European Communities, 2006.
Larin, V. I., R. A. Mnatsakanian, I. E. Chestin, and E. A. Shvarts. Okhrana prirody Rossii : ot Gorbacheva do Putina. Moskva: Kmk, 2003. Abstract
United Nations Environment Programme. Global environment outlook, 3 : Past, present and future perspectives, Edited by R. A. Mnatsakanian. London: Earthscan Publications, 2002.
United Nations Environment Programme. Global environment outlook, 2000, Edited by R. A. Mnatsakanian, E. G. Bellinger and D. Ürge-Vorsatz. London: Earthscan Publications, 1999.
United Nations Environment Programme. Globalnaia ekologicheskaia perspektiva, 2000, Edited by R. A. Mnatsakanian, E. G. Bellinger and D. Ürge-Vorsatz. Moskva: Interdialekt+, 1999. Abstract
United Nations Environment Programme. Global Environmental Outlook, Edited by R. A. Mnatsakanian, E. G. Bellinger and D. Ürge-Vorsatz. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Denisov, N. B., R. A. Mnatsakanian, and A. V. Semichaevsky. Environmental reporting in Central and Eastern Europe : a review of selected publications and frameworks. Budapest: Central European University, 1997. Abstract
nauchno-issledovatelsii institut kulturnogo i prirodnogo naslediia, Rossiiskii. Okhrana naslediia za rubezhom : opyt proshlogo i sovremennye problemy : sbornik statei, Edited by R. A. Mnatsakanian. Moscow: Izdatelstvo RNII kulturnogo i prirodnogo naslediia, 1995. Abstract
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. L'héritage écologique du communisme dans les républiques de l'ex-URSS. Paris: Ed. Frison-Roche, 1994.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. Environmental legacy of the former Soviet Republics. Edinburgh: Centre for Human Ecology University of Edinburgh, 1992.
Mnatsakanian, R. A., G. Motkin, and I. Altshurer. Transboundary Atmospheric Pollution and the Problems of assessing its Damage (in Russian). Moscow: VINITI, 1988. Abstract
Book Chapter
Mnatsakanian, R. A., and A. Cherp. "Environmental degradation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia : past roots, present transition and future hopes." In Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia, edited by D. Heaney, 38-42. London: Routledge, 2008.
Mnatsakanian, R. A., and A. Cherp. "Environmental degradation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia : past roots, present transition and future hopes." In Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia, edited by I. Gladman, 66-70. Regional surveys of the world. London: Centre for Economic Performance (London School of Economics) Publications, 2004.
Cherp, A., and R. A. Mnatsakanian. "Environmental degradation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia: past roots, present transition and future hopes." In Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. 2003.. London: Europe Publications, Taylor and Francis Group, 2003.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. "Environmental Impact Assessment in the Former Soviet Union in its Historical Context." In Environmental Assessment in Countries in Transition, edited by E. G. Bellinger, N. Lee, C. George and A. Paduret, 12-14. Budapest: CEU Press, 2000. Abstract
Mnatsakanian, R. A., E. G. Bellinger, and D. Ürge-Vorsatz. "Policy Responses and Directions." In Global Environment Outlook Report, edited by United Nations Environment Programme, 129-214. New York: United Nations Environment Programme, 1997.
Mnatsakanian, R. A., E. G. Bellinger, and D. Ürge-Vorsatz. "Regional Perspectives." In Global Environment Outlook Report, edited by United Nations Environment Programme, 19-128. New York: United Nations Environment Programme, 1997.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. "Les cartes, instruments de pouvoir." In Penser la Terre : Stratèges et citoyens : le réveil des géographes, edited by E. Morlin. Vol. 152. Mutations 152. Paris: Éditions Autrement, 1995.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. "Géographie et pouvoir en ex-URSS." In Penser la Terre : Stratèges et citoyens : le réveil des géographes, edited by E. Morlin. Vol. 152. Mutations 152. Paris: Éditions Autrement, 1995.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. "Environmental Health in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Newly Independent States of the Former USSR." In Concern for Europe's Tomorrow, edited by WHO European Centre Environment for and Health, 446-463. Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1995.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. "Questions d'Écologie." In Les Sibériens : de Russie et d'Asie, une vie, deux mondes, edited by A. - V. Charrin. Vol. 78. Série monde HS 78. Paris: Éditions Autrement, 1994.
Mnatsakanian, R. A., I. Altshuler, and Y. Golubchikov. "Glasnost, Perestroika and Eco-Sovietology." In Soviet Environment: Problems, Policies and Politics, edited by J. M. Stewart, 197-212. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Abstract
Mnatsakanian, R. A., S. Badenkova, and O. Dobrodeev. "Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Peat Bogs of European Russia as the Evidence of Air Pollution (in Russian)." In Experiment and modelling in the Studies of Forest and Bog Ecosystems. Moscow, 1988.
Journal Article
Cherp, A., I. Kopteva, and R. A. Mnatsakanian. "Economic transition and environmental sustainability : effects of economic restructuring on air pollution in the Russian Federation." Journal of Environmental Management 68, no. 2 (2003): 141-151. Abstract
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. "Les Chantiers de’l Environnement a l”Est. Article with maps on ecological situation in CEE/NIS countries." Le Monde Diplomatique 47, no. 7 (2000): 16-17.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. "Poisoned Legacy." Our Planet 8, no. 6 (1997): 8-12. Abstract
Mnatsakanian, R. A., and S. Murashkina. "Preservation of Heritage in Britain." Territoriia : zhurnal o kulturnom i prirodnom nasledii 1, no. 1 (1994). Abstract
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. "Environmental Impact Assessments and Changes in Public Ecological Movement in the USSR." Architectus, no. 4 (1991).
Mnatsakanian, R. A., and I. Altshuler. "The Changing Face of Environmentalism in the Soviet Union." Environment 32, no. 2 (1990).
Mnatsakanian, R. A., and I. Altshuler. "Ecological Sovietology (in Russian)." Energiia, no. 8 (1990). Abstract
Mnatsakanian, R. A., and M. Zaitsev. "Principles of Information about the State of the Environment in the USA (in Russian)." Ekologiia, no. 4 (1989). Abstract
Mnatsakanian, R. A., I. Molodikova, and V. Velitchkin. "Geographical Characteristics of Migration Linkages in the Moscow Capital Region." Soviet Geography 30, no. 5 (1989).
Mnatsakanian, R. A., and I. Altshuler. "Materials of roundtables in the Moscow University." Environment 30, no. 12 (1988).
Mnatsakanian, R. A., and I. Altshuler. "Glasnost and Ecology (in Russian)." Energiia : ekonomika, tekhnika, ekologiia 3, no. 11 (1987). Abstract
Miscellaneous
Mnatsakanian, R. A., E. G. Bellinger, and D. Ürge-Vorsatz. Contributions to Chapter 2 (Regional Perspectives) and Chapter 3 (Policy Responses and Directions)., 1997.
Report
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. Contributions to: UNEP Global Environment Outlook- 3 In UNEP Global Environment Outlook- 3. London: Earthscan Publications, 2002.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. Chapter in : UNEP/RIVM In Data issues of global environmental reporting: Experiences from GEO 2000.(UNEP/DEIA&EW/TR.99-3 and RIVM 402001013), Edited by J. van Woerden., 2000.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. Contribution to: Down to Earth: Soil Degradation and Sustainable Development in Europe., Edited by Environmental issue series. Vol. 16. Copenhagen: UNEP/EEA,, 2000.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. Contributions to: Global Environmental Outlook-2 In Global Environmental Outlook-2. London: UNEP, 1999.
Mnatsakanian, R. A., E. G. Bellinger, and D. Ürge-Vorsatz. Contributions to Chapter 2 (Regional Perspectives) and Chapter 3 (Policy Responses and Directions) In UNEP Global Environment Outlook Report . Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Mnatsakanian, R. A.. Environmental Health in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Newly Independent States of the Former USSR In Concern for Europe's Tomorrow, Edited by WHO Report. Copenhagen, Denmark: WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, 1995.