Aram Tornik Simonyan

Tel. +374 93 733943

E-mail: aram_simonyan@yahoo.de

 

CURRENT AFFILIATION

• Vice head of the Chair of "Economics and Management" at the International Scientific Educational Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

EDUCATION

• National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, (Yerevan, Armenia)

Dozent (ass. Prof.) in the field of Economics, 2012-2015

• Public Administration Academy of Armenia, (Yerevan, Armenia)

Doctor of Economics, 2008-2011.

Thesis: "Investment environment and the ways of its improvement in the Republic of Armenia"

• Armenian State University of Economics, (Yerevan, Armenia) 

Economist – Mathematician (ea. Diploma), 2003-2008.

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

• International Economics and Project Management, Entrepreneurship and Institutional Economics  

 

FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS

• Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer Dienst (KAAD) Research Fellowship for research stay at the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Family Business (Prof. Dr. Petra Moog) at the University of Siegen, February-July 2016.
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Research Fellowship for research stay at the Chair of Corporate Governance (Prof. Dr. Joern H. Block) at the University of Trier, September – December 2013.
• Junior Researcher at the M. Qotanyan Institute of Economics (Prof. Dr. Harutyunyan V.) for the project "Development and Institutional Economics" July – December, 2011
• Armenian Air Traffic Services (CJSC) Industrial Placement Scholarship for training at the Department of Financial Economics at CJSC, December – March 2008.
• Ministry of Finance of Armenia, Industrial Placement Scholarship for training at the Department of Financial Economics of the Ministry, June – July 2007.
  
  

PUBLICATIONS

• Simonyan, A. Accepting corruption: What role do Machiavellianism and Rationalization play? (Work in progress 2016 with Hauser Ch. and Werner A.).
• Simonyan, A. 2015. Start-up costs, taxes and innovative entrepreneurship. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper Series 2015-01-23 (with Darnihamedani P., Block J. and Hessels J.).
• Simonyan A. 2015. The Regulation Cornerstones of the Competitive Economy. Economics tutorial, Yerevan Nairi 2015; 100 pages.
• Simonyan, A. 2015. The indirect influence of Business Regulations on Corruption. National Academy of Sciences Armenia ISEC Collection of Scientific Articles, Yerevan, Zangak – 2015; pp. 324-328.
• Simonyan, A. 2014. The impact of Business regulations on Entrepreneurial Environment, Bulletin of National Agrarian University of Armenia N4' 2014.
• Simonyan, A. 2014. Promoting Competition in Public Procurement System of RA, Scientific Bulletin of Yerevan State University 2014, N2 (143) – 5; pp. 57-63.
• Simonyan, A. 2010. The analysis of the investment environment of RA, "Public Administration" Public Administration Academy of RA scientific review, 2-3/2010, Yerevan, December 2010; pp. 53-62.
• Simonyan, A. 2010. The relationship analysis of foreign investments in the RA, ''Armenia: Finance and Economics'' Journal, # 7-8 (121-122), Yerevan, Limoush, July-August 2010; pp. 94-96.
• Simonyan, A. 2010. The estimation and the regulation prospects of the international investment position of the RA, ''Armenia: Finance and Economics'' Journal, # 7-8 (121-122), Yerevan, Limoush, July-August 2010; pp. 92-94.
• Simonyan, A. 2009. The foreign experience implementation possibility in the investment protection policies in the changing economy, ''Armenia: Finance and Economics'' Journal, Yerevan, Limoush, # 10-11 (111-112), September-October 2009; pp. 62-64.
• Simonyan, A. 2009. The investment types analysis in the Republic of Armenia, ''Armenia: Finance and Economics'' Journal, # 10-11 (111-112), Yerevan, Limoush, September-October 2009; pp. 59-62.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (selected)

• National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (Lecture and Seminar)

International Scientific-Educational Center at the chair of "Economics and Management"

• Cornerstones of the Competitive Economy (2012 SS, 2013 SS, 2015 SS, 2017 SS)
• Project Management (2013 SS, 2014 SS, 2015 WS, 2015 SS, 2017 SS)
• Marketing Essentials (2014 SS, 2015 SS, 2016 SS, 2017 SS)

• Distant Teaching

Designer and Implementer of a Distant Course "Project Management", from February 2017

Designer and Implementer of a Distant Course "Marketing essentials", 2014 – 2015.

• Academic Supervising

Oversaw ~ 16 Master theses; currently supervising 3 Master theses, since 2013.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

       International Scientific-Educational Center (Yerevan, Armenia)

• Vice head of the chair of "Economics and Management" since March 2015
• Lecturer at the chair of "Economics and Management" 2012-2015

• M. Qotanyan Institute of Economics
  Junior Researcher, July – December 2011

• Armenian Air Traffic Services (CJSC) Armenia International Airport (Yerevan, Armenia)
  Economist, Department of Financial Economics 2008-2013

• "Norq" Information Analytical Centre (Yerevan, Armenia)
  Economist, Department of Financial Economics 2006-2008

 

CONFERENCES, TRAININGS AND SEMINARS (selected)

• Participation and presentation, Doctoral seminar in "Topics in Entrepreneurship and Family Business" Prof. Dr. K. Wennberg. 08-11. March 2016, Siegen (Germany).
• Participation and presentation, "Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen 2016", 07-08. March 2016, Siegen (Germany).
• "Ich und Wir – Wir und die Anderen: Auf der Suche nach Identitäten in einer globalisierten Welt" 28-30 March 2016, Bonn (Germany).
• "Strengthening Integration in higher education system"; conference 16-17 November 2015, Tsakhkadzor (Armenia).
• “Further Education in Form of Distance learning”, E-learning study school, Prof. Anna Maria Tammaro. 31 March – 03 April 2014, Yerevan (Armenia).

LANGUAGES & SKILLS (selected)

• Armenian (mother tongue),
• English (fluent), Russian (fluent), Spanish (inter. B2.1 certif)
• German (profic. C1.1 certif), French (DELF B2 certif) Persian (intermed. cert.)
• Skilled in Productivity Suits (e.g., MS Office) and Statistical Packages (e.g., STATA, SPSS).

 

EXPERIENCE AS AN EXPERT TRAINER (selected)

• Expert Trainer for International groups

"Revitalizing Communities through Youth Entrepreneurship" April 2017, Yerevan

"Young shapers of tomorrow" May 2017, Yerevan

"Supporting Inclusiveness of Migrants and Refugees", May 2017, Yerevan

"Making change through social Entrepreneurship", June 2017, Yerevan